（7）七选五——2024年高考英语真题模拟试题专项汇编.pdf

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（）七选五——年高考英语真题模拟试题专项汇编

一、【2024年新高考Ⅰ卷】

Notallgreatwritersaregreatspellers.Ifyouwanttobepublished,itsvitaltosubmitaperfect,

professionallypresentedmanuscript(原稿).①_____Noeditorislikelytotolerateawriterwhodoes

nottakethetroubletospellwordscorrectly.

Ikeeptworeferencebooksclose-byonmydesk:dictionaryandthesaurus(同义词词典).Idont

trustmylaptopsspellchecker.②_____Ofcourse,thesedaysthereareplentyofonlinedictionaries

andthesauruses,butImold-fashionedenoughtopreferahardcoverandpagesIcanleafthrough

withmyfingers.IusetheConciseOxfordDictionaryandtheCollinsThesaurus.

③_____Itshouldgiveyouaprecisedefinitionofeachword,thusdifferentiatingitfromother

wordswhosemeaningsaresimilar,butnotidentical.Itwillalsousuallyshowhowthewordis

pronounced.

Inaddition,Ihaveanoldtwo-volumecopyoftheShorterOxfordDictionary,pickedupafew

yearsagoinabookshopsaleforjust99pence.Ofcourse,withits2,672pages,itsnotexactlyshort.

Itcontainsaround163,000words,pluswordcombinationsandidiomaticphrases._____However,

④

ifIneedtochecktheoriginofawordortolookupexamplesofitsusage,theresnothingbetter.

ForwelloverahundredyearsthemostinfluentialEnglishdictionarywasSamuelJohnsons

DictionaryoftheEnglishLanguagepublishedin1755.Tomakedictionariesisdull(乏味)work,

wroteJohnson,illustratingonedefinitionofdull.⑤_____Afewminutesspentcastingyoureye

overapageortwocanbearewardingexperience.

A.Idontoftenusethisdictionary.

B.Ittakesnoaccountofthecontext.

C.ButIstilldontwanttoreplacethem.

D.Butadictionarycanbeapleasuretoread.

E.Ofcourse,adictionaryisnotonlyforspelling.

F.Thatmeansgoodgrammarandnospellingmistakes.

G.Dictionariesdontalwaysgiveyouenoughinformation.