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learned American Sign Language. With American Sign Language, deaf people use their hands to communicate.
They can spell words with their fingers, or they can use signs for whole words. Wayne communicated with
teachers and friends in sign language. He graduated at the age of 20. In those days, people who were deaf did
not get jobs and were not part of the community (社区), so Wayne went back to the family farm. His family
did not know sign language, so Wayne communicated a little by making simple motions (手势) with his hands.
He was never able to tell them his thoughts and feelings.
Wayne's father died in 1971. There was no place for Wayne to live, so they sent him to Mountain
Meadows nursing home. He was only 51 and much younger and healthier than the other people in the nursing
home, but he was treated like the 80 and 90-year-old people because he did not hear or speak. No one knew
that Wayne was able to use sign language.
Twenty-nine years passed slowly and silently for Wayne. Then one day he saw a visitor using sign
language with her deaf mother during a visit to the nursing home. He walked up to them and signed, "I'm
Wayne Mix."
Suddenly everything changed for Wayne. He found many people who knew sign language. These-people
communicated through sign language, e-mail, television with subtitles and a special telephone that prints (打印)
the words that are spoken. It was a whole new world for Wayne. Now he could tell people his feelings, his
needs, and his thoughts.
The people in Wayne's town were sad about the thousands of days in Wayne's life when no one knew
that he could communicate. They wanted to help Wayne to do some of the things he always wanted to do.
The workers at the nursing home found out that as a young man he loved to swim, and' he loved to see
pictures of dolphins swimming. When he started signing again, they asked him where he wanted to go.
"Water." Wayne signed.
Mountain Meadows workers had an idea. "Let's send Wayne to Sea World in San Diego. "They told other
people in town about their idea. Many people in Wayne' s . town and in other states gave money to help
Wayne make the trip. The people at Sea World were very kind to Wayne. They let him swim with the dolphins
and help them feed all the sea animals. Newspapers wrote about Wayne, so many people gave money to buy
him a special TV and a telephone set. These were things Wayne never knew about before.
B. By drawing pictures.
C. By spelling words on their hands.
D. By making simple 'motions.
B. Because nobody in his family knew the sign language.
C. Because his family was not able to provide him a room to live in.
D. Because he like to talk with the old people living in the nursing home.
B. His life stayed the same as before.
C. He could send e-mails and make telephones to his new friends.
D. He could "talk" with people, telling them his needs and feelings.
B. Because he failed to communicate with his family for such a long time.
C. Because he was not able to communicate with others while he could.
D. Because they were not sure how to look after Wayne later on.
B. Many people gave money to buy Wayne a special TV and a telephone set.
C. The nursing home workers sent Wayne to a Sea World to swim.
D. Wayne Mix lived in silence all his life though many people helped him.
DENVER，COORADO——What does it take to be a hero? In the case of five Denver children，it only takes a cry for help．Here’s the story of these five heroes as Gary Lewis， the man they helped，tells it．
“I like to work on my old car．It’s my hobby．I wanted to put a new transmission(传动装置)in the car．I put the car up on blocks(大块木头)because I wanted to get under it．I was trying to get the old transmission out when suddenly the car moved forward and fell off the blocks．It came down on my chest．I couldn’t breathe．
“I tried to shout for help for about five minutes，but I almost could not breathe．Could anyone hear me? Was I going to die? Then all of a sudden I heard some little children from the neighbourhood．They were running to the car and saying，‘What happened，sir?’
“Get help，please．I can’t breathe，I told them．One of the children ran to his house and to1d his mom to call 911．Then, before I knew what was happening，all of the children were around the car. They used every muscle(肌肉)in their bodies to lift(抬起)the car，and I was able to get out from under it．”
Lewis got out from under the car with just a few cuts．He didn’t even have to go to the hospital．“These children are my heroes．”he says．“I don’t know how they did it．but I am lucky to be alive．”
Raymond Brown，father of two of the children，is very proud of them．“We try to teach them to do the right thing．This shows we’re doing it the right way，I guess，”he says．
1．The car fell off the blocks because ．
A．the children pushed it
B．it moved forward by itself
C．Gary Lewis moved the blocks
D．it was driven by someone
2．Gary Lewis couldn’t breathe because ．
A．there was a heavy ear on top of him
B．he was running very fast
C．he had a bad cold
D．he was working too hard
3．Lewis was able to get out from under the car when
A．the children worked together to lift it up s little bit
B．Raymond Brown came and pulled him out
C．he pushed the car forward
D．the police came to his help
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A. looking-glass B. handsome
C. happy D. was going on
E. daughter
2.根据短文内容,判断正(T)误(F)
①The story is about a man and his two children.
②One of them was a boy and the other was a girl.
③One day they found a mirror and looked at themselves in it.
④The boy looked very nice and the girl looked pretty.
⑤The boy was pleased at his own looks and angry with his sister.
⑥The sister was angry and she pushed her brother away.
⑦The father saw what was happening but didn't come up.
⑧He told the boy that it was enough to be good-looking.
⑨He told the girl if she could be nice and kind to people and ready to help, everybody would love her .
⑩The story tells us that the most important thing for a person is to be nice and helpful
to people.
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| Have you ever heard of the saying, "if you want a friend, be 1 !" what does it 2 ? There are many different things that you can do to 3 friends. You may find out what they are if you 4 someone make friends. Here is 5 one new teacher made friends with the 6 in her class on the first day of the school. When the bell 7 , the teacher smiled at all the students. Then she said, "Good morning. How nice it is to have all of you 8 my class this year! I want to 9 each of you very much. I am sure we will enjoy working together." The teacher smiled, used a pleasant 10 and acted 11 a friendly way. She told the students her 12 and wrote it on the blackboard. Then she told them something she liked to 13 and hoped to do with them during the year. The students knew that she liked many of the same things they like. Everyone felt that she 14 what she said. Each of them wanted to know 15 and be her friend. Then she let the students tell something about 16 . So they felt that the teacher knew them. Could you make friends as the teacher 17 ? How do you know and like your classmates? One 18 is to find out more about them. During the 19 you can talk to them. You may ask them their names and the names of the schools they went to last year. They want to know about you, too. You may tell them about your interests or your holiday experiences. It is often easy to be friends with people who have the 20 interests and play the same games. As you talk, the others may be thinking." I like to do. It should be fun to be friends with you." Remember! Just talking together in a friendly way is one good way to make friends. | ||||
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a cry for help. Here's the story of these five heroes as Gary Lewis, the man they helped, tells it.
"I like to work on my old car. It's my hobby. I wanted to put a new transmission (传动装置) in the car.
I put the car up on blocks (大块木头) because I wanted to get under it. I was trying to get the old transmission
out when suddenly the car moved forward and fell off the blocks. It came down on my chest. I couldn't
breathe."
"I tried to shout for help for about five minutes, but I almost could not breathe. Could anyone hear me?
Was I going to die? Then all of a sudden I heard some little children from the neighbourhood. They were
running to the car and saying,'What happened, sir?'"
"'Get help, please. I can't breathe,' I told them. One of the children ran to his house and told his mom to
call 911. Then, before I knew what was happening, all of the children were around the car. They used every
muscle (肌肉) in their bodies to lift (抬起) the car, and I was able to get out from under it."
Lewis got out from under the car with just a few cuts. He didn't even have to go to the hospital. "These
children are my heroes," he says. "I don't know how they did it, but I am lucky to be alive."
Raymond Brown, father of two of the children, is very proud of them. "We try to teach them to do the
right thing. This shows we're doing it the right way, I guess," he says.
B. it moved forward by itself
C. Gary Lewis moved the blocks
D. it was driven by someone.
B. he was running very fast
C. he had a bad cold
D. he was working too hard
B. Raymond Brown came and pulled him out
C. he pushed the car forward
D. the police came to his help