[单项选择]According to legend, Daniel Webster made a ______ with Satan, but managed to talk his way out of it at the last moment.
A. economy
B. standard
C. van
D. compact

[单项选择]According to legend, Daniel Webster made a ______ with Satan, but managed to talk his way out of it at the last moment.
A. economy
B. standard
C. van
D. compact

[单项选择]According to popular legend, a young goatherd discovered coffee by accident.
A. 根据流行的传闻，是一头山羊发现了咖啡。
B. 传说是一头山羊在吃草的时候碰见了咖啡，最后发生了事故o
C. 根据一个轶事，一个年轻的牧羊人发现了咖啡。
D. 根据流行的传闻，一个年轻的牧羊人偶然发现了咖啡。

[单项选择]According to the author, Webster's purpose in writing An American Dictionary of the English Language was to ______.
A. respond to the need for new schoolbooks
B. demonstrate the distinct development of the English language in America
C. promote spelling forms based on British models
D. influence the pronunciation of the English language

[单项选择]According to the passage, choices must be made because________.
A. resources are abundant
B. there is too much for us to do
C. there are only 24 waking hours in a day
D. our means are limited, but our wants are unlimited

[单项选择]According to the passage, a flashbulb can be made to burn longer by using
A. ( thicker wire
B. ( more oxygen
C. ( thinner glass
D. ( continuous electricity

[单项选择]According to the passage, Crosby has made which of the following assumptions concerning historical means of demography
A. (A) Migration is in most cases dictated by life course events as opposed to the economic factors that contribute to the development of cities.
B. (B) Population growth tends not to affect the availability of proxies for replacing emigrants from population centers.
C. (C) Sedimentary populations are more historically significant than nomadic or migratory ones.
D. (D) It is permissible to rely upon a single source of information in studying population movement patterns.
E. (E) Migration can be disregarded as a demographic pattern in historical contexts prior to the development of large cities.

[单项选择]According to the text, what has made it easy for social science graduates to find jobs
A. Willingness to take low-paid jobs,
B. Readiness to gain high-tech knowledge.
C. Skills in expressing themselves.
D. Part-time work experience.

[单项选择]Why did Webster write A Grammatical Institute of the English Language
A. He wanted to supplement his income.
B. There were no books available after the Revolutionary War.
C. He felt that British books were not appropriate for American children.
D. The children did not know how to spell.

[单项选择]Honorifics are defined by Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary as a class of grammatical forms used in speaking to or about a social ______. ( )
A. inferior
B. superior
C. equal
D. equivalent

[单项选择]Which one of the following had been Webster's profession
A. Editor.
B. Lawyer.
C. Book seller.
D. Linguist.

[单项选择]Noah Webster was a ______.
A. novelist
B. poet
C. lexicographer
D. essayist

[单项选择]According to the article
A. if your bank fails, the government will make compensation
B. it is safe to deposit money in a bank
C. you may sue somebody for your drunkness
D. all above

[单项选择]Mr. Webster thought that the explosion ______.

[单项选择]How did Daniel get Stephen out of danger
A. He squeezed into the car and carried him out.
B. He pulled him out through the broken window.
C. He freed him free his seatbelt before he got him out.
D. He held him over the water and swam back to shore.

[单项选择]According to the author,
A. TV is more entertaining than good books.
B. good books are as entertaining as TV.
C. good books are not so entertaining as TV.
D. good books are more entertaining than TV.

[单项选择]When the author cited the Brazilian legend he was ______.
A. trying to add a little humor
B. trying to illustrate his earlier point
C. simply joking
D. being religious