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For many people today, reading is no longer relaxation. To keep up their work they must read letters, reports, trade publications, interoffice communications, not to mention newspapers and magazines: a never-ending flood of words. In 16 a job or advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend 17 can mean the difference between success and failure. Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are 18__ readers. Most of us develop poor reading 19 at an early age, and never get over them. The main deficiency（缺乏） 20 in the actual stuff of language itself — words. Taken individually, words have little meaning until they are strung together into phrases, sentences and paragraphs. 21 , however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words. He laboriously reads one word at a time, often regressing（退回） to 22 words or passages. Regression, the tendency to look back over what you have just read, is a common bad habit in reading. Another habit which 23 down the speed of reading is vocalization — sounding each word either orally or mentally as one reads. To overcome these bad habits, some reading clinics use a device called an 24 , which moves a bar (or curtain) down the page at a predetermined（预先确定的） speed．The bar is set at a slightly faster rate 25 the reader finds comfortable, in order to “stretch” him. The device forces the reader to read fast, 26 word-by-word reading, regression and sub-vocalization（默读）practically impossible. At first 27 is sacrificed for speed．But when you learn to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, but your understanding will 28 . Many people have found their reading skill greatly improved after some training. 29 Charlie Au, a business manager, for instance, his reading rate was a reasonably good 172 words a minute before the training, now it is an excellent 182 words a minute. He is delighted that how he can 30 through a lot more reading material in a short period of time. 1. A．applying B．doing C．offering D．getting
2. A．quickly B．easily C．roughly D．decidedly
3. A．good B．curious C．poor D．urgent
4. A．training B．habits C．situations D．custom
5. A．lies B．combines C．touches D．involves
6. A．Hopefully B．Actually C．Logically D．Unfortunately
7. A．reuse B．reread C．rewrite D．recite
8. A．scales B．cuts C．slows D．measures
9. A．accelerator B．actor C．loudspeaker D．observer
10. A．then B．as C．beyond D．than
11. A．having B．leading C．making D．indicating
12. A．meaning B．comprehension C．vocalization D．regression
13. A．arise B．reduce C．improve D．worsen
14. A．Like B．Take C．Make D．Consider
15. A．master B．make C．finish D．get
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I insisted __________ to see a doctor, but he insisted nothing __________ wrong with him. A．on him to go; should be B．he went; be C．he go; was D．he should go; is
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He studied hard, __________ the exam. A．aim at B．aiming at passing C．aiming passing D．aiming to passing
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What makes us worried is that the number of people ______to drug is ________. A．addicted ; increased B．addicting; increased C．addicted ; increasing D．addicting; increasing
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The boy became fatter and fatter each day and_____ made his parents sad. A．which B．what C．he D．it
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This accident was______ his driving. A．due to B．thanks to C．because of D．so as to
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Half a month passed and the boy ______ all his money, so he had to turn to his friends for help. A．ran out B． ran out of C．ran across D．ran away with
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－Does the young man standing at the gate_____ the car? －No. The car is _____ his father. A．in possession of ；in the possession of B．have possession of; take possession of C．have possession of; in the possession of D．in the possession of; take possession of
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---Do you believe his words? ----No, what he said was________. A．less convincing B．more convincing C．less convinced D．more convinced
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There ______ quantities of apples in the basket and there was ______ milk in the bucket. A．were; a number of B．was; quantities of C．was; a good many D．were; a quantity of
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