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閱讀理解 　　American sign language has an interesting history．Although there have always been deaf individuals in America, the history really begins in 1817．Before 1817 deaf people communicated by using “home signs”．Gestures were individually created and used within the home for simple communication．There were no schools or formal sign language training for the deaf． 　　So, why was 1817 an important date? Well, the story begins with Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet．Gallaudet met his neighbor's daughter Alice Cogswell．Alice was the young deaf daughter of Dr．Mason Cogswell from Hartford, Connecticut．Gallaudet began teaching Alice to read and write a few simple words．Excited by the success Dr．Cogswell encouraged Gallaudet to establish a school for the deaf．Cogswell raised the money and Gallaudet traveled to Britain to learn the methods used there．However, the schools refused to share their instructional techniques and methods． 　　While in London, there happened to be a demonstration of the French method of deaf education．Britain was using an oral method of instruction; however, the French method used signs．Gallaudet was fascinated with the method and was able to meet with the instructor, Sicard, and his two deaf pupils, Jean Massieu and Laurent Clerc．Sicard agreed to teach Gallaudet his method and Gallaudet went to Paris to learn French signs．After a while, Gallaudet wished to return home and convinced Clerc to go with him and help him establish the school．The trip home was a 52-day voyage during which Clerc taught Gallaudet French signs and Gallaudet taught Clerc English． 　　On April 15, 1817, Laurent Clerc and Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet established what is currently known as the American School for the Deaf in Hartford, Connecticut．The opening of the first school for the deaf can be viewed as one of the most important events in current deaf culture． (1) What is the text mainly about? [　　] A． How Gallaudet set up the first school for the deaf in America． B． What contributions Gallaudet made to the education of the deaf in America． C． Different methods of teaching the deaf in the world． D． Who invented American sign language． (2) Before 1817 deaf people in America ________． [　　] A． couldn't even communicate with their parents at home B． could only have simple communication within home C． could only communicate with an oral method D． could only communicate with deaf people from other homes (3) Schools in Britain didn't teach Gallaudet because ________． [　　] A． their methods were quite different B． they thought it was impossible for Gallaudet to learn C． Gallaudet knew little about sign language D． they wanted to keep their methods a secret (4) What happened during the 52-day voyage back to America? [　　] A． Clerc began to teach Gallaudet French signs． B． American sign language began to form in Gallaudet's mind． C． Gallaudet learned many of French signs． D． Both men learned the language of the other．

Answer 1

答案：1．A;2．B;3．D;4．C;
解析：

(1)	主旨大意題．綜合分析文章可知：文章并不是籠統(tǒng)介紹美國啞語的發(fā)展歷史，而是介紹在美國啞語發(fā)展歷史中起著關(guān)鍵作用的人物Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet，是他開辦了美國第一所聾啞學(xué)校．
(2)	細(xì)節(jié)理解題．文章第一段說明：在1817年之前，美國的聾啞人只能在家里借助簡單的手勢語交流．
(3)	細(xì)節(jié)理解題．文章第二段最后一句說明，英國人不想分享他們的教學(xué)方法，說明他們保守．
(4)	細(xì)節(jié)理解題．從文章第三段最后可知：在52天的返程中，法國人Laurent Clerc教給了Gallaudet法國手勢語言，但并不是這時才開始教，因為前文提到Gallaudet專門到巴黎學(xué)過手勢語言，因此不選A．