Ifyouareoneofthosewhowanttoknowhowtoincreaseyourvocabularytherearesomewaysyoumayfinduseful.Infactitisnotthatdifficulttolearnnewwordsbuttorememberthemforalifetimeseemsnottobesoeasy.Tomakeiteasieryo
Ifyouareoneofthosewhowanttoknowhowtoincreaseyourvocabularytherearesomewaysyoumayfinduseful.Infactitisnotthatdifficulttolearnnewwordsbuttorememberthemforalifetimeseemsnottobesoeasy.
Tomakeiteasieryoucantrywordassociations(联想).Trytofindaconnectionbetweenanewwordandthingsorpeopleyouknow.Forexampleifyourneighbourisanunselfishpersonwhocaresabouttheneedsofotherpeoplethinkaboutthispersoneverytimeyouseethewordandverysoonyou'llstartactivelyusingit.
Trytousethewordsyoulearnasoftenaspossible.Perhapsyouarenotsurewhichsituationstheyshouldbeusedinorwhetheryoupronounce(发音)themcorrectlybutpracticeisthebestwaytounderstandthat.Itisnotenoughtofindoutthemeaningofaword.Youshouldhammer(敲打)itintoyourmindbyusingitinactualconversationsineverydaylife.
Alsoitmaybehelpfultoknowthemeaningofthewordrootsprefixes(前缀)andsuffixes (后缀),especiallyiftheyhaveaGreekorLatinorigin(起源).Evenifyoumeetalongunfamiliarworditwillbeeasytoknowitsmeaningifyouknowthegeneralmeaningofitsparts. Forexampleifyouseetheword"philanthropy"itwon'tbedifficulttosurmisewhatitmeansifyouknowthat"anthropo"means"human"and"philo"means"loving".NotonlycanancientGreekandLatinbehelpfulbutanumberofmodernlanguagesaswell.SoifyouspeakFrench ItalianSpanishorPortugueseguessthemeaningofanunfamiliarEnglishwordifitsoundslike awordfromanotherlanguageyouknow.
1.WhichofthefollowingoldsayingscanshowthemainideaofParagraph3?
A.Everydoghashisday.
B.Practicemakesperfect.
C.Everycoinhastwosides.
D.Wherethereisawillthereisaway.
2.Accordingtothelastparagraphwhatdoesthewriterthinkisimportant?
A.Learningtouseseveraldifferentmodernlanguages.
B.LearningsomeverydifficultwordsintheEnglishlanguage.
C.Knowingthemeaningofthewordrootsprefixesandsuffixes.
D.payingmoreattentiontowordsthathaveaGreekorLatinorigin.
3.Theunderlinedword"surmise"inthelastparagraphmeans_______.
A.guess B.suggest
C.prove D.remember