[1]I'm a 34﹣year﹣old man， married， lived in a nice house， and have a successful career． 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（额外的） help． Still， I suffered（遭受） the rest of my school days in public schools．

[2] My life improved greatly when I discovered art． The art world gave me a chance to express myself without words． I went to a workshop and gradually became good at making things with clay． 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（自信）came along．

[3]I got my next lesson from rock climbing． It was a fun thing but I was scared from the start． （3）I soon noticed it wasn't a talent thing：it needed lots of 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．

[4] Later I decided to learn（4）①　　 to read and write． I practiced reading and （4）②　　， which l used to avoid as much as possible． After two years， I was literate（有文化的）．

[5]Through the long process with art， （4）③　　． and reading and writing． now I've got to a point in my life： I am smart enough to dive into（潜入） an area that is totally unknown， hard， but interesting．

（1）What made the writer's school days difficult？ （No more than 5 words）

　　

（2）Why did art give the writer confidence？（No more than 11 words）

　　

（3）Translate the underlined sentence in the third paragraph into Chinese．

　　

（4）Fill in the blanks in the last two paragraphs with proper words．

①　　②　　③　　

（5）What have you learned from the passage？ （No more than 20 words）

　　

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