首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
The exact number of English words is not known. The large dictionaries have over half a million entries, but many of these are c
The exact number of English words is not known. The large dictionaries have over half a million entries, but many of these are c
admin
2022-10-01
134
问题
The exact number of English words is not known. The large dictionaries have over half a million entries, but many of these are compound words (schoolroom, sugar bowl) or different derivatives of the same word (rare—rarely, rarefy), and a good many are
obsolete
words to help us read older literature. Dictionaries do not attempt to cover completely words that we can draw on the informal vocabulary, especially slang, localism, the terms of various occupations and professions; words used only occasionally by scientists and specialists in many fields; foreign words borrowed for use in English; or many new words or new senses of words that come into use every year and that may or may not be used long enough to warrant being included. It would be conservative to say that there are over a million English words that any of us might meet in our listening and reading and that we may draw on in our speaking and writing.
Professor Seashore concluded that first-graders enter school with at least 24,000 words and add 5,000 each year so that they leave high school with at least 80,000. These figures are for recognition vocabulary, the words we understand when we read or hear them. Our active vocabulary, the words we use in speaking and writing, is considerably smaller.
You cannot always produce a word exactly when you want it. But consciously using the words you recognize in reading will help get them into your active vocabulary. Occasionally in your reading pay particular attention to these words, especially when the subject is one that you might well write or talk about. Underline or make a list of words that you feel a need for and look up the less familiar ones in a dictionary. And then before very long find a way to use some of them. Once you know how they are pronounced and what they stand for, you can safely use them.
The italicized word "obsolete" in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to________.
选项
A、no longer in use
B、profound
C、colorful
D、common
答案
A
解析
第一段。本题为词义推测题。根据语境,obsolete words是用来帮助我们阅读古代文学作品的,由此我们可推断出,obsolete words是用于古代文学中的,即老式词,所以A项“不再使用的”与原文相近,B、C、D都不正确。故选A。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/OIcD777K
0
成人本科学位英语
相关试题推荐
WhydopeoplereadnegativeInternetcommentsanddootherthingsthatwillobviouslybepainful?Becausehumanshaveaninheren
WhydopeoplereadnegativeInternetcommentsanddootherthingsthatwillobviouslybepainful?Becausehumanshaveaninheren
TheUnitedStatesiswidelyrecognizedtohaveaprivateeconomybecauseprivatelyownedbusinessesplay【C1】________roles.TheA
Duringthelast15years,theEarth’ssurfacetemperatureroseatarateof0.04℃adecade,farslowerthanthe0.18℃)increase
Scientistshavediscoveredapowerfulantibioticinthebloodstreamofgiantpandasthatcandestroybacteria.TheChineserese
Teenagersareparadoxical.That’samildanddetachedwayofsayingsomethingthatparentsoftenexpresswithconsiderablystron
Sometimeinthenextcentury,thefamiliarearly-newspaperonthefrontgatewilldisappear.Andinsteadofreadingyournewspap
—Doyoufeellikedoinganythingthisweekend,Jerry?——____________
A、Tomorrowmorning.B、Allright.C、Heisnotin.D、That’sOK.A本题考查对When引导的询问时间的特殊疑问句的回答。对于此类问句的回答,一般直接答出具体的时间即可;如果不知道,可以回答Sorry
随机试题
在香港、澳门未回归祖国前,香港、澳门问题的是实质是()
Rh阴性的母亲所生的Rh阳性子女,有可能患
快速进展型牙周炎的主要致病菌,除外
在按份之债中()。
产业结构就其基本内容来看包括三个方面()。
对一含标题行的工作表进行排序,当在【排序】对话框中的【当前数据清单】框中选择【没有标题行】选项按钮时,该标题行()。
因违法被吊销会计从业资格证的人员,自被吊销之日起()年内不得参加会计从业资格考试,不得重新取得会计从业资格证书。
在生产和经济活动中,安全也可以看成是________处于协调、平衡的状态,一旦打破这种平衡,安全就不存在了。
最早提出归因理论的是美国心理学家()。
人生如棋,棋子犹如角色转换的定位,每一枚棋子都有属于自己的位置。平时,我们总是偏爱车、马、炮等杀伤力强的“强盗”,而轻视兵卒之类的弱子。其实,最终直捣黄龙、克敌制胜的,却往往可能是一个毫不起眼的小卒。同样,人们在社会生活中扮演着不同的角色,每个人的角色只有
最新回复
(
0
)