三、阅读理解(15分)

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People in different countries make different kinds of words. Today there are about one thousand (千) and five hundred languages (语言) in the world. Each contains many thousands of words. But we do not need all these. To read short stories, you need to know only about tow thousand words. Before you leave school, you can learn only on thousand more.

The words you know are called your vocabulary (词汇量). You must try to make your vocabulary bigger. Read as many books as you can. There are lots of books written in easy English for you to read. You will like them. When you meet a new word, find it in your dictionary. Your dictionary is your most useful books.

1. The text is mainly (主要的) about _____.

A. listening B. speaking C. reading D. writing

2. Today there are about _____ languages in the world.

A. 1000 B. 1500 C. 2000 D. 2500

3. You can read short English stories if you _____.

A. live in a foreign country B. get a lot of dictionaries

C. write many English books D. know about two thousand words

4. What does the underlined word “them” mean?

A. English books. B. New words. C. Different languages. D. Many dictionaries.

5. How can you make your vocabulary bigger?

A. Learn as much as you can at school. B. Get as many dictionaries as you can.

C . Read as many books as you can. D. Buy as many books as you can.