Ever since humans have lived on the earth, they have made use of various forms o

Ever sincehumans have lived on the earth, they have made use of various forms ofcommunication．Generally,this expression of thoughts and feelings has been in the form of oral speech．When there is a language barrier(障碍), communication is completed throughsign language in which motions stand for letters, words, and ideas．Tourists and the people unable to hearor speak have had to turn to this form of expression．Many of these symbols of whole words arevery lively and exact and can be used internationally; spelling, however,cannot．

Bodylanguage sends ideas or thoughts by certain actions, either meaningfully or not．A wink（眨眼）can be a way of showing that the party is only joking．A nod means agreement, while shaking thehead indicates disagreement．

Otherforms of nonlinguistic language can be found in Braille (a system of raiseddots read with the fingertips), signal flags, Morse code, and smoke signals．Road maps and picture signs also guideand warn people．Whilelanguage is the most common form of communication, other systems and techniquesalso express human thoughts and feelings．

1.Which ofthe following statements is NOT true?

A．There are many forms of communication inuse today．

B．Language is the most common form ofcommunication．

C．Tourists are unable to use an oral formof communication．

D．Ideas and thoughts can be expressed bybody language．

2.Whichform other than oral speech could be most commonly used among blind people?

A．Picture signs．                      B．Braille 

C．Body language                      D．Signal flags．

3.Signlanguage is said to be very lively and exact and can be used meaningfullyexcept for ______．

A．spelling            B．idea            C．whole words      D．expressions

4.How manydifferent forms of communication are mentioned here?

A．Five           B．Seven         C．Nine             D．Three  

试题答案

【答案】

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.C

【解析】略