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Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on Answer Sheet Two.
For many people today, reading is no longer relaxation To (31) ___ their work they must read letters, reports, newspapers... In getting a job or advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend (32) ___ can mean the (33) ___ between success and failure. Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are poor readers. Most of us (34) __ poor reading habits at an early age, and never get (35) __ them. The main (36) __ lies in the actual stuff of language itself--words. (37) ___ individually, words have little meaning (38) __ they are strung together into phrased, sentences and paragraphs. (39) __, however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words. He laboriously reads one word (40) ____, often regressing to read words or passages. Regression, the (41) __ to look back over (42) __ you have just read, is a common bad habit in reading. Another habit which (43) ___ down the speed of reading is vocalization—sounding each word either orally or mentally (44) ___ one reads.
To (45) ___ these bad habits, some reading clinics use a device (46) __ an accelerator, which moves a bar down the page at a predetermined speed. The bar is set at a slightly faster rate than the reader finds (47) __, in order to "stretch" him. The accelerator forces the reader to read fast, making word-by-word reading, regression and sub vocalization, (48) __ impossible. At fast (49) __ is sacrificed for speed. (50)___ when you learn to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, but your comprehension will improve.
31. A. come through
B. keep up
C. come up with
D. turn in
32. A. quickly
B. roughly
C. easily
D. readily
33. A. division
B. difference
C. separation
D. controversy
34. A. enhance
B. improve
C. have
D. develop
35. A. over
B. through
C. away with
D. back to
36. A. advantage
B. distinction
C. deficiency
D. necessity
37. A. To take
B. Taken
C. Taking
D. Being taken
38. A. when
B. since
C. once
D. until
39. A. Logically
B. Subsequently
C. Unfortunately
D. Inefficiently
40. A. at times
B. at one time
C. for a time
D. at a time
41. A. tendency
B. trend
C. occasion
D. chance
42. A. what
B. /
C. where
D. which
43. A. accelerates
B. scales
C. slows
D. cuts
44. A. if
B. as
C. even
D. before
45. A. dispose
B. transfer
C. abandon
D. overcome
46. A. known for
B. named after
C. defined
D. called
47. A. convenient
B. comfortable
C. available
D. helpful
48. A. exclusively
B. absolutely
C. practically
D. similarly
49. A. comprehension
B. meaning
C. regression
D. summary
50. A. And
B. Also
C. But
D. Or PART III CLOZE
31．[B]【解析】文章首句提到阅读不再是一种消遣，为了……工作，人们必须读报等，keep up“(使)继续．坚持”，符合句意。
32．[A]【解析】由后面的成功与失败可推知前半句意思为理解与阅读能力的“快慢”，故选A。
33．[B]解析】空格处要表明的是成功与失败的“区别，不同点”，故选B。
34．[D]【解析】一种习惯的“形成，养成”要用develop／form，D正确。
35．[A]【解析】对坏习惯应该是予以“克服”，get over “克服”。符合句意。
36．[C]【解析】前面讲到坏习惯难以克服，这里开始分析原因．提到主要一点就是单词，由后文可知逐字逐句对阅读理解的不利．故选C。
37．[B]【解析】words与take为逻辑上的被动关系，故选B。Taken individually“从个别看来”。
38．[D]【解析】根据否定词little，可推测单词在词组、句
39.[C]【解析】空格所在的句子提到未经过训练的读者的阅读习惯，与前面构成转折关系，故选C，表达一种遗憾，可惜之情。
40．[D]【解析】前句提到这些未经过训练的读者不按照意群来阅读，而是逐个单词费力地读，故选at atime“每次，一次”。
41．[A]【解析】空格所在的句子是对regression“回读”的具体解释．即就是对刚刚读过的材料回头再看的这样一种“倾向，意向”，故选A。
42．[A]【解析】根据句意“回头看刚读过的”，read后要接宾语，故选A。 www.examｗ.com
43．[C]【解析】阅读时读出每个单词，这无疑会减慢阅读的速度，故选C。
44．[B]解析】as在此引导一个从句，相当于when。
45．[D]【解析】最后一段提出解决办法，不良的阅读习惯要克服，故选D。
46．[B]【解析】called an accelerator在句中作后置定语，D正确。
47．[B]【解析】由后面的to stretch him，可知，快速阅读器设置的速度比读者本身自由轻松阅读的速度要快。故选B．comfortable“轻松自在的”。
48．[C]解析】快速阅读器迫使读者快速阅读，这样那些不良阅读习惯，如逐字逐句读、回读、默念等都“基本上，几乎”不可能，故选C。
49．[A]【解析】根据常识可知，当加快阅读速度时，读者对文章的理解可能就没有那么透彻，此处应选A。
50．[C]【解析】由后文的not only…but als0可知，这里县对前面观点的有条件的否定．故选C．
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