Question

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   16  a job or advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend  17  can mean the difference between success and failure. Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are  18__  readers. Most of us develop poor reading    19  at an early age, and never get over them. The main deficiency（缺乏）  20  in the actual stuff of language itself — words. Taken individually, words have little meaning until they are strung together into phrases, sentences and paragraphs.   21 , however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words. He laboriously reads one word at a time, often regressing（退回） to  22 words or passages. Regression, the tendency to look back over what you have just read, is a common bad habit in reading.

Another habit which   23  down the speed of reading is vocalization — sounding each word either orally or mentally as one reads.

To overcome these bad habits, some reading clinics use a device called an   24 , 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   25   the reader finds comfortable, in order to “stretch” him. The device forces the reader to read fast,   26  word-by-word reading, regression and sub-vocalization（默读）practically impossible.

At first   27  is sacrificed for speed．But when you learn to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, but your understanding will   28 . Many people have found their reading skill greatly improved after some training.  29  Charlie Au, a business manager, for instance, his reading rate was a reasonably good 172 words a minute before the training, now it is an excellent 182 words a minute. He is delighted that how he can    30  through a lot more reading material in a short period of time.

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

6.                A．Hopefully       B．Actually         C．Logically D．Unfortunately

 

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

 

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

 

9.                A．accelerator      B．actor           C．loudspeaker   D．observer

 

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

 

11.               A．having         B．leading         C．making    D．indicating

 

12.               A．meaning        B．comprehension  C．vocalization D．regression

 

13.               A．arise           B．reduce         C．improve   D．worsen

 

14.               A．Like           B．Take           C．Make     D．Consider

 

15.               A．master         B．make          C．finish D．get

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.A

6.D

7.B

8.C

9.A

10.D

11.C

12.B

13.C

14.B

15.D

【解析】

试题分析:本文是一篇说明文，说明了对于今天许多人来说，阅读不再是件轻松的事情，要掌握一些方法，阅读的快慢与否决定着成功与失败，当你学会阅读的技巧，你不但读得快，而且你理解的更全面

1.由后面的句子a job or advancing in one可以知道是getting

2.由后面的句子mean the difference between success and failure可以知道是快速地

3.由后面的句子Most of us develop poor reading可以知道是poor

4.由后面的句子is a common bad habit in reading可以知道是习惯

5.固定词组lie in意思“在于”，句子意思“主要的缺乏在与语言本身”

6.由后面的句子the untrained reader does not read groups of words可以知道是Unfortunately

7.由后面的句子the tendency to look back over what you have just read,可以知道是reread

8.固定词组slow down意思“慢下来”，句子意思“另一种放慢阅读速度的习惯是发声”

9.由后面的句子which moves a bar (or curtain) down the page at a predetermined（预先确定的）speed可以知道是accelerator

10.由前面的句子The bar is set at a slightly faster rate可以知道是than

11.考查分词做状语，making word-by-word reading意思“利用逐词阅读”

12.由第二段第一行the ability to read and comprehend…可以知道是comprehension

13.由后面的句子Many people have found their reading skill greatly improved after some training.可以知道是improve

14.固定句型take sb for instance意思“以某人为例”

15.固定词组get through意思“读完”，句子意思“他很高兴怎样能在短时间内读完大量的阅读材料”

考点：本文是一篇说明文

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