2009年12月英语四级完型填空模拟训练(四)

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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 __1__a job or advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend __2__ can mean the difference between success and failure.

　　Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are __3__ readers.

　　Most of us develop poor reading __4__ at an early age, and never get over them.

　　The main deficiency __5__ in the actual stuff of language itself-words.

　　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.

　　He laboriously reads one word at a time, often regressing to __8__ words or passages.

　　Regression, the tendency to look back over __9__ you have just read, is a common bad habit in reading.

　　Another habit which __10__ down the speed of reading is vocalization—sounding each word either orally or mentally as __11__ reads.

　　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.

　　The bar is set at a slightly faster rate __13__ the reader finds comfortable, in order to“stretch”him.

　　The accelerator forces the reader to read fast, __14__ word-by-word reading, regression and subvocalization, practically impossible.

　　At first __15__ is sacrificed for speed.

　　But when you learn to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, __16__ your comprehension will improve.

　　Many people have found __17__ reading skill drastically improved after some training.

　　__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.

　　He is delighted that how he can __20__ a lot more reading material in a short periodof 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.some B.A lot C.little D.dull