The average person learns most of the 30 000～40 000 words whose meanings he or she recognizes by hearing them or getting familiar with them in the context or simply absorbing them without conscious(意識到的) effort. The best way to build a good vocabulary, therefore, is to read a great deal and to participate in a lot of good talks. There are relatively few words that we learn permanently(永久的)by purposefully referring to dictionaries or keeping word lists. However, even those extra few are of value, and no one will make a mistake by working on developing a larger vocabulary. Here are some suggestions of how to do it.
Read plenty of good books. When you come across a new word, or a new meaning of an old word, stop and see if you can understand it from its context. If you can't, and if you can manage without interrupting 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(認真的), write the word and its meaning in a personal vocabulary list — preferably using it in a sentence, or you can keep a special vocabulary notebook. Go over the list from time to time. Further, try to use a new word in writing or conversation a few times over the next several days.
Listen to good talks and be alert to new words you hear or to new meanings of words you already know. Then treat them just as you treat the new words you read.
Learn and be alert to the parts of words: prefixes, suffixes and roots. Knowing them enables you to make intelligent guesses about the meaning of words.
If you are studying a foreign language, be alert to words in that language which relate to words in English. English has inherited(繼承) or borrowed much of its vocabulary of 500 000～600 000 words from Latin, Greek, French, Spanish and German.
小題1:When you meet a new word in reading, what should you do?
A．Guess its meaning. B．Ask somebody.
C．Look it up in a dictionary. D．All of the above.
小題2:According to this passage, the best way to build a good vocabulary is _______.
A．to remember a lotB．to read a great deal
C．to take part in a lot of good talksD．both B and C
小題3:The phrase “be alert to” in the third paragraph may best be replaced by “_______”.
A．look atB．pay attention to
C．write downD．learn by heart
小題4:In the fourth paragraph, the word “them” refers to _______.
A．the parts of wordsB．prefixes
C．suffixesD．roots

小題1:D
小題2:D
小題3:B
小題4:A

怎樣擴大詞匯？捷徑是：多讀、多說、多聽、多寫。
小題1:細節(jié)題。從第 2 段第2、3句話可知答案為 D。
小題2:細節(jié)題。只要看到第 1 段第 2 句話The best way to build a good vocabulary, therefore, is to read a great deal and to participate in a lot of good talks 可知答案為 D。
小題3:詞義猜測題。此處講的是在“聽”英語時如何對待生詞的問題，根據(jù)我們“聽”的經(jīng)驗選項A、C、D 顯然可排除。
小題4:詞義猜測題。B、C、D三項都是屬于the parts of words。
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