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考点 阅读表达 (2016·天津卷·阅读表达) 话题:学习障碍　　词数:281　　难度: I’m a 34-year-old man, married, live in a nice house, and have a successful career as an educational consultant. But my life was not always so great. I had a learning disability from an early age. I went to a special school where I got plenty of extra help. Still, I suffered the rest of my school days in public schools. My life improved remarkably when I discovered art. The art world gave me a chance to express myself without words. I went to a workshop and gradually got good at making things with clay(黏土).Here I learned my first important lesson: disabled as I was in language. I could still be smart and well express myself with clay. And my confidence came along. I got my next lesson from rock climbing. It was a fun thing but I was scared from the start. I soon noticed it wasn’t a talent thing; it was practice. So I did it more. After about five years of climbing, I found myself in Yosemite Valley on a big wall. I learned that if you fall in love with something and do it all the time, you will get better at it. Later I decided to apply my previous experience to learning how to read and write. Every day I practiced reading and writing, which I used to avoid as much as possible. After two hard years, I was literate. Having gone through the long process with art, rock climbing, and reading and writing, now I’ve got to a point in my life where I know I am smart enough to dive into an area that is totally unknown, hard, but interesting. 【文章大意】这是一篇记叙文。作者小的时候有学习障碍,但是他不放弃,通过做黏土来表达自己,通过不断练习,使自己学会读书写字。 56.What made the author’s school days difficult?(No more than 5 words) 【答案】(His)Learning disability. Or: Having a learning disability. Or: He had a learning disability. 【解析】根据文章第一段的句子I had a learning disability from an early age.可知作者在学校的日子很难,因为他有学习障碍。 57.Why did art give the author confidence?(No more than 10 words) 【答案】He could be smart and express himself with clay. Or: Art could help him express himself without words. Or: He cou