单选题
{{B}}Part Ⅳ Cloze{{/B}} {{B}}{{I}}Directions{{/B}}: In this part, there is a passage
with 15 blanks. For each blank, there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose
the best answer for each blank and mark the corresponding letter with a single
bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring {{B}}ANSWER
SHEET{{/B}}.{{/I}}
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 {{U}}(61) {{/U}} a job or
advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend {{U}}(62) {{/U}}
can mean the difference between success and failure. Yet the unfortunate fact is
that most of us are {{U}}(63) {{/U}} readers. Most of us develop poor
reading {{U}}(64) {{/U}} at an early age, and never get over them. The
main deficiency {{U}}(65) {{/U}} in the actual stuff of language
itself—words. Taken individually, words have {{U}}(66) {{/U}} meaning
until they are strung together into phrases, sentences and paragraphs.
{{U}}(67) {{/U}} , however, the untrained reader does not read groups of
words. He laboriously reads one word at a time, often regressing to
{{U}}(68) {{/U}} words or passages. Regression, the tendency to look
back over {{U}}(69) {{/U}} you have just read, is a common bad habit in
reading. Another habit which {{U}}(70) {{/U}} down the speed of reading
is vocalization—sounding each word either orally or mentally as {{U}}(71)
{{/U}} reads. To overcome these bad habits, some reading
clinics use a device called an {{U}}(72) {{/U}} , which moves a bar (or
curtain) down the page at a predetermined speed. The bar is set at a slightly
faster rate {{U}}(73) {{/U}} the reader finds comfortable, in order to
"stretch" him. The accelerator forces the reader to read fast, {{U}}(74)
{{/U}} word-by-word reading, regression and subvocalization, practically
impossible. At first {{U}}(75) {{/U}} is sacrificed for speed. But when
you learn to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, but also
your comprehension will improve.