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.# g- T% l: p' w
In __1__a job or advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend __2__ can mean the difference between success and failure.; D7 K+ h. p$ @7 B7 j4 {
Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are __3__ readers. & q7 c0 w. e! I# P% j
Most of us develop poor reading __4__ at an early age, and never get over them.
/ h0 w" H/ {: V4 s6 P. ]The main deficiency __5__ in the actual stuff of language itself-words.- V. Y' h) m& J. ^
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.1 @( m2 s( E& n
He laboriously reads one word at a time, often regressing to __8__ words or passages.
/ Y, c/ W) [# S6 `Regression, the tendency to look back over __9__ you have just read, is a common bad habit in reading.
% n2 d7 b2 R) mAnother habit which __10__ down the speed of reading is vocalization—sounding each word either orally or mentally as __11__ reads. - E* O$ i( N0 B% M% Y+ G6 C
To 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. s9 K6 ]6 Y, _0 C" E
The bar is set at a slightly faster rate __13__ the reader finds comfortable, in order to“stretch”him.& B+ {- d' M7 a3 ?! l! `- F1 w
The accelerator forces the reader to read fast, __14__ word-by-word reading, regression and subvocalization, practically impossible. 5 {4 d4 a' d- l
At first __15__ is sacrificed for speed.8 }( L, r) R2 W7 a
But when you learn to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, __16__ your comprehension will improve.
% ]. X4 z1 R7 A# p+ _+ Y. UMany people have found __17__ reading skill drastically improved after some training.
9 [' T( c3 M; W; B__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.
: P/ a+ {' O+ q/ dHe is delighted that how he can __20__ a lot more reading material in a short periodof time. R- V& s4 x* `3 M9 i
1.A.applying B.doing 9 _! X- ~/ x& b! z
C.offering D.getting
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& }0 C/ H: S) o& H2.A.quickly B.easily ( S& c" k: a5 Y+ y5 c3 A- I5 _- R
C.roughly D.decidedly2 u: }$ H6 M9 ]" Z' |; f, j& k7 O
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+ i. Z$ h" ]# i! F4.A.training B.habits
8 ^) D. m& ?* E" S# F0 k C.situations D.custom
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4 [. O/ e; y2 i( h* E# |5.A.lies B.combines ' R3 D2 J) x; }3 T- A
C.touches D.involves/ A* b5 F- h+ Z) i. j
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C.little D.dull
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# {# b4 J% F0 H8.A.reuse B.reread |