D.He is popular among the British.

答案　C

4.According to the passage，which of the following statements is TRUE?

A.All the suggestions for word spelling made by Webster were adopted.

B.Webster thought the spelling of English words should be simplified.

C.Today，Webster's dictionary isn't popular among American students.

D.In Webster's dictionary the word "island" is spelled as "iland".

答案　B

重点词汇

1.If Callum picked up the local accent he started to use it.

如果凯勒姆学会当地口音，他就会开始使用它。

pick up (偶然)学会；(开车)接人；接收(节目、信号等)；(碰巧或廉价地)买到某物；改善，好转；捡起，举起

pick out挑选出，辨别出

(1)The woman walked into the room and picked up the baby.

这个女人走进屋里，抱起了孩子。

(2)It was so dark here that I couldn't pick out the right books.

这里这么黑，我无法挑出正确的书籍。

[写出下列黑体词的汉语意思]

(3)Your mother will pick up after a day or two in bed.好转

(4)While in France，the boy picked up some French.(偶然)学会

(5)She agreed to pick up at the station tomorrow.(开车)接人

(6)You can pick up BBC news with a short-wave radio.接收

(7)They managed to pick up a few bargains at the supermarket.买到

2.Now add some more ideas in favour of your chosen variety.

现在再增加一些观点来支持你选择的英语变体。

(1)add vt.增加；补充说

add to增加；增添

add...to...把......加到......上(里)

add up加起来；合情理

add up to...加起来总共......

(2)addition n.增加，附加；加法

in addition另外，此外

in addition to...＝besides...＝apart from...加之；除......之外