In 1816, there were no schools for the deaf in America. Several people started a few schools, but in the end all of the schools closed. There were too many problems. The first people to succeed were Laurent Clerc and Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet. They opened their school in 1817, and the school did not close. At that time it was the only school for deaf children in America !

Clerc and Gallaudet did not know what would happen after they opened their school. They worked very hard. The school grew, and many more students enrolled. These new students were from all over the country. People thought the school would be big enough for all of the deaf children in  America. The school is still open today, but the name was changed. Today it is called the American School for the Deaf. It is in West Hartford, Connecticut.

   After Clerc and Gallaudet established(成立) their school, many other schools for the deaf were opened. Before Gallaudet's death in 1851, 15 other schools for deaf children were built! Many of the teachers at those 15 schools used Gallaudet's teaching methods. Many had even studied with Gallaudet and were deaf themselves!

(    )1. Laurent Clerc and Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet were the first people who _______.

     A. wanted to build a school for the deaf in the USA

     B. succeeded in opening their school for the deaf in America

     C. succeeded in opening their school for the deaf all over the world

     D. succeeded in making the deaf speak as ordinary people

(    )2. The underlined word 6enrolled' in the passage means '_______' in Chinese.

     A. 入學(xué)        B.輟學(xué)      C.招工     D. 工作

(    ) . Which of the following is TRUE about Clerc and Gallaudet's school?

     A. Its students were from all over the USA.

     B. Its students were from all over the world.

     C. All deaf children in America were their students.

     D. Its students were only from Connecticut, the USA

(    )4. What was the name of the school when it was opened in 1817?

     A. The American School for the Deaf.

     B. The Connecticut School for the Deaf.

     C. The West Hartford School for the Deaf.

     D. The passage doesn't tell us.

(    )5. When Gallaudet died in 1851, there were _______school(s) for deaf children in the USA.

     A. only one    B. fifteen     C. sixteen     D. fourteen

　 The word, “photography”, was first used in 1839. It comes from the Greek words that mean “to write with light”. But photography could only give people static pictures. So scientists were trying hard to find ways to make pictures that can move. They made lots of experiments, but failed again and again. It was Eadweard Muybridge who finally succeeded. He was the first photographer to try this successfully. But how did he make it? It was an interesting story.

Back in 1872, people didn’t know exactly (確切地) whether all four of a horse’s hooves (蹄) left the ground at the same time when it was running. A gentleman called Leland Stanford made a bet with his friend about it. Most people believed that a horse always had one hoof on the ground, or it would fall over. But Stanford didn’t think so.

At that time, it was hard to know who could win the bet, because a horse’s legs move so fast that it is impossible to tell just by looking. So they needed a way to record the movement of a running horse. Then Stanford offered $25,000 to the famous photographer, Muybridge, to help find the answer. In the beginning, Muybridge failed to get clear images, but he didn’t give up. He continued to improve his cameras. In 1878, after many experiments, he managed to get a sequence (連續(xù)) of 12 photos. One of them clearly showed that all four of the horse’s hooves were off the ground at the same time. And when the photos moved fast, people could see a horse running.

Though is usually considered as the person who created the first movie in 1889, it was the work of Eadweard Muybridge and the bet that led to Edison’s invention.

53. The underlined word “static” in Paragraph 1 most probably means _______.

A. pretty　　　　　　　　　　　 B. dark　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. moving　　　　　　　　　 D. still

54. What did Leland Stanford make a bet with his friend about?

　 A. Whose horse ran faster.

　 B. whether a horse would fall over while running.

　 C. whether it was possible for scientists to make moving pictures.

　 D.Whether a horse’s hooves all left the ground at the same time while running.

55. Muybridge finally found the exact answer to the bet in _______.

　 A. 1839　　 　　　　　　　　 B. 1872 　　　　　　　　　　 C. 1878　　 　　　　　　 D. 1889

56. The passage mainly tells us _______.

　 A. that Thomas Edison created the first movie .

　 B. that Eadweard Muybridge created the first static pictures

　 C. how photography helped people know more about animals

　 D. how Eadweard Muybridge got pictures of motion (移動(dòng)) successfully