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【题目】For many people today, reading is no longer relaxation. To keep up their work they must read letters, reports, trade publications, interoffice communications, not to mention newspapers and magazines—a never-ending flood of words. In 【1】 a job or advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend 【2】 can mean the difference between success and failure. Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us, are 【3】 readers. Most of us develop poor reading 【4】 at an early age, and never get over them. The main deficiency 【5】 in the actual stuff of language itself—words. Taken individually, words have 【6】 meaning until they are strung together into phrases, sentences and paragraphs. 【7】 , however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words. He laboriously reads one word at a time, often regressing (退回) to 【8】 words or passages. Regression, the tendency to look back over 【9】 you have just read, is a common bad habit in reading. Another habit which 【10】 down the speed of reading is vocalization—sounding each word either orally or mentally as 【11】 reads.

To overcome these bad habits, some reading clinics use a device called an 【12】 , which moves a bar (or curtain) down the page at a predetermined (预先确定的) speed. The bar is set at a slightly faster rate 【13】 the reader finds comfortable, in order to "stretch" him. The accelerator forces the reader to read fast, 【14】 word-by-word reading, regression and subvocalization (默读) practically impossible. At first 【15】 is sacrificed for speed. But when you learn to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, 【16】 your comprehension will improve. Many people have found 【17】 reading skill drastically improved after some training. 【18】 Charles Au, a business manager, for instance, his reading rate was a reasonably good 72 words a minute 【19】 the training, now it is an excellent 128 words a minute. He is delighted that how he can 【20】 a lot more reading material in a short period of time.

A. applying B. doing C. offering D. getting

A. quickly B. easily C. roughly D. decidedly

A. good B. curious C. poor D. urgent

A. training B. habits C. situations D. custom

A. lies B. combines C. touches D. involves

A. some B. a lot C. little D. dull

A. Fortunately B. In fact C. Logically D. Unfortunately

A. reuse B. reread C. rewrite D. recite

A. what B. which C. that D. if

A. scales B. cuts C. slows D. measures

A. some one B. one C the one D. reader

A. accelerator B. actor C. amplifier D. observer

A. then B. as C. beyond D. than

A. enabling B. leading C. making D. indicating

A. meaning B. comprehension C. gist D. regression

A. but B. nor C. or D. for

A. our B. your C. their D. such a

A. Look at B. Take C. Make D. Consider

A. for B. in C. after D. before

A. master B. go over C. present D. get through

Answer 1

【答案】【1】 D

【2】 A

【3】 C

【4】 B

【5】 A

【6】 C

【7】 D

【8】 B

【9】 A

【10】 C

【11】 B

【12】 A

【13】 D

【14】 C

【15】 B

【16】 A

【17】 C

【18】 B

【19】 D

【20】 D

【解析】【1】本句意思是“谁如果想谋得一份差事”。applying需加for，意思是“申请”；doing“做”；offering“提供”；此三项均不符合题意，只有getting “获得”适合。

【2】本句意为“快速阅读与理解的能力，是关系成败的关键所在”。只有quickly与语境吻合。easily“容易地”；roughly “粗略地”；decidedly “果断地”，均与原文内容不符。

【3】英语中，阅读能力强的人称为good reader, 反之，就是 poor reader。根据上下文的内容可知多数人都属于poor readers, 因此选poor“差的”。其他选项不妥。

【4】此处的意思是“大多数人早期养成了看书慢的坏习惯”。因此选habits“习惯”。training“训练，培训”；situations “形势”；custom “风俗”。

【5】此处说的是“主要的不足在于语言的自身要素，即单词”。Combines“联合”；touches“接触”；involves“包括”；这三项的词义与原文不符。而lies与in 构成搭配，意为“在于”。

【6】这里的意思是“如果单独地看这些词，它们并没有什么意义”。some“有点”；a lot “许多”；duir“单调的”。此三项不合题意。只有little“很少”是否定词，合乎逻辑。

【7】此句意为“然而遗憾的是未受过阅读训练的人就不会利用意群阅读”。fortunately“幸运地”；in fact “事实上”；logically “合乎逻辑地”，均不妥。unfortunately“不幸地”，合乎句意。

【8】此句意为“在阅读时经常重读 (反复读) ”，因此选reread“重读”。reuse“再使用”；rewrite“改写”；recite“背诵’’。

【9】what引导宾语从句。

【10】scales down “按比例减少”；cuts down “削减”；此两项不合题意。measures不能与down搭配。只有slow与down搭配的意思“放慢，减速”在此合适。

【11】one泛指“任何人”。

【12】训练快速阅读所使用的工具必然与提髙阅读速度有关，因此选accelenuor“快读器”。下文亦有提示。actor“演员”；amplifier “放大器”；observer “观察者”。

【13】前面的faster决定了应当选than，构成比较级。

【14】make... impossible “使……不可能”。此句意为“快速阅读器迫使你加快阅读速度，使你几乎再也不能逐字阅读，回顾前文内容或者默读”。

【15】这里的意思是“速读最初会影响理解”，所以选comprehension“理解”。meaning“意义，意思”，指词或词组表示的意义；gist “大意，要旨”；regression“回顾”。

【16】与前半句中的not only相呼应，构成句式“不仅……，而且……”，故选but。

【17】本句中的主语是第三人称复数，物主代词必然是their。

【18】take与后面的for instance 构成短语，意为：“以……为例”，其他三项不能构成搭配。

【19】这里把受训之前与受训之后的阅读速度进行对比，因此选before。

【20】此处意为：在较短时间内，读完众多的材料。master“掌握”；go over “复习”；present“呈现，展现”；此三项均不妥。只有get through “读完，完成”最恰当。