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2017-2018学年第一学期高三年级第次 英语试卷 第部分 阅读理解 第节 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C和D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。A If “colour”and “color”, “favourite”… Have you ever wondered why Americans spell those words without a “u”? Is it because they are lazy? Of course not. In fact, the difference in spelling was created by Noah Webster (1758- 1783). He is a teacher who reformed English to make American identity stronger. Linguists celebrated his 250th birthday on October 16, 2008. After the Revolutionary War (1755- 1783), Webster believed that Americans should have their own dictionary, rather than rely on British ver