单选题Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage.
For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should
choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding
letter on the Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the
centre. The average person learns most of
the 30000-40000 words whose meaning he or she recognizes by learning or reading
them in context or simply absorbing them without conscious effort. The
best way to a good vocabulary, {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}, is
to read a great deal and to participate {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}}
{{/U}}a lot of good talk. There are {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}few
words that we learn permanently by purposefully {{U}} {{U}}
4 {{/U}} {{/U}}to dictionaries or keeping word lists. However, even
those extra few are {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}value, and no one
will make a mistake by working on {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}a
large 'vocabulary. Here are some suggestions of how to do it.
Read plenty of good books. When you come {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}}
{{/U}}a new word or a new meaning of an old word, stop and see if you can
understand it from its {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}. If you do
not, and if you can manage it without {{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}}
{{/U}}the thought of the book too much, look it up in a dictionary or ask somebody
and then repeat its meaning to yourself a couple of times. If you are really
conscientious, {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}the word and its
meaning in a personal vocabulary list—{{U}} {{U}} 11 {{/U}}
{{/U}}using it in a sentence. {{U}} {{U}} 12 {{/U}} {{/U}}over the
list from time to time. {{U}} {{U}} 13 {{/U}} {{/U}}, try to use
a new word in writing {{U}} {{U}} 14 {{/U}} {{/U}}conversation a
few times over the next several days. Listen to good talks and
be {{U}} {{U}} 15 {{/U}} {{/U}}to new words you hear or to new
meanings of words you already know. Then treat them {{U}} {{U}} 16
{{/U}} {{/U}}you do new words you read. Learn and be alert to parts of words:
prefixes, suffixes, and {{U}} {{U}} 17 {{/U}} {{/U}}. Knowing
them {{U}} {{U}} 18 {{/U}} {{/U}}you to make intelligent guesses
about the meanings of words. If you are studying a foreign language, be
alert for words in that language which {{U}} {{U}} 19 {{/U}}
{{/U}}to words in English. English has inherited or borrowed much of its
vocabulary of 500000-600000 words {{U}} {{U}} 20 {{/U}}
{{/U}}Latin, Greek, French, Spanish, and German.