题目
Sign has become a scientific hot button.Only in the past 20 years have specialists in language study realized that signed languages are unique-a speech of the hand.They offer new way to probe how the brain generates and understands language and throw new light on an old scientific controversy：Whether language，complete with grammar，is something that we are born with，or whether it is a learned behavior.The current interest in sign language has roots in the pioneering work of one rebel teacher at Gallaudet University in Washington，D.C.，the world's only liberal arts university for deaf people. When Bill Stokoe went to Gallaudet to teach English，the school enrolled him in a course in signing.But Stokoe noticed something odd：among themselves，students signed differently from his classroom teacher.Stokoe had been taught a sort of gestural code，each movement of the hands representing a word in English.At the time，American Sign Language（ASL）was thought to be no more than a form of pidgin English（混杂英语）.But Stokoe believed the "hand talk" his students used looked richer.He wondered：Might deaf people actually have a genuine language？And could that language be unlike any other on Earth？It was 1955，when even deaf people considered their signing as "substandard".Stokoe's idea was academic heresy（异端邪说）. It is 37 years later.Stokoe--now devoting his time to writing and editing books and journals and to producing video materials on ASL and the deaf culture-is having lunch at a cafe near the Gallaudet campus and explaining how he started.a revolution For decades educators fought his idea that signed languages are natural languages like English，French and Japanese.They assumed language must be based on speech，the modulation（调节） of sound.But sign language is based on the movement of hands，the modulation of space. "What I said，" Stokoe explains， "is that language is not mouth stuff--it's brain stuff."（1）The present growing interest in sign language was encouraged to develop by ____ .A.a famous scholar in the study of the human brainB.a leading specialist in the study of liberal artsC.an English teacher in a university for the deafD.some senior experts in American Sign Language（2）According to Stokoe，sign language is ____ .A.a substandard languageB.a genuine languageC.an artificial languageD.an international language（3）Most educators objected to Stokoe's idea because they thought ____ .A.sign language was not extensively used even by deaf peopleB.sign language was too artificial to be widely acceptedC.a language should be easy to use and understandD.a language could only exist in the form of speech sounds
Sign has become a scientific hot button.Only in the past 20 years have specialists in language study realized that signed languages are unique-a speech of the hand.They offer new way to probe how the brain generates and understands language and throw new light on an old scientific controversy：Whether language，complete with grammar，is something that we are born with，or whether it is a learned behavior.The current interest in sign language has roots in the pioneering work of one rebel teacher at Gallaudet University in Washington，D.C.，the world's only liberal arts university for deaf people.
When Bill Stokoe went to Gallaudet to teach English，the school enrolled him in a course in signing.But Stokoe noticed something odd：among themselves，students signed differently from his classroom teacher.Stokoe had been taught a sort of gestural code，each movement of the hands representing a word in English.At the time，American Sign Language（ASL）was thought to be no more than a form of pidgin English（混杂英语）.But Stokoe believed the "hand talk" his students used looked richer.He wondered：Might deaf people actually have a genuine language？And could that language be unlike any other on Earth？It was 1955，when even deaf people considered their signing as "substandard".Stokoe's idea was academic heresy（异端邪说）.
It is 37 years later.Stokoe--now devoting his time to writing and editing books and journals and to producing video materials on ASL and the deaf culture-is having lunch at a cafe near the Gallaudet campus and explaining how he started.a revolution For decades educators fought his idea that signed languages are natural languages like English，French and Japanese.They assumed language must be based on speech，the modulation（调节） of sound.But sign language is based on the movement of hands，the modulation of space. "What I said，" Stokoe explains， "is that language is not mouth stuff--it's brain stuff."
（1）The present growing interest in sign language was encouraged to develop by ____ .
A.a famous scholar in the study of the human brain
B.a leading specialist in the study of liberal arts
C.an English teacher in a university for the deaf
D.some senior experts in American Sign Language
（2）According to Stokoe，sign language is ____ .
A.a substandard language
B.a genuine language
C.an artificial language
D.an international language
（3）Most educators objected to Stokoe's idea because they thought ____ .
A.sign language was not extensively used even by deaf people
B.sign language was too artificial to be widely accepted
C.a language should be easy to use and understand
D.a language could only exist in the form of speech sounds
When Bill Stokoe went to Gallaudet to teach English，the school enrolled him in a course in signing.But Stokoe noticed something odd：among themselves，students signed differently from his classroom teacher.Stokoe had been taught a sort of gestural code，each movement of the hands representing a word in English.At the time，American Sign Language（ASL）was thought to be no more than a form of pidgin English（混杂英语）.But Stokoe believed the "hand talk" his students used looked richer.He wondered：Might deaf people actually have a genuine language？And could that language be unlike any other on Earth？It was 1955，when even deaf people considered their signing as "substandard".Stokoe's idea was academic heresy（异端邪说）.
It is 37 years later.Stokoe--now devoting his time to writing and editing books and journals and to producing video materials on ASL and the deaf culture-is having lunch at a cafe near the Gallaudet campus and explaining how he started.a revolution For decades educators fought his idea that signed languages are natural languages like English，French and Japanese.They assumed language must be based on speech，the modulation（调节） of sound.But sign language is based on the movement of hands，the modulation of space. "What I said，" Stokoe explains， "is that language is not mouth stuff--it's brain stuff."
（1）The present growing interest in sign language was encouraged to develop by ____ .
A.a famous scholar in the study of the human brain
B.a leading specialist in the study of liberal arts
C.an English teacher in a university for the deaf
D.some senior experts in American Sign Language
（2）According to Stokoe，sign language is ____ .
A.a substandard language
B.a genuine language
C.an artificial language
D.an international language
（3）Most educators objected to Stokoe's idea because they thought ____ .
A.sign language was not extensively used even by deaf people
B.sign language was too artificial to be widely accepted
C.a language should be easy to use and understand
D.a language could only exist in the form of speech sounds
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答案
（1）C.细节理解题。根据原文第一段The current interest in sign language has roots in the pioneering work of one rebel teacher at Gallaudet University in Washington，D.C.，the world's only liberal arts university for deaf people.（目前人们对手语的兴趣源于华盛顿加劳德特大学(Gallaudet University)一位叛逆教师的开创性工作这是世界上唯一的一所面向聋人的文科大学。）以及第二段When Bill Stokoe went to Gallaudet to teach English，the school enrolled him in a course in signing.（比尔·斯托科(Bill Stokoe)去加劳德特(Gallaudet)教英语时，学校为他注册了一门手语课程。）可知目前人们对手语的兴趣是华盛顿加劳德特大学的一位大学老师。而第二段提出他是教英语。C.an English teacher in a university for the deaf（一所聋哑大学的英语老师）正确。故选C.
（2）B.推理判断题。根据原文第二段But Stokoe believed the "hand talk" his students used looked richer.He wondered：Might deaf people actually have a genuine language？And could that language be unlike any other on Earth？（但斯托科认为，他的学生使用的"手语"看起来更丰富。他想知道:聋人真的有一种真正的语言吗?这种语言和地球上其他语言有什么不同吗?那是在1955年，当时就连聋人也认为他们的手语"不合格"。）可知他认为手语可能是一门真正的语言学科。B.a genuine language（一门真正的语言）正确。故选B.
（3）D.细节理解题。根据原文第二段For decades educators fought his idea that signed languages are natural languages like English，French and Japanese.They assumed language must be based on speech，the modulation（调节） of sound.（几十年来，教育工作者一直反对他的观点。他们假定语言必须建立在语音的基础上，即声音的调制。）可知他们反对比尔是因为认为语言应该是建立在声音条件上。D.a language could only exist in the form of speech sounds（语言只能以语音的形式存在）正确。故选D.
（2）B.推理判断题。根据原文第二段But Stokoe believed the "hand talk" his students used looked richer.He wondered：Might deaf people actually have a genuine language？And could that language be unlike any other on Earth？（但斯托科认为，他的学生使用的"手语"看起来更丰富。他想知道:聋人真的有一种真正的语言吗?这种语言和地球上其他语言有什么不同吗?那是在1955年，当时就连聋人也认为他们的手语"不合格"。）可知他认为手语可能是一门真正的语言学科。B.a genuine language（一门真正的语言）正确。故选B.
（3）D.细节理解题。根据原文第二段For decades educators fought his idea that signed languages are natural languages like English，French and Japanese.They assumed language must be based on speech，the modulation（调节） of sound.（几十年来，教育工作者一直反对他的观点。他们假定语言必须建立在语音的基础上，即声音的调制。）可知他们反对比尔是因为认为语言应该是建立在声音条件上。D.a language could only exist in the form of speech sounds（语言只能以语音的形式存在）正确。故选D.