题目内容
Voices and fingers usually prevent us from reading fast. Young children and even old people learning to read move their fingers along the line of the piece being read, pointing to each word, sometimes even each letter one after another, and saying them to themselves in a low voice. Sometimes the reader makes no sound at all, but keeps moving the inside part of his mouth to pronounce silently. However, no matter how the reader moves his mouth while reading, seen or unseen, visible or invisible, it will be impossible for him to reach a speed of more than about 280 w.p.m.
Reading must be done by seeing instead of with any sort of sound-producing. The reader must be able to read more than one word at a time. When looking straight or directly at only one word in a line of reading, one can clearly see at least two other words on both sides in the same line. In other words, the reader can read three words at one glance. Thus looking straight at one word one can at least take in a whole phrase or even a complete short sentence on one line. Very often less than three eye movements will cover a whole line.
1. Pointing to the lines of a reading piece _____ reading.
A. slows down B. speeds up C. improves D. helps
2. ____a slow way of reading.
A. Reading aloud is B. Moving fingers along the lines is
C. Neither A nor B is D. Both A and B are
3. Taking in _____ at a glance is required in order to read fast.
A. two words B. two phrases C. three words D. three phrases
4. Reading at a speed of about ____ words a minute is still regarded as slow.
A 255B.285 C. 355D. 385
5. Fast reading at an average speed probably requires _____ eye movements for a whole line.
A . oneB. two C. three D. four
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阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从1~25各题所给的四个选项中,选出一个最佳答案。
Mr and Mrs Moore were invited to a Christmas party at a hotel one year, They 1 their car outside and went in. Mr Moore had never got drunk (醉) before, so he was 2 not to drink too much, 3 his friends asked him to drink more 4 .
During the party, Mrs Moore found that she had 5 to bring her bag, so she asked her husband to go out to the car and 6 it for her. He 7 so, but on his way back to the hotel gate, he heard a car horn (喇叭) blowing near his own car. He thought 8 might be in need of help and went over to the car with the 9 . He found a small black bear sitting in the driving seat and blowing the horn.
When Mr Moore 10 the party, he told several people about the bear, but of course they did not believe him and thought he was drunk. When he took them out of the hotel to 11 that his story was 12 , he found that the car with the 13 in it had gone. There were so many 14 about Mr Moore's black bear during the next week that he at last put an advertisement (广告) in the newspaper; “If any one saw a black bear blowing the horn in a car outside the Century Hotel 15 the evening of Christmas Day, please tell…”
Two days later 16 Mrs Richards called him and said that she and her husband had left their pet (宠物) bear in their car outside the Century Hotel for a few minutes that evening, and that 17 he had blown the horn.
Mrs Richards did not 18 to think there was anything 19 about that. “Our bear likes blowing car horns,” she said, “and we don't 20 when we are not driving the car.”
1.A.pulled |
B.stayed |
C.left |
D.hid |
[ ] |
2.A.polite |
B.careful |
C.glad |
D.afraid |
[ ] |
3.A.whether |
B.until |
C.or |
D.though |
[ ] |
4.A.all along |
B.once again |
C.just then |
D.for ever |
[ ] |
5.A.learned |
B.known |
C.remembered |
D.forgotten |
[ ] |
6.A.buy |
B.get |
C.send |
D.return |
[ ] |
7.A.said |
B.went |
C.did |
D.thought |
[ ] |
8.A.one |
B.someone |
C.his wife |
D.the bear |
[ ] |
9.A.noise |
B.voice |
C.cry |
D.shout |
[ ] |
10.A.was sent to |
B.was seated at |
C.got rid of |
D.got back to |
[ ] |
11.A.show |
B.notice |
C.require |
D.promise |
[ ] |
12.A.interesting |
B.correct |
C.true |
D.exciting |
[ ] |
13.A.horn |
B.bear |
C.bag |
D.driving seat |
[ ] |
14.A.laughs |
B.shouts |
C.smiles |
D.calls |
[ ] |
15.A.for |
B.at |
C.in |
D.on |
[ ] |
16.A.the |
B.a |
C./ |
D.some |
[ ] |
17.A.quickly |
B.completely |
C.maybe |
D.almost |
[ ] |
18.A.mean |
B.have |
C.know |
D.seem |
[ ] |
19.A.useful |
B.strange |
C.common |
D.bad |
[ ] |
20.A.agree |
B.like |
C.mind |
D.worry |
[ ] |
Can you imagine(想象)what life would be 21 if there were no telephone? You could not call on your friends on the phone and talk to them. If fire broke out in your house, you could not call the fire department (救火队). If somebody were sick ,you couldn't call a doctor.
In our daily (日常) life we need to talk with each other. We do this 22 by speaking to others and listening to what they have to say to us, and when we are close to them we can do this very easily. But, our voices will not travel very far even when we 23 , and it is thanks to the invention of the telephone that we are able to talk with one another and ask something when we are in different places. We can hear each other as clearly 24 we were in the same room.
Alexander Graham Bell made this possible. He spent all his spare time experimenting (实验)。 He worded so hard in his research that he had 25 time to make money (挣钱) and was very poor at one time.
21.A.As |
B.Like |
C.to |
D.of |
[ ] |
22.A.mostly |
B.quickly |
C.suddenly |
D.early |
[ ] |
23.A.speak |
B.smile |
C.breathe |
D.shout |
[ ] |
24.A.as |
B.Than |
C.Only |
D.if |
[ ] |
25.A.some |
B.much |
C.little |
D.good |
[ ] |