【阅读理解Thereisonelanguagethatisusedineverycountryintheworld．Thepeoplewhouseitareyoungandoldshortandtallthinandfat．Itiseverybody’ssecondlanguage．Itiseasyto】

　　阅读理解

　　Thereisonelanguagethatisusedineverycountryintheworld．Thepeoplewhouseitareyoungandoldshortandtallthinandfat．Itiseverybody’ssecondlanguage．Itiseasytounderstandalthoughyoucan’thearit．Itissignlanguage．

　　Whenyouwavetoafriendwhoisacrossthestreetyouareusingsignlanguage．Whenyousmileatsomeoneyouaresaying“Iwanttobefriendly”butyouarenotusingspeech．Youareusingsignlanguage．Whenyouraiseyourhandinclassyouaresaying“Pleaseaskme．IthinkIknowthecorrectanswer．”

　　Babieswhocan’ttalkcanpointatthings．Theyareusingsignlanguage．Apolicemanwhowantstostoptrafficholdsuphishands．Heisusingsignlanguage．

　　ManyyearsagoaFrenchpriestCharlesMicheldeEpeebecameinterestedineducationfordeafpeople．Heinventedafingeralphabet(字母表)．Itisstillinuse．Peoplecanmakethesignforlettersandspellwordswiththeirhandsanddeafpeoplecanreadandunderstandthem．Soontherewereschoolsforthedeafinmanycountries．TheonlyuniversityforthedeafisGallaudetCollegeinWashingtonD．C．

　　TodayintheUnitedStatestherearespecialTVnewsprogramsfordeafpeople．Thenewsreadertellsthenewsinsignlanguage．AtthesametimethewordsappearontheTVscreen．

　　TheactorsintheTheatreofDeafdon’tspelleveryword．Sometimestheyusehandsigns．Whentheyputtwohandstogetheritmeanssandwich．Theycanmakearoofwiththeirhandswhentheywanttoshowahouse．Onefingerinfrontofanactor’smouthcanmeanquiet．Youcantalktopeoplewhoarebehindwindowsthatareclosed．Andwhenyougoswimmingwithyourfriendsyoucanhaveconversationsunderwater．

　　Howmanyhandsignsdoyouuseeveryday?

　　(1)

　　Thepassageismainlyabout_________．

　　[]A．

　　afamouspriestinFrance

　　B．

　　theimportanceofsignlanguage

　　C．

　　anintroductiontosignla