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 phrased, sentences and paragraphs. 7 , however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words. He laboriously reads one word at a time, often regressing 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 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, 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 Charlce Au, a business manager, for instance, his reading rate was a reasonably good 172 words a minute 19 the training, now it is an excellent 1,378 words a minute. He is delighted that how he can 20 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.some B. A lot C.little D.dull
7. A.Fortunately B.In fact C.Logically D.Unfortunately
8. A.reuse B.reread C.rewrite D.recite
9. A.what B.which C.that D.if
10. A.scales B.cuts C.slows D.measures
11. A.some one B.one C.he D.reader
12. A.accelerator B.actor C.amplifier D.observer
13. A.then B.as C.beyond D.than
14. A.enabling B.leading C.making D.indicating
15. A.meaning B.comprehension C.gist D.regression
16. A.but B.nor C.or D.for
17. A.our B.your C.their D.sucha
18. A.Look at B.Take C.Make D. Consider
19. A.for B.in C.after D.before
20. A.master B.go over C.present D.get through
答案
1.
【答案】D
【解析】本句意思是“谁如果想谋得一份差事”。applying需加for,意思是“申请”;B.doing做;C.offering提供此三项均不符题意， 只有D.getting(获得)适合。
2.
【答案】A
【解析】本句意为“快速阅读与理解的能力，是关系到成败的关键所在”只有quickly与原意吻合。easily(容易地);roughly (粗略地); decidedly(果断地)均与原文内容不符。
3.
【答案】C
【解析】英语中，阅读速度快的人称为good reader，反之，就是poor reader。根据上下文的内容，多数人都属于poor reader，因此选poor(差的)。其它选项不妥。
4.
【答案】B
【解析】此处的意思是“大多数人早期养成看书慢的习惯”因此选habits(习惯)。training (训练，培训);situations(形势);custom(风俗习惯)。
5.
【答案】A
【解析】此处说的是“主要的困难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.
【答案】C
【解析】这里的意思是“如果单个地看这些字，它们并没有什么意义”。some有点;A lot许多;dull单调的。此三项不合题意。只有little(很少)是否定词，合乎逻辑。
