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江苏省2014届高三英语（牛津版）一轮复习攻略训练：阅读理解（13）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。AThereisnodoubtaboutit.Thebestwaytolearnnewwordsistodoitunconsciously.Idon’tmeanwhileyou’reunconscious.Imeanwhileyouareunconsciousofthefactthatitissinkingin.ThatishowIlearntthe30,000wordsinmyvocabularybylivinginanEnglish-speakingworld,mothertongue.Ijustpickthemup.Butsomeofthemmaybemisunderstood.Now,tomisunderstanddoesnotmeannottounderstand.Tomisunderstandistounderstandbutincorrectly.The5%mislearntofallthewordswe“know”willbetheleastfrequentlyusedwords,asthemorefrequentlyusedwordsarelesslikelytobemislearnt.Someofthemisunderstandingmaylivewithallourlives,withoutknowingthatwegotthemwrong.ManyEnglishteachersthinkthatthisnaturalmethodoflearningwordsinone’sownmothertonguecanbeusedforasecondlanguagelearning.TheyteachtheirstudentshowtoplaytheGuessingGame.“Thereisnotimetolookupinyourdictionariesallthenewwordsyoucomeacross,”theywillsay.“Youhavetopracticeguessingwhatthewordmeansfromthecontext.”Thismethodofguessinginasecondlanguagelearningdoesnotwork.Itmaysucceedinmanycases,butresultsinhundredsorthousandsofwrongly-guessedmeaningsofwords.Andwhat’smore,therearemoreseparatemeaningsthantherearewordsthemselves.Ourlearners’dictionariesusuallyhavemanymeanings.Agooddictionaryiswhatmakesself-learningpossible.Don’tguess!Lookitup!56.Itiscertainthatthebestwaytolearnnewwordsis______.A.tolearnthembyoneselfB.tolearnbylivinginanEnglish-speakingworldandusingthemfrequentlyC.toguessthemfromthecontextD.togetmoreseparatemeaningsofeachword57.Theunderlinedword“them”inParagraph2refersto______.A.the30,000wordsB.EnglishteachersC.misunderstoodwordsD.frequentlyusedwords58.WhichofthefollowingismostlikelyNOTtrue?A.Someofthewordsthewriterknowsmusthavebeenmisunderstood.B.Mostofthe30,000wordsthewriterlearnedarefrequentlyusedones.C.Howmanywordsthewritergotwrongarenotknown.D.Allthewordsthewriterknowswerelearnedbyreadingthem.59.Itcanbeinferredthat______.A.whensomebodyisconscious,heorsheusuallycan’tlearnnewwordsbyheartB.wemustusethewordsasoftenaspossibleinordertomasterthemC.it’sthebestwaytolearnnewwordsthatoneshouldonlyguesstheirmeaningsfromthecontextD.onlydictionariescanhelpuslearnlanguagewell.BInsomeurbancenters,workholismissocommonthatpeopledonotconsideritunusual:theyacceptthelifestyleasnormal.GovernmentworkersinWashingtonD.C.,forexample,frequentlyworksixtytoseventyhoursaweek.Theydon’tdothisbecausetheyhaveto;theydoitbecausetheywantto.Workholismcanbeaseriousproblem.Becausetrueworkaholics(工作狂)wouldratherworkthandoanythingelse,theyprobablydon’tknowhowtorelax.Isworkholismalwaysdangerous?Perhapsnot.Thereare,certainly,peoplewhoworkwellunderstress.Somestudiesshowthatmanyworkaholicshavegreatenergyandinterestinlife.Theirworkissopleasurablethattheyareactuallyveryhappy.Formostworkaholics,workandentertainmentkeepthembusyandcreative.Whydoworkaholicsenjoytheirjobssomuch?Thereareseveraladvantagestowork.Ofcourse,itprovidespeoplewithpaychecks,andthisisimportant.Butitoffersmorethanfinancialsecurity.Itprovidespeoplewithself-confidence;theyhaveafeelingofsatisfactionwhenthey’veproducedachallengingpieceofworkandareabletosay,“Imadethat.”Psychologistsclaimthatworkgivespeopleanidentitythroughparticipationinwork,theygetasenseofselfandindividualism.Inaddition,mostjobsprovidepeoplewithasocially...