Question

Reading is a good habit. There are hundreds of skills to help you read much in a short time. Here are two skills that I think are especially good.

Preview(预览)---if it’s long and hard. Previewing is especially useful for getting a main idea of heavy reading like long articles and reports.

Here’s how to preview.

●Read the first two paragraphs(段落) and the last two paragraphs carefully.

●Then read only the first sentence(句子) of the other paragraphs.

Previewing doesn’t give you everything. It stops you from spending time on things you don’t really want or need to read.

Skim(略读)----if it’s short and simple. Skimming is a good way to get a main idea of light reading ---like news about popular sports and stars.

Here’s how to skim.

●Get your eyes to move fast. Look through each line.

●Pick up only a few important words in each line.

Everybody skims differently. You and I may not pick up the same words when we skim the same piece, but we’ll get the main idea of the news or article.

How to read 1. in a short time
Previewing	2. to preview	A long and 3. article or report
	How to preview	Read the first two and 4. two paragraphs. Read the first sentence of the 5. paragraphs.
How can previewing help you in reading	You needn’t 6. time on useless information.
Skimming	What to skim	Some 7. and simple news
8. to skim	Make your eyes 9. fast across each line.
How can skimming help you in reading	It can help us 10. the news or articles quickly.

 

Answer 1

1.much

2.what

3.hard/difficult

4.last

5.other

6.spend

7.short

8.How

9.move

10.understand

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了阅读的两种方式，预览和略读。当读比较长的文章的时候，适合用预览的方法。当读比较短的文章的时候，适合用略读的方法。本文还分别讲述了预览和略读的几个步骤。本文在讲述了预览和略读的优点的同时，也提到了这两种方法的缺点。

1.There are hundreds of skills to help you read much in a short time 可以判断本文主要讲述的是效率阅读的方法。所以填much。

2.

3.Previewing is especially useful for getting a main idea of heavy reading like long articles and reports. 这里的heavy指的是读起来不轻松的文章，所以填hard或difficult。

4.Read the first two paragraphs(段落) and the last two paragraphs carefully.可知填last。

5.Then read only the first sentence(句子) of the other paragraphs. 可知填写other。

6.It stops you from spending time on things you don’t really want or need to read. 可知填写spend。

7.Skimming is a good way to get a main idea of light reading ---like news about popular sports and stars.可以判断 是比较短的，简单的文章。所以填short。

8.

9.Get your eyes to move fast. Look through each line.可以判断是 move 。

10.we’ll get the main idea of the news or article. get the main idea of the news or article 换句话 understand the news or articles。

考点：任务型阅读。