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1、单元测评(六) Units1～5(时间：90分钟 满分：110分)第一部分 阅读理解(共两节；满分30分)第一节 (共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。ANoahWebsterwasbornonOctober16,1758,intheWestDivisionofHartford.Noah'swasanordinarycolonialfamily.Atthattime,fewpeoplewenttocollege,butNoahlovedtolearnsohisparentslethimgotoYale,Connecticu
2、t'sonlycollege.HeleftforNewHavenin1774,whenhewas16.Noah'syearsatYaleweretheyearsoftheRevolutionaryWar.NoahdidnotlikeAmericanschools.Sometimes70childrenofallageswerecrammedintooneroomschoolhouseswithnodesks,poorbooks,anduntrainedteachers.TheirbookscamefromEngland.NoahthoughtthatAmericansshouldlearnf
3、romAmericanbooks,soin1783,Noahwrotehisowntextbook:AGrammaticalInstituteoftheEnglishLanguage.Mostpeoplecalleditthe“BluebackedSpeller”becauseofitsbluecover.For100years,Noah'sbooktaughtchildrenhowtoread,spell,andpronouncewords.ItwasthemostpopularAmericanbookofitstime.BenFranklinusedNoah'sbooktoteachhi
4、sgranddaughtertoread.WhenNoahwas43,hestartedwritingthefirstAmericandictionary.HedidthisbecauseAmericansindifferentpartsofthecountryspelled,pronouncedandusedwordsdifferently.HethoughtthatallAmericansshouldspeakthesameway.HealsothoughtthatAmericansshouldnotspeakandspelljustliketheEnglish.NoahusedAmer
5、icanspellingslike“color”insteadoftheEnglish“colour”，“music”insteadof“musick”，“check”insteadof“cheque”and“center”insteadof“centre”.HealsoaddedAmericanwordsthatweren'tinEnglishdictionarieslike“skunk”and“squash”.Ittookhimover27yearstowritehisbook.Whenfinishedin1828,Noah'sdictionaryhad70000wordsinit.No
6、ahdidmanythingsinhislife.Heworkedforcopyrightlaws,wrotetextbooks,Americanized(美国化)theEnglishlanguage,andedited(编辑)magazines.WhenNoahWebsterdiedin1843hewasconsideredanAmericanhero.语篇解读 本文是一篇人物传记类记叙文。文章主要讲述了Noah的生平经历，以及他致力于将英语美式化、编词典和杂志等贡献，被认为是美国英雄。1．WhatisNOTthereasonwhyNoahdidn'tlikeAmericanschools
7、?A.Thereweretoomanystudentsinoneclassroomsometimes.B.Theteacherswerenottrained.C.Thestudentsinthesameclasswereofallages.D.HewantedtowriteAmericanbooks.答案与解析 D 细节理解题。根据文章第二段第二句话“Sometimes70childrenofallagesw
