For many people today, reading is no longer relaxation. To keep up their work, they have to read all kinds of materials. In _67_ a job or advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend _68_ can mean the difference between success and failure. Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are _69_ readers.

Most of us develop poor reading _70_ at an early age, and never get over them.

The main deficiency _71_ in the actual component of language itself-words. Take individually, words have _72_ meaning until they are put together into phrases, sentences and paragraphs.

       _73_, however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words. He laboriously reads one word at a time, often turning back to _74_ words or passages. Regression, the tendency to look back over _75_ you have just read, is a common bad habit in reading. Another habit  which  _76_ down the speed of reading is vocalization-sounding each word wither orally or mentally when a _77_ reads.

       To overcome these bad habits some reading clinics use a device called an _78_, which moves a bar (or a curtain) down the page at a predetermined speed. The bar is set at a slightly faster rate _79_ the reader finds comfortable, in order to “stretch” him. The accelerator forces the reader to read fast, _80_ word-by-word reading, regression and vocalization, practically impossible.

       At first _81_ is sacrificed for speed. But when you learn to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, _82_ your comprehension will improve.

       Many people, business managers, executives and engineers, have found _83_ reading skill   improved dramatically after some training.  _84_ John Muir, a business manager, for instance, his reading rate was a reasonably good 182 words a minute _85_ the training, now it is an excellent 1, 378 words a minute. He is delighted that now he can _86_ a lot more reading.

67. A) applying              B) doing

C) offering                     D) getting

68. A) quickly               B) easily

C) roughly               D) decidedly

69. A) good                  B) curious

C) poor                   D) urgent

70. A) training               B) habits 

C) situations            D) custom

71. A) lies                     B) combines

C) touches                     D) involves

72. A) some                  B) a lot

C) little                    D) dull

73. A) Fortunately         B) In fact      

C) Unfortunately      D) Logically

74. A) reuse                  B) reread

C) rewrite               D) recite

75. A) what                  B) which

C) that                    D) if

76. A) scales                 B) cuts

C) slows                 D) measures

77. A) someone             B) one

C) he                     D) reader

78. A) accelerator          B) actor

C) amplifier             D) observer

79. A) then                   B) as

C) beyond               D) than

80. A) enabling              B) leading

C) making               D) indicating

81. A) comprehension    B) meaning

C) gift                     D) content

82. A) but                     B) nor

C) or                      D) for

83. A) our                     B) your

C) their                   D) such a

84. A) Look at               B) Take

C) Make                  D) Consider

85. A) for                            B) in

C) after                   D) before

86. A) master                B) go over

C) present               D) get through