Question

Passage 3 (2015 南京)

    阅读下面短文，根据所读内容，在文章后第56—65小题的 空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。

    注意:每个空格只填1个单词。

    Noah Webster was bom on October 16 ,1758,in the West Divi- sion of Hartford,where his father farmed and worked as a weaver. His mother was a housewife.

    Few people went to college at that time,but Noah loved so much to learn that his parents let him go to Yale,Connecticut's only college.Noah graduated in 1778.He desired (渴 望) to study law,but his parents didn't have more money to send him to school.So,in order to make a living,Noah taught in Glastonbury,Hartford and West Hartford.Later he studied law.

    Noah did not like American schools. Sometimes 70 children of all ages were crammed ( into one-room schoolhouses with poor books and untrained teachers. Their books came from England. Noah thought that Americans should learn from American books,so in 1783,Noah wrote his own textbook A Grammatical Institute of the English Language. Most people called it the 44 Blue-Backed SpellerM because of its blue cover.

    For 100 years,Noah's book taught children how to read,spell,and pronounce words.lt was the most popular American book of its lime.Ben Franklin used Noah^ book to teach his granddaughter to read.

    When Noah was 43 ,he started writing the first American dictionary. He clid that because Americans in different parts of the country spelled,pronounced and used words differently. He thought that all Americans should speak in the same way. He also thought that Americans should not speak and spell just like the English. Noah used American spellings like color instead of the English colour and music instead of musick. He also added American words that weren^ in English dictionaries like skunk and squash.He spent over 27 years writing his dictionary.When Noah accomplished (完成) his dictionary in 1828,at the age of 70 ,the first American dictionary came out.It had 70,000 words in it.

    Noah did many things in his life.He worked for copyright laws,wrote textbooks,Americanized the English language,and edited magazines. When Noah Webster died in 1843,he was considered an American hero.

     Noah Webster and the 1  American Dictionary 

Name ： Noah Webster 

Date of birth：October 16,1758 

Major events：

? 1778： After graduating,Noah had to work as a 2   because his

parents couldn’t 3   his further education.

? 1783 ： Crowded schoolhouses with poor English books and un-trained teachers didn’t4  Noah,lie wrote the textbook of his own. The textbook was so 5  at that time that even Ben Franklin used it to teach his granddaughter to read.

? 1801 ：Noah started writing the first American dictionary because he realized it was 6  for all Americans to speak in the same way.Also,he thought all Americans should speak and spell in their    7  way.

? 1828: The first American dictionary wasn’t 8   until Noah was 70 years old.It 9   him over 27 years to write it.

? 1843 ： Because of his contribution to America,Noah was

considered an American 10  when he died.

Answer 1

Passage 3

[语篇解读]本文是一篇人物传记。

Noah Webster.是一个对美国文 化做出重大贡献的人:他编写了美国的第一本教科书，用时27年编写 了美国的第一本词典，他还在版权法和英语语言的美国化等方面做出 了杰出的贡献。因此他被看做美国的英雄。

1. First 根据第五段第一•句 When Noah was   43. he started writing the first American dictionary.可知，此处应填First。由于是文章的标题，注意 首字母大写。

2. teacher 根据第二段倒数第二句的 Noah taught in Glastonbury 可知， 毕业后，为了谋生，他不得不去当老师，故填teacher。

3. afford 根据第二段第三句 He desired (渴望) to study law,but his parents didn't have more money to send him to school. 可知， 他的父母支付不起他上学的费用，故填afford。

4. SatiSfy根据第三段内容可知，Noah不喜欢各个年龄段的孩子挤在 一起上课的美国学校，也不喜欢来自英国的教科书和没有经过训练 的老师，所以这些都没有令Noah满意，故填satisfy。

5. popular根据第四段第二句可知，Noah自编的教科书非常受欢迎， 故填 popular。

6. necessary 根据第五段第三句 He thought that all Americans should speak in the same way.可知，他当时意识到所有的美国人使用同样的 方式来讲话是必要的，故填necessary。

7. own 根据第五段第四句 He also thought that Americans should not speak and spell just like the English.可知，Noah 想要美国人有自己的 讲话和拼写方式，故填own。

8. accomplished/finished 根据第五段倒数第二句 When Noah accomplished (完成 ) his dictionary in 1828.at the age of   70.the first American dictionary came out.可知，Noah直到70岁才完成这本词典，故填ac-complished 或 finished。

9. took根据第五段第七句He spent over 27 years writing his dictionary. 可知，Noah花了 27年多编撰了这本词典。原文用了 spend结构，题 干用了 It takes/took sb. some time to do sth.结构，由于在叙说过去的 事，动词用一般过去时，故填took。

10. hero根据文章最后一*段最后一句…he was considered an American hero.可知，Noah成了美国的英雄。故填hero。