题目内容
Today Chinese-Americans, _____ in all parts of California, make up a large percentage of its population.
A. to live B. living C. live D. which live
For many years, no one could communicate with people who had been born without learning. These deaf people were not able to use a spoken language.
But, beginning in the 1700s, the deaf were taught a special language. Using this language, they could share thoughts and ideas with others. The language they used was a language without sound. It was a sign language.
How did this sign language work? The deaf were taught to make certain movements with their hands, faces and bodies. These movements stood for things and ideas. A man might move his finger across his lips. This meant, “You are not telling the truth.” He might tap his chin (下巴, 下颚)with three fingers. This meant “my uncle”.
The deaf were also taught to use a finger alphabet（字母表）. They used their fingers to make letters of the alphabet. In this way, they spelled out words. Some deaf people could spell out words at a speed of 130 words per minute.
Sign language and finger spelling are not used as much as they once could. Today, the deaf are taught to understand others by watching their lips. They are also taught how to speak.
The passage is mainly about ___ .
how the deaf communicate with others
teaching the deaf to speak with their mouths
learning how to spell words with one’s hands
how sign languages came into being
From the passage we can infer that ___.
there is still no way to communicate with the deaf
B. the deaf must have special teachers to teach them
C. in order to make a living, deaf people must make signs
D. it is not very difficult for the deaf to learn sign language
How did sign languages help the deaf?
It helped them learn to read
B. The deaf could understand sign languages even if they had not learned them
C. It helped them to communicate with other people
D. It helped them speak with their mouths
Which of the following sentences do you think is right according to the passage?
Deaf people draw signs B. Deaf people read with their fingers
C. Many deaf people now can speak D. Deaf people can hear what others say now
Peter was walking back home from school, thought about the 1.
class today. It was about giving the first aid. Suddenly he saw 2.
a young girl lay on the ground. She seemed to be asleep but Peter 3.
saw that her face was very pale. He walked up to the girl and call 4.
softly,“Miss, Miss.” She moved slightly and gave no clear response .5.
He put her hand under her nose. Yes, she was even breathing . Then he 6.
suddenly saw that it was a wound on her left leg and blood was flowing 7.
out. She might have hit by a car. He dialled 120 and called an ambulance 8.
while waited for it, then he put the girl in the recovery position by 9.
roll her onto one side and placing her left upper arm under her chin. 10.
For many years, no one could communicate with people who had been born without hearing. These deaf people were not able to use a spoken language.
But, beginning in the 1700s, the deaf were taught a special language. Using the language, they could share thoughts and ideas with others. The language they used was a language without sound. It was a sign language.
How did this sign language work? The deaf were taught to make certain movements using their hands, faces and bodies. Their movements stood for things and ideas. A man might move his forefinger across his lips. This meant, “You are not telling the truth.” He might tap his chin with three fingers. This meant, “my uncle.” The deaf were also taught to use a finger alphabet. They used their fingers to make the letters of the alphabet. In this way, they spelled out words. Some deaf people could spell out words at a speed of 130 words per minute.
Sign language and finger spelling are not used as much as they once were. Today the deaf are taught to understand others by watching their lips. They are also taught how to speak.
The story does not say so, but it makes you think that_______.
A. the deaf must have special teachers
B. there is still no way to communicate with the deaf
C. deaf people make signs to make a living
D. deaf people are not as clever as normal people
On the whole the story is about______.
A. how the deaf communicate B. leaning to spell
C. teaching the deaf to speak D. writing sign language
How did sign language help the deaf?
A. It helped them to learn to read.
B. It helped them communicate with other people.
C. The deaf could understand Indian sign language.
D. The deaf could move their thumbs across their lips
Which of these sentences do you think is right?
A. Deaf people draw signs.
B. Deaf people read with their fingers.
C. Many deaf people now can speak.
D. Deaf people teach themselves a sign language.
“Hey, Dad，” one of my kids asked the other day, “what was your favourite fast food when you were growing up？”
“We didn't have fast food when I was growing up，” I informed him. “All the food was slow.”
“Come on, seriously. Where did you eat？”
“It was a place called ‘home’” I explained.“Grandma cooked every day and when Grandpa got home from work, we sat down together at the dining table, and if I didn't like what she put on my plate I was allowed to sit there until I liked it.”
By this time, the kid was laughing so hard I was afraid he was going to suffer serious internal damage, so I didn't tell him the part about how I had to have permission to leave the table. But here are some other things I would have told him about my childhood if I figured his system could have handled it：
I was 13 before I tasted my first pizza. It was called “pizza pie”. When I bit into it, I burned the roof of my mouth and the cheese slid off, swung down, and plastered itself against my chin. It's still the best pizza I ever had.
Pizzas were not delivered to our home. But milk was. Bread and rolls came from the Omar man. All newspapers were delivered by boys and all boys delivered newspapers. I delivered a newspaper, six days a week even when the snow was 18 inches deep. It cost 7 cents a paper, of which I got to keep 2 cents, I had to get up at 4：00 a．m. every morning. On Saturdays, I had to collect the 42 cents from my customers.
If you grew up in a generation before there was fast food, you may want to share some of these memories with your children or grandchildren. Growing up isn't what it used to be, is it?
1. Hearing what the author said, his child probably thought ________.
A. he was lucky to have fast food
B. it was unbelievable to live without fast food
C. how happy his own life was
D. his father was joking with him
2. When he used to have meals with the adults, the author ________.
A. had to watch his table manners
B. could choose what he liked
C. was not given much freedom
D. had to eat everything offered to him
3. What do we know about the first pizza the author had?
A. It left a good memory on him.
B. The author didn't like it at all.
C. It was too poorly made.
D. He didn't know how to eat it.
4. Why did the author talk about his experience of delivering newspapers?
A. To show that his family used to be quite poor.
B. To show that children before had to make a living by themselves.
C. To show that he had gained a lot from the experience.
D. To show that growing experience was quite different before.
5. What's the author's attitude towards today's children?
A. He thinks they are spoiled.
B. He thinks they are too obsessed with fast food.
C. He thinks they should go through some hardship.
D. He doesn't give his personal opinion.
1.The story does not say so, but it makes you think that_______.
2. On the whole the story is about______.
3. How did sign language help the deaf?
4. Which of these sentences do you think is right?
