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    My daughter was being thrown out of the sixth grade. The teacher said to me, “She may not be up to what we’re trying to accomplish.” He was really saying she didn’t have the intelligence. I got mad because I knew she was smart, just as my father had known I was smart when I was failing in school. We had her tested and found that the troubles my daughter was having were the same as those I had had. I decided to get tested as well. She was dyslexic, and so was I. By then I was a successful television writer and producer. I’d won an Emmy for “The Rockford Files.”

Had I known earlier, though, that there was a reason beyond my control to explain why I was a low achiever, I may not have worked so hard in my late 20s and early 30s. I was writing and writing. I was working for no other reason than to hear people praise me.

I needed that praise because I was carrying around the failure in studies. I did badly in all my courses.

I once asked a friend who had always gotten an A, “How long did you study for this?” He said, “I didn’t. I just glanced at it.” So what do I take from that? He must be smarter than I am. I began to ask, “What will happen to me when I’m not good at anything?” Despite my doubts, I did become successful, and people now say to me, “So you’ve overcome dyslexia.”

No. You don’t overcome it, you learn to compensate for it. Some easy things are very hard for me. Most people who go through college read at least twice as fast as I do. I avoid dialing a phone if I can, because I sometimes have to try three times to get the number right. I get that recording “The number you have reached is not in service” more than any man on earth.

Despite my weaknesses I view dyslexia as a gift, not a curse (诅咒). Many dyslexics are good at right- brain, abstract thought, and that’s what my kind of creative writing is. And I can write quickly— I go like wind — and can get up to 15 pages a day. Writing is not the problem. That’s my strength.

The real fear I have for dyslexic is not that they have to struggle with regular school studies, but that they will quit on themselves before they get out of school. Parents have to create victories whenever they can, whether it’s music, sports or art. You can make your dyslexic child able to say, “Yeah, reading’s hard. But I have these other things I can do.”

1.The writer decided to get himself tested probably because ________.

A.he wanted to know if they had the same problem

B.he accepted that his daughter was not smart

C.he didn’t realize the problem with his daughter

D.his father had the same troubles as they did

2.What can you infer from the second paragraph?

A.The writer struggled hard and finally ended with good grades.

B.The writer was thankful not knowing of his dyslexia before.

C.Dyslexia made the writer a low achiever all through his life.

D.People praised the writer because they knew he had dyslexia.

3.The word “dyslexia” can be interpreted as ________.

A.hearing disability B.low in intelligence

C.mental illness D.disorder of reading

4.Which of the following proverbs can best summarize the main idea?

A.Never judge a person by his appearance.

B.God never shuts one door but he opens another.

C.If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.

D.No one can make a good coat with bad cloth.

 

1.A 2.B 3.D 4.B 【解析】 本文为记叙文。作者得知女儿患了阅读障碍,回想到自己读书时遇到的同样的艰辛,作者用自己努力换来的成功经历告诉我们,遇到困难只要不放弃,总会取得成功。 1.细节理解题。根据第一段We had her tested and found that the troubles my daughter was having were the same as those I had had. I decided to get tested as well. She was dyslexic, and so was I.可知,作者给女儿做了检查,发现女儿遇到的麻烦和作者一样。故作者也决定接受检查。答案选A。 2.推理判断题。根据第二段第一句Had I known earlier, though, that there was a reason beyond my control to explain why I was a low achiever, I may not have worked so hard in my late 20s and early 30s.(如果我早一点知道,有一个我无法控制的原因来解释为什么我是一个低成就者,我可能不会在我快30岁和30岁出头的时候如此努力工作。)可知,作者很庆幸以前不知道自己患有诵读困难症。故选B。 3.词义猜测题。根据第一段老师描述女儿在学校的学习表现和第四段作者与经常得A的朋友之间的对话可知,作者和女儿一样遇到了阅读障碍,故dyslexia意为“阅读障碍”,故选D。 4.主旨大意题。作者通过回忆自己读书时遇到艰辛但仍不放弃,用自己努力换来的成功经历告诉我们,遇到困难只要不放弃,总会取得成功。God never shuts one door but he opens another.(天无绝人之路)符合语境。故选B。
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