Question

When people communicate, they need words to express themselves. People living in different countries made different kinds of words.

Today there are about fifteen hundred languages in the world. Each contains many thousands of words. A very large dictionary, for example, contains four or five hundred thousand of words. But we do not need all these. To read short stories you need to know only about two thousand words. Before you leave school, you will learn only one thousand or more.

Vocabulary means a lot of words. The words you know are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your own vocabulary bigger. Read as many books as you can. There are a lot of books written in easy English for you to read. You will enjoy them. When you meet a new word, find it in your dictionary. Your dictionary is your most useful book.

1.The number of different languages spoken is about _______.

A. 150 B.15,000 C. 500 D. 1,500

2. Before you leave your school, you’ll learn _______.

A. only two thousand words B. five hundred thousand words

C. more than one thousand words D. three or four thousand words

3. To make your vocabulary bigger, you must _______.

A. get as many dictionaries as you can

B. read as many books as you can

C. buy a lot of books

D. have a very large English dictionary

4.You will enjoy_______.

A. the books written in easy English

B. your dictionary

C. your new words

D. finding new words in a dictionary

5. What is your most useful book?

A. Books written in easy English. B. Books written in English.

C. Your dictionary. D. Short stories.

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.A

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述世界上语言之多，词汇量之大，但是阅读简短的文章只需大约2000个词汇。文章同时还介绍了如何扩大词汇量。

1.Today there are about fifteen hundred languages in the world的描述可知，世界上现有大约1500种语言。故选D。

2.短文Before you leave school, you will learn only one thousand or more.描述可知，毕业前你将学会1000多个词。故选C。

3.细节理解题。根据短文You should try to make your own vocabulary bigger. Read as many books as you can的描述可知，要想扩大词汇量，要尽量多读书。故选B。

4.There are a lot of books written in easy English for you to read. You will enjoy them描述可知，人们喜欢阅读用简单英语写的书。故选A。

5.Your dictionary is your most useful book的描述可知，词典是人们最有用的书。故选C。

考点：日常生活类短文阅读。