Question

【題目】 Have you ever heard of learning disabilities (無力，無能),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題為判斷正誤。（T代表正確，F代表錯誤）。2題完成句子。3題簡略回答問題。4題找近義句。5題翻譯劃線句子。

【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？

________________________________________________________________________________________

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

________________________________________________________________________________________

【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】他們的大腦處理信息的方式和其他人是不同的。

【解析】

本文介紹了什么是學習障礙，學習障礙會影響什么，以及造成學習障礙的原因等。

【1】根據(jù)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，題目中沒有，和原文意思不符，故答案為F。

【2】根據(jù)第二段開頭的第一句話“A person with a learning disability has unusual difficulties in developing these skills.”與題目同義，可知句中的unusual與題目中的special同義。兩句相對照，空格處應填difficulties，故答案為difficulties。

【3】根據(jù)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，故答案為Differences in the way that the brain works with information。

【4】根據(jù)倒數(shù)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意思同義。故答案為one out of every five people in the United States have some kind of learning disability。

【5】翻譯要點：deal with處理；from和…不同。 from others和其他人不同。故答案為他們的大腦處理信息的方式和其他人是不同的。