A light used to signal passing intentions must be an （).

A candle used to burn at auction sales______.

A．because they took place at night

B．as a signal for the crowd to gather

C．to give light to the auctioneer

D．to limit the time when offers could be made

A candle used to burn at auction sales______.

A．because they took place at night

B．as a signal for the crowd to gather

C．to give light to the auctioneer

D．to limit the time when offers could be made

A candle used to burn at auction sales______.

A．because they took place at night

B．as a signal for the crowd to gather

C．to give light to the auctioneer

D．to limit the time when offers could be made

that signed languages are unique -- a speech of the hand. They offer a 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 innate in our species, or whether it is a learned behaviour. The current interest in sign language has roots in the pioneering work of one renegade teacher at Gallaudet University in Washington, DC, the world's only liberal arts university for deaf people.

When Bill Stokoe went to Gallaudet to teach English .... American Sign Language (ASL) was thought to be no more than a form. of pidgin English. 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？

When Stokoe analyzed his students' signing, he found it was like spoken languages, which combine bits of sound -- each meaningless by itself -- into meaningful words. Signers, following similar rules, combine individually meaningless hand and body movements into words. They choose from a palette of hand shapes... They also choose where to make a sign... (and) how to orient the hand and arm... A common underlying structure of both spoken and signed languages is thus at the level of the smallest units that are linked to form. words.

The title of the passage suggests that American Sign Language

A．imitates spoken English.

B．cannot be spoken.

C．requires special intelligence.

D．is cognitively complex.

听力原文： Sign language has become a scientific hot button. Only in the past 20 years have specialists in language study realized that sign languages are unique--a speech of the hands. They offer a 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 Stoke went to Gallaudet to teach English, the school enrolled him in a course in signing. He had been taught a sort of gesture 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. But Stoke 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？ Stoke devoted his time to writing and editing books and journals and to producing video materials on ASL and the deaf culture. For decades educators fought his idea that sign languages are natural languages like English, French and Japanese.

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A．Sign languages.

B．Natural languages.

C．Artificial languages.

D．Genuine languages.

【填空题】Lesson 4 课后作业-词汇填空 marking Rejected takeoff Runway incursion consequence sign expeditiously airstrip stopway 1. The________is an area beyond the runway which can be used for deceleration in the event of a rejected takeoff. 2. A_________is an incident where an unauthorized aircraft, vehicle or person is on a runway, which adversely affects runway safety, as it creates the risk that an airplane taking off or landing will collide with the object. 3. In order to avoid the conflicting traffic, Airbus 320 was instructed by the ATC to climb _______to and maintain 7000 meters. 4. There can be many reasons for deciding to perform a _________, but they are usually due to suspected or actual technical failures, like an engine failure such as a compressor stall occurring during the takeoff run. 5. An_________ is a small aerodrome that consists only of a runway with perhaps fueling equipment. 6. The light array is located at the intersection of two runways and a taxiway. This _________indicates where an aircraft is to hold before entering a runway. 7. Layouts with parallel runways and/or intersecting runways increase the probability of both ATC issuing conflicting clearances and, occurrence of incursions as a__________ of flight crew errors. 8. Airport guidance_________provide direction and information to taxiing aircraft and airport vehicles.

A.light

B.lackboard

C.sign

D.map

guage study realized that signed languages are unique—a speech of the hand. They offer a 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 bas 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 "band 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 dismissed 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(调解) 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."

The study of sign language is thought to be ______.

A．a new way to look at the lemming of language

B．a challenge to traditional views on the nature of language

C．an approach to simplify the grammatical structure of a language

D．an attempt to clarify misunderstanding about the origin of language

guage study realized that signed languages are unique--a speech of the hand. They offer a 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. 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 dismissed their signing as "substandard". Stokoe' s idea was academic heresy.

It is 37 years later. Stokoe--now devoting his time to writing and editing books and joumais 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 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."

The study of sign language is thought to be______

A．a new way to be taken at the learning of language

B．a challenge to traditional views on the nature of language

C．an approach to simplifying the grammatical structure of a language

D．an attempt to clarify misunderstanding about the origin of language

A.light up

B.light in

C.lights up

D.lights in

I can't read the sign on the door. Please hold______.

A．the light a little closer to it

B．the light to it a little closer

C．to it the light a little closer

D．a little closer the light to it