Noah Webster was born on October 16，1758，in the West Division of Hartford．Noah's was an ordinary colonial family．At that time，few people went to college，but Noah loved to learn so his parents let him go to Yale，Connecticut's only college．He left for New Haven in 1774，when he was 16．Noah's years at Yale were the years of the Revolutionary War．
Noah did not like American schools．Sometimes 70 children of all ages were crammed into oneroom schoolhouses with no desks，poor books，and untrained teachers．Their books came from England．Noah thought that Americans should learn from American books，so in 1783，Noah wrote his own textbook：A Grammatical Institute of the English Language．Most people called it the"Bluebacked Speller"because of its blue cover．
For 100 years，Noah's book taught children how to read，spell，and pronounce words．It was the most popular American book of its time．Ben Franklin used Noah's book to teach his granddaughter to read．
When Noah was 43，he started writing the first American dictionary．He did this because Americans in different parts of the country spelled，pronounced and used words differently．He thought that all Americans should speak the same way．He also thought that Americans should not speak and spell just like the English．Noah used American spellings like"color"instead of the English"colour"，"music"instead of"musick"，"check"instead of"cheque"and"center"instead of"centre"．He also added American words that weren't in English dictionaries like"skunk"and"squash"．It took him over 27 years to write his book．When finished in 1828，Noah's dictionary had 70 000 words in it．
Noah did many things in his life．He worked for copyright laws，wrote textbooks，Americanized （美國化） the English language，and edited （編輯） magazines．When Noah Webster died in 1843 he was considered an American hero．

（1）What is NOT the reason why Noah didn't like American schools？

D

D

A．There were too many students in one classroom sometimes．
B．The teachers were not trained．
C．The students in the same class were of all ages．
D．He wanted to write American books．
（2）Which of the following is TRUE about Noah？

A

A

A．He studied in Yale during the Revolutionary War．
B．Ben Franklin used Noah's dictionary to teach his grandchild．
C．Noah started to write the first American dictionary in 1783．
D．Noah was 75 when he finished his first American dictionary．
（3）According to Paragraph 4，which of the following words would Noah Webster prefer to use？

C

C

A．colour
B．musick
C．center
D．cheque．