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 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 bardown 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 subvocalizationpractically 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.such a

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

参考答案及分析

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11―15 BADCB 16―20 ACBDD

1. D 本句意思是哪个假如想谋得一份差事。applying需加for, 意思是申请;doing做;offering提供; 此三项均不符题意，只有getting 合适。

2. A 本句意为 迅速阅读与理解的能力，是关系到成败的重点所在。只有quickly与原意吻合。easily;roughly ;decidedly均与原文内容不符。

3. C 英语中，阅读能力强的人称为good reader，反之，就是poor reader。依据上下文的能力内容，多数人都是poor reader，因此选poor。其它选项不妥。

4. B 此处的意思是大部分人早期培养了看书慢的习惯。因此选habits。training ;situations;custom。

5. A 此处说的是主要的困难在于语言的自己要点，即单词。combines联合;touches接触;involves包含;这三项的词义与原文不符。而lies与in构成搭配，意为在于。

6. C 这里的意思是假如单独地看这类词，它们并没什么意义。some有点;A lot很多;dull单调的。此三项不合题意。只有little是不是定词，合乎逻辑。

7. D 此句意为然而遗憾的是未受过阅读练习的人就不会意群。Fortunately幸运地;In fact事实上;Logically合乎逻辑地,均不妥。Unfortunately合乎句义。

8. B 此句意为在阅读时常常重读因此，选reread重读。reuse再用;Rewrite改写;recite背诵。

9. A what引导宾语从句。

10. C scales down按比率降低;cuts down削减;此两项不合题意。measures不可以与down搭配。只有slow与down搭配的意思放慢, 减速，在此适合。

11. B one 指 其他人。

12. A 此句意为练习迅速阅读所用的工具势必与提升阅读速度有关，因此选accelerator 。actor演员;amplifier放大器;observer察看者。

13. D 前面的faster决定了应当选than，构成比较级。

14. C make impossible 。此句意为迅速阅读器迫使你加快阅读速度，使你再也不可以逐字阅读，回顾前文内容或者默读。

15. B 这里的意思是速读刚开始会干扰理解，所以选comprehension。meaning意义，意思，指词或词组表示的意义;gist大意，要旨;regression回顾。

16. A 与前半句中的not only相呼应，构成句式不只，而且，只有选but。

17. C 本句中的主语是第三人称复数，物主代词势必是their。

18. B take与后面的for instance构成短语，意为：以例，其它三项不可以构成搭配。

19. D 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. D 此处意为：在较短期内，读完海量的材料。master学会;go over复习;present呈现，展示;此三项均不妥。只有get through 最适合。