18.10 Reading Comprehension Test

a) Noah Webster's literary heritage;

b) the varieties of spelling;

c) Webster's political preferences;

d) popular schoolbooks in America.

a) look absolutely different;     

b) are absolutely the same;

c) may differ;                                   

d) come from Canada.

a) standards;      

b) vocabulary;

c) editing books;   

d) political reforms.

a) on purpose;           

b) by accident;

 c) in Canada;                              

 d) by politicians.

a) different;     

b) expensive;

c) following;                                     

d) literary.

a) simplified the language;

b) were of no importance;

c) made the language more difficult for understanding;

d) developed the language used in Great Britain.

a) portrayed;              

 b) reflected;

c) generated;                                     

d) prevented.

a) developed a completely new language;

b) stopped using dictionaries;

c) required spelling books;

d) influenced the original British English.

a) people use the only variety of the English language;

b) people live only in the east and the west of the country;

c) there may be language misunderstanding between people from different regions of the country;

d) people use different grammar rules compared to the US.

a) neither was published;

b) both were printed at the same time;

c)  the Spelling Book was published before the Dictionary;

d)  the Dictionary was published before the Spelling Book.