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.* M$ @4 R4 Z$ a1 g m
In __1__a job or advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend __2__ can mean the difference between success and failure.
" y5 C4 f2 p# DYet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are __3__ readers. % L4 S4 D7 I" X e: e
Most of us develop poor reading __4__ at an early age, and never get over them.
# r; }# I4 x j, @) iThe main deficiency __5__ in the actual stuff of language itself-words. R5 l* ^5 \+ V# _8 H9 b
Taken individually, words have __6__ meaning until they are strung together into phrased, sentences and paragraphs. __7__ , however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words.
$ \0 W1 U( Q( L) R4 T2 M& yHe laboriously reads one word at a time, often regressing to __8__ words or passages.2 R7 y# J2 X) E7 I! v5 A! s5 Z
Regression, the tendency to look back over __9__ you have just read, is a common bad habit in reading.$ k8 r' e; p* y9 k
Another habit which __10__ down the speed of reading is vocalization—sounding each word either orally or mentally as __11__ reads.
3 p4 G) \$ }+ ]8 MTo overcome these bad habits, some reading clinics use a device called an __12__ , which moves a bar (or curtain) down the page at a predetermined speed.* @) @' ^6 H& j5 A9 `/ n
The bar is set at a slightly faster rate __13__ the reader finds comfortable, in order to“stretch”him.
- u3 V0 t# {8 l! I) z7 ZThe accelerator forces the reader to read fast, __14__ word-by-word reading, regression and subvocalization, practically impossible.
; M3 h5 A- c3 n0 |& BAt first __15__ is sacrificed for speed.
, S' X* @: {: E4 I+ ]* MBut when you learn to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, __16__ your comprehension will improve. & i& A* f$ `# ^2 r
Many people have found __17__ reading skill drastically improved after some training. 3 K0 R& F. Q0 C8 P: t% L
__18__ Charlce Au, a business manager, for instance, his reading rate was a reasonably good 172 words a minute __19__ the training,now it is an excellent 1,378 words a minute.9 }# S: w' L, ?7 K" v( {
He is delighted that how he can __20__ a lot more reading material in a short periodof time.$ w2 I/ C3 i' {" d3 R7 K, a- X y8 d
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C.offering D.getting
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6 L- `0 w! `- H5.A.lies B.combines 4 u8 V0 q# `, j: [6 M
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8.A.reuse B.reread |