第一节:阅读下面短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项.Thereisonelanguagethatisusedineverycountryintheworld.Thepeoplewhouseitareyoungandold,shortandtall,thinandfat.Itiseverybod
第一节:阅读下面短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项.
Thereisonelanguagethatis
usedineverycountryintheworld.Thepeoplewhouseitareyoungandold,
shortandtall,thinandfat.Itiseverybody’ssecondlanguage.Itiseasyto
understand,althoughyoucan’thearit.Itissignlanguage.
Whenyou
wavetoafriendwhoisacrossthestreet,youareusingsignlanguage.Whenyou
smileatsomeone,youaresaying,“Iwanttobefriendly”,butyouarenotusing
speech.Youareusingsignlanguage.Whenyouraiseyourhandinclass,youare
saying,“Pleaseaskme.IthinkIknowthecorrectanswer.”
Babieswho
can’ttalkcanpointatthings.Theyareusingsignlanguage.Apolicemanwho
wantstostoptrafficholdsuphishands.Heisusingsignlanguage.
Manyyearsago,aFrenchpriest,CharlesMicheldeEpee,becameinterestedin
educationfordeafpeople.Heinventedafingeralphabet(字母表).Itisstillin
use.Peoplecanmakethesignforlettersandspellwordswiththeirhands,and
deafpeoplecanreadandunderstandthem.Soontherewereschoolsforthedeaf
inmanycountries.TheonlyuniversityforthedeafisGallaudetCollegein
Washington,D.C.
Today,intheUnitedStates,therearespecialTV
newsprogramsfordeafpeople.Thenewsreadertellsthenewsinsignlanguage.
Atthesametime,thewordsappearontheTVscreen.
Theactorsinthe
TheatreofDeafdon’tspelleveryword.Sometimestheyusehandsigns.Whenthey
puttwohandstogether,itmeanssandwich.Theycanmakearoofwiththeirhands
whentheywanttoshowahouse.Onefingerinfrontofanactor’smouthcanmean
quiet.Youcantalktopeoplewhoarebehindwindowsthatareclosed.Andwhen
yougoswimmingwithyourfriends,youcanhaveconversationsunder
water.
Howmanyhandsignsdoyouuseeveryday?
56.Whichofthe
followingaboutsignlanguageisTRUE?
A.Itisaspeciallanguageusedina
fewcountriesintheworld.
B.Itisawaytoexpressone’sideaswithout
words.
C.Itisonlyusedbyth