Question

For many people today, reading is no longer relaxation. To keep up their work they must read letters, reports, trade publications, not to mention newspapers and magazines: a never-ending flood of words. In a job, the ability to read and understand can mean the difference between success and failure. Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are readers. Most of us bad reading habits at an early age, and never get over them. The main reason in the fact that words have little meaning they are put together into phrases, sentences and paragraphs. , however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words. He reads one word at a time and often goes back to words or passages. The tendency to look back over you have just read is a common bad habit in reading. Another habit which down the speed of reading is sounding each word as reads.

To overcome these bad habits, some reading clinics use a machine called an accelerator(加速器), which moves a bar the page at a predetermined speed. The bar is set at a slightly faster rate the reader finds comfortable, in order to train him. The accelerator forces the reader to read fast, word-by-word reading impossible. At first it is difficult to understand. But you have learned to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, your comprehension will improve. Many people have found their reading skill quickly after some training. Charlce Au, a business manager, for example, his reading rate was 172 words a minute the training and now it is an excellent 1,378 words a minute. He is happy that now he can a lot more reading materials in a short period of time.

1.A. applying B. getting C. offering D. supplying

2.A. easily B. quickly C. roughly D. decidedly

3.A. good B. curious C. common D. poor

4.A. developed B. kicked C. knew D. understood

5.A. touches B. connects C. lies D. gets

6.A. unless B. after C. since D. as

7.A. Unfortunately B. Excitedly C. Surprisingly D. Generally

8.A. reuse B. rewrite C. reread D. recite

9.A. which B. what C. that D. if

10.A. breaks B. cuts C. goes D. slows

11.A. some one B. reader C. he D. one

12.A. inside B. up C. out D. down

13.A. then B. as C. than D. beyond

14.A. moving B. making C. leading D. thinking

15.A. when B. where C. what D. which

16.A. or B. nor C. but D. for

17.A. lost B. weakened C. sharpened D. improved

18.A. Take B. Look C. Make D. Consider

19.A. for B. before C. after D. in

20.A. break through B. go over C. get through D. turn over

Answer 1

1.B

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.C

6.A

7.A

8.C

9.B

10.D

11.D

12.D

13.C

14.B

15.A

16.C

17.D

18.A

19.B

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：文章主要讲了许多人有不良的阅读习惯，阅读加速器的使用使人们改变不良阅读习惯，提高阅读效率。

1.

2. easily容易地；B. quickly快速地；C. roughly粗略地，粗糙地；D. decidedly确定地，坚决地，果断地。故选B。

3. the unfortunate fact可知本句意为我们都是阅读技巧不高的阅读者。A. good好的，优秀的；B. curious好奇的；C. common普通的，一般的，常见的；D. poor贫穷的，不理想的，糟糕的。故选D。

4. a habit/habits。故选A。

5. in在于，由于。句意：最重要的原因是在于词的含义很少，除非放在短语、句子或段落中。故选C。

6. unless除非；B. after在……之后；C. since自从，由于。故选A。

7. Unfortunately不幸的是，符合语境。B. Excitedly令人兴奋的；C. Surprisingly令人吃惊的，不符合语境。D. Generally一般来说，不符合语境。故选A。

8. reuse再次使用；B. rewrite重写；C. reread重读；D. recite背诵，陈述。故选C。

9. back over后是一个宾语从句，宾语从句中缺少宾语，故排除C、D。which在名词性从句中指哪一个。故选B。

10. the speed of reading可知此处应为降低阅读速度的另一个习惯。slow down故选D。

11. one。故选D。

12.

13.

14. sth.+adj.使……怎么样。故选B。

15.

16. only可知下半句为递进关系，应为but（also），故选C。

17. lost失去；B. weakened减弱；C. sharpened 使尖锐；D. improved提升。故选D。

18. example.故选A。

19.

20. break through 突破；B. go over复习；C. get through完成，通过，符合语境；D. turn over翻过来。故选C。

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