期中题型专练-阅读理解- 外研版 2023-2024学年 九年级英语下册

期中题型专练-阅读理解- 2023-2024学年 九年级英语下册 外研版 When you open a dictionary, you often come across a lot of unfamiliar words. You might think this is a bit frightening. But many of them are formed using other simpler words. This is called word formation. Words formed by combining (合并) other words are called compounds, for example, “penfriend” and “well-known”. Prefixes and suffixes often have fixed meanings. If you add -un or -in to a word, the new word usually means the opposite. For example, if something isn’t correct, it’s incorrect. Words with the suffixes -ment and -ness are often nouns. For example, if somebody has improved a lot, they have made great improvement. Conversion is the word formation process in which a word of one grammatical form becomes a word of another grammatical form without any changes to spelling or pronunciation. For example, the word “email” may appear before the verb or simply be used as a verb: I can either send you an email (noun) or simply email (verb) you. Another kind of word formation is called abbreviation, which means shortening a word. Some words are made up of the first letters of several words: “World Trade Organization” can be referred to as WTO. And ASAP is short for “as soon as possible”. It is impossible to know the meaning of every word. But knowing about word formation can help us guess their meanings. 1．Which of the following word is a compound word? A．Improvement. B．Railway. C．Present. D．Impossible. 2．The word “carelessness” can be used as an example to explain ________. A．compound B．prefixes C．suffixes D．abbreviation 3．Which paragraph does this sentence belong to: “Face to face” is written as “F2 F” for short ________. A．Paragraph 2 B．Paragraph 3 C．Paragraph 4 D．Paragraph 5 4．What does the underlined word “conversion” mean in Chinese? A．合成 B．转换 C．简略 D．借鉴 5．What is the purpose of the text? A．To explain different types of word formation. B．To tell us the importance of using dictionaries. C．To encourage people to recite as