文档介绍：九年级完型填空专项训练
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A good dictionary is 1 important tool(工具). It will tell you 2 only what a word means but 3 how it 4 . A dictionary needs to be printed again about every ten years. Languages develop(发展)and a good dictionary must 5 these new changes.
A new English dictionary will only tell you 6 most people use the language today. It will not tell you what is right 7 wrong. It may tell you the right time to use a word. If only 8 people use a word, a dictionary will 9 tell you this or not list(编列) it.
10 dictionary will tell you many interesting facts. If you type(用打字机打)a word and the word is too long, 11 in your dictionary. All dictionaries show you 12 to break(拆开) a word. And they also show you how a word 13 .
Every dictionary, of course, tells you what a word means. But some words, like “get” or “take”, may have lots of meanings(意思). In some dictionaries, the main(主要的)meanings are often listed first. In 14 , the newest meanings are listed last. So before you use your dictionary, you should always 15 the front part. This part explains 16 .
Some dictionaries also show you where a es 17 . Do you know that the word “brand”(标记) comes from an old word? This old word means “to burn”. This is because 18 years ago people burned their names on tables or boats to show who 19 them. They also burned their own names on their farm animals 20 they would not be stolen.
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