Section B
Passage One
The average person learns most of the 30,000-40,000 words whose meanings we recognize by hearing them or getting familiar with them in the context without conscious effort. [26]The best way to build a good vocabulary, therefore, is to read a great deal and to participate in a lot of good conversations. There are relatively few words that we learn permanently by purposefully referring to dictionaries or keeping word lists. Here are some suggestions of how to do it.
Read plenty of good books. [27]When you come across a new word or a new meaning of an old word, stop and see if you can understand it from its context. If you can't, and if you can manage without interrupting the thought of the book too much, look it up in a dictionary or ask somebody and then repeat its meaning to yourself a couple of times. If you are really conscientious, write the word and its meaning in a personal vocabulary list. Go over the list from time to time. Further, try to use the new word in writing or conversation a few times over the next several days.
[28]Listen to good conversations and be alert to new words you hear or to new meanings of words you have already known. Then treat them just as you treat the new words you read.
Learn and be alert to the parts of words: prefixes, suffixes and roots. Knowing them enables you to make intelligent guesses about the meanings of words.

Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. According to the speaker, which is the best way to build your vocabulary?
正确答案：C
解析：细节题。短文提到，增加词汇量最好的方法就是大量阅读和大量参与对话，C正确。A利用reading一词进行干扰，原文中提到的“大量阅读”并不等同于A中的“背诵大量精彩的阅读材料”，故A不正确。
27. When you meet a new word in reading, what are you suggested to do first?
正确答案：A
解析：细节题。短文提到，当你遇到生词或某个旧词的新含义时，先停下来，看你是否能通过上下文理解它，故A（猜测它的含义）为正确答案。
28. What should you do to new words when you participate in a conversation?
正确答案：B
解析：细节题。短文提到，仔细聆听别人的谈话，并且特别留意听到的生词和你已经认识的词的新含义。接下来就像处理在阅读中出现的生词那样来处理会话中遇到的生词。B中的pay due attention to是原文中be alert to的同义表达。C只是日常学习中要做的事情。