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北师大版必修三Unit 8 B卷 Ⅰ.完形填空 (2017·东北三省六校联合诊断)Today's English learner has a wide choice of dictionaries. There are __1__ with American English, with British English, with idioms or slang, and __2__with pictures. One of the most __3__dictionaries I have seen among many students is the __4__electronic dictionary. All you have to do is to __5__a word in your language and you can see it and __6__it in English. That's great, right? Well, I think it's great, too ... but only sometimes. Bilingual electronic dictionaries are fast and __7__. They can be great __8__you are traveling and need information quickly. __9__I am against electronic dictionaries and even bilingual __10__dictionaries in many cases. Let me explain. When you reach an intermediate (中等程度的) level of English, you know __11__of the language to ask the meaning of certain things while using English. Translating between languages in your head __12__time. You should be translating as little as possible and __13__in English as much as possible. I strongly recommend that intermediate and advanced students should __14__an EnglishEnglish dictionary that is made __15__for your understanding. For example, Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press has good dictionaries for students and __16__publishing houses do, too. I also feel that paper dictionaries are better for studying than electronic dictionaries. True, they take longer to use. But, for some reason, the information you __17__seems to stay in your head longer. It may be __18__you are forced to spell the word in your head and therefore “see it” more clearly in your __19__. | 
