- 试题详情及答案解析
- When Webster was young，he was a teacher. But he quickly became tired of the books he used in class. They were all about the English people and places. Since he wanted books that would be interesting to the American children，he wrote three books with many American examples.
Webster worked hard to change the spelling of American English. He wanted words to be spelled in the same way they were pronounced，for example，he thought the word “laugh” should be spelled “laf”. And he tried many ways to ask people to help him do this.
One day he walked into a print shop and gave the boy there a piece of paper. “Young man，”he said，“when you print any book in the future，please don't spell the words like the English people do. For example，when you see these words：theatre，centre, colour，and labour，please always print them as theater，center，color and labor.” The boy studied it and answered，“I agree with you，but I must ask my boss first.”
With the money he made from his books，Webster could start his great work，which took him more than twenty years to finish the first American English dictionary. And today，Webster's dictionary is thought to be the most important American English dictionary in the whole world.
【小题1】Webster didn't like the books used in American schools because________
A．he was born in America
B．there were many mistakes in them
C．American children were not interested in them
【小题2】In Webster's opinion，the word “colour” should be spelled as “color” according to its________.
A．meaning B．pronunciation C．use
【小题3】．How many books did Webster write?
A．Only one B．Two C．At least four
【小题4】What's the printer's attitude towards Webster's advice?
A．He was for it.
B．He was against it.
C．He had no idea about it.- 答案：