There is one language that people use in every country in the world. People (1) use it are young and old, short and tall, thin and fat. It’s almost everybody’s second language. It’s easy to understand, (2) you can’t hear it. It’s sign language.

Babies who can’t talk can point at things. They’re using sign language.(3) 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 (4) /f?:st/ 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. (5)然后他们教给他们的学生手势语 。 Soon there were schools for deaf people in other (6) / 'k?ntr?z /.

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.

1.在文中(1)处和(2)处分别填入一个合适的词,使句子通顺连贯。

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(2) ________________

2.根据音标提示,在文中(4)处和(6)处分别填入一个合适的词。

(4) ________________

(6) ________________

3.将文中(3)句译成汉语。

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4.将(5)句译成英语。

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5.How can the deaf learn TV news in the USA today?

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根据短文内容,将下列单词或词组填入空格。每空格限填一词,每词只能填一次。

A. full of B. say goodbye to C. young D. chance E. lonely F. alone

Sometimes, children want to grow up quickly. That’s because adults have no school rules to follow at all and they are allowed to do many things such as driving cars, staying out late and so on. But there’s one place in Japan where children want to stay 1. forever.

Adults are not allowed to visit Japan’s Future Sweets Factory. It is a magical place 2.something sweet and delicious. Only young students are asked to visit the factory 3., leaving their parents behind in the waiting hall.

Future Sweets Factory is in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. After kids pass through the gate, they will be in a waiting hall. They must 4. their parents there. Then they go through a special kid-sized door to the place where all the magic happens. The factory is decorated to suit the kids’ tastes — with cartoon characters and robots. Inside the factory, kids can taste sweets and they also have a 5. to learn how sweets are cooked.

A. more B. communication C. experience D. because E. express F. so

After kids get out, they are asked to describe their exciting adventures to their parents. In fact, this 6. between parents and children was Cook Susumu Koyama’s wish to start Future Sweets Factory. “Nowadays, adults are busy 7. they don’t spend much time listening to what their children are saying,” he said. “I hope parents will be 8. serious about talking with their kids in everyday life.”

Future Sweets Factory is a wonderful idea. It teaches kids to 9. themselves bravely and gives children an exciting 10. to remember. It’s really popular in Japan now.

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