In the text How I Got Smart， in order to bridge that intellectual gulf between Debbie and him， the author bought the first volume of the encyclopedia， planned to be very knowledgeable to make Debbie fall in love with him.

In the text How I Got Smart， in order to bridge that intellectual gulf between Debbie and him， the author bought the first volume of the encyclopedia， planned to be very knowledgeable to make Debbie fall in love with him.

A、正确

B、错误

正确答案：A

答案解析：在《How I Got Smart》这篇文章中，作者喜欢黛比，但感觉自己与黛比存在知识差距。为了缩小这一差距，给黛比留下好印象并赢得她的芳心，作者购买了百科全书第一卷，努力学习知识，试图变得更有学识。这种行为符合文章所描述的情节，所以该表述正确。