Sure. you know their names, possibly better than you know the name of the street you live on.
When the need comes, these names roll off our tongues like they were our own brothers. I am writing about the famous Webster s Dictionary and Roget s Thesaurus.
Webster s Dictionary. Many people can respond immediately: Noah Webster. We are aware that he is the father of the dictionary. But who was he? What did he do for a living? When did he live?
Noah was born in 1758, graduated from Yale University in 1778. and later graduated from law school He produced the first American dictionary in 1806 and published his influential work An American Dictionary of the English Language in l828. His interests led him to be a lexicographer  (詞典編纂者). textbook editor, author, Bible translator and spelling reformer. He also produced a large number of writings in medicine, mythology  (神話),  and the relationship of European and Asian languages. In addition, he .founded the first New York daily newspaper in 1793. He died in 1843.
Roget's Thesaurus. And it gives us The chance to learn about Roget, the man-Peter Mark Roget, And who? What? When?
Englishman Peter Roget, MD, was born in 1779. He studied medicine and mathematics at the University of Edinburgh. He is considered as the creator of the first-ever thesaurus (同義詞典). It has been called one of the three most important books ever printed. along with the Bible and Webster s Dictionary. He began his work Thesaurus of English  Words and Phrases in I 805 but did not publish it until 1852-47 years later. In his lifetime. he became a noted lecturer and writer on anatomy(解剖學(xué) ). geology(地質(zhì)學(xué)).bees，and more . When Roget died in 1869 at age 90. his son, John . took over the Thesaurus arid he gradually expanded it.
So now you know the two famous books. Not enough information? As well-known humourist James Thurber suggested in the title of his 1941 magazine short story about baseball, You Could Look It Up!
小題1:The author states that "these names roll off our tongues" in order to show that people______.
A．will learn from the two writersB．have ignored the two writers
C．a(chǎn)re familiar with the namesD．know a lot about the two
小題2:According to the text. Noah Webster and Peter Roget are alike because they both______.
A．had many interestsB．studied medicine
C．were professorsD．liked baseball
小題3:The purpose of the last paragraph is to_______.
A．a(chǎn)ttract more readersB．come to a conclusion
C．encourage further researchD．provide background information
小題4:Which of the following shows the structure of the whole text?

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:D

試題分析：這篇文章主要介紹了編撰字典的Noah Webster 和 Peter Roget。Noah Webster 和 Peter Roget很相似是因為他們都有許多愛好，并且鼓勵大家進(jìn)一步的研究。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)Sure. you know their names, possibly better than you know the name of the street you live on. When the need comes, these names roll off our tongues like they were our own brothers.可知作者是為了說明人們對這些名字很熟悉。故選C。
小題2:推測題：通過閱讀可知，Noah Webster 和 Peter Roget很相似是因為他們都有許多愛好，故選A。
小題3:推測題：根據(jù)So now you know the two famous books. Not enough information? As well-known humourist James Thurber suggested in the title of his 1941 magazine short story about baseball, You Could Look It Up!可知最后一個自然段的目的是鼓勵進(jìn)一步的研究，故選C。
小題4:推斷題：這篇文章整體的結(jié)構(gòu)是總分總。故選D。
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“I'm just amazed you still have the same stand for holding the pad and pencil after all these years.” I say to her, walking back into the living-room with a sheet of paper and the pencil. “You still use a pencil. Can’t you afford a pen?”
My mother replies a little sharply. “It works perfectly well. I've always kept the stand in the kitchen. I never knew when I might want to note down an idea, and I was always in the kitchen these days. ”
Immediately I can picture her, hair wild, blue housecoat covered in flour, a wooden spoon in one hand, the pencil in the other, her mouth moving silently. My mother smiles and says, “One day I was cooking and watching baby     Pauline, and I had a brilliant thought, but the stand was empty. One of the children must have taken the paper. So I just picked up the breadboard and wrote it all down on the back. It turned out to be a real breakthrough for solving the mathematical problem I was working on.”
This story—which happened before I was born—reminds me how extraordinary my mother was, and is also a gifted mathematician. I feel embarrassed that I complain about not having enough child-free time to work. Later, when my mother is in the bathroom, I go into her kitchen and turn over the breadboards. Sure enough, on the back of the smallest one, are some penciled marks I recognize as mathematics. Those symbols have traveled unaffected through fifty years, rooted in the soil of a cheap wooden breadboard, invisible exhibits at every meal.
小題1:Why has the author's mother always kept the notepad and pencil in the kitchen?
A．To leave messages.
B．To list her everyday tasks.
C．To note down maths problems.
D．To write down a flash of inspiration（靈感）.
小題2:What is the author's original opinion about the wooden stand?
A．It has great value for the family.
B．It needs to be replaced by a better one.
C．It brings her back to her lonely childhood.
D．It should be passed on to the next generation.
小題3:The author feels embarrassed for ______.
A．blaming her mother wrongly
B．giving her mother a lot of trouble
C．not making good use of time as her mother did
D．not making any breakthrough in her field
小題4:What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A．The mother is successful in her career.
B．The family members like traveling.
C．The author had little time to play when young.
D．The marks on the breadboard have disappeared.
小題5:In the author's mind, her mother is ______.
A．strange in behavior
B．enthusiastic about her research
C．fond of collecting old things
D．careless about her appearance

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