题目内容
A higher reading rate, with no loss of comprehension will help you in other subjects as well as in English, and the general principles apply to any language. Naturally, you will not read every book at the same speed. You would expect to read a newspaper, for example, much more rapidly than a physics or economics textbook--but you can raise your average reading speed over the whole range of materials you wish to cover so that the percentage gained will be the same whatever kind of reading you are concerned with.
The reading passages which follow are all of an average level of difficulty for your stage of instruction, They are about five hundred words long. They are about topics of general interest which do not require a great deal of specialized knowledge. Thus they fall between the kind of reading you might find in your textbooks and the much less demanding kind you will find in a newspaper or light novel. If you read this kind of English, with understanding at four hundred words per minute, you might skim (游览) through a newspaper at perhaps 650-700, while with a difficult textbook you might drop to two hundred or two hundred and fifty.
Perhaps you would like to know what reading speeds are common among native English-speaking university students and how those speeds can be improved. Tests in Minnesota. USA, for example, have shown that students without special training can read English of average difficulty, for example, Tolstoy's War and Peace in translation, at speeds of between 240 and 250 words per minute with about seventy percent comprehension. Students in Minnesota claim that after twelve half-hour lessons, once a week, the reading speed can be increased, with no loss of comprehension, to around five hundred words per minute.
(1) According to the passage, the purpose of effective reading with higher speed is most likely to help you ________.
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A.only in your reading of a physics textbook
B.improve your understanding of an economics textbook
C.not only in your language study hut also in other subjects
D.choose the suitable materials to read
(2) Which of the following does NOT describe the types of reading materials mentioned in the second paragraph?
[ ]
A.Those beyond one's reading comprehension
B.Those concerned with common knowledge
C.Those without much demand for specialized knowledge
D.Those with the length of about five hundred words
(3) The average speed of untrained native speakers in the University of Minnesota is ________.
[ ]
(4) According to the passage, how fast can you expect to read after you have attended twelve half-hour lessons in the University of Minnesota?
[ ]
A.You can increase your reading speed by three times.
B.No real increase in reading speed can be achieved.
C.You can increase your reading speed by four times.
D.You can double your reading speed.
解析:
That had made me ___1___ my childhood. I, too, had ___2___ a violin, but we didn't have the money. Even though life was ___3__ then, I couldn't wait any longer to ask, “Daddy, ___4__ I have a violin of my own?” Daddy looked sad. But a few weeks later, Daddy came home with a case, saying, “Mary, I found this ___5___ violin for seven dollars.”
The day I carried my ____6___ to school for my first lesson, no one could know the bursting in my ____7__. I practised, joined the school orchestra and gave ___8__ Several years seemed to pass more quickly then and I found ___9___ in the first violin chair. More years passed. My violin made every move with me, and was carefully put ___10__.
Now here I am ___11___ the newspaper want ad. I took out my violin and put it on the table. Then I picked up the ___12__, walked to the telephone and dialed the number 8432526.
Later, in the day, a man in his thirties knocked on the door. “I've been ___13___ someone would ___14___ my ad. My daughter wants a violin so badly,” he said, ___15___ my violin. “How much are you ____16__?”
Any music store, I knew, would offer me a higher pay. But now I heard my voice answer, “Seven dollars.”
“Are you ____17___?” he asked and caused me to think so much of my ___18___.“Seven dollars,” I ___19___ and added, “I hope your little girl will ___20___ it as I did.”
(1) A.look back |
B.dream of |
C.think of |
D.remind of |
(2) A.had |
B.wanted |
C.bought |
D.owned |
(3) A.hard |
B.happy |
C.easy |
D.comfortable |
(4) A.must |
B.should |
C.may |
D.shall |
(5) A.second-hand |
B.beautiful |
C.expensive |
D.new |
(6) A.instruments |
B.books |
C.schoolbag |
D.violin |
(7) A.head |
B.mind |
C.heart |
D.body |
(8) A.performances |
B.concerts |
C.shows |
D.plays |
(9) A.my instruments |
B.it |
C.me |
D.myself |
(10) A.away |
B.side |
C.down |
D.up |
(11) A.in |
B.on |
C.for |
D.with |
(12) A.photo |
B.violin |
C.newspaper |
D.case |
(13) A.expecting |
B.telling |
C.asking |
D.paying |
(14) A.like |
B.know |
C.see |
D.answer |
(15) A.seeing |
B.fixing |
C.examining |
D.playing |
(16) A.selling |
B.asking |
C.paying |
D.costing |
(17) A.reading |
B.sorry |
C.willing |
D.sure |
(18) A.story |
B.violin |
C.father |
D.childhood |
(19) A.answered |
B.repeated |
C.replied |
D.agreed |
(20) A.play |
B.enjoy |
C.have |
D.do |
That had made me ___1___ my childhood. I, too, had ___2___ a violin, but we didn't have the money. Even though life was ___3__ then, I couldn't wait any longer to ask, “Daddy, ___4__ I have a violin of my own?” Daddy looked sad. But a few weeks later, Daddy came home with a case, saying, “Mary, I found this ___5___ violin for seven dollars.”
The day I carried my ____6___ to school for my first lesson, no one could know the bursting in my ____7__. I practised, joined the school orchestra and gave ___8__ Several years seemed to pass more quickly then and I found ___9___ in the first violin chair. More years passed. My violin made every move with me, and was carefully put ___10__.
Now here I am ___11___ the newspaper want ad. I took out my violin and put it on the table. Then I picked up the ___12__, walked to the telephone and dialed the number 8432526.
Later, in the day, a man in his thirties knocked on the door. “I've been ___13___ someone would ___14___ my ad. My daughter wants a violin so badly,” he said, ___15___ my violin. “How much are you ____16__?”
Any music store, I knew, would offer me a higher pay. But now I heard my voice answer, “Seven dollars.”
“Are you ____17___?” he asked and caused me to think so much of my ___18___.“Seven dollars,” I ___19___ and added, “I hope your little girl will ___20___ it as I did.”
(1) A.look back |
B.dream of |
C.think of |
D.remind of |
(2) A.had |
B.wanted |
C.bought |
D.owned |
(3) A.hard |
B.happy |
C.easy |
D.comfortable |
(4) A.must |
B.should |
C.may |
D.shall |
(5) A.second-hand |
B.beautiful |
C.expensive |
D.new |
(6) A.instruments |
B.books |
C.schoolbag |
D.violin |
(7) A.head |
B.mind |
C.heart |
D.body |
(8) A.performances |
B.concerts |
C.shows |
D.plays |
(9) A.my instruments |
B.it |
C.me |
D.myself |
(10) A.away |
B.side |
C.down |
D.up |
(11) A.in |
B.on |
C.for |
D.with |
(12) A.photo |
B.violin |
C.newspaper |
D.case |
(13) A.expecting |
B.telling |
C.asking |
D.paying |
(14) A.like |
B.know |
C.see |
D.answer |
(15) A.seeing |
B.fixing |
C.examining |
D.playing |
(16) A.selling |
B.asking |
C.paying |
D.costing |
(17) A.reading |
B.sorry |
C.willing |
D.sure |
(18) A.story |
B.violin |
C.father |
D.childhood |
(19) A.answered |
B.repeated |
C.replied |
D.agreed |
(20) A.play |
B.enjoy |
C.have |
D.do |
完形填空
Many people see a person who can't read or spell as disabled, but what does disabled really mean? Well, with Andrew Mertzit of Maryland it meant he would not be 1 to attend his school any more. Andrew's 2 is that whenever he is reading, he sees the letters p, d, q and b as a 3 and stick. Since Andrew's teachers couldn't 4 him much, Suzanne, Andrew's mother decided to take 5 in her own hands. She decided to home school Andrew. In ten months, Suzanne, a trained reading specialist tried many different 6 to help Andrew with his disability. She helped Andrew with making letters out of sand, rice and shaving cream. Now, about nine years later Andrew is 7 having some problems with reading, but certainly a lot better than before.
Lately researchers have been finding many different ways to help learning disabled students by 8 things like rice and shaving cream or even to get little computers. Also, nowadays there are schools all over that have programs to help disabled kids, unlike back in 1995 when Andrew had to be 9 schooled by his mother. But to help disabled students it takes about $ 8.12 billion. You probably think that's a lot of money, but if you 10 that in 1996 there were about 2.6 million kids who were disabled, it may not seem all that 11 . Even though a person may have a learning disability at a certain subject, like reading, it does not mean that he or she doesn't have a talent(才能)at something else. For example, 15 years ago when Joey Hollingsworth entered kindergarten, teachers said that Joey was very clever. Once Joey started getting 12 , his grades got lower. Lots of people just thought he was 13 and had discipline(纪律)problems. Many years later he finally was 14 for learning disabilities and found out he really did have a disability.
Still many people believe kids like Joey who can't read or write are lazy. It's hard to understand that 15 a person doesn't look disabled, he can have problems with learning, and it's even harder for the 16 . But now they are getting close to understanding how learning disabilities start. Brain researchers have some new equipment. These machines 17 pictures of the brain while in 18 . They're learning a lot already by examining the brains of the people who have been 19 and who have learning disabilities. It is reported that some of these damaged brain cases are 20
like the picture we see all the time on the learning-disabled cases where we don't know the cause.
(1) A.willing |
B.able |
C.ready |
D.happy |
(2) A.job |
B.worry |
C.disadvantage |
D.disability |
(3) A.picture |
B.flag |
C.square |
D.circle |
(4) A.help |
B.tend |
C.teach |
D.treat |
(5) A.matters |
B.letters |
C.illness |
D.children |
(6) A.ways |
B.schools |
C.hospitals |
D.medicine |
(7) A.never |
B.already |
C.still |
D.always |
(8) A.drawing |
B.supplying |
C.changing |
D.spelling |
(9) A.lonely |
B.separately |
C.joyfully |
D.sadly |
(10) A.imagine |
B.consider |
C.suppose |
D.except |
(11) A.proper |
B.little |
C.strange |
D.bad |
(12) A.higher |
B.stronger |
C.worse |
D.older |
(13) A.clever |
B.late |
C.lazy |
D.careless |
(14) A.questioned |
B.tested |
C.scolded |
D.punished |
(15) A.when |
B.whether |
C.even if |
D.unless |
(16) A.parents |
B.teachers |
C.doctors |
D.researchers |
(17) A.print |
B.take |
C.have |
D.store |
(18) A.moving |
B.reaction |
C.return |
D.action |
(19) A.cured |
B.recovered |
C.dead |
D.injured |
(20) A.exactly |
B.never |
C.hardly |
D.luckily |
完形填空
Many people see a person who can't read or spell as disabled, but what does disabled really mean? Well, with Andrew Mertzit of Maryland it meant he would not be 1 to attend his school any more. Andrew's 2 is that whenever he is reading, he sees the letters p, d, q and b as a 3 and stick. Since Andrew's teachers couldn't 4 him much, Suzanne, Andrew's mother decided to take 5 in her own hands. She decided to home school Andrew. In ten months, Suzanne, a trained reading specialist tried many different 6 to help Andrew with his disability. She helped Andrew with making letters out of sand, rice and shaving cream. Now, about nine years later Andrew is 7 having some problems with reading, but certainly a lot better than before.
Lately researchers have been finding many different ways to help learning disabled students by 8 things like rice and shaving cream or even to get little computers. Also, nowadays there are schools all over that have programs to help disabled kids, unlike back in 1995 when Andrew had to be 9 schooled by his mother. But to help disabled students it takes about $ 8.12 billion. You probably think that's a lot of money, but if you 10 that in 1996 there were about 2.6 million kids who were disabled, it may not seem all that 11 . Even though a person may have a learning disability at a certain subject, like reading, it does not mean that he or she doesn't have a talent(才能)at something else. For example, 15 years ago when Joey Hollingsworth entered kindergarten, teachers said that Joey was very clever. Once Joey started getting 12 , his grades got lower. Lots of people just thought he was 13 and had discipline(纪律)problems. Many years later he finally was 14 for learning disabilities and found out he really did have a disability.
Still many people believe kids like Joey who can't read or write are lazy. It's hard to understand that 15 a person doesn't look disabled, he can have problems with learning, and it's even harder for the 16 . But now they are getting close to understanding how learning disabilities start. Brain researchers have some new equipment. These machines 17 pictures of the brain while in 18 . They're learning a lot already by examining the brains of the people who have been 19 and who have learning disabilities. It is reported that some of these damaged brain cases are 20
like the picture we see all the time on the learning-disabled cases where we don't know the cause.
(1) A.willing |
B.able |
C.ready |
D.happy |
(2) A.job |
B.worry |
C.disadvantage |
D.disability |
(3) A.picture |
B.flag |
C.square |
D.circle |
(4) A.help |
B.tend |
C.teach |
D.treat |
(5) A.matters |
B.letters |
C.illness |
D.children |
(6) A.ways |
B.schools |
C.hospitals |
D.medicine |
(7) A.never |
B.already |
C.still |
D.always |
(8) A.drawing |
B.supplying |
C.changing |
D.spelling |
(9) A.lonely |
B.separately |
C.joyfully |
D.sadly |
(10) A.imagine |
B.consider |
C.suppose |
D.except |
(11) A.proper |
B.little |
C.strange |
D.bad |
(12) A.higher |
B.stronger |
C.worse |
D.older |
(13) A.clever |
B.late |
C.lazy |
D.careless |
(14) A.questioned |
B.tested |
C.scolded |
D.punished |
(15) A.when |
B.whether |
C.even if |
D.unless |
(16) A.parents |
B.teachers |
C.doctors |
D.researchers |
(17) A.print |
B.take |
C.have |
D.store |
(18) A.moving |
B.reaction |
C.return |
D.action |
(19) A.cured |
B.recovered |
C.dead |
D.injured |
(20) A.exactly |
B.never |
C.hardly |
D.luckily |