My daughter was being thrown out of the sixth grade.The teacher said， "She may not be up to what we're trying to accomplish."He was really saying she didn't have the intelligence.l 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.I decided to get myself tested as well，and found that the troubles she was having were exactly what I had had—dyslexia.By then I was a successful television writer，and had won an Emmy Award for " The Rockford Files".
   If I had known earlier that something beyond my control could 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 achieved success in my career.
   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 he must be smarter.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 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.Despite my weaknesses I view dyslexia as a gift，not a curse（詛咒）.Many dyslexics are good at right-brain，abstract thought，and that's what my kind of creative writing is.And I can write quickly，and can get up to 15 pages a day.Writing is my strength.
   The real fear I have for dyslexic children is not they have to struggle in school，but that they will quit on themselves before they get out of school.Parents have to create victories for them，whether it's music，sports or art.You can make your dyslexic childable to say， "Yeah，reading is hard.But I have other things I can do."

（1）The writer decided to get himself tested as well because he

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A

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A．wanted to know if they had the same problem
B．didn't believe his daughter had the problem
C．had to take a regular medical examination
D．a(chǎn)ccepted that his daughter was not smart
（2）We can learn from the second paragraph that the writer

D

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A．struggled but got better grades
B．didn't work hard when he was young
C．was praised for overcoming dyslexia
D．was thankful not to know of dyslexia earlier
（3）What can we learn from the story？

B

B

A．Clumsy birds have to start flying early.
B．God shuts one door but opens another.
C．Never judge a person by his appearance.
D．No one can make a good coat with bad cloth.