Many people have tried to simplify (簡化) the spelling of English words. Unlike other languages, English sometimes spells the same sounds in very different ways. For example, there is "light" but "white", "loan" but "phone", and there are at least seven different ways of pronouncing "ough": "though", "through", "bough"," cough", "enough", "ought" and "thorough"．

The American President Theodore Roosevelt almost succeeded in simplifying English spelling. In 1906,Andrew Carnegie started the Simplified Spelling Board. He was one of the richest men in the United States of America. The board's plan was to make the spelling of words nearer to the way they sound. For example, the word "though" would be spelt "tho" and "through" would become "thru"． Other people on the board were Melvil Dewey, the head of the New York libraries, and Professor Brander Matthews of Columbia University. They explained their idea to President Roosevelt, who thought that it was indeed logical. He immediately asked the government printer to use simplified spelling in all government letters.

But people didn't like the change, even if it made life easier. So the new simpler spelling was not popular. More importantly, when the American politicians (政客) discussed the plan, they did not like it either.

Because Roosevelt did not want to have any problems with the politicians, he changed his mind and told the printer to go back to the old way of spelling.

Since then no one in any government has dared to simplify English spelling. However,people do simplify some words, mainly in advertisements. For example, we often see "tonite" instead of "tonight" and "thru" instead of "through"．

1.Many people have tried to simplify English spelling because________.

A.English words are too long to remember

B. there are many mistakes in English words

C. lots of words are spelt in many different ways

D. sometimes the same sounds have different spellings.

2.Who is NOT a member of the Simplified Spelling Board?

A.Andrew Carnegie.

B. Melvil Dewey.

C. Theodore Roosevelt.

D. Brander Matthews.

3.What was Theodore Roosevelt's attitude towards simplified spelling?

A .Worried.

B. Supportive.

C. Uncertain.

D. Doubtful.

4.According to the passage, simplified spelling________.

A. was welcomed by the US politicians

B. changed the way the words sound

C. has been used widely for over a century

D. was first used in US government letters.

 

1.D

2.C

3.B

4.D

【解析】

1.根據(jù)第一段第二句話Unlike other languages, English sometimes spells the same sounds in very different ways.可知，人們試圖簡化英語拼寫是因為英語單詞有時候同

樣的發(fā)音會有不同的拼寫。

2.C 解析： 根據(jù)第二段中提到Andrew Carnegie started the Simplified Spelling Board.可知Andrew Carnegie參與這個組織，再根據(jù)Other people on the board were Melvil Dewey, the head of the New York libraries, and Professor Brander Matthews of Columbia University.可知沒有C選項。

3.B 解析：根據(jù)第二段最后一句話He immediately asked the government printer to use simplified spelling in all government letters可知，簡化拼寫首先是在美國政府信函中使用的

4.D 解析根據(jù)第三段最后More importantly, when the American politicians (政客) discussed the plan, they did not like it either.可知，Roosevelt改變了主意，拼寫改革計劃最終失敗了

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