III. Cloze

　　Passage One

　　Dr. William C Stokoe, Jr., was the chairman of the English Department at Gallaudet University. He saw the way deaf people communicated and was extremely 1 . He was a hearing person, and signs of the deaf were totally new to him.

　　Dr. Stokoe decided to propose a study of sign language. Many other teachers were not interested, and though Dr. Stokoe was 2 to think about studying sign language. Even deaf teachers were not very interested in the project. However, Dr. Stokoe did not give up. 3 , he started the Linguistics Research Program in 1957. Stokoe and his two deaf assistants, worked on this project during the summer and after school. The three researchers made films of deaf people signing. The deaf people in the film did not understand 4 the research about and were just trying to be nice to Dr. Stokoe. Many people thought the whole project was silly, but 5 agreed with Dr. Stokoe in order to please him.

　　Stokoe and his team studied the films of signing. They 6 the films and try to see patterns in the signs. The results of the research were 7 : the signs used by all of the signers followed certain linguistic rules.

　　Dr. Stokoe was the first linguist to test American Sign Language as a real language. He published the 8 in 1960, but not many people paid attention to the study. Dr. Stokoe was still 9 —he was the only linguist who 10 that sign language was more than gestures. He knew it was a language of its own and not just another form of English.

　　1. A. ashamed B. bored C. interested D. involved

　　2. A. idealistic B. crazy C. smart D. normal

　　3. A. Otherwise B. Instead C. Additionally D. Afterwards

　　4. A. what B. why C. that D. which

　　5. A. strongly B. hardly C. willingly D. merely

　　6. A. made B. advertised C. released D. analyzed

　　7. A. dissatisfying B. alarming C. surprising D. disappointing

　　8. A. results B. consequences C. endings D. resolutions

　　9. A. anxious B. afraid C. alert D. alone

　　10. A. wished B. reasoned C. believed D. decided

　　Passage Two

　　Paper is one of the most important products ever invented by man. Widespread 11 of written language would not have been 12 without some cheap and practical material to write 13 . The invention of paper meant that more people could be educated because more books could be printed and 14 . Together with the printing press, paper 15 an important way to spread knowledge.

　　Paper was first made in China. In Egypt and the West, paper was not very 16 used before the year 1400. The Egyptians wrote on a type of paper 17 from a glasslike water plant; Europeans used a writing material made from the skin of a sheep or goat 18 many hundreds of years. We have learnt some of the most important facts of European history from records or documents still 19 in good condition. The Chinese first made paper about 2,000 years ago. China still 20 pieces of paper which were made as long ago as that. It was made from the hair-like parts of certain plants.

　　11. A. use B. account C. access D. application

　　12. A. active B. positive C. possible D. possibility

　　13. A. by B. on C. in D. with

　　14. A. divided B. spread C. scattered D. distributed

　　15. A. offered B. granted C. supplied D. provided

　　16. A. always B. usually C. commonly D. generally

　　17. A. made B. making C. consisted D. consisting

　　18. A. at B. for C. in D. during

　　19. A. protected B. preserved C. cared for D. looked after

　　20. A. has B. holds C. prefers D. favors

　　參考答案：

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