题目内容
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36~55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
I took home a briefcase full of troubles . As I sat down on that hot and damp 36 , there seemed to be no 37 to the problems hanging around in my brain . So I picked up a book , settled into a comfortable chair and 38 my own special therapy (疗法): 39 reading .
I 40 three or four hours on two short chapters of Personal History by Vincent Sheean—tasting each paragraph , staying over a sentence , a phrase , or even a single word , building a detailed mental picture of the scene . No longer was I in Sydney , Australia , on a sticky hot night . Enjoying every word , I 41 foreign journalist Vincent Sheean on a tour to China and another to Russia . I was 42 in the author’s world . And when finally I put it down , my mind was totally 43 .
Next morning , four words from the book—“take the long 44 ” were still in my mind . At my desk , I had a long-view look at my 45 . Once more , super-slow-reading had given me not only 46 but perspective (视角), and helped me in my everyday affairs .
I discovered its 47 years ago . Before that , if I had been really interested in a book , I would 48 from page to page , 49 to know what came next . Now , I decided , I had to become a miser (守财奴)with 50 and stretch every sentence like a poor man spending his last dollar .
I had started with the practical object of making my book last . But by the end of the second week I began to realize 51 I was getting from super-slow-reading itself . Sometimes just a particular phrase 52 my attention , sometimes a sentence . I would read it slowly, analyze it , read it again—perhaps changing down into an even 53 speed—and then sit for 20 minutes thinking about it before moving on . I was like a pianist 54 a piece of music , phrase by phrase , practicing it , trying to discover and 55 exactly what the composer(作曲家) was trying to convey.
A.day B.morning C.afternoon D.evening
A.solutions B.doubt C.wonder D.courses
A.tried on B.applied C.practiced D.managed
A.fast B.super fast C.super slow D.slow
A.spent B.wasted C.cost D.took
A.united B.attended C.attracted D.joined
A.found B.lost C.persuaded D.accepted
A.broken B.discouraged C.refreshed D.awakened
A.view B.care C.walk D.distance
A.therapy B.problems C.reading D.work
A.difficulty B.success C.achievement D.pleasure
A.use B.disadvantage C.value D.importance
A.look B.read C.analyze D.digest
A.worried B.eager C.glad D.anxious
A.books B.troubles C.words D.music
A.how well B.how long C.how many D.how much
A.caught B.missed C.escaped D.paid
A.faster B.higher C.lower D.slower
A.playing B.studying C.writing D.singing
A.realize B.recognize C.repay D.understand
【小题1】D
【小题2】A
【小题3】B
【小题4】C
【小题5】A
【小题6】D
【小题7】B
【小题8】C
【小题9】A
【小题10】B
【小题11】D
【小题12】C
【小题13】B
【小题14】B
【小题15】C
【小题16】D
【小题17】A
【小题18】C
【小题19】B
【小题20】D
解析:
略