我认为美式英语与英式英语差别并不是很大。

27．The question is，what's going to happen to the way we speak English in the future?

问题是，未来我们会以什么方式说英语？

28．For Americans things are a little bit easier，thanks to the work of Noah Webster，a teacher who graduated from Yale University in 1778.

对美国人来说，事情(单词拼写)稍微好办些，这多亏了一位叫诺亚·韦伯斯特的人。他是一位1778年毕业于耶鲁大学的教师。

29．By the 1850s it was selling one million copies a year，making it one of the most popular school books ever.

到19世纪50年代，它(这本书)每年售出一百万册，成为最受欢迎的校园图书之一。

30．Webster is best known for his American Dictionary of the English Language，which first appeared in 1828.

韦伯斯特最著名的是他的《美国英语词典》。这部字典首次出现于1828年。

Ⅰ.True(T) or False(F)．

1．Webster is best known for his The Elementary Spelling Book.(　F　)

2．In English the spelling of words always represents the sound.(　F　)

3．In American English，today the word "colour" may be written as "color"．(　T　)

4．Today，Webster's dictionary is still the number one dictionary for American and Chinese students.(　F　)

5．Noah Webster suggested simplifying the spelling of English words.(　T　)

Ⅱ.Choose the best answer according to the passage.

1．Webster first worked as .

A．a soldier B．a writer

C．a teacher D．an editor

答案　C

2．From the passage we can know American Dictionary of the English Language .

A．was criticized by the British but soon became popular

B．was not accepted by the American at first when it appeared

C．was once popular but not today

D．was selling one million copies a year in the 1850s

答案　A

3．What can we know about Noah Webster in the passage?