失聪大学生为科学术语创造100多个新手语符号
When Liam Mcmulkin, who is deaf, began his studies at Scotland’s University of Dundee, he quickly realized there is something being missed not only in the program, but in British Sign Language in general: signs for science. As he began to study more complex topics and learned words such as phosphorylation or oxidation, the signs that were used to communicate the lessons often took up an inefficient amount of time because they had to be spelled out with each letter, he said.
Mcmulkin took it upon himself to . He created more than 100 new signs for scientific terms to help himself and future students using British Sign Language. Mcmulkin said creating each sign requires following the grammar structure, hand shape and movement of British Sign Language. Then each term has to be agreed upon by a forum of sign linguists, deaf people and deaf specialists. It took him about two months.
“Liam’s effort towards creating new signs is very important for the future of the life sciences,” Dr. Marios Stavridis, the head of the biological sciences at the University of Dundee and Mcmulkin’s supervisor, said in a statement, "if you imagine having to finger spell highly technical terms while sitting in a lecture or having a quick conversation with a colleague, you can appreciate how taxing and difficult it has been for Liam."
Mcmulkin, now in his third year at the school, hopes to continue his effort, and help more students as they make their way through complex science courses.
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1.Which of the following can be put in the blank in Paragraph 2?
A ask for help
B fix the problem
C learn signs for science
D spell out each letter
解析：选B。推理判断题。根据第一段最后一句以及第二段第二句He created more than 100 new signs for scientific terms to help himself and future students using British Sign Language.可知，当Mcmulkin开始学习更复杂的话题，学习复杂的单词时，用来交流课程的符号往往占用了很多的低效时间，由此推测Mcmulkin亲自解决了这个问题，为科学术语创造了100多个新手语符号，以帮助自己和未来的学生使用英国手语，故选B。
2.According to Dr. Marios Stavridis, Liam’s effort towards creating new signs is _________.
A easy and useful
B perfect and exciting
C tough and inefficient
D difficult and important
解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第三段第一句Liam’s effort towards creating new signs is very important for the future of the life sciences以及最后一句you can appreciate how taxing and difficult it has been for Liam可知，Liam创造新手语符号的努力对生命科学的未来至关重要，而且Liam的工作非常繁重和困难，故选D。
3.From the passage, we know Liam Mcmulkin _________.
A created less than 100 new signs for scientific terms
B is in his third year at Scotland’s University of Dundee
C has a classmate who thinks the new signs are important
D spent about three months creating new signs for scientific terms
解析：选B。细节理解题。根据第一段第一句When Liam Mcmulkin, who is deaf, began his studies at Scotland’s University of Dundee以及第四段Mcmulkin , now in his third year at the school可知，Mcmulkin在苏格兰邓迪大学学习，是三年级的学生，故选B。
4.What’s the main idea of the passage?
A Creating new signs is difficult.
B A deaf student created new signs for science.
C More deaf students learn British Sign Language.
D Mcmulkin helps more deaf students learn science.
解析：选B。主旨大意题。根据全文可知，本文讲述了苏格兰邓迪大学聋哑学生为科学术语创造了100多个新手语符号，故选B。