第一节：阅读下面短文,从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中,选出最佳选项.Thereisonelanguagethatisusedineverycountryintheworld.Thepeoplewhouseitareyoungandold,shortandtall,thinandfat.Itiseverybod

　　第一节：阅读下面短文,从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中,选出最佳选项.

　　Thereisonelanguagethatis

　　usedineverycountryintheworld.Thepeoplewhouseitareyoungandold,

　　shortandtall,thinandfat.Itiseverybody’ssecondlanguage.Itiseasyto

　　understand,althoughyoucan’thearit.Itissignlanguage.

　　Whenyou

　　wavetoafriendwhoisacrossthestreet,youareusingsignlanguage.Whenyou

　　smileatsomeone,youaresaying,“Iwanttobefriendly”,butyouarenotusing

　　speech.Youareusingsignlanguage.Whenyouraiseyourhandinclass,youare

　　saying,“Pleaseaskme.IthinkIknowthecorrectanswer.”

　　Babieswho

　　can’ttalkcanpointatthings.Theyareusingsignlanguage.Apolicemanwho

　　wantstostoptrafficholdsuphishands.Heisusingsignlanguage.

　　Manyyearsago,aFrenchpriest,CharlesMicheldeEpee,becameinterestedin

　　educationfordeafpeople.Heinventedafingeralphabet(字母表).Itisstillin

　　use.Peoplecanmakethesignforlettersandspellwordswiththeirhands,and

　　deafpeoplecanreadandunderstandthem.Soontherewereschoolsforthedeaf

　　inmanycountries.TheonlyuniversityforthedeafisGallaudetCollegein

　　Washington,D.C.

　　Today,intheUnitedStates,therearespecialTV

　　newsprogramsfordeafpeople.Thenewsreadertellsthenewsinsignlanguage.

　　Atthesametime,thewordsappearontheTVscreen.

　　Theactorsinthe

　　TheatreofDeafdon’tspelleveryword.Sometimestheyusehandsigns.Whenthey

　　puttwohandstogether,itmeanssandwich.Theycanmakearoofwiththeirhands

　　whentheywanttoshowahouse.Onefingerinfrontofanactor’smouthcanmean

　　quiet.Youcantalktopeoplewhoarebehindwindowsthatareclosed.Andwhen

　　yougoswimmingwithyourfriends,youcanhaveconversationsunder

　　water.

　　Howmanyhandsignsdoyouuseeveryday?

　　56.Whichofthe

　　followingaboutsignlanguageisTRUE?

　　A.Itisaspeciallanguageusedina

　　fewcountriesintheworld.

　　B.Itisawaytoexpressone’sideaswithout

　　words.

　　C.Itisonlyusedbyth