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S1. （）Some were treated as mentally different; many were left func-tionally illiterate (文盲的), unable to ever meet their poten- tial. But in the last several years, there’s been a revolution in that we’ve learned about reading and dyslexia. Scientists are S2. （）using a variety of new imaging techniques to watch the brain at work. Their experiments have shown that reading disorders are most likely the result of what is, in an effect, faulty wiring in S3. （）the brain -- not lazy, stupidity or a poor home environment.
S4. （）There’s also convincing evidence which dyslexia is largely in- S5. （）herited. It is now considered a chronic problem for some kids, not just a "phase". Scientists have also discarded another old stereotype that almost all dyslexics are boys. Studies indicate that many girls are affecting as well -- and not getting help.
S6. （）At same time, educational researchers have come up with S7. （）innovative teaching strategies for kids who are having trouble learning to read. New screening tests are identifying children at risk before they get discouraged by year of frustration and fail-S8. （）ure. And educators are trying to get the message to parents that they should be on the alert for the first signs of potential problems.
It’s an urgent mission. Mass literacy is a relative new so-S9. （）cial goal. A hundred years ago people didn’t need to be good readers in order to earn a living. But in the Information Age,no one can get by with knowing how to read well and under-S10. （）stand increasingly complex material.

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Until recently, dyslexia and other reading problems were a mystery to most teachers and parents. As a result, too many kids passed through school without the printed page.
S1. （）Some were treated as mentally different; many were left func-tionally illiterate (文盲的), unable to ever meet their poten- tial. But in the last several years, there’s been a revolution in that we’ve learned about reading and dyslexia. Scientists are S2. （）using a variety of new imaging techniques to watch the brain at work. Their experiments have shown that reading disorders are most likely the result of what is, in an effect, faulty wiring in S3. （）the brain -- not lazy, stupidity or a poor home environment.
S4. （）There’s also convincing evidence which dyslexia is largely in- S5. （）herited. It is now considered a chronic problem for some kids, not just a "phase". Scientists have also discarded another old stereotype that almost all dyslexics are boys. Studies indicate that many girls are affecting as well -- and not getting help.
S6. （）At same time, educational researchers have come up with S7. （）innovative teaching strategies for kids who are having trouble learning to read. New screening tests are identifying children at risk before they get discouraged by year of frustration and fail-S8. （）ure. And educators are trying to get the message to parents that they should be on the alert for the first signs of potential problems.
It’s an urgent mission. Mass literacy is a relative new so-S9. （）cial goal. A hundred years ago people didn’t need to be good readers in order to earn a living. But in the Information Age,no one can get by with knowing how to read well and under-S10. （）stand increasingly complex material.