Question

【題目】There is one language that people use in every country in the world. People who use it are young and old, short and tall, thin and fat. It’s almost everybody’s second language. It’s easy to understand, but you can’t hear it. It’s sign language.

Babies who can’t talk can point at things. They’re using sign language. Sign language can be useful in places that are very noisy and in places that are very quiet. You can talk to the people who are behind windows. And when you go swimming with your friends, you can have a“talk”under water!

Many years ago, a Frenchman wanted to help deaf people. He opened the first school for deaf people in Paris in 1760. And they learned sign language there. Teachers and doctors who wanted to help deaf people also went to Paris and had lessons. Then they taught sign language to their students. Soon there were schools for deaf people in other countries.

Today, in the United States, there are special TV news programs for deaf people. The news broadcaster tells the news in sign language and the words appear on TV, too.

根據短文內容，回答下列問題。

【1】Who can use sign language in the world?

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【2】Is it easy or hard to understand sign language?

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【3】In which places can sign language be useful?

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【4】Why did the Frenchman open the first school for deaf people?

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【5】How can the deaf learn TV news in the U.S.A.today?

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Nearly everybody in the world uses sign language.

【2】It is easy.

【3】It can be useful in places that are very noisy and in places that are very quiet.

【4】Because he wanted to help them.

【5】There are special TV news programs for deaf people./The news broadcaster tells the news in sign language and the words appear on TV, too.

【解析】

本文介紹了手語在生活中的廣泛應用，同時介紹了第一所手語學校的成立和發(fā)展及當今手語的發(fā)展現狀。

【1】題意：在世界上誰會使用手語？根據It’s almost everybody’s second language. 可知幾乎每個人都會使用，故填Nearly everybody in the world uses sign language.

【2】題意：理解手語容易還是困難？根據It’s easy to understand, but you can’t hear it.可知理解手語是容易的，故填It’s easy.

【3】題意：手語在哪些地方比較實用？根據Sign language can be useful in places that are very noisy and in places that are very quiet. 即可確定答案。

【4】題意：為什么法國人為耳聾的人開了第一所學校？根據Many years ago, a Frenchman wanted to help deaf people. 可知創(chuàng)辦學校的初衷是幫助這些人。故填Because he wanted to help them.

【5】題意：如今在美國，耳聾的人是如何了解電視新聞的？根據本文最后一段可以得出答案。