Many years ago,a French naturalist,the Count de Buffon,wrote some books about natural history.The books were a great success even though some critics did not like them.Some critics said,“Count Buffon is more of a poet than a scientist.”
Thomas Jefferson did not like what the Count had said about the natural wonders of the New World.It seemed to Jefferson that the Count had spoken of natural wonders in America as if they were unimportant.
This troubled Thomas Jefferson.He too was a naturalist,as well as a farmer,inventor,historian,writer and politician.He had seen the natural wonders of Europe.To him,they were no more important than those of the New World.
In 1788,Thomas Jefferson wrote about his home state,Virginia.While writing,he thought of its natural beauty and then of the words of the Count de Buffon.At that moment.Jefferson created a new word—belittle.He said.“The Count de Buffon believes that nature belittles her productions on this side of the Atlantic.”
Noah Webster,the American word expert,liked this word.He put it in this English language dictionary in 1806,“Belittle—to make small,unimportant.”
Americans had already accepted Jefferson’s word and started to use it.In 1797,the Independent Chronicle newspaper used the word to describe a politician the paper supported.“He is an honorable man,”the paper wrote,“so let the opposition try to belittle him as much as they please.”
In 1872,a famous American word expert decided that the time had come to kill this word.He said,“Belittle has no chance of becoming English.And as more critical writers of America,like those of Britain,feel no need of it,the sooner it is forgotten,the better.”
This expert failed to kill the word.Today.belittle is used where the English language is spoken.
【小題1】Why did Thomas Jefferson disagree with the Count de Buffon?

A.The Count said something silly about the Atlantic.
B.The Count wasn’t a true scientist in natural history.
C.The Count was a poet from a different country.
D.The Count belittled the natural wonders in America.
【小題2】We can infer that Jefferson created the word“belittle”out of his ___________.
A.a(chǎn)nger B.excitement
C.kindness D.responsibility
【小題3】From the text we can know that ______________.
A.a(chǎn)ll critics thought little of the Count de Buffon
B.Europe has better wonders than the New World
C.the word“belittle”survived from disagreements
D.word experts can change the future of a new word
【小題4】Which of the following is true of the word“belittle”?
A.It is gradually accepted by people.
B.It was invented by the Count de Buffon.
C.It was used to describe nature.
D.The Independent Chronicle made it popular.
【小題5】What is the main idea of the text?
A.How the word“belittle”came into being.
B.The argument about natural wonders.
C.Every word has a long history behind.
D.Noah Webster supported Jefferson’s idea.


【小題1】D
【小題2】A
【小題3】C
【小題4】A
【小題5】A

解析試題分析:這篇文章主要介紹了和貶低有關(guān)的belittle這個(gè)詞匯的由來(lái)。
【小題1】推斷題:根據(jù)It seemed to Jefferson that the Count had spoken of natural wonders in America as if they were unimportant.可知杰斐遜不同意法國(guó)博學(xué)家蒲豐認(rèn)為他有貶低美國(guó)自然奇跡的意思, 故選D。
【小題2】猜詞題:根據(jù)" This troubled Thomas Jefferson.He too was a naturalist,as well as a farmer,inventor,historian,writer and politician.He had seen the natural wonders of Europe.To him,they were no more important than those of the New World.意思是杰斐遜很生氣法國(guó)博學(xué)家這樣描寫美國(guó)自然風(fēng)光,處于生氣創(chuàng)造了這個(gè)詞。故選A。
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)題:根據(jù)This expert failed to kill the word.Today.belittle is used where the English language is spoken盡管大家對(duì)這個(gè)詞匯充滿爭(zhēng)議但至今人們?nèi)匀皇褂盟,故選C。
【小題4】推斷題:根據(jù)Americans had already accepted Jefferson’s word and started to use it.可知很多人都開始接受這個(gè)詞匯,故選A。
【小題5】主旨題,全文講述了belittle這個(gè)詞匯的由來(lái),故選A.
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