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 spellings 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 to 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 ,OK,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 .In 1828 ,the first American English dictionary was born .And today, Webster’s dictionary is thought to be most important American English dictionary in the whole world .

1．Webster didn’t like the books used in American schools because________.

A．he was born in America

B．there were too many mistakes in them

C．American children were not interested in them

D．they were too difficult for American children to understand

2．In Webster’s opinion ,the word“colour”should be spelled as “color”according to its________.

A．meaning      B．use      C．pronunciation      D．wording

3．What’s the printer’s attitude（态度）towards Webster’s advice？

A．He was for it.                   B．He was against it .

C．He had no idea about it .          D．He thought it impossible

4.  The best tittle foe this passage should be_______

A. webster

B. webster and His Dictionary

C. The first English Dictionary

D. The Differences between American English and British English

第二节：书面表达（满分25分）

请根据下面表格中所提供的信息写一篇有关中美高中教育的短文.词数:100—120。

生词：课外活动 extra curricular

固定的  fixed

第一部分 翻译（共两节；满分30分）

第一节 短语翻译 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

1．对......感到满意   ________________      2.改变主意 ______________

3. 为……作贡献；有助于 _______________   4. 违背；违反________________

5.一般地；大体上 ________________         6.代表；象征________________

7.与……保持联系 ________________         8.注意；留意________________

9. deal with ________________               10. be made up of___________

11. stand out ________________              12. act as ________________

13. on all sides ________________            14.current affairs __________

15. go on with ________________

第二节 按要求翻译句子 （共5小题，每小题3分，满分15分）

16.船帆对于船而言正如发动机对汽车一样。（A is to B what C is to D）

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17.我们明天是否去参观长城尚未决定。（主语从句）

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18. 你能想象接下来会发生什么事呢？（宾语从句）

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19.我们的校园真漂亮呀！（感叹句）

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20.他有两个儿子在同一家公司上班。（非限制性定语从句）

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．________ useful book is helpful to ________ artist.

A．An, an       B．A, a       C．A; an        D．An; a

We found ______ very difficult for the children to understand what the chairman said at the meeting.

A．that        B．its         C．this          D．it

There are about ______ people in the park on National Day.

A．three hundred                B．three hundreds  

C．three hundred of              D．three hundred more

—Would you mind closing the window to keep out the noise?

—________．I’ll do it right away．

A．No way     B．Of course     C．Pretty good    D．Not at all

．—It’s a long time since I saw my brother．

—Why ________ him this weekend?

A．not to visit     B．don’t visit       C．not visit     D．not visiting

He’s wearing a pair of sunglasses to protect his eyes ________ the strong sunlight．

A．from          B．in          C．to         D．with