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1、Unit2Ahealthylife同步检测同步练习I.阅读理解AManyyearsago,aFrenchnaturalist,ComtedeBuffon,wrotesomebooksaboutnaturalhistory.Thebookswereagreatsuccesseventhoughsomecritics（扌比l平家）didnotlikethem.Somecriticssaid/ComtedeBuffonismoreofapoetthanascientist?，ThomasJeffersondid
2、notlikewhatComtedeBuffonhadsaidaboutthenaturalwondersoftheNewWorld.ItseemedtoJeffersonthatComtedeBuffonhadspokenofnaturalwondersinAmericaasiftheywereunimportant.ThistroubledThomasJefferson.Hewasalsoanaturalist,aswellasafarmer,aninventor,ahistorian,awriter
3、andapolitician・HehadseenthenaturalwondersofEurope・Tohim,theywerenomoreimportantthanthoseoftheNewWorld.In1788,ThomasJeffersonwroteabouthishomestate,Virginia.Whilewriting,hethoughtofitsnaturalbeautyandthenofthewordsofComtedeBuffon.Atthatmoment,Jeffersoncrea
4、tedanewword—belittle・Hesaid厂ComtedeBuffonbelievesthatnaturebelittlesherproductionsonthissideoftheAtlantic：NoahWebster,theAmericanwordexpert,likedthisword・HeputitintheEnglishlanguagedictionaryin1806/3elittle一tomakesmall,unimportant/5Americanshadalreadyacce
5、ptedJefferson'swordandstartedtouseit.In1797,theIndependentChronicleusedthewordtodescribeapoliticianthepapersupported/9HeisanhonorablemanJthepaperwrote/9solettheoppositiontrytobelittlehimasmuchastheyplease.'，In1872,afamousAmericanwordexpertdecidedthattheti
6、mehadcometokillthisword.Hesaid;'BelittlehasnochanceofbecomingEnglish.AndasmorecriticalwritersofAmerica,likethoseofBritain,feelnoneedofit,thesooneritisforgotten,thebetter.^Thisexpertfailedtokilltheword・Today,belittleisusedwheretheEnglishlanguageisspoken.【文
7、章大意】文章讲述了美国总统ThomasJefferson创造”belittle”这个新词的故事。1•WhydidThomasJeffersondisagreewithComtedeBuffon?A.ComtedeBuffonwasmoreofapoet.B.ComtedeBuffonwasn'tatruescientist.C.ComtedeBuffonwasawriterfromEurope.D.ComtedeBuffonhadprejudiceagainsttheNewWorld.解析：选D。细节理解
8、题。根据第二段屮的,5ItseemedtoJeffersonthatComtedeBuffonhadspokenofnaturalwondersinAmericaasiftheywereunimportant.^oj矢山在杰斐逊看來,ComtedeBuffon对美洲自然奇观的描述似乎使它们看起来无足轻重。故D项"ComtedeBuffon对新世界的描述有偏见"正确。2.WecaninferthatJeffersoncreate
