( )12. Li Shizhen decided to study medicine because he wanted to      .

A. making a living                B. become famous

C. help the people who fell ill   D. get more money

( )13. Li Shizhen wanted to write a new medical book because      .

A. he was a doctor

B. he liked writing books

C. many medical books were full of mistakes.

D. he was a writer

( )14. “Ben Cao Gang Mu” is      .

A. a medical book                 B. a medical worker

C. a herb                         D. a dictionary

( )15. Li Shizhen collected a lot of       on his long journeys.

A. flowers                        B. living things

C. plants                         D. herbs

(3)

This dictionary tells you about English words and how to use them in reading, writing and speaking English. It not only gives the meaning of words, it can also help you with spelling, word-building, grammar and pronunciation.

To use you dictionary correctly, you need to understand how the dictionary works. At the front of the book, you will find some exercises to help you make the most use of your dictionary.

If you look up the word “colour ”, you will find two spellings fro this word. “Colour ” is used in British English, while “color ” is used in American English. When there are differences between British and “AmE ” fro American English.

The dictionary also helps you pronounce words correctly. We use a special alphabet (特殊字母表) to show pronunciation. If you turn to the inside back face, you will see all the phonetic letters (音标) with some words to show you how they are pronounced. Just look at the inside back cover when you’re not sure how to say a word.

The most important reason fro using a dictionary is to find out the meaning of a word—its DEFINITION.

In this dictionary, the definitions have been written using only 2000 words. This means that the definitions of even the most difficult words are simply explained (简单 解释) and easy to understand.

( )16. This dictionary cannot help you with ______.

A. singing                       B. grammar

C. spelling                      D. pronunciation

( )17. ______ of the words in the dictionary have two spellings.

A. All       B. One       C. Few        D. Some

( )18. The AmE spelling of the Chinese word “颜色” in this dictionary is ______.

A. colour    B. colar     C. color      D. corner

( )19. The phonetic alphabet helps you ______ each word correctly.

A. understand                    B. write

C. say                           D. know

( )20. The Chinese meaning of “definition” here is ______.

A. 词性      B. 词意      C. 词条       D. 词库

三、补全对话

A) 对话填词 根据对话内容补全对话，每空一词。

A: Hello. The Rose Hotel. Can I help you?

B: Yes, please. I’d like to book two rooms for the ________ weekend.

A: Next weekend, you say? Well, how many nights?

B: Oh! Just ________.

A: OK. Two nights. From Friend ________ Saturday?

B: Friday.

A: Friday, the 20th … and do you need ________ rooms or double?

B: Two double rooms, please.

A: Right. Two double rooms ________ Friday and Saturday, July 20th and 21st.

B: What’s the ________ of a double room, please?

A: Well, it’s 400 yuan per night, ________ breakfast.

B: I see. Can I ________ the rooms now, please?

A: ________. What’s your ________ name, please?

B: Rick Smith.

B) 选择答语填空 从所给的选项中选出正确答语完成对话。

A: Where have you been, Fang Li? I called you, but you weren’t in your office.

B: ____

A: What did you do there?

B: I found out that the factory was pouring waste water into the river near it. ____

Lots of fish have died.

A: ____

B: Do you think “Greener China” can do something?

A: ____We can write a story about it to the TV station and the newspaper.

B: ____Businessmen are afraid of newspapers and TV stations.

A. I’ve gone to a paper factory.

B. That would be fine.

C. That’s terrible!

D. Yes, of course.

E. Good idea!

F. The river has become very dirty.

G. I’ve been to a paper factory.

四、单词拼写 根据所给句子和汉语注释拼写单词，每空一词。

1. The short man has already won first price in the city surfing ________. (比赛)

2. He has been in Sydney since last ________. (周三)

3. The ________ there are better than the ones here. (海滩)

4. Jim thought the train was like a big ________ party. (移动)

5. The child stared at the man with ________ eyes. (惊恐的)

6. Ted said he wanted to learn how to run quickly and to eat ________. (健康地)

7. Have you ________ to your parents since you came here? (写)

8. I want to get four tickets on November 26th Haikou and ________ to Beijing on

December 8th. (返回)

五、完成句子 根据所给的汉语完成下列句子，每空一词。

1. 水太脏，我们不能饮用。

The water was ________ dirty ________ ________ ________ drink.

2. 这部电影值得一看，它告诫人们不要抽烟。

This film is really worth ______, which advises people to ______ ______ ______.

3. 我们必须保护好这些树木，让它们不遭火灾。它们已有三百年历史了。

We must _______ the trees _______ fire. They are three ______ years ______.

4. 我们每个人都应该为保持我们的城市清洁而做出贡献。

Everyone of us should ________ a ________ ________ ________ our city clean.

5. 这个想法似乎很不错，但我们需要实地试试。

The idea ________ fine but we need ________ ________ it ________ in practice.

6. 她在中国所见到的情景使她感到惊异。

She ________ ________ ________ ________ she saw in China.