专题练(十四) 说明文阅读(4) (2024·新课标Ⅰ) Not all great writers are great spellers.If you want to be published，it’s vital to submit a perfect，professionally presented manuscript(原稿)． 36 No editor is likely to tolerate a writer who does not take the trouble to spell words correctly. I keep two reference books close-by on my desk：dictionary and thesaurus(同义词词典)．I don’t trust my laptop’s ①spellchecker. 37 Of course，these days there are plenty of online dictionaries and thesauruses，but I’m old-fashioned enough to prefer a hard cover and pages I can ②leaf through with my fingers.I use the Concise Oxford Dictionary and the Collins Thesaurus. 38 It should give you a precise definition of each word，thus ③differentiating it from other words whose meanings are similar，but not identical.It will also usually show how the word is pronounced. In addition，I have an old two-volume copy of the Shorter Oxford Dictionary，picked up a few years ago in a bookshop sale for just 99 pence.Of course，with its 2,672 pages，it’s not exactly short.It contains around 163,000 words，plus word combinations and ④idiomatic phrases. 39 However，if I need to check the origin of a word or to look up examples of its usage，there’s nothing better. For well over a hundred years the most influential English dictionary was Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary of the English Language published in 1755.“To make dictionaries is dull(乏味的) work，” wrote Johnson，illustrating one definition of “dull”． 40 A few minutes spent ⑤casting your eye over a page or two can be a rewarding experience. A．I don’t often use this dictionary. B．It takes no account of the context. C．But I still don’t want to replace them. D．But a dictionary can be a pleasure to read. E．Of course，a dictionary is not only for spelling. F．That means good grammar and no spelling mistakes. G．Dictionaries don’t always give you enough information. 语境猜词 ①spellchecker＝(合＋派)spell＋check＋er_____ ②leaf through_____ ③differentiate＝(派)different＋i＋ate_____ ④idiomatic＝(派)idiom＋atic _____ ⑤cast one’s eye over_____ 以上文章中第38、39和40题考查了“逻辑关系”，解题技法如下： A (2024·湖南教学联盟一模) If you have ever looked closely at the tires on your car，you have probably seen little hairs sticking out of the black rubber. 1 Are they there for any safety reasons Those little bits are one of the strange car features some people may stop to think about. Located on the vertical part of the tire，these curious little rubber hairs are known as “vent spews(轮胎毛刺)”．They are crucial in the ①tire-making process.As the tread pattern mold(胎面花纹模具) is pressed into the tire’s rubber，the extra rubber requires a way to escape the mold. 2 Curiously，there’s no ②set number of hairs each tire will have. 3 But the presence of tire hairs is universal.They are nothing more than remnants(残余部分) of the complex process that makes strong and durable tires. 4 Because they are found on ... ...
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