Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词，首字母已给)
Some people have the feeling that nothing can be done about their poor reading ability. They feel hopeless about it. Can you learn to read better, or must you agree that nothing can be done about it?
To be sure, people are d       . You cannot do everything as well as certain other people do. If all the students in a class tried out for basketball, some would be very good players, others would be very poor, and the r        would be in between. But even the very poor players can become much better players if they are guided in the right way, and with plenty of p      . It is the same with reading. Some seem to enjoy reading and to read happily without any s   help. Others find reading a slow and tiring job. In between, there are all degrees of reading ability.
Many experiments have shown that just about every poor reader can i      his reading ability. In these experiments, the poor readers were given tests of reading ability. After some of the causes of their poor reading were discovered, they were given some instructions (说明) and t______ in reading. After a few months, another test of the same kind was given. In nearly all cases, these people had r       their reading scores. So don’t worry about your reading ability. Everyone can be a better reader.