阅读理解WhenWebsterwasyoung,hewasateache

阅读理解 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 AmericaB.there were too many mistakes in themC.American children were not interested in themD.they were too difficult for American children to understand2.In Webster’s opinion ,the word“colour”should be spelled as “color”according to its________.A.meaning B.use C.pronunciation D.wording3.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 impossible4. The best tittle foe this passage should be_______A.websterB.webster and His DictionaryC.The first English DictionaryD.The Differences between American English and British English

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