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　　Many people see a person who can't read or spell as disabled, but what does disabled really mean? Well, with Andrew Mertzit of Maryland it meant he would not be 1 to attend his school any more. Andrew's 2 is that whenever he is reading, he sees the letters p, d, q and b as a 3 and stick. Since Andrew's teachers couldn't 4 him much, Suzanne, Andrew's mother decided to take 5 in her own hands. She decided to home school Andrew. In ten months, Suzanne, a trained reading specialist tried many different 6 to help Andrew with his disability. She helped Andrew with making letters out of sand, rice and shaving cream. Now, about nine years later Andrew is 7 having some problems with reading, but certainly a lot better than before.

　　Lately researchers have been finding many different ways to help learning disabled students by 8 things like rice and shaving cream or even to get little computers. Also, nowadays there are schools all over that have programs to help disabled kids, unlike back in 1995 when Andrew had to be 9 schooled by his mother. But to help disabled students it takes about $ 8.12 billion. You probably think that's a lot of money, but if you 10 that in 1996 there were about 2.6 million kids who were disabled, it may not seem all that 11 . Even though a person may have a learning disability at a certain subject, like reading, it does not mean that he or she doesn't have a talent（才能）at something else. For example, 15 years ago when Joey Hollingsworth entered kindergarten, teachers said that Joey was very clever. Once Joey started getting 12 , his grades got lower. Lots of people just thought he was 13 and had discipline（纪律）problems. Many years later he finally was 14 for learning disabilities and found out he really did have a disability.

　　Still many people believe kids like Joey who can't read or write are lazy. It's hard to understand that 15 a person doesn't look disabled, he can have problems with learning, and it's even harder for the 16 . But now they are getting close to understanding how learning disabilities start. Brain researchers have some new equipment. These machines 17 pictures of the brain while in 18 . They're learning a lot already by examining the brains of the people who have been 19 and who have learning disabilities. It is reported that some of these damaged brain cases are 20

like the picture we see all the time on the learning-disabled cases where we don't know the cause.

　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　

(1) A.willing	B.able	C.ready	D.happy
(2) A.job	B.worry	C.disadvantage	D.disability
(3) A.picture	B.flag	C.square	D.circle
(4) A.help	B.tend	C.teach	D.treat
(5) A.matters	B.letters	C.illness	D.children
(6) A.ways	B.schools	C.hospitals	D.medicine
(7) A.never	B.already	C.still	D.always
(8) A.drawing	B.supplying	C.changing	D.spelling
(9) A.lonely	B.separately	C.joyfully	D.sadly
(10) A.imagine	B.consider	C.suppose	D.except
(11) A.proper	B.little	C.strange	D.bad
(12) A.higher	B.stronger	C.worse	D.older
(13) A.clever	B.late	C.lazy	D.careless
(14) A.questioned	B.tested	C.scolded	D.punished
(15) A.when	B.whether	C.even 　　 if	D.unless
(16) A.parents	B.teachers	C.doctors	D.researchers
(17) A.print	B.take	C.have	D.store
(18) A.moving	B.reaction	C.return	D.action
(19) A.cured	B.recovered	C.dead	D.injured
(20) 　　 A.exactly	B.never	C.hardly	D.luckily

Answer 1

答案：B;D;D;A;A;A;B;B;D;B;C;C;C;B;C;A;B;D;D;A
解析：

(1) be able to do sth.表示“能够做某事”。A、B、C项都表示“乐意做某事”，和文章意思不符，故B项正确。

(2) 根据上文意思。

(3) 根据上下文意思,Andrew分不清b、d、p、q这几个字母，是因为这几个字母的由圆圈和竖道组成，故D项正确。

(4) A、B、D项排除。如选C项，成为“Since Andrew's teacher couldn't teach him much”此句逻辑不通。文中的意思应为：因他有拼写上的障碍，老师的正常教法对他没有帮助。故A项正确。

(5) take matters in her own hand“自己来处理达此事”。

(6) 文中的意思为：他妈妈尝试各种办法来帮助他。

(7) 根据后面转折词but可以看出:Andrew仍然有阅读障碍，但比以前好多了。

(8) 连贯此句整个意思，A、C、D项排除。研究者们找到的方法是通过一些实物进行形象观察教学，来提高拼写能力，因此B项正确。

(9) 根据上下文判断，Andrew不能和大家一起在学校上课，只能在家单独学习，故B项正确。

(10) 下文提供的数字是一个事实，故A、C、D项排除。

(11) 根据上文意思。

(12) 根据上文意思，Joey小时候很聪明，但随着年龄增长，成绩下降。

(13) lazy和discipline problems都属不良行为，与and的并列作用相符，也与文章意思相符。

(14) 文中意思为：许多年后，他在身体检测时，发现确实有残疾。

(15) 此处是一个状语从句，根据文中意思，A、B、D项排除。

(16) (15)、(16)空连接的整个长句的意思为：即使一个看上去很正常的人也可能会有学习上的障碍，这一点很难理解，尤其对于家长来说，更难理解。（自己的孩子聪明伶俐，怎么会有学习上的障碍呢？）因此，A项正确。

(17) take a picture为固定词组，表示“拍照”。

(18) in action为固定词组，表示“在运行，在动动”。

(19) 文中意思为：脑子受过伤的。

(20) 英语中表示“非常相像”时，用exactly like。