下面文章有5处需要添加小标题。请从以下选项(A、B、C、D、E和F)中选出符合各段意思的小标题。选项中有一项是多余选项。
A. Varieties of college dictionaries
B. Accessing electronic dictionaries
C. Elements under a dictionary entry
D. Complete editions of dictionaries
E. Using dictionaries for particular fields
F. Features (特点) of college dictionaries
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You’re probably most familiar with college dictionaries, often called abridged dictionaries.Although abridged means “shortened” , these dictionaries contain more than 150,000 entries and provide detailed definitions that are sufficient for most college students and general users. College dictionaries also contain separate lists of abbreviations, biographical and geographical names, foreign words and phrases, and tables of measures. Webster’s II New Riverside University Dictionary and the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language are college dictionaries.
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Unabridged dictionaries contain as many as 500,000 entries and provide detailed definitions and extensive word histories (etymologies). These dictionaries, possibly in several volumes and mostly found in libraries, are excellent sources for scholarly inquiries. Unabridged dictionaries include the Oxford English Dictionary and the Random House Dictionary of the English Language.
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A dictionary entry has many elements: multiple definitions, syllabication (音节划分), preferred spelling and pronunciation (some words have more than one acceptable spelling and pronunciation) , and part-of-speech labels. Some entries also include plurals, capitalized forms, synonyms, antonyms, and derivatives. Americanisms and etymologies may be provided along with usage notes, cross-references, and idioms.
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If you prefer using the dictionary on a computer, you can obtain CD-ROM versions of many major dictionaries. In addition, you can access numerous electronic dictionaries, such as WW Webster’s Dictionary, on the Internet. Online dictionaries allow you to enter a search word (you even get help with spelling) to see a definition, and sometimes even an illustration. Online dictionaries also offer additional features, such as word games, language tips, and amusing facts about words. Some online dictionary services allow you to access numerous dictionaries, both general and specialized.
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Specialized dictionaries provide in-depth information about a certain field. For example there are dictionaries for the specialized vocabularies of law, computer technology, and medicine. In addition, there are dictionaries of synonyms, clichés, slang, and even regional expressions, such as the Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE). There are also dictionaries of foreign languages, famous people’s names, literary characters’ names and place names.
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
If you are already making the time to exercise,it is good indeed! With such busy lives,it can be hard to try and find the time to work out. (1) Working out in the morning provides additional benefits beyond being physically fit.
•Your productivity is improved.Exercising makes you more awake and ready to handle whatever is ahead of you for the day. (2)
•Your metabolism(新陈代谢) gets a head start. (3) If you work out in the mornings,then you will be getting the calorie(卡路里)burning benefits for the whole day,not in your sleep.
•(4) Studies found that people who woke up early for exercise slept better than those who exercised in the evening.Exercise energizes you,so it is more difficult to relax and have a peaceful sleep when you are very excited.
•(5) If you work out bright and early in the morning,you will be more likely to stick to healthy food choices throughout the day.Who would want to ruin their good workout by eating junk food?You will want to continue to focus on positive choices.
There are a lot of benefits to working out,especially in the mornings.Set your alarm clock an hour early and push yourself to work out! You will feel energized all day long.
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You will stick to your diet. |
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Your quality of sleep improves. |
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You prefer healthy food to fast food. |
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There is no reason you should exercise in the morning. |
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You can keep your head clear for 4﹣10 hours after exercise. |
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After you exercise, you continue to burn calories throughout the day. |
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If you are planning to do exercise regularly ,or you're doing it now,then listen up! |
根据短文内容,从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
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It's not a simple matter to determine the nature of talent. |
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Sports team owners spend millions of dollars attracting top talent |
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The group interaction and its effect drew the researchers' attention. |
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Stars apparently do not follow this basic principle of sportsmanship. |
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Several recent studies examined the role of talent in the sports world. |
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Building up a dream team is more complex than simply hiring the best talent. |
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This task interdependence distinguishes baseball from football and basketball. |
Much of the work in today's world is accomplished (完成) in teams. Most people believe the best way to build a great team is to gather a group of the most talented individuals. ________ Companies spend millions hiring top business people. Is their money well spent?
________ They focused on football, basketball and baseball. The results are mixed. For football and basketball, adding talented players to a team proves a good method, but only up to the point where 70% of the players are top talent; above that level, the team's performance begins to decline. Interestingly, this trend isn't evident in baseball, where additional individual talent keeps improving the team's performance.
To explain this phenomenon, the researchers explored the degree to which a good performance by a team requires its members to coordinate (协调) their actions. ________ In baseball, the performance of individual players is less dependent on teammates. They conclude that when task interdependence is high, team performance will suffer when there is too much talent, while individual talent will have positive effects on team performance when task interdependence is lower. If a basketball star is, for example, trying to gain a high personal point total, he may take a shot himself when it would be better to pass the ball to a teammate, affecting the team's performance. Young children learning to play team sports are often told, "There is no I in TEAM." ________
Another possibility is that when there is a lot of talent on a team, some players may make less effort. Just as in a game of tug-of-war (拔河比赛), whenever a person is added, everyone else pulls the rope with less force.
________. An A-team may require a balance-not just a players, but a few generous B players as well.
Lots of people find it hard to get up in the morning and put the blame on the alarm clock. In fact, the key to easy morning wake-up lies in resting your body clock 36 Here is how to make one.
● 37 In order to make a change, you need to decide why it's important. Do you want to get up in time to have breakfast with your family, get in some exercise, or just be better prepared for your day? Once you are clear about your reason, tell your family or roommates about the change you want to make.
Rethink mornings. Now that you know why you want to wake up, consider re-arranging your morning activities. If you want time to have breakfast with your family, save some time the night before by setting out clothes, shoes, and bags. 3 8 That's a quarter-hour more you could be sleeping if you bought a coffee maker with a timer.
Keep your sleep/wake schedule on weekends. If you're tired out by Friday night, sleeping in on Saturday could sound wonderful. But compensating on the weekends actually feeds into your sleepiness the following week, a recent study found. 3 9
Keep a record and evaluate it weekly. Keep track of your efforts and write down how you feel. After you've tried a new method for a week, take a look at your record. 4 0 If not, take another look at other methods you could try.
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Get a sleep specialist. |
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Find the right motivation. |
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A better plan for sleep can help. |
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And consider setting a second alarm. |
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If the steps you take are working, keep it up. |
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Stick to your set bedtime and wake-up time, no matter the day. |
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Reconsider the 15 minutes you spend in line at the café to get coffee. |
Interruptions are one of the worst things to deal with while you're trying to get work done. 36 ,there are several ways to handle things.Let's take a look at them now.
37 .Tell the person you're sorry and explain that you have a million things to do and then ask if the of you can talk at a different time.
When people try to interrupt you,have set hours planned and let them know to come back during that time or that you'll find them then. 38 .It can help to eliminate(消除) future interruptions.
When you need to someone,don't do it in your own office. 39 .it's much easeier to excuse yourself to get back to your work than if you try to get someone out of your space even after explaining how busy you are
If you have a door to your office,make good use of it. 40 .If someone knocks and it's not an important matter. Excuse yourself and let the person know you're busy so they can get the hint(暗示) than when the door is closed,you're not to be disturbed.
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If you're busy, don't feel bad about saying no |
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When you want to avoid interruptions at work |
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Set boundaries for yourself as your time goes |
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If you're in the other person's office or in a public arcea |
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It's important that you let them know when you'll be available |
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It might seem unkind to cut people shirt when they interrupt you |
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Leave it open when you're available to talk and close it when you're not |
If anyone had told me three years ago that I would be spending most of my weekends camping. I would have laughed heartily. Campers, in my eyes, were people who enjoyed insects bites, ill-cooked meals, and uncomfortable sleeping bags. They had nothing in common with me. 36
The friends who introduced me to camping thought that it meant to be a pioneer.
37We sleep in a tent, cooked over an open fire, and walked a long distance to take the shower and use the bathroom. This brief visit with Mother Nature cost me two days off from work, recovering from a bad case of sunburn and the doctor`s bill for my son`s food poisoning.
I was, nevertheless, talked into going on another fun-filled holiday in the wilderness.
38 Instead, we had a pop-up camper with comfortable beds and an air conditioner. My nature-loving friends had remembered to bring all the necessities of life.
39 We have done a lot of it since. Recently, we bought a twenty-eight-foot travel trailer complete with a bathroom and a built-in TV set. There is a separate bedroom, a modern kitchen with a refrigerator. The trailer even has matching carpet and curtains.
40 It must be true that sooner or later, everyone finds his or her way back to nature. I recommend that you find your way in style.
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This time there was no tent. |
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Things are going to be improved. |
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The trip they took me on was a rough one. |
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I was to learn a lot about camping since then, however. |
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I must say that I have certainly come to enjoy camping. |
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After the trip, my family became quite interested in camping. |
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There was no shade as the trees were no more than 3 feet tall. |