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(退回) 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(預先確定的) 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(默讀)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.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 　參考答案及解析

　　1―5 DACBA 6―10 CDBAC

　　11―15 BADCB 16―20 ACBDD

　　1. D 本句意思是“誰如果想謀得一份差事”。applying需加for, 意思是“申請”;doing做;offering提供; 此三項均不符題意，只有getting (獲得)適合。

　　2. A 本句意為 “快速閱讀與理解的能力，是關系到成敗的關鍵所在”。只有quickly與原意吻合。easily(容易地);roughly (粗略地);decidedly(果斷地)均與原文內容不符。

　　3. C 英語中，閱讀能力強的人稱為good reader，反之，就是poor reader。根據上下文的能力內容，多數人都屬于poor reader，因此選poor(差的)。其它選項不妥。

　　4. B 此處的意思是“大多數人早期養(yǎng)成了看書慢的習慣”。因此選habits(習慣)。training (訓練，培訓);situations(形勢);custom(風俗習慣)。

　　5. A 此處說的是“主要的困難在于語言的自身要素，即單詞”。combines聯(lián)合;touches接觸;involves包括;這三項的詞義與原文不符。而lies與in構成搭配，意為“在于”。

　　6. C 這里的意思是“如果單獨地看這些詞，它們并沒有什么意義”。some有點;A lot許多;dull單調的。此三項不合題意。只有l(wèi)ittle(很少)是否定詞，合乎邏輯。

　　7. D 此句意為“然而遺憾的是未受過閱讀訓練的人就不會意群”。Fortunately幸運地;In fact事實上;Logically合乎邏輯地,均不妥。Unfortunately(不幸地)合乎句義。

　　8. B 此句意為“在閱讀時經常重讀(反復讀)”因此，選reread重讀。reuse再使用;Rewrite改寫;recite背誦。