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高考英语一轮习题精准练练之七选五 （A） Its impossible to provide an exact number of words in English, since new words are being added to the dictionary, and falling out of use constantly. 　1　The short answer is: about a million. Doubt you know anything even close to a million words? That number includes any number of legal, medical, scientific, and mechanical terms that most people will never meet in their day-to-day lives.　2　? The “million” number also includes the many, many words that have fallen out of use throughout the time.　3　 Consider the word “diddle”,a slang term from the 1700s that means “gin”. Many English speakers would recognize “gin”,but far fewer would recognize “diddle”.? If a million words is the absolute upper level, how does that compare with the general vocabulary of most English speakers?　4　 Most English-speaking adults know between 20,000 and 30,000 words. And in addition to those many thousands of words, theyre probably able to comprehend a good 20,000 more just from context clues.? 　5　 You wont find a single dictionary that includes anywhere close to the total million words. One of the reasons is that general-usage dictionaries dont include lots of technical terms—both because how uncommon they are and, in some cases, because of length. The longest word in the English language is a term from chemistry that is used to identify a certain kind of protein. It is 180,000 letters long. So you certainly wont see it in the dictionary.? A.But whats the number? B.More than you might think! C.That doesnt amount to a whole lot, though! D.Then, how many words are there in the book? E.While words like these are very uncommon, they still count. F.If you recognize these uncommon words, we sadly no longer use them. G.Though removed from the dictionary, they still count as English words. 序号 选项 （B） Studies have shown that drinking water on an empty stomach can help increase metabolic(新陈代谢的) rate up by 30%.　1　. You know what that means, right?—Quicker weight loss! 　2　, then you