A married couple was in a car when the wife turned to her husband and asked, " Would you l

At Gate 12, Grace______.

A．was glad to meet some old friends

B．felt sorry for having disturbed others

C．learned the lesson the hard way

D．received the help she called for

It can be learned from the passage that a member of AA refers to______.

A．the people affected by alcoholism

B．the stranger who is ready to help

C．the medical professional in action

D．the colleague who offers replacement

Grace was overwhelmed by the desire to drink, ______.

A．so she quickly went back home

B．even when she was still on duty

C．and decided to do it no matter what

D．but then she managed to forget about it

What was the author s recommendation for Grace after her treatment program was over?

A．She should not go back to her work any more.

B．She should not start work immediately after the treatment.

C．She should return to work as soon as possible.

D．She should receive extra treatment after back to work.

up. Let s call her "Grace." Grace was a flight attendant and had been suspended from her job with a major airline due to her untreated alcoholism. After the eight week program, I suggested to her it might be a good idea to solidify her foundation in recovery before returning to work as she would be working in a high - risk environment (serving alcohol, being out of town alone, etc.). Grace, however, returned to work shortly after completing treatment. One day while she was departing from a plane at the end of long day a major craving for alcohol overpowered her. There she was, in the Los Angeles International Airport pulling her roller-bag behind her when this massive craving to drink came over her. She tried to just "think through it," or "just forget about it," but it was way too powerful. It was so powerful, in fact, that she had resigned to herself that she would just go drink. On her way to the bar in the airport, Grace had a moment of sanity. She stopped, picked up the airport paging phone and said, "Will you please page friends of Bill W.," she paused, quickly looking around for an empty gate, "to come to Gate 12?" Within minutes, over the paging system in the LA International Airport came, " Will friends of Bill W. please come to Gate 12." Most people in recovery know that asking if you are a friend of Bill W. is an anonymous way to identify yourself as a member of AA. In less than five minutes there were about fifteen people at that gate from all over the world. That brought tears of amazement, relief and joy to Grace. They had a little meeting there in that empty gate, total strangers prior to that moment. Grace discovered that two of those people had gotten out of their boarding lines and missed their flights to answer that call for help. They had remembered what they had seen on many walls of meeting rooms: "When anyone, anywhere reaches out their hand for help, I want the hand of AA to be there and for that I am responsible." Grace did not drink that day. I would venture to guess that none of the people who came to Gate 12 drank that day either.

The author of the passage is a______.

A．patient

B．doctor

C．flight attendant

D．airline manager

The passage is mainly written for the______ of the children with dysgraphia.

A．classmates

B．teachers

C．doctors

D．parents

All the following methods can be used to help children with dysgraphia EXCEPT______.

A．allowing them to have more time to write the answers

B．allowing them to type the answers on the computer

C．allowing them to speak the answers to the teachers

D．allowing other students to write the answers for them

To treat dysgraphia, the most important thing is to______.

A．discover the problem in children

B．find out the cause of the problem

C．treat these children with extra care

D．help these children build confidence

Children with dysgraphia______.

A．can improve their writing ability later on

B．have other physical problems related to muscles

C．can hardly be identified at the early stage of the illness

D．may show signs of the problem when they learn to write

e the muscles in the hands and fingers to form. letters and numbers. Some people are not able to move these muscles easily. Experts say teachers and parents should suspect dysgraphia (书写困难)if they see handwriting that is unusually difficult to understand. Letters may be formed or spaced incorrectly. Capital letters may be in the wrong places. Children with dysgraphia often hold their writing tools in an unusual position. They may also place the paper in an odd position for writing. The disorder generally appears when they first learn to write. Children continue to write wrong or misspelled words even after their teacher tries to show them the correct way. Experts at the National Institutes of Health say the cause of the disorder is not known. Some people with dysgraphia are able to improve their writing ability. But others are not. As with other disorders, the most important part of treatment is for someone to first identify the problem. There are some simple interventions that can help students with dysgraphia. For example, schools can give them more time to complete writing activities and provide help taking notes. Students might be permitted to type their work instead of having to write by hand. Teachers can also permit students to take examinations by speaking the answers instead of writing them. Dysgraphia often appears with other learning disabilities. Some students may not be able to organize their thoughts and think about how to write at the same time. So a teacher might advise them to type their ideas first, without thinking about writing skills. Experts say people with dysgraphia may be able to write well if they work slowly and develop their skills. Technology can help. One way to avoid the problems of handwriting is to use a computer. Students can use the computer spell checker to help make sure every word is correct.

Children may be considered to have dysgraphia if______.

A．they hold their pens in an unusual position

B．their hands and fingers are unusually shaped

C．their handwriting is unusually hard to understand

D．they place the paper in an unusual position for writing