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請依下文回答第 33 題至第 37 題Written English has evolved mostly in ways unrelated to the changes in the spoken language, thanks in part toshenanigans and human error. The first English printing press, in the 15th century, was operated by Belgians who didn'tknow the language and made numerous spelling errors (such as "busy" in place of "bisy"). And because they were paid bythe line, they sometimes padded words with extra letters; "frend," for example, became "friend." In the next century, othernon-English speakers in continental Europe printed the first English Bibles, introducing yet more errors. Worse, thoseBibles were then copied, and the writing became increasingly corrupted with each subsequent rendition. English spellingbecame a chaotic mess, and successful attempts to simplify the spelling after that were offset by events that made thelanguage harder to learn, such as the inclusion of many alternate spellings in Samuel Johnson's influential Englishdictionary. Unlike many other languages, English spelling was never reformed to eliminate the incongruities. In a sense,English speakers now talk in one language but write a different one.
33 According to this passage, why did "frend" become "friend"?
(A)For making more money. 
(B)For creating extra meaning.
(C)For reading between the lines.
(D)For finding a pad for the word. 

參考答案

答案：A
難度：困難0.392562
統計：A(95),B(28),C(54),D(59),E(0)

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