甘肃省武威市2018届高三英语上学期第一次阶段性考试试题

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1、2017-2018学年第一学期高三年级第一次阶段性考试英语试卷第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。ATf"colour"and"color”,afavourite”…HaveyoueverwonderedwhyAmericansspellthosewordswithouta“u”?Isitbecausetheyarelazy?Ofcoursenot.Infact,thedifferencei

2、nspellingwascreatedbyNoahWebster（1758-1783）.HeisateacherwhoreformedEnglishtomakeAmericanidentitystronger.Linguistscelebratedhis25011birthdayonOctober16,2008.AftertheRevolutionaryWar（1755-1783）,WebsterbelievedthatAmericansshouldhavetheirowndictionary,rat

3、herthanrelyonBritishversions・HedroppedtheBritish"u”insomewords.Andhechangod"ccntrc"into"ccnter”forchildrentolearnEnglishbyspcllingwordsmoreliketheysounded.Websterwasn"tshyaboutexpressinghisopinions.Indefining（定义）preposterous（unreasonable）,hewrote:"ARepu

4、blicangovernmentinthehandsoffemalesispreposterous.”Websterspent28yearsontheprojectbeforecompletingthe70,000-wordsdictionaryin1828withhisAmerican-stylespellings.Healsoaddedlocalwords・Hisdictionarywaswidelyusedinschools.Linguists（语言学家）believedithelpedanew

5、nationachieveunityandculturalindependenceatatimewhenmostwerefocusedonpoliticalfreedom・"HewastheshaperofourlanguageandtheshaperofAmericanidentity,”saidJoshuaKendall,whoisworkingonabiographyaboutWebster.“Heatlastgotusunitedthroughourlanguage.”1.Accordingt

6、othepassage,whenheworkedonhisdictionary,NoahWebsterdidallofthefollowingExceptB.changing"centre”A.dropping“u”inalltheBritishwordsinto“center”C・addinglocalwordsD.voicinghisopinion2・WhendidNoahWebsterprobablybeginhisprojectofthedictionary?A.In1758B.In1783C

7、.In1800D.In18283.WhydidNoahWebsterprobablybeginhisprojectofthedietionary?A.BecausehowantedtomakeEnglishsimpleandeasy.B.BecausehewantedAmericanEnglishtohaveitsowncharacteristicsC.BecausehewantedtoachievepoliticalfreedomD.BecausehewantedtoshowthattheUSAis

8、strongerthantheUK4.A.InterestingB.BoringC.5finishedD.WhichofthefollowingwordscanbestdescribeNoahWebsterswork?MeaningfulBTiredofWorkinginYourCountry^!Withover500instructorsand20yearsofexperienee,wearetheleaderinthefieldofteachingf