【阅读理解Thereisonelanguagethatisusedineverycountryintheworld.Thepeoplewhouseitareyoungandoldshortandtallthinandfat.Itiseverybody’ssecondlanguage.Itiseasyto】
阅读理解
Thereisonelanguagethatisusedineverycountryintheworld.Thepeoplewhouseitareyoungandoldshortandtallthinandfat.Itiseverybody’ssecondlanguage.Itiseasytounderstandalthoughyoucan’thearit.Itissignlanguage.
Whenyouwavetoafriendwhoisacrossthestreetyouareusingsignlanguage.Whenyousmileatsomeoneyouaresaying“Iwanttobefriendly”butyouarenotusingspeech.Youareusingsignlanguage.Whenyouraiseyourhandinclassyouaresaying“Pleaseaskme.IthinkIknowthecorrectanswer.”
Babieswhocan’ttalkcanpointatthings.Theyareusingsignlanguage.Apolicemanwhowantstostoptrafficholdsuphishands.Heisusingsignlanguage.
ManyyearsagoaFrenchpriestCharlesMicheldeEpeebecameinterestedineducationfordeafpeople.Heinventedafingeralphabet(字母表).Itisstillinuse.Peoplecanmakethesignforlettersandspellwordswiththeirhandsanddeafpeoplecanreadandunderstandthem.Soontherewereschoolsforthedeafinmanycountries.TheonlyuniversityforthedeafisGallaudetCollegeinWashingtonD.C.
TodayintheUnitedStatestherearespecialTVnewsprogramsfordeafpeople.Thenewsreadertellsthenewsinsignlanguage.AtthesametimethewordsappearontheTVscreen.
TheactorsintheTheatreofDeafdon’tspelleveryword.Sometimestheyusehandsigns.Whentheyputtwohandstogetheritmeanssandwich.Theycanmakearoofwiththeirhandswhentheywanttoshowahouse.Onefingerinfrontofanactor’smouthcanmeanquiet.Youcantalktopeoplewhoarebehindwindowsthatareclosed.Andwhenyougoswimmingwithyourfriendsyoucanhaveconversationsunderwater.
Howmanyhandsignsdoyouuseeveryday?
(1)
Thepassageismainlyabout_________.
[]A.
afamouspriestinFrance
B.
theimportanceofsignlanguage
C.
anintroductiontosignla