三、完形填空
44、根据下面内容,回答44-58题:
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 thought 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 4this project during the summer and after school. The three 5 made films of deaf people signing. The deaf people in the films did not understand 6 the research was about and were just trying to be nice to Dr. Stokoe. Many people thought the whole project was silly, but 7 agreed with Dr. Stokoe in order to please him.
Stokoe and his 8 studied the films of signing. They 9 the films and tried to see patterns in the signs. The results of the research were10: the signs used by all of the signers11 certain linguistic rules.
Dr. Stokoe was the first linguist to test American Sign Language12a real language.He published the 13 in 1960, but not many people paid attention to the study. Dr. Stokoe was still 14 --he was the only linguist who 15 that sign language was more than gestures. He knew it was a language of its own and not just another form of English.
A.ashamed
B.bored
C.interested
D.involved
45、
A.idealistic
B.crazy
C.smart
D.normal
46、
A.Otherwise
B.Instead
C.Additionally
D.Afterwards
47、
A.through
B.into
C.along
D.on
48、
A.researchers
B.designers
C.directors
D.physicians
49、
A.what
B.why
C.That
D.which
50、
A.strongly
B.hardly
C.willingly
D.merely
51、
A.team
B.crowd
C.crew
D.party
52、
A.made
B.advertised
C.released
D.analyzed
53、
A.dissatisfying
B.alarming
C.surprising
D.disappointing
54、
A.exercised
B.followed
C.played
D.performed
55、
A.like
B.as
C.with
D.beyond
56、
A.results
B.consequences
C.endings
D.resolutions
57、
A.anxious
B.afraid
C.alert
D.alone
58、
A.wished
B.reasoned
C.believed
D.decided