In America，you might go to the emergency room if you are very sick，especially if your doctor or a parent feels that you need medical attention right away．In the emergency room，the doctors and nurses will take care of you and help you feel better．If you need to stay at the hospital at night，nurses will take you and your parents to your hospital room.

    Once you’re in the hospital room，you may have a room all to yourself，but sometimes you will share one with another kid．Your room will have a bed that has buttons to make parts of the bed move up and down．A curtain can be pulled around your bed so that you cannot be seen when you’re resting or changing your clothes．There are usually lights that you can turn on and off．There is a special button to push that will call the nurse if you need anything. You’ll probably have a bathroom in your room too.

    You’ll probably also have a TV and a telephone in your room to help you keep busy while you’re in the hospital．If you’re going to be in the hospital for a longer time，you can always bring things that remind you of home，like pictures of your family，animal dolls，books，or toys，or even put up favorite pictures on the wall around your bed．

1．The word “emergency” means“ _______ ”in Chinese．

      A．手术         B．休息            C．紧急           D．输液

2．Why should you be taken to the emergency room?

      A．Because you often forget things these days．

      B．Because you can’t sleep well these days．

      C．Because you get angry easily．

      D．Because you cannot see anything suddenly．

3．In the hospital room, __________ .

      A．you will have to stay without a roommate

      B．you cannot touch any of the buttons around you

      C．you will have a bedside telephone but no TV

      D．you call decorate it like a home

4．According to the passage，which room looks like a hospital room?

5．From the passage，we know that kids in hospital rooms can easily _______.

A．get angry                           B．make friends

C．miss home                          D．feel excited

There is one language, and people, young and old , men and women, use it very often, in every country in the world. It is everyone’s second language . You can’t hear it, but it is very easy to understand . It is sign （手势 ）language.
When you wave（招手）to a friend in the street, you are using sign language. When you put up your hand in class, you are saying “Please ask me, I think I know the right answer”. When a police officer wants to stop cars or buses, he puts up his hand. He’s using sign language. Churchill’s famous “V  for Victory（胜利）”is also sign language. Sign language is useful（有用的）in quite places full of noise (吵闹声). Even when you are swimming with your friends , you can have a talk under water.
【小题1】      in the world use sign language.