Pay Attention to the Organization of an Article.
Check Your Understanding.
Lightning Speed Exercise
Set Aside Time Each Day.
Check Your Progress through Pacing
Speed up When Necessary.
小題1:______
Most of us can find 15 minutes or half an hour each day for some specific regular activity. For example, one famous surgeon always made it a rule to spend at least 15 minutes on general reading before he went to sleep each day. Whether he went to bed at 10 p.m. or 2:30 a.m. made no difference.
小題2:______
Nearly all ‘speed reading’ courses have a ‘pacing’ element---some timing device which lets the students know how many words a minutes he is reading. You can do this simply by looking at your watch every 5 or 10 minutes and noting down the page number you have reached.
小題3:______
Obviously there is little point in increasing your reading speed if you do not understand what you are reading. If you find you have lost the thread of the story, or you can’t remember clearly the details of what was said, re-read the section or chapter.
小題4:______
Take four or five pages of an interesting book you happen to be reading at the time. Read them as fast as you possibly can. Do not bother about whether you understand or not. After a ‘lightning speed’ of reading, you will usually find that your ‘normal’ speed has increased.
小題5:______
Most paragraphs in an article have a ‘topic sentence’ which expresses the central ideas. The opening paragraph often suggests the general direction and content of the piece, while paragraphs that follow expand or support the first. The closing paragraph often summarizes the very essence(實(shí)質(zhì)) of what has been said.

小題1:D
小題3:E
小題3:B
小題4:C
小題5:A

試題分析:
小題1:從這段的句子:Most of us can find 15 minutes or half an hour each day for some specific regular activity. 可知每天要留出一些時(shí)間閱讀。選D
小題3:從這段的句子:Nearly all ‘speed reading’ courses have a ‘pacing’ element---some timing device which lets the students know how many words a minutes he is reading.可知用計(jì)時(shí)檢查速度。選E
小題3:從這段的句子:Obviously there is little point in increasing your reading speed if you do not understand what you are reading.可知要理解文章。選B
小題4:從這段的句子:After a ‘lightning speed’ of reading, you will usually find that your ‘normal’ speed has increased.可知是要閃電閱讀。選C
小題5:這段講的是文章的結(jié)構(gòu)。選A
點(diǎn)評(píng):文章層次結(jié)構(gòu)清晰,上下文聯(lián)系緊密,做題時(shí),先通讀全文,熟悉各選項(xiàng),填句子的時(shí)候注意密切聯(lián)系上下文,認(rèn)真體會(huì)上下文之間的聯(lián)系,填好之后可以代入檢查核對(duì)。
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