Readers will usually find in a general dictionary the following areas of information of a word EXCEPT _______________ .

A. spelling

B. definition

C. pronunciation

D. difference with its synonyms。

When we choose a dictionary, we should not pay attention to whether it is _____________. 

A. monolingual or bilingual

B. general or specialized

C. early or late

D. unabridged or abridged
 

 Collins COBUILD English Language Dictionary is a(n) _____________ dictionary.

A. unabridged

B. desk

C. pocket

D. encyclopedic

The idiom “bed of dust” is a ___________ as far as figures of speech are concerned.

A. simile

B. metaphor

C. metonymy

D. personification

Which of the following is NOT one of the rhetoric characteristics of idioms in general?

A. Stylistic features. 

B. Syntactical features. 

C. Rhetorical features. 

D. Occasional variations.