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　　Passage 12

　　Most dictionaries will tell you a number of __1__ about a language. There are three things in particular that __2__ important. These three things are spelling， pronunciation， and meanings.

　　The first and most obvious thing is that a dictionary will __3__ you the spelling of a word. If you're not sure about the spelling of a word， you can try to find the correct spelling in a dictionary. Words are listed in alphabetical order-a， b， c， and so on. For example， on a dictionary page the word “poor” - p， o， o， r - comes before “poverty” - p， o， v， e， r， t， y and the word “poverty” comes __4__ the word “power” - p， o， w， e， r. The words are always given in alphabetical order.

　　The second thing a dictionary will tell you is __5__. Most dictionaries give the pronunciation of a word in a special kind of alphabet. This special alphabet is called a phonetic， or sound alphabet. The phonetic spelling will tell you generally __6__ a word is pronounced. There are a few different phonetic alphabets. Many dictionaries use the International Phonetic Alphabet to show pronunciation. The __7__ thing a dictionary will tell you is the meanings of words. You can __8__ a word and find out what it means. Many words have more than one meaning， and a good dictionary will explain all of the word's meanings. For example， in English the common word “get” has over 20 different meanings. The meaning， of course， __9__ the sentence in which the word is used.

　　These three things-spelling， pronunciation， and meanings——are some of the important __10__ that you learn from dictionaries.

　　1. A. thing B. people C. things D. books

　　1. 选C

　　2. A. is B. were C. was D. are

　　2. 选D 3. A. say B. tell C. give D. speak

　　3. 选B

　　4. A. before B. after C. in front of D. behind

　　in front of（方位的前面：eg. in front of the building）

　　4. 选D

　　5. A. pronunciation B. intonation（语调） C. spelling D. meanings

　　5. 选A

　　6. A. what B. which C. where D. how

　　6. 选D

　　7. A. first B. second C. third D. the last

　　7. 选C

　　8. A. look at B. find C. see D. look up

　　look up（look up the word in the dictionary）

　　8. 选D

　　9. A. depend B. depends on C. depend on D. is depending

　　9. 选B

　　10. A. facade B. facts C. faces D. fact

　　facade（外表，尤指虚伪的eg. a facade of indifference 假装冷漠）

　　10. 选B

　　涉及到上下文的有6道，涉及到语法的有2道