单选题 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 (36) a job or advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend (37) can mean the difference between success and failure. Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are (38) readers.
Most of us develop poor reading (39) at an early age, and never get over them. The main deficiency (40) in the actual stuff of language itself—words. Taken individually, words have (41) meaning until they are strung together into phrases, sentences and para-graphs. (42) , however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words. He laboriously reads one word at a time, often regressing to (43) words or passages.
Regression, the tendency to look back over (44) you have just read, is a common bad habit in reading. Another habit which (45) down the speed of reading is vocalization—sounding each word either orally or mentally as (46) reads. To overcome these bad habits, some reading clinics use a device called an (47) , which moves a bar (or curtain) down the page at a predetermined speed. The bar is set at a slightly faster rate (48) the reader finds comfortable, in order to "stretch" him.
The accelerator forces the reader to read fast, (49) word-by-word reading, regression and sub vocalization, practically impossible. At first (50) is sacrificed for speed. But when you learn to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, (51) your comprehension will improve.
Many people have found (52) reading skill drastically improved after some training. (53) Charlce Au, a business manager, for instance, his reading rate was a reasonably good 172 words a minute (54) the training, now it is an excellent 1,378 words a minute. He is delighted that how he can (55) a lot more reading material in a short period of time.

单选题 [A] applying [B] doing [C] offering [D] getting
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 句意为“谁如果想谋得一份差事”。applying需加for，意为“申请”；doing意为“做”；offering意为“提供”，此三项均不合题意，只有getting(获得)适合。
单选题 [A] quickly [B] easily [C] roughly [D] decidedly
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 句意为“快速阅读与理解的能力，是成败的关键所在。”只有quickly与原意吻合。easily意为“容易地”；roughly意为“粗略地”；decidedly意为“果断地”，均与原文内容不符。
单选题 [A] good [B] curious [C] poor [D] urgent
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 英语中，阅读速度快的人称为good reader，反之，就是poor reader。根据上下文的内容，这里应为转折关系，多数人都属于poor reader，因此选poor(差的)。其他选项不妥。
单选题 [A] training [B] habits [C] situations [D] custom
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 句意为“大多数人早期养成看书慢的习惯”，因此选habits(习惯)。training意为“训练，培训”；situations意为“形势”；custom意为“风俗习惯”，均不符合题意。
单选题 [A] lies [B] combines [C] touches [D] involves
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 句意为“主要的困难在于语言的自身要素，即单词。”combines意为“联合”；touches意为“接触”；involves意为“包括”，这三项的词意与原文不符。而lies与in构成搭配，意为“在于”。
单选题 [A] some [B] a lot of [C] little [D] dull
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 句意为“如果单个地看这些字，它们并没有什么意义。”some“有点”；a lot“许多”；dull"单调的”，此三项不合题意。只有little(很少)是否定词，合乎逻辑。
单选题 [A] Fortunately [B] In fact [C] Logically [D] Unfortunately
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 在这里作者“对未受过阅读训练的人的不良习惯感到遗憾”。fortunately意为“幸运地”；in fact意为“事实上”；logically意为“合乎逻辑地”，均不妥。unfortunately(不幸地)合乎题意。
单选题 [A] reuse [B] reread [C] rewrite [D] recite
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 句意为“在阅读时经常重读(反复读)。”因此，选reread(重读)。reuse"再使用”；rewrite“重写”；recite"背诵”，均不符合题意。
单选题 [A] what [B] which [C] that [D] if
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 此处所填的词既是look back over的宾语，又是you have just read的宾语，只有what能充当这种双重成分。
单选题 [A] scales [B] cuts [C] slows [D] measures
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] scale down"按比例减少”；cut down"削减”，此两项不合题意。measure不能与down搭配。只有slow与down搭配的意思为“放慢”，在此合适。
单选题 [A] some one [B] one [C] he [D] reader
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 本段前文已经出现you，在此选one(泛指人们，我们，你)来代替you。some one无此用法，意为“某人”。he不能用，与该段逻辑不一致。如果用reader，前面应加定冠词。
单选题 [A] accelerator [B] actor [C] amplifier [D] observer
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 由于训练快速阅读所使用的工具必然与提高阅读速度有关，根据下文锁定accelerator (快读器)。actor意为“演员”；amplifier意为“放大器”；observer意为“观察者”，均不符合题意。
单选题 [A] then [B] as [C] beyond [D] than
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 前面的faster决定了应当选than，构成比较级。
单选题 [A] enabling [B] leading [C] making [D] indicating
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 句意为“快速阅读器迫使你加快阅读速度，使你再也不能逐字阅读，回顾前文内容或者默读。”enabling相当于making possible；leading意为“引导”；indicating意为“指出，表明”，都不合题意。只有making(使，使得)最合适。
单选题 [A] meaning [B] comprehension [C] gist [D] regression
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 这里的意思是“速度最初会影响理解”，所以选comprehension(理解力)。meaning意为“意义，意思”，指词或词组表示的意义；gist意为“大意，要旨”；regression意为“回顾”，均不符合题意。
单选题 [A] but [B] nor [C] or [D] for
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 与前半句中的not only相呼应，构成句式“不仅……，而且……”，只有选but。而 nor，or或for均不能构成固定用法。注意：but also中的also常常被省略。
单选题 [A] our [B] your [C] their [D] such
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 本句中的主语是第三人称复数，物主代词必然是their。
单选题 [A] Look at [B] Take [C] Make [D] Consider
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] take与后面的for instance构成固定短语，意为“以……例”，其他三项不能构成此搭配。
单选题 [A] for [B] in [C] after [D] before
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 这里把受训之前与受训之后进行比较、对比，因此选before。
单选题 [A] master [B] go over [C] present [D] get through
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 句意为“他很高兴能在较短时间内，读完众多的材料。”master意为“掌握”；go over意为“复习”；present意为“呈现，展现”，此三项均不妥。只有get through(读完)最恰当。