Question

For many people today, reading is no longer relaxation. To keep up their work they must read letters, reports, trade publications, not to mention newspapers and magazines: a never-ending flood of words. In a job, the ability to read and understand can mean the difference between success and failure. Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are readers. Most of us bad reading habits at an early age, and never get over them. The main reason in the fact that words have little meaning they are put together into phrases, sentences and paragraphs. , however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words. He reads one word at a time and often goes back to words or passages. The tendency to look back over you have just read is a common bad habit in reading. Another habit which down the speed of reading is sounding each word as reads.

To overcome these bad habits, some reading clinics use a machine called an accelerator(加速器), which moves a bar the page at a predetermined speed. The bar is set at a slightly faster rate the reader finds comfortable, in order to train him. The accelerator forces the reader to read fast, word-by-word reading impossible. At first it is difficult to understand. But you have learned to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, your comprehension will improve. Many people have found their reading skill quickly after some training. Charlce Au, a business manager, for example, his reading rate was 172 words a minute the training and now it is an excellent 1,378 words a minute. He is happy that now he can a lot more reading materials in a short period of time.

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

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

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

4.A. developed B. kicked C. knew D. understood

5.A. touches B. connects C. lies D. gets

6.A. unless B. after C. since D. as

7.A. Unfortunately B. Excitedly C. Surprisingly D. Generally

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

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

10.A. breaks B. cuts C. goes D. slows

11.A. some one B. reader C. he D. one

12.A. inside B. up C. out D. down

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

14.A. moving B. making C. leading D. thinking

15.A. when B. where C. what D. which

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

17.A. lost B. weakened C. sharpened D. improved

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

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

20.A. break through B. go over C. get through D. turn over

Answer 1

1.B

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.C

6.A

7.A

8.C

9.B

10.D

11.D

12.D

13.C

14.B

15.A

16.C

17.D

18.A

19.B

20.C

【解析】

試題分析：文章主要講了許多人有不良的閱讀習(xí)慣，閱讀加速器的使用使人們改變不良閱讀習(xí)慣，提高閱讀效率。

1.

2. easily容易地；B. quickly快速地；C. roughly粗略地，粗糙地；D. decidedly確定地，堅(jiān)決地，果斷地。故選B。

3. the unfortunate fact可知本句意為我們都是閱讀技巧不高的閱讀者。A. good好的，優(yōu)秀的；B. curious好奇的；C. common普通的，一般的，常見的；D. poor貧窮的，不理想的，糟糕的。故選D。

4. a habit/habits。故選A。

5. in在于，由于。句意：最重要的原因是在于詞的含義很少，除非放在短語、句子或段落中。故選C。

6. unless除非；B. after在……之后；C. since自從，由于。故選A。

7. Unfortunately不幸的是，符合語境。B. Excitedly令人興奮的；C. Surprisingly令人吃驚的，不符合語境。D. Generally一般來說，不符合語境。故選A。

8. reuse再次使用；B. rewrite重寫；C. reread重讀；D. recite背誦，陳述。故選C。

9. back over后是一個(gè)賓語從句，賓語從句中缺少賓語，故排除C、D。which在名詞性從句中指哪一個(gè)。故選B。

10. the speed of reading可知此處應(yīng)為降低閱讀速度的另一個(gè)習(xí)慣。slow down故選D。

11. one。故選D。

12.

13.

14. sth.+adj.使……怎么樣。故選B。

15.

16. only可知下半句為遞進(jìn)關(guān)系，應(yīng)為but（also），故選C。

17. lost失去；B. weakened減弱；C. sharpened 使尖銳；D. improved提升。故選D。

18. example.故選A。

19.

20. break through 突破；B. go over復(fù)習(xí)；C. get through完成，通過，符合語境；D. turn over翻過來。故選C。

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