Question

There is no doubt that adults, and even highly educated adults, vary greatly in the speed and efficiency of their reading. Some proceed (開展) very slowly throughout; others dash along (滔滔不絕) too quickly and then have to regress. Poor readers in particular may lack the ability to vary their manner of reading according to the type of reading matter and to their intentions in reading it. A good reader can move at great speed through the text of a novel or similar light reading matter. He may be able to skim a page, picking up a word or two here and there, and gain a general idea of what the text is about without really reading it. In reading more difficult material, with the intention of taking in the whole of it, he will proceed more slowly, but even then he will vary his pace, concentrating on the key words and passages, perhaps rereading them several times and pass more quickly over the remainder. A less efficient reader tends to maintain the same speed whatever the material he reads. Consequently even light reading matter gives him little pleasure because he reads so slowly. But this pace may be too fast for really difficult material which requires special concentration at difficult points.

A type of reading which necessitates (成為必要) careful attention to detail is proofreading (校正), in which the reader, in order to detect misprints in a sample print, has to notice not so much the meaning of what he reads as the exact shape and order of letters and words in the text. This is extremely difficult for most people, since they are accustomed (習(xí)慣的) to overlook such details. In fact, considerable practice is required to practice this task efficiently and it can be done only by reading very slowly, and by paying comparatively little attention to the general meaning of the text.

　　 1. The author claims that there is a difference in reading speed——.

　　　　   A. between the poorly educated and the highly educated

    B. among all readers

　　　　   C. among different poorly educated adults only

　　　　   D. among different highly educated adults only

　　 2. A good reader is a reader who——.

　　　　   A. concentrates on the key words only

　　　　   B. changes his speed according to the kind of text

　　　　   C. always reads slowly but carefully

　　　　   D. changes his speed according to his liking for the book

　　 3. The last two sentences of the first paragraph mean that——.

　　　　   A. a reading speed too fast for difficult material is just right for a non-serious book

　　　　   B. a reading speed too slow for a non-serious book is also too slow for a difficult one

　　　　   C. a reading speed too slow for a non-serious book may be too fast for a difficult one

　　　　   D. a reading speed too slow for a difficult book is just right for a non-serious one

　　 4. Proofreading is of no use unless one is prepared to——.

　　　　   A. read very quickly　　　　  B. pay attention to the meaning of the text

　　　　   C. read very slowly　　　　   D. make changes here and there

 

Answer 1

答案：1B2B3C4D
解析：

1.B。細(xì)節(jié)題。本題要求讀者查找出哪些人的閱讀速度有差異。文章第一句就講明：普通人，甚至受過良好教育的人，他們之間的閱讀效率及速度存在很大區(qū)別。這里的adults及highly educated adults泛指所有讀者，而不管他們的教育背景如何，他們的閱讀效率及速度的差異是一種客觀存在的現(xiàn)象，故B項(xiàng)正確。A項(xiàng)中的the poorly educated在文章中未涉及；它和the highly educated不形成對(duì)比；C項(xiàng)和D項(xiàng)的poorly educated adults和highly educated adults或本文未涉及或范圍太窄，偏離了作者的本意。     2.B。細(xì)節(jié)題。本題要求讀者從對(duì)a good reader的描述中，總結(jié)出a good reader的定義。文章第四到六句講：a good reader在讀小說類書籍或閱讀材料時(shí)速度很快，而在讀較難閱讀材料時(shí)，并且意欲吸收所讀材料所有內(nèi)容時(shí)，他的閱讀速度就較慢，而且不斷調(diào)整閱讀方法。由此得出結(jié)論，B項(xiàng)正確。A項(xiàng)和C項(xiàng)講的是不良閱讀習(xí)慣；D項(xiàng)講要根據(jù)個(gè)人對(duì)閱讀材料的喜好確定閱讀速度，而不是根據(jù)閱讀材料的不同，結(jié)果偏離了作者的本意。     3.C。細(xì)節(jié)題。本題實(shí)際上要求讀者根據(jù)第一段最后兩句話的內(nèi)涵來理解其另一種解釋或表達(dá)。第一段最后兩句講：由于讀得太慢，結(jié)果輕松愉快的閱讀材料也幾乎不能給讀者帶來樂趣，而在閱讀有難度的閱讀材料時(shí)這種速度又太快，因?yàn)橛须y度的閱讀材料要求對(duì)難點(diǎn)給予特別關(guān)注。由此，C項(xiàng)解釋正確。A、B、C三項(xiàng)的解釋均和上述原意不符。 4.D。細(xì)節(jié)題。校對(duì)主要是檢查并改正印刷錯(cuò)誤。這種閱讀方式一般是不為人們所采用的，除非你要make changes here and there(指校對(duì)稿件時(shí)的修改)。由此推斷，選項(xiàng)D正確。選項(xiàng)A、B、C的內(nèi)容均和本題不符。