Question

【题目】 Have you ever heard of learning disabilities (无力，无能),which are disorders in the ways that people understand or use a language? They can affect the ability to listen or think, or to speak, or to read and write. They can also affect the ability to do math.

A person with a learning disability has unusual difficulties in developing these skills. Researchers believe that learning disabilities are caused by differences in the way that the brain works with information. They say children with learning disabilities are not stupid or do not want to work. Their brains just deal with information differently from others.

As many as one out of every five people in the United States have some kind of learning disability.

A few signs of learning disability include not connecting letters with their sounds or not understanding what is read. A person with a learning disability may not be able to understand a funny story. They may not follow directions. They may not read numbers correctly or know how to start a task.

Experts say learning disability can’t be cured (治愈). But people who have them can be helped. Teachers and parents can help young people with learning disabilities to learn successfully.

1题为判断正误。（T代表正确，F代表错误）。2题完成句子。3题简略回答问题。4题找近义句。5题翻译划线句子。

【1】Children with learning disability are stupid. （_______）

【2】A person who has learning disability has special ________ in developing the ability of listening, reading, speaking, writing and doing math.

【3】What causes the learning disability according to the researchers’ study？

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【4】One fifth of in America has some kind of learning disability.

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【5】________________________________________________________________________________________

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】F

【2】difficulties

【3】Differences in the way that the brain works with information

【4】One out of every five people in the United States have some kind of learning disability

【5】他们的大脑处理信息的方式和其他人是不同的。

【解析】

本文介绍了什么是学习障碍，学习障碍会影响什么，以及造成学习障碍的原因等。

【1】根据第二段中的句子“They say children with learning disabilities are not stupid or do not want to work.”可知，原文中stupid前有not，题目中没有，和原文意思不符，故答案为F。

【2】根据第二段开头的第一句话“A person with a learning disability has unusual difficulties in developing these skills.”与题目同义，可知句中的unusual与题目中的special同义。两句相对照，空格处应填difficulties，故答案为difficulties。

【3】根据第二段的第二句“Researchers believe that learning disabilities are caused by differences in the way that the brain works with information.”可找到答案，故答案为Differences in the way that the brain works with information。

【4】根据倒数第三段“As many as one out of every five people in the United States have some kind of learning disability.”可知one out of every five people in the United States和One fifth of in America意思同义。故答案为one out of every five people in the United States have some kind of learning disability。

【5】翻译要点：deal with处理；from和…不同。 from others和其他人不同。故答案为他们的大脑处理信息的方式和其他人是不同的。