Inthe1930salotofpeopleintheUSAwereoutofwork.AmongthesepeoplewasamannamedAlfredButtshealwayshadaninterestinwordgamesandsotofillhistimeheplannedagamewhichhecalled“Lexico”.Howeverhewasnotcompletelysatisfiedwiththegamesohemadeanumberofchangestoitandintimechangeditsnamefrom“Lexico”to“Alph”andthento“CrissCross”.Hewantedtomakesomemoneyfromhisnewgamebuthedidn'thaveanyrealcommercial(商业的)success.
In1939ButtshappenedtomeetamancalledJimBrunotwhoshowedaninterestinthenewgame.Thetwomenworkedtogetherondevelopingthegameandin1948itwasofferedforsaleintheUnitedStatesunderitsnewname—“Scrabble”.
Atfirstitdidn’tsellverywell.Inthefirstyearitsoldjust2250setsandby1951ithadonlyreached8500setsayear.
Thenin1952themanagerofMacy'sdepartmentstoreinNewYorkJackStrausshappenedtoplay“Scrabble”whilehewasonholiday.HethoughtitwasawonderfulgameandwhenhewentbacktoworkafterhisholidayheinsistedthatMacy'sshouldstock（储备）thegameandmakeanefforttocallthepublic'sattentiontoit.
Asaresult“Scrabble”becameabigsuccessintheUnitedStatesanditsoonspreadtoAustraliaandthentootherEnglish-speakingcountries.
1.Thetextismainlyabout________________.
A.“Lexico”B.threemen
C.awordgame D.AlfredButts
2.AlfredButtsinventedthegame“Lexico”________________.
A.tomakehimselffamous
B.tomakespellingsimpler
C.whenhewasoutofworkandlookingforajob
D.whenhewasplayingwordgamestopassthetime
3.Whomade“Scrabble”popular?
A.AlfredButts.
B.JackStrauss.
C.AlfredButtsandJimBrunot.
D.JackStraussandJimBrunot.
4.WhendidAlfredButtsfirstputhisgameonthemarket?
A.In1939.
B.In1948.
C.Before1939.
D.Between1939and1948.