B
Not long ago, my fifth-grade son Kevin asked me about the meaning of a word in a novel. "Look it up," I responded. "But my screen time is off," he said. I looked pointedly at the bookshelf that held at least three dictionaries, and Kevin sighed(叹气)dramatically. "Can't you just use your phone?" he asked. Suddenly it occurred to me that he did not even know how to use a dictionary.
I took down one of the dictionaries, and we read it together for a few minutes before I handed it to him. It took him a few tries to find the word in question. While going through the pages, he kept saying, wide-eyed: "How can there be this many words?"After a while, he looked at me and asked, "Do you know all these words, Mom?" I smiled. "I definitely do not know all these words," I said. "But that's why this is one of my favorite books."
I had my first dictionary as a gift for my 13th birthday. I decided that I wanted to learn as many words as I could and started marking every entry I looked up with a pencil to measure my progress. I continued to make these pencil marks for years, and when I went off to college, I packed that dictionary in my suitcase.
Kevin wanted to see the dictionary. I felt a small pain in my chest. The dictionary was stolen at the end of my freshman year of college. "That's so sad," he said, "but you still know all those words, even without the book." I realized that this was true. I still made it through the next three years of college, even without the book. And it wasn't, ultimately, the dictionary that got me there — not really.
Now I understand that although my son may be learning differently, he is still learning. It's not about the words themselves or how we learn them, but the wanting to know them, the curiosity and the appetite.
24. What does Kevin usually do to get the meaning of a word?
途网公东4652限-技ac088a97广优司慧8a1540a9升软秀元件学习方有科 A. Use electronic devices. B. Consult a paper dictionary.
C. Guess from the context. D. Turn to his English teacher.
25. How did Kevin feel while looking up the word in the dictionary?
A. Annoyed. B. Disappointed.
C. Encouraged. D. Astonished.
26. What can we learn about the author's first dictionary?
A. It helped her through college. B. It was given to Kevin as a gift.
C. It bore witness to her efforts. D. It was a valuable limited edition.
27. What has the author come to realize about learning?
A. It is never too late to start. B. Motivation is what really matters.
C. Children need role models. D. Dictionaries are still a useful tool.
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本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了作者通过和儿子一起查字典的小事，感悟到学习的本质不在于工具或方式，而在于求知欲与内在动力。【答案解析】
24. A 推理判断题。根据第一段中儿子说的“my screen time is off”“Can’t you just use your phone?”以及第一段最后一句可知，Kevin平时习惯用手机(电子设备)查单词，故选 A。
25. D 推理判断题。根据第二段第三句“While going through the pages, he kept saying, wide-eyed: ‘How can there be this many words?’”可知，Kevin第一次用纸质词典时，对词典里海量的词汇感到非常惊讶，故选D。
26. C 推理判断题。根据第三段第二句中的“started marking every entry I looked up with a pencil to measure my progress”以及第三句中的“I continued to make these pencil marks for years”可知，这本词典上的铅笔标记记录了作者多年的学习历程，见证了她的努力，故选C。
27. B 推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“It’s not about the words themselves or how we learn them, but the wanting to know them, the curiosity and the appetite.”可知，作者意识到学习的关键是求知欲与内在动力，故选B。
编辑：小徐