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While high school does not generally encourage students to explore new aspects of life, college sets the stage for that exploration. I myself went through this (41)______process and found something that has changed my (42)______at college for the better: I discovered ASL—American Sign Language（美式手语）.
I never felt an urge to (43)______any sign language before. My entire family is hearing, and so are all my friends. The (44)______language was enough in all my interactions（交往）. Little did I know that I would discover my (45)______for ASL.
The (46)______began during my first week at college. I watched as the ASL Club (47)______their translation of a song. Both the hand movements and the very (48)______of communicating without speaking (49)______me. What I saw was completely unlike anything I had experienced in the (50)______. This newness just left me (51)______more.
After that, feeling the need to (52)______further, I decided to drop in on one of ASL club’s meetings. I only learned how to (53)______the alphabet that day. Yet instead of being discouraged by my (54)______progress, I was excited. I then made it a point to (55)______those meetings and learn all I could.
The following term, I (56)______an ASL class. The professor was deaf and any talking was (57)______. I soon realized that the silence was not unpleasant. (58)______, if there had been any talking, it would have (59)______us to learn less. Now, I appreciate the silence and the (60)______way of communication it opens.
41. A. searching
B. planning
C. natural
D. formal
42. A. progress
B. experience
C. major
D. opinion
43. A. choose
B. read
C. learn
D. create
44. A. official
B. foreign
C. body
D. spoken
45. A. love
B. concern
C. goal
D. request
46. A. meeting
B. trip
C. story
D. task
47. A. recorded
B. performed
C. recited
D. discussed
48. A. idea
B. amount
C. dream
D. reason
49. A. disturbed
B. supported
C. embarrassed
D. attracted
50. A. end
B. past
C. course
D. distance
51. A. showing
B. acting
C. saying
D. wanting
52. A. exercise
B. explore
C. express
D. explain
53. A. print
B. write
C. sign
D. count
54. A. slow
B. steady
C. normal
D. obvious
55. A. chair
B. sponsor
C. attend
D. organize
56. A. missed
B. passed
C. gave up
D. registered for
57. A. prohibited
B. welcomed
C. ignored
D. repeated
58. A. Lastly
B. Thus
C. Instead
D. However
59. A. required
B. caused
C. allowed
D. expected
60. A. easy
B. popular
C. quick
D. new
1. generally adv. 普遍地
2. aspect n. 方面
3. process n. 过程
4. progress n. 进步
5. major n. 专业
6. urge n. 强烈的欲望
7. entire adj. 整个的，全部的
8. official adj. 官方的
9. concern n. 忧虑
10. request n. 要求
11. perform v. 表演
12. recite v. 背诵
13. translation n. 翻译
14. movement n.（身体部位的）运动
15. amount n. 数量
16. disturb v. 打扰
17. support v. 支持
18. embarrass v. 使尴尬
19. attract v. 吸引
20. express v. 表达
21. explain v. 解释
22. sign v. 打手势
23. discouraged adj. 灰心的，丧气的
24. steady adj. 稳定的
25. normal adj. 正常的
26. obvious adj. 明显的
27. sponsor v. 赞助
28. attend v. 参加
29. prohibit v. 禁止
30. ignore v. 忽视
31. repeat v. 重复
32. require v. 需要
33. appreciate v. 感激
1. go through 经历
例： He was going through a very difficult time. 他在经历一段非常艰难的时期。
2. drop in on 顺便拜访
例： I thought I’d drop in on you while I was passing. 我曾想路过时顺便来看看你。
3. make it a point 特别注意做…；坚持做…
例： As you travel and try new things, make it a point to meet people. 在旅行和尝试新事物的过程中，一定要记得与不同的人交往。
4. register for 注册；选课
例： How many students have registered for English classes? 有多少学生选修英语课了？
The following term, I (56) registered for an ASL class. The professor was deaf and any talking was (57) prohibited .
困惑： 易错题（57题）
分析： 本题的易错选项是C项，属于“词汇理解有误”的错误类型。同学们在看到前文的The professor was deaf 时，很容易认为“因为教授听不见声音，所以大家的谈话被忽视了”。但后文提到，如果课上允许谈话，那么学生学到的东西就少了，“我”很感激这种安静，由此可知谈话在课上是被禁止的，并非被教授忽视。除此之外，同学们需要理解prohibit和ignore这两个单词的具体释义。prohibit的英文释义为to say that an action is illegal or not allowed，意为“禁止”；ignore的英文释义为to behave as if you had not heard or seen someone or something，意为“忽视；假装不理睬”，即实际听到或看到了，但是假装没听到或看到。结合文章，教授是听不见声音的，所以他不会假装不理睬学生的谈话，而是真的听不见。综合上述两点，可以排除C项ignored，因此答案为A项prohibited。
尽管高中通常不鼓励学生去探索生活的新方面，但大学为这种探索提供了舞台。我自己经历了这种 (41) 探索 的过程，并且发现了一些能更好地改变我的大学 (42) 经历 的东西：我发现了美式手语。
我以前从未渴望 (43) 学习 任何一种手语。我的家人能听到声音，我的朋友们也是如此。(44) 口头 语言在我的日常交往中已经足够可用。我从不知道我会发现对美式手语的 (45) 热爱 。
这个 (46) 故事 从我在大学的第一周开始。当手语俱乐部用手语 (47) 表 演 一首歌曲时，我正在观看。他们的手势和这种不用说话就能交流的 (48) 想法 (49) 吸引 了我。我所看到的东西完全不像任何我 (50) 过去 所经历过的东西。这种新奇让我 (51) 想 了解更多。
在那之后，我渴望深入 (52) 探索 手语，便决定顺道参加一场手语俱乐部的会面。我那天只学会了如何 (53) 用手势表达 字母表。然而，我没有因 (54) 缓慢的 进步而失望，而是很兴奋。我随后决定一定要 (55) 参加 （手语俱乐部）所有会面，并且尽我所能学习手语。
接下来的一个学期，我 (56) 选 了美式手语课。这位教授是聋人，任何谈话都是被 (57) 禁止 的。我很快便意识到，这种安静并不会让人不愉快。(58) 相反 ，如果课上有任何的谈话，这就会 (59) 导致 我们学到的东西更少。现在，我很感激那种安静和它开创的 (60) 新的 交流方式。