Question

There is one language that is used in every country in the world. The people who use it are young and old, short and tall, thin and fat. It is everybody’s second language. It is easy to understand, although you can’t hear it. It is sign(手勢(shì)) language.

When you wave to a friend who is across the street, you are using sign language. When you smile at someone, you are saying, “I want to be friendly”, but you are not using speech. You are using body language. When you raise your hand in class, you are saying, “Please ask me. I think I know the correct answer.”

Babies who can’t talk can point at things. They are using sign language. A policeman who wants to stop traffic holds up his hands. He is using sign language.

Many years ago, a French priest, Charles Michel de Epee, became interested in education for deaf people. He invented a finger alphabet (字母表). It is still in use. People can make the sign(手勢(shì)) for letters and spell words with their hands, and deaf people can read and understand them. Soon there were schools for the deaf in many countries. The only university for the deaf is Gallaudet College in Washington, D.C.

Today, in the United States, there are special TV news programs for deaf people. The newsreader tells the news in sign language. At the same time, the words appear on the TV screen.

The actors in the Theatre of Deaf don’t spell every word. Sometimes they use hand signs. When they put two hands together, it means sandwich. They can make a roof with their hands when they want to show a house. One finger in front of an actor’s mouth can mean quiet. You can talk to people who are behind windows that are closed. And when you go swimming with your friends, you can have conversations under water.

How many hand signs do you use every day?

1.Which of the following about sign language is TRUE?

A. It is a special language used in a few countries in the world.

B. It is a way to express one’s ideas without words.

C. It is only used by the deaf.

D. It can be heard.

2.If you want to express the idea that “I am very friendly” to someone, you will ______.

A. raise your hand

B. put one hand onto the other

C. smile to the person

D. make a roof with your hands

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Hand signs instead of finger signs are used every day.

B. There are schools, colleges and universities for the deaf in the USA.

C. The French priest Charles invented sign language.

D. Even babies are using sign language.

4.The passage is mainly about ______.

A. an introduction to sign language

B. the importance of sign language

C. a famous priest in France

D. how to use sign language

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：本文是篇說(shuō)明文，講述了“手勢(shì)語(yǔ)”。

1.B細(xì)節(jié)信息題。根據(jù)文章第一段中“There is one language that is used in every country in the world.”（有一門(mén)語(yǔ)言（手勢(shì)語(yǔ)）通用于全世界的每一個(gè)國(guó)家。），排除A. “It is everybody’s second language.”（它（手勢(shì)語(yǔ)）是每個(gè)人的第二語(yǔ)言。），排除C. “It is easy to understand, although you can’t hear it.”（盡管你聽(tīng)不見(jiàn)它，但它很容易就被理解。），排除D. 同時(shí)根據(jù)以上信息也可知，手勢(shì)語(yǔ)是一種不用語(yǔ)言來(lái)表達(dá)自己想法的方式。故該題正確答案為B.

2.C細(xì)節(jié)信息題。根據(jù)文章第二段中“When you smile at someone, you are saying, “I want to be friendly”, ”（當(dāng)你對(duì)別人微笑時(shí)，這是在表示“我希望友好”），故該題正確答案為C.

3.D細(xì)節(jié)信息題。根據(jù)文章中“Babies who can’t talk can point at things.They are using sign language. ”可知，不會(huì)說(shuō)話的孩子也會(huì)用手勢(shì)語(yǔ)來(lái)表達(dá)。故選項(xiàng)D為正確答案。

4.A主旨大意題。通讀全文可知，該文講述了手勢(shì)語(yǔ)在日常生活的廣泛使用，同時(shí)告訴了讀者一些簡(jiǎn)單的手勢(shì)語(yǔ)，此外文章還講述了關(guān)于手勢(shì)語(yǔ)發(fā)展中的重要事件。故能涵蓋這些內(nèi)容的最佳標(biāo)題應(yīng)為A.an introduction to sign language.

考點(diǎn)：社會(huì)生活類說(shuō)明文的閱讀