32.What aroused the present growing interest in sign language?

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.

33. According to Stokoe, sign language is ________.

A. a substandard language B. a genuine language

C. an artificial language D. an international language

34. Most educators objected to Stokoe's idea because they thought ________.

A. sign language was not widely 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

35. Stokoe's argument is based on his belief that ________.

A. sign language is as efficient as any other language

B. sign language originated from natural language

C. language is a system of meaningful codes

D. language is a product of the brain

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　　根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项（选项中有两项为多余选项），并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

　　Chuck was in my high-school English class. 36 So, when he told me he had been accepted into the journalism program at the University of Missouri, I wasn't surprised.

　　During the first year at college, Chuck stopped by school a few times. We talked about our work together several years before. We had raised money together for twenty-three sick and abandoned babies. 37 . It was an activity that in some ways changed our formal relationship into a friendship.

　　In his second year in college, it was discovered that Chuck had lung cancer and had only a short while to live. So he left school and came home to be near to his loved ones.

　　About six weeks later, Chuck died. 38 The youngest of nine children, Chuck was talented and full of promise. More importantly, he was a good person, a just man.

When I went to his funeral, his father asked to speak with me. He told me that before Chuck's death, he chose six items to bury with him. 39 He told me that Chuck had always kept the piece because he liked the message I had written to him at the bottom of the last page. In that little note, I affirmed his talent as a writer and I encouraged him to be responsible for the gift.

40 His taking my note with him forever offered me a great opportunity for influencing