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.+ `$ x) e. E* q
In __1__a job or advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend __2__ can mean the difference between success and failure.
' F( h8 F! E# AYet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are __3__ readers.
9 q& N4 J' `7 O/ H7 q; l, CMost of us develop poor reading __4__ at an early age, and never get over them. 9 y( M! j/ r# X1 I
The main deficiency __5__ in the actual stuff of language itself-words.' s+ a1 X0 @0 M4 f$ j' v
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., {( l" r. m. m/ ^5 c8 r" R
He laboriously reads one word at a time, often regressing to __8__ words or passages.5 ~: v+ k9 G# Y) F; y% J
Regression, the tendency to look back over __9__ you have just read, is a common bad habit in reading.) Q/ ?0 L& K+ t1 s
Another habit which __10__ down the speed of reading is vocalization—sounding each word either orally or mentally as __11__ reads.
( ]* L. H2 Q0 W1 N8 t, k4 cTo 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.! `! L* P% P6 v" P: |
The bar is set at a slightly faster rate __13__ the reader finds comfortable, in order to“stretch”him.
@. v! |. Y' Y0 @' A) I- t* vThe accelerator forces the reader to read fast, __14__ word-by-word reading, regression and subvocalization, practically impossible.
; D- ~) c5 X8 }$ n& BAt first __15__ is sacrificed for speed.4 C0 {! y8 \. `7 ]4 S
But when you learn to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, __16__ your comprehension will improve. & ], @1 D+ ]1 L" L6 h, s6 U* S( ~' a6 |
Many people have found __17__ reading skill drastically improved after some training. . C6 i G5 ` |' f
__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.: e: `8 \: R/ I& C) Z; U
He is delighted that how he can __20__ a lot more reading material in a short periodof time.
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7 q7 |+ X, J4 D C.offering D.getting' b. w* l4 K% s z3 Q
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2.A.quickly B.easily 8 Q+ E% |8 a* x7 |
C.roughly D.decidedly
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3.A.good B.curious % T3 Z0 Y: m& d2 C
C.poor D.urgent
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% Z( v8 ~; X1 U7 n4.A.training B.habits 4 W3 k1 `$ J, y
C.situations D.custom
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5.A.lies B.combines
: s! z$ f5 }, B" b* \ C.touches D.involves
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5 }8 X) D( v# I* D6 R: C6.A.some B.A lot
6 b5 b3 l- W3 y* c. p! i% W7 b C.little D.dull) |7 }, k0 d1 c* a7 D i4 `) ~: k
% ?3 X: N* x2 Z: Z1 I/ Z p; M7.A.Fortunately B.In fact
8 k( b }) Y5 n$ A" R C.Logically D.Unfortunately
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8.A.reuse B.reread |