Suppose you do this experiment with a friend. Get hold of a book with a large page size and lines that run right across the page. Get your friend to hold the book up and to read it with the top of the book just below his eye level. This means that you can watch the movement of his eyes as he reads the page. If you do this, you will see that your friend's eyes do not make a continuous forward sweep. Instead, they progress by little "jumps" moving, then stopping, as they progress along the line. This kind of jumping movement is called a saccadic movement(跳跃). There has to he this starting and stopping movement because the eye can see only when it is still motionless. Every time the eye pauses it sees a phrase or even a sentence then jumps to the next part of the line and so on. There is another interesting fact about eye movement. If you record the eye movements of someone who is reading, you will notice that, from time to time, the reader goes back and looks again at something he has read before; in other words, he regresses(回视) an earlier part of the text, probably because he realizes he does not understand the passage properly. Then he comes back to where he left off and continues reading. At one time, it was though that regression was a fault, but it is in fact a very necessary activity in efficient reading. There are several different kinds of faults in reading, which are usually more exaggerated with foreign language learners. The most common one is that most people read everything at the same slow speed, and do not seem to realize that they can read faster or slower as required. Other people say the words to themselves, or move their lips-these habits slow the reader down to something near speaking speed, which is of course much slower than reading speed. Another habit that can slow you down is following the line with your finger, or with a pen.
单选题
What phenomenon can you see in the experiment mentioned at the beginning of the passage?
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查考生正确理解原文细节的能力。考的是原文中提到的实验里可以观察到什么现象。从文章第一段第五句话You will see that your friend's eyes do not make a continuous forward sweep. Instead, they progress by little“jumps”.得知，此实验的结果是观察在阅读时，人眼视觉焦点的移动不是均匀进行的，而是跳跃式的，即D选项所陈述的内容：People's eyes move forward in a“jumping”way while reading；而A选项称人眼在阅读时是连续向前移动的，C选项称人眼在阅读时不是向前跳跃进行的，均与之相违背，因此是错误的；B项说人眼在阅读时并不向前移动，显然也是错误的。所以，正确答案是D。
单选题
Why do people's eyes read by little "jumps"?
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查考生正确理解原文细节的能力。考的是在阅读时人眼为什么要跳跃。文章第二段开头提到：There has to be this starting and stopping movement because the eye can see only when it is still…即告诉读者：人眼这种移动方式原因在于它只有在静止时才能看得见。因此，A、C项所说的这样能以更快的速度阅读，或这样不太容易疲劳，都不是本题的正确答案。D项说到因为人眼在阅读时是以一种跳跃的方式移动，这不过是题干的另一种表达，与题干不构成因果关系，所以不能选。B项说，人眼除非静止，否则是看不见的，与文章所表达的意思是一致的。所以，正确答案是B。
单选题
Why do people often regress in reading?
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查考生正确理解原文细节的能力。考的是人们在阅读时为什么会经常回视。文章第三段第三句谈到：Probably because he realizes he does not understand the passage properly．Then he comes back to where he left off and continues reading．即人眼回视是由于阅读的人意识到他没有理解所读段落。因此，选项A人们回视以更好地理解读过的段落，是正确的；选项B人眼在阅读时的一种休息方式，毫无根据，是错误的；选项C这就是人眼在阅读时的移动方式，与题干不构成因果关系，对题干不起到任何解释作用，也是错误的；选项D人眼在阅读过程中是跳跃式移动的，与题干所陈述的现象是人眼阅读时出现的两个独立的现象，它们之间无因果关系。所以，正确答案是A。
单选题
Which of the following is NOT a fault that may slow the reader's speed?
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查考生准确理解文章所表达意思的能力。考的是以下哪项不是本文谈及的导致阅读速度过慢的几种错误习惯。文章最后一段讲到几种错误习惯，其中包括most people read everything at the same slow speed，即选项C有些人在阅读时并不根据需要提高或减缓阅读速度；Other people say the words to themselves，or move their lips，即选项A有些人出声阅读；Another habit which can slow you down is following the line with your finger，or with a pen，即选项B有的人在阅读时习惯于用手指或笔追随所读处，因此，这三项都是文章明确提到的阅读中的错误习惯，都不该选。文章倒数第二段At one time，it was though that regression was a fault. but it is in fact a very necessary activity in efficient reading. 即回视不是一种错误习惯。所以，正确答案是D。