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【題目】Most people use their mouths to talk, but do you know same people use their hands to speak? Some people who cannot hear use their hands to communicate messages to others. This is called sign language. These people make shapes with their fingers, movements with their hands, as well as different faces in order to talk to other people.

One way people speak with their hands is by making shapes for letters with their fingers. For example, if you make an "OK" sign with your thumb and finger, that is the shape for the letter "f" in American sign language. Each letter has a hand shape. This way people can spell words using their hands. For example, if you want to spell "fun", you need to make three shapes. First you make the shape for the letter "f", then the shape for the letter "u", and then the shape for the letter "n".

___________. If you move your hand from your nose to your chin(下巴), you can say“mother” in American sign language. Of course, you have to use the correct hand shape, too. That shape is like holding your hand open with all five fingers showing. If you move your hand from the top of your head to your chin, you can say "father＂， Again, you have to use the same hand shape that you used for "mother".

Finally, people can change their faces to communicate in a sign language. For example, if you want to ask a question, you need to make your eyebrows (眉毛) go up. You also need to move your head forward a little.

If you want to say "I do not know", you need to make your eyes smaller and make your eyebrows go down.

【1】If you want to spell the word "nice", you need to make _______ hand shapes.

A. one

B. two

C. three

D. four

【2】Which of the following can be put in the blank in Paragraph 3?

A. People also need to learn sign language

B. People also make hand shapes to communicate

C. People also move their hands to talk in a sign language

D. People also make different faces to express their meanings

【3】You need to use your _______ to say "I do not know" in American sign language.

A. eyes and eyebrows

B. eyes and head

C. hand and head

D. fingers and eyes

【4】The purpose of the passage is to _________.

A. help people know more about America

B. introduce American sign language to readers

C. teach readers how to make hand shapes

D. encourage people to use more sign language

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】A

【4】B

【解析】本文結合許多案例向我們介紹了美國的符號語言。

【1】句意：如果你想要拼寫單詞“nice”，你需要做出四個手型。原文“Each letter has a hand shape.”（每一個字母都有一個手型），所以四個字母的nice一詞需要四個手型，故選D

【2】句意：下面哪一項可以被填入第三段的空格里？A.人們也需要學習符號語言B.人們也需要做手型去交流C.人們也移動他們的手部以用符號語言來交談D.人們也做出不同的臉型來表達含義。原文“If you move your hand from your nose to your chin(下巴), you can say“mother” in American sign language.”（如果你把手從鼻子移動到下巴，你可以用美國符號語言來表示“媽媽”），所以這里開始是在描述移動手部來進行的符號交流，選項C最貼近這句話，故選C

【3】句意：在美國符號語言里，你需要使用你的眼睛和眉毛來說“我不知道”。A.眼睛和眉毛B.眼睛和頭C.手和頭D.手指和眼睛，原文“If you want to say "I do not know", you need to make your eyes smaller and make your eyebrows go down.”（如果你想要表達“我不知道”，你需要瞇起眼睛，讓你的眉毛往下移動一點），所以用到的是眼睛和眉毛，故選A

【4】句意：這篇文章的目的是向讀者介紹美國符號語言。A.幫助人們更了解美國B. 向讀者介紹美國符號語言C.教會讀者如何使用手型D.鼓勵人們使用更多的符號語言。讀完全文，發(fā)現(xiàn)這篇文章的關鍵詞是“sign language”，即符號語言，所以這篇文章的目的就是在介紹符號語言，ACD過于片面，故選B