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There's being a good neighbor, and then there's going the extra mile. And in one Massachusetts neighborhood, the neighbors are pulling out all the stops.
Two years ago, about a __1__ after Samantha was born, Glenda and Raphael Savitz learned their daughter was __2__. “She was the first deaf person my husband and I had known，” Glenda, 33, told the Boston Globe. “So it's a surprise. __3__. But I think I'm someone who's like: OK. What do we do? She's a week old. We're going to be learning sign language. There was no __4__ that it was going to be important to her development and her __5__.”
But the Savitz family weren't the only ones who learned how to sign. Over 20 residents of their neighborhood in the town of Newton are also learning sign language. The residents __6__ an instructor on their own and __7__ gathered together in a living room to learn the language. The neighbors' desire to learn to __8__ with Samantha is something that the Savitz family find extremely __9__.
“One of the most emotional issues having her is that I really learned about how much support and how much love there is here，” Glenda said. “People are __10__ so much time and energy to learn a(n) __11__ language because they're dying to talk to my little girl. I don't have __12__ for that.”
Baby Sam already has friends all over the neighborhood. Henry Marshall, a 19yearold Harvard freshman, told the Globe that Sam __13__ with her childsize basketball hoop as he shoots hoops on his adultsize one. While he plays, she copies his movements and __14__ the words for “play” and “friend”．
“It's a special neighborhood，” Raphael Savitz told the Globe. “It's just a really __15__ place.”
本文为记叙文。Savitz夫妇生了一个耳聋的孩子，为了孩子的成长与发展，他们决定去学手语。而小区里的多位邻居为了能够与这个孩子交流，也自发地定期学手语，共同为这个孩子创造一个充满爱的环境。
1．A.day B．week C．year D．month
答案：B
解析：根据下文She's a week old.可知答案为B。
2．A.deaf B．blind C．hurt D．dull
答案：A
解析：根据下文She was the first deaf person my husband and I had known可知答案为A。
3．A.Embarrassed B．Awesome
C．Unbearable D．Unexpected
答案：D
解析：根据前句So it's a surprise.可知是出乎预料的，故选D。
4．A.point B．chance C．question D．possibility
答案：C
解析：对于生下来就耳聋的女儿来说，父母学习手语毫无疑问对她的发展和成长来说是很重要的。There is no question that...毫无疑问……。
5．A.work B．study C．play D．growth
答案：D
解析：根据语境以及and前的her development，可以推断出此处应为“成长”，故选D。
6．A.hired B．sent C．trained D．assisted
答案：A
解析：结合语境可知，居民们自己花钱雇了一位老师。所以选A。
7．A.suddenly B．regularly C．immediately D．randomly
答案：B
解析：根据语境应该是定期聚集在一起学习手语，故答案为B。regularly定期。
8．A.share B．stay
C．associate D．communicate
答案：D
解析：这里neighbors's desire to learn to __8__ with Samantha与11空后的they're dying to talk to my little girl对应，此处应为talk to的同义表达，故选D。
9．A.interesting B．surprising C．touching D．demanding
答案：C
解析：根据文章主旨以及下文I don't have __12__ for that.可知，邻居的这种关爱令Savitz一家非常感动。故选C。
10．A.looking for B．giving up C．putting in D．relying on
答案：C
解析：根据空后so much time and energy to learn可知，此处应为投入时间和精力。put in投入。
11．A.oral B．foreign C．local D．useless
答案：B
解析：foreign在此处意为“陌生的；不熟悉的”。为了与孩子交流而学习的手语，对于邻居来说是陌生的。
12．A.ideas B．words C．choices D．suggestions
答案：B
解析：根据上文something that the Savitz family find extremely touching可知，此处表达感动得无法言表。
13．A.plays B．lives C．helps D．deals
答案：A
解析：根据下文While he plays, she copies his movements可知此处应该选择A。
14．A.writes B．reads C．signs D．says
答案：C
解析：Baby Sam是聋哑儿，所以应该是用手势表达(sign)，故选C。
15．A.challenging B．important C．usual D．welcoming
答案：D
解析：由全文内容可知，这是一个令人感到惬意的社区。故选D。welcoming令人感到惬意的。
