Question

    Do you get lots of reading tasks as part of your homework? You might wish that you could read faster. There are some people who have said that you can learn to read at high speeds. But experts haven't agreed _________what they have said.

"Speed reading is not actually possible," said Schotter, a scientist at the University of the US. Schotter _________ that those teach others how to speed read are usually doing it by selling courses and books to make money.

In fact, speed reading _________since 1959, when Mr Wood introduced a speed reading program. Several US presidents have even asked their _________ to take speed reading courses.

However, there is no real science behind speed reading.

Schotter explained that reading is a complicated (复杂的) task. It includes four stages: a word, retrieving (检索) _________meaning from your memory, _________ it to other word, in the same sentence, and then moving on to the next word. This process uses many parts of the brain at one time. It can't be sped up.

Some people who are able to speed read _________ simply skimming (扫读). Skimming includes reading a passage quickly and only looking for _________ word or sentence. Skimmer can find out the main idea of a passage—especially if it's a topic they've known about—but they_________be able to recall all of the details(细节).

So is there a way to become a faster reader? Research suggests you try to __________ you vocabulary and read more.

根据短文内容选择最佳答案。

1.A.with B.to C.at

2.A.brought out B.tried out C.pointed out

3.A.has been advised B.has advised C.advised

4.A.performers B.clerk C.staff

5.A.their B.its C.it's

6.A.relate B.related C.relating

7.A./ B.is C.are

8.A.some B.any C.every

9.A.will B.will not C.never

10.A.improve B.rise C.lift

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.C

7.C

8.A

9.B

10.A

【解析】

本文介绍了专家指出阅读是一个复杂的过程，无法阅读得很快。有些人的速读只是扫读。研究表明，要想读书速度快，我们应努力提高词汇量，多阅读。

1.

句意：但专家们并不同意他们的说法。

A. with和……一起，B. to向，C. at在。agree with“同意……的说法”，故选A。

2.

句意：Schotter指出，那些教别人如何快速阅读的公司通常是通过销售课程和书籍来赚钱的。

A. brought out显示，B. tried out试验，C. pointed out指出来。根据前文的“"Speed reading is not actually possible," said Schotter, ”可知，他认为速度是不可能的，因此指出这些公司只是为了赚钱的。故选C。

3.

句意：事实上，早在1959年伍德先生就提出了快速阅读的建议。

A. has been advised已经被建议，B. has advised已经建议，C. advised建议。根据“since 1959”可知，此处用现在完成时，主语speed reading与谓语advise之间是被动关系，因此用被动语态。故选A。

4.

句意：几位美国总统甚至要求他们的工作人员参加速读课程。

A. performers表演者，B. clerk职员，C. staff工作人员。根据句意表示他们的员工，不是一个人，因此用集体名词staff。故选C。

5.

句意：一个单词，从你的记忆中检索它的意思。

A. their他们的，B. its它的，C. it's它是。修饰名词meaning用形容词性物主代词，根据“a word”可知，此处表示这个单词的意思，故选B。

6.

句意：在同一个句子中，将它与其他单词联系起来，然后继续下一个单词。

A. relate叙述，B. related有关系的，C. relating涉及。此处与“retrieving (检索) ____5____meaning from your memory”和“then moving on to the next word”相并列，因此用动名词relating。故选C。

7.

句意：有些能快速阅读的人只是略读.

A. /，B. is是，C. are是。主语some people是复数形式，谓语用复数形式。故选C。

8.

句意：略读包括快速阅读一篇文章，只寻找某个单词或句子。

A. some一些，某个，B. any任何一些，C. every每一个。结合句意，略读是在文中询问某个单词或句子。故选A。

9.

句意：略读：能找出一篇文章的主旨，尤其是当这篇文章是他们已经知道的话题时，但他们却不能回忆起所有的细节。

A. will将，B. will not将不会，C. never从不。连词but前后表示转折关系，but前表示能找出一篇文章的主旨，but后表示不能回忆起所有的细节。故选B。

10.

句意：研究表明，你应该努力提高词汇量，多阅读。

A. improve改善，提高，B. rise增加，C. lift举起。根据前文的“So is there a way to become a faster reader?”可知，要成为一个阅读快的人，因此要提高词汇量。故选A。