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No one in my family could believe Allegra had any disability, much less oneas severe as hers. To them a disability was physical, something you could see.They knew her as a happy, normal child. That's how it is with a learningdisability -you don't see obvious physical symptoms.

But as she grew out of preschool, she would pretend to read-I knew she waspretending because the book was upside down. She withdrew into her own worldwhere she could fantasize about being a ballet dancer, a Broadway actress or afigure skater. In the real world, ballet classes and music lessons led only toconfusion, frustration and, ultimately, disappointment.

As for school, there was no way she could be included in a mainstreamclassroom. I went through every special school in New York, only to be told overand over: "She doesn't belong here." The last blow came a few months after thediagnosis, when I was at a pay phone on 72nd Street, waiting for an answer fromthe very last school on my list. Finally a cold voice came on-I can still hearit-and said: "I'm sorry, but we feel this isn't the place for her." I hung upand stared at the phone in tears.

I had lived my life as the daughter of Henry Ford II, and for the first timein my life I faced a problem that neither money nor position could solve. Inearly gave up, but I knew I couldn't. Without me, my daughter stood no chanceof making it.

21 .According to the first paragraph, Allegra's problem was _ .

A. psychological B. obvious C. physical D. invisible

22. Allegra was disabled in that _.

A. she was unable to learn like a normal child

B. she was always reading with her book upside down

C. she isolated herself from other children in her class

D. she was living in her dreams in conflict with the real world

23 .The expression "a mainstream classroom"(para. 3) refers, to _.

A. the last blow B. the last school

C. special schools D. normal education

24. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that _.

A. the author would ask Henry Ford II for help

B. the author would continue to help her daughter

C. the author would leave New York for the sake of her daughter

D. the author had to use money or position to deal with the problem

25.The phrase "making it" (para. 4) probably means _.

A. becoming a figure skater B. becoming a ballet dancer

C. becoming successful D. getting proper treatment