) 5. How can we prevent the good land from becoming deserts? A. We should develop technologies to deal with deserts B. We should cover the land with plants C. We must stop people from cutting down trees D. All of the above B When you read English, you will sometimes find a word that you do not know If you do not know a word, what should you do? You might stop reading and look up the word in your dictionary, but that will take you a lot of time A quick, excellent method of finding the meaning of a new word is by using the context. The context meaning the other words around the new word For example, do you know the word"knob?"? Read this sentence and then you may guess the leaning: Please turn the knob on the left until you find an FM station that plays good music. The important words in this example are"turn","on the left", and"music". Now you should know that a knob is a part of the radio that you turn to find a station. Read the following sentences carefully and find the meaning of each underlined word by using the context 6. After the writer put the letter in the envelope, she sealed it and put a stamp on it A opened B closed C. sent 7. I forgot to put the bread in the bag, and now it is stale A. white B. soft nice )8. Her real name is Margaret, but everyone calls her Margie is her nickname A. short name B. full name C first name D last name 9. This kind of flowers thrives in this area because the weather is warm grows well B doesnt grow C makes a few flowers D dies )10. today was a hectic day for me. I woke up late, hurried to the office, and kept working until four B unlucky C. interesting( )5. How can we prevent the good land from becoming deserts? A. We should develop technologies to deal with deserts. B. We should cover the land with plants. C. We must stop people from cutting down trees. D. All of the above. B When you read English, you will sometimes find a word that you do not know. If you do not know a word, what should you do? You might stop reading and look up the word in your dictionary, but that will take you a lot of time. A quick, excellent method of finding the meaning of a new word is by using the context. The context meaning the other words around the new word. For example, do you know the word “knob”? Read this sentence and then you may guess the meaning: Please turn the knob on the left until you find an FM station that plays good music. The important words in this example are “turn”, “on the left”, and “music”. Now you should know that a knob is a part of the radio that you turn to find a station. Read the following sentences carefully and find the meaning of each underlined word by using the context. ( )6. After the writer put the letter in the envelope, she sealed it and put a stamp on it. A. opened B. closed C. sent D. put ( )7. I forgot to put the bread in the bag, and now it is stale. A. white B. soft C. dry D. nice ( )8. Her real name is Margaret, but everyone calls her Margie is her nickname. A. short name B. full name C. first name D. last name ( )9. This kind of flowers thrivesin this area because the weather is warm. A. grows well B. doesn’t grow C. makes a few flowers D. dies ( )10. today was a hectic day for me. I woke up late, hurried to the office, and kept working until four. A. lucky B. unlucky C. interesting D. busy