People living in different countries made different kinds of words．Today there are about fifteen hundred languages in the world．Each contains(包含) many thousands of words．A very large dictionary，for example，contains four or five hundred thousand words．But we don’t need all these． To read short stories you need to know only about two thousands words．Before you leave school，you will learn only one thousand or more．
The words you know are called your vocabulary．You should try to make your vocabulary bigger．Read as many books as you can．There are a lot of books written in easy English for you to read．You will enjoy them．When you meet a new word，find it in your dictionary．Your dictionary is your most useful book． 1．The number of different languages spoken is about ________．
A．150
B．15，000
C．500
D．1，500
2．Before you leave your school，you’ll learn ________ words．
A．only two thousand C．more than one thousand
B．five hundred thousand D．three or four thousand
3．To make your vocabulary bigger，you must ________．
A．get as many dictionaries as you can B．read as many books as you can C．buy a lot of books
D．have a very large English dictionary
4．You will enjoy ________．
A．the books written in easy English B．your dictionary
C．your new words D．finding new words in a dictionary
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