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 period of 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

　　7.A.Fortunately B.In fact C.Logically D.Unfortunately

　　8.A.reuse B.reread C.rewrite D.recite

　　9.A.what B.which C.that D.if

　　10.A.scales B.cuts C.slows D.measures

　　11.A.some one B.one C.he D.reader

　　12.A.accelerator B.actor C.amplifier D.observer

　　13.A.then B.as C.beyond D.than

　　14.A.enabling B.leading C.making D.indicating

　　15.A.meaning B.comprehensionC.gist D.regression

　　16.A.but B.nor C.or D.for

　　17.A.our B.your C.their D.such a

　　18.A.Look at B.Take C.Make D.Consider

　　19.A.for B.in C.after D.before

　　20.A.master B.go over C.present D.get through

　　第四篇答案+解說：

　　1.【答案】D

　　【解析】本句意思是“誰如果想謀得一份差事”。applying需加for,意思是“申請”;B.doing做;C.offering提供此三項均不符題意，　只有D.getting(獲得)適合。

　　2.【答案】A

　　【解析】本句意為“快速閱讀與理解的能力，是關系到成敗的關鍵所在”只有quickly與原意吻合。easily(容易地);roughly (粗略地);　decidedly(果斷地)均與原文內容不符。

　　3.【答案】C

　　【解析】英語中，閱讀速度快的人稱為good reader，反之，就是poor reader。根據上下文的內容，多數人都屬于poor reader，因此選poor(差的)。其它選項不妥。

　　4.【答案】B

　　【解析】此處的意思是“大多數人早期養成看書慢的習慣”因此選habits(習慣)。training (訓練，培訓);situations(形勢);custom(風俗習慣)。

　　5.【答案】A

　　【解析】此處說的是“主要的困難在于語言的自身要素，即單詞”。combines聯合;touches接觸;involves包括，這三項的詞義與原文不符。而lies與in構成搭配，意為“在于”。