Webster disliked the way certain words had been borrowed from other languages but had not been respelled. The result, he said, was a disordered mixture of letters, many of which were not pronounced the way they looked, and others of which were not pronounced at all.
Webster advised Americans to simplify their spelling. For example, he insisted that “head” should be spelled “hed” and “bread” should be spelled “bred”. Most of Webster’s suggestions did not catch on, but his textbooks sold millions of copies.
1. The passage is mainly about______.
A. Webster’s devotion to American English
B. three books of Noah Webster
C. a simple way of spelling
D. American pronunciation
2. According to Webster, Americans should______.
A. not borrow words from British English
B. not read books written in British English
C. improve their own way of spelling
D. give up British pronunciation
3. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?
A. Webster published three textbooks.
B. Certain words borrowed from other languages still remain the same in spelling.
C. Most of Webster’s suggestions were carried out.
D. Webster wanted to free Americans from British English.
4. According to the passage, the books Webster wrote dealt with(论述)all of the following EXCEPT______.
A. spelling B. pronunciation
C. grammar D. British English
科目：高中英语 来源：必修一导学英语译林 译林版 题型：053
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Noah Webster was born in a farmer’s family of 5 children in 1758．After 1 (graduate)from Yale, he 2 (desire)to study law, but his parents couldn’t afford．To make a 3 , he taught in many places and studied law later．
Condition was poor then．Noah thought Americans should learn from American books．He wrote his own textbook 4 (call)“Blue-Backed Speller” because of its blue cover．The book was the 5 popular book of its time．Many persons benefited from it．Noah started writing the first American dictionary at 43, for he thought all the Americans should speak in the same way．He used American spelling 6 of English and added new words．It 7 him over 27 years to accomplish his dictionary and it came out later．
Noah did many things in his life．He 8 for copyright laws, wrote textbooks, Americanized the English language and edited 9 ．He was 10 an American hero when he died in 1843．
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科目：高中英语 来源：2012-2013学年江西上饶中学高一第一次月考零班实验班英语试卷（带解析） 题型：阅读理解
“Colour” and “color”, “favourite” and “favorite”···Have you ever wondered why Americans spell those words without a “u”? Is it because they are lazy?
Of course not. In fact, the difference in spelling was created by Noah Webster (1758—1843). He is a teacher who reformed English to make American identity stronger. Linguists（语言学家） celebrated his 250th birthday on October 16. After the Revolutionary War(1775—1783), Webster believed that Americans should have their own dictionary, rather than rely on British versions（版本）. He dropped the British “u” in some words. And he changed “centre” into “center” for children to learn English by spelling words more like they sounded.
Webster wasn’t shy about expressing his opinions. In defining（定义） preposterous, he wrote: “A republican government in the hands of females is preposterous.”
Webster spent 28 years on the project before completing the 70,000-word dictionary in 1828 with his American-style spellings. He also added local words. His dictionary was widely used in schools. Linguists believed it helped a new nation achieve unity and cultural independence at a time when most were focused on political freedom.
“He was the shaper of our language and the shaper of American identity,” said Joshua Kendall, who is working on a biography（传记） about Webster. “He at last bonded（联合） us through our language.”
【小题1】 According to the passage, when he worked on his dictionary, Noah Webster did all of the following EXCEPT______.
| A．dropping “u” in all the British words |
| B．changing “centre” into “center” |
| C．adding local words |
| D．expressing his opinion. |
| A．In 1758 | B．In 1783 | C．In 1800 | D．In 1828 |
| A．Because he wanted to make English simple and easy. |
| B．Because he wanted American English to have it own characteristics（特征）. |
| C．Because he wanted to make American English the best in the world. |
| D．Because he wanted to show that the USA is stronger than the UK. |
| A．Interesting | B．Boring | C．Unfinished | D．Meaningful |
| A．Webster |
| B．American identity |
| C．The shaper of American English |
| D．Spelling difference between American and British English. |
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科目：高中英语 来源：2011-2012学年吉林省普通高中高二下学期期中考试英语试卷（带解析） 题型：阅读理解
Mouse potatoes joined couch potatoes (who spend much time watching TV on the couch), google officially became a verb and drama queens (extremely emotional persons) finally found the attention when they crossed over from popular culture to mainstream English language.
The mouse potato, the himbo (attractive, empty-headed man) and drama queen were among 100 new words added to the 2006 update of America’s best-selling dictionary, the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary《韦氏大词典》. The Internet search engine Google also found its way into the dictionary for the first time as a verb, meaning to find information quickly on the worldwide web.
New words and phrases from the fields of science, technology, pop culture and industry are chosen each year by Merriam-Webster’s team of editors after months of looking through books, magazines and even food labels. “They are not tracking spoken language. They are looking for evidence that words have been used in the written English language,” said Arthur Bicknell, senior editor of Merriam-Webster.
Other words first coming into the dictionary this year were soul patch (a small growth of beard under a man’s lower lip), unibrow (two eyebrows joining together) and supersize － the fast food industry phrase for extra large meals.
The technology world contributed ringtones (changeable incoming cellphone call signals) and spyware (software installed in a computer to track a user’s activities) while biodiesel (生物柴油) and avian influenza(禽流感) came from the world of science.
America’s first dictionary － Noah Webster’s A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language － was published 200 years ago and also introduced some fresh words that have now become familiar. Those “new” words in 1806 included slang, surf, psychology, naturally and Americanize.
【小题1】The mouse potato refers to ____________.
| A．a mouse that lives by potatoes |
| B．a person who spends much time on the computer |
| C．a mouse that is shown on the screen of the computer |
| D．a person who likes to eat mice and potatoes |
| A．mouse potatoes, google, supersize， drama queen. |
| B．himbo, soul patch, unibrow, supersize. |
| C．ringtones, spyware, biodiesel, avian influenza. |
| D．couch potatoes, surf, psychology, Americanize. |
| A．New words and phrases were introduced into the dictionary have close relationship with the time. |
| B．New words and phrases chosen by the editors of the dictionary have been used in written English somewhere. |
| C．Some words that are now familiar to us used to be fresh words collected in the dictionary. |
| D．The Merriam-webster Collegiate Dictionary becomes the best-seller because 100 new words are added to it. |
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科目：高中英语 来源：2014届四川省高二10月月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：其他题
根据汉语完成句子。（请将答案写在答题卡上相应番号的横线上，一空一词。）
1.他昨天声称看见一个黑黑的、圆圆的动物在水中快速游动。
He __________ to have seen a round black creature __________ quickly through the water yesterday.
2.他们说水温这样低的湖泊不可能生存有体形如此巨大的动物。
They say that the __________ lake is __________ to be able to __________ such large living creatures.
3.当急流穿过两英里高的峡谷时，峡谷变窄了，只有350英尺。
The gorge __________ __________ 350 feet as the river rushes through the two-mile-high mountains.
4.块块巨石形象各异，条条之流流淌着传说，座座小山承载着过往。
Every rock looked like a person or animal, every stream that joined the river __________ its legend, and every hill was __________ __________ the past.
5.远山上写着20英尺见方的汉字：“建造山峡大坝，开发长江资源”。
On a distant mountain was a sign __________ 20-foot __________. “Build the Three Gorges Dam, Exploit the Yangtze River,” it __________.
6.你永远想不到她。一个人带大五个孩子所遇到的困难。
You can never imagine the difficulty she had __________ up five children all by herself.
7.这也导致了大量的美语单词和结构传入英国英语。
It has also __________ __________ lots of American words and structures __________ into British English.
8.对于美国人来说，情况稍微好些，这多亏了一位叫诺亚.韦伯斯特的人，一位1778年毕业于耶鲁大学的教师。
For Americans things are a little bit easier, __________ __________ the work of Noah Webster, a teacher who __________ from Yale University in 1778.
9.萧伯纳有这样的评论：英国及美国这两个国家被共同的语言所区分。
Gorge Bernard Shaw made the famous __________ __________ the British and The Americans are two nations divided by a common language.
10.两个国家境内的口音差异可能和两国之间的口音差异一样大。
There is probably __________ much __________ of pronunciation __________ the two countries as __________ them.
11.在旅游界有一种说法：所有游客都被敲竹杠。
There is a saying in the travel trade __________ all tourists are __________ __________.
12.《初级拼写》建议简化英语单词的拼写。
The Elementary Spelling Book suggested __________ the spelling of English words.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2014届广东省高一上学期10月月考英语试题 题型：其他题
__1__ the end of the 16th century English was only spoken by people from England. They were the native _2___(speak). Today, __3__ largest number of people speaking English may be in China because a lot of Chinese people learn and speak English __4__ their foreign language.
Old English ___5___(sound) more or less like German for it was based on German, _6___ modern English sounds more like French than German because England once ___7__(rule) by the French.
Two people had great effects __8__ the English changes. One was Shakespeare, __9___ enlarged the English vocabulary and the other was Noah Webster, who wrote a dictionary. The dictionary gave American English ___10___ own identity.
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