Webster first tried to earn his living in the field of ____.

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• 1Can computers do whatever they want to do、Why、

  A.Yes, because some computers can work 500,000 times faster than any person can.

  B.No, because they normally have a few hundred thousand parts.

  C.No, because human brains are at least 10000 times more complex than any computers.

  D.No, because how a computer works is decided by human.

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• 2“Thinking” machines suggest that ____.

  A.they can “read” hand printed letters etc

  B.they really can think and do many other jobs

  C.they even design other computers

  D.they can't think, but can do something under human control

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• 3The computer is a high powered “memory” machine, which ____.

  A.has all the ready answers — or almost all to any questions

  B.can remember everything

  C.can store everything and work for you

  D.has all the answers — or almost to all the information that has been stored

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• 4“Program” means ____.

  A.a plan of what is to be done

  B.a complete show on a TV station at a fixed time table

  C.a scheduled performance

  D.series of coded instructions to control the operations of a computer

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• 5In the first paragraph, the author thinks an electronic computer can ____.

  A.copy down all the facts

  B.remember all the facts

  C.organize the facts and everything

  D.copy down, remember and organize all the facts

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• 6Webster earned most of his money from the sale of his ____.

  A.dictionary of 1828

  B.spelling book

  C.grammar

  D.reader

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• 7Apparently Webster published his first books while he was a____.

  A.teacher

  B.student

  C.lawyer

  D.doctor

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• 8This article could be entitled ____.

  A.Noah Webster and American English Spelling

  B.Noah Webster, the author of An American Dictionary of the English Language

  C.Noah Webster

  D.Noah Webster and American English Grammar

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• 9According to the article, Webster ____.

  A.had created American English and its usages

  B.had discovered American English and improved it

  C.had tried his best and left a milestone on the language of his country

  D.had left a language which was not used in England.

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• 10“…the United States seemed to have plenty of land to go around ”means that ____.

  A.the United States seemed to have vast land for its people to walk around

  B.the United States seemed to have enough land for sharing with everyone

  C.the United States could provide whatever its inhabitents' needs

  D.the United States was not able to allow its people to do what they wanted to

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