2 . 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 ______ a job or advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend ______ can mean the difference between success and failure. Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are ______ readers. Most of us develop poor reading ______ at an early age, and never get over them. The main deficiency ______ in the actual stuff of language itself-words. Taken individually, words have ______ meaning until they are strung together into phrased, sentences and paragraphs. ______ however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words. He laboriously reads one word at a time, often regressing to reread words or passages. Regression, the tendency to look back over ______ you have just read, is a common bad habit in reading. Another habit which ______ down the speed of reading is vocalization—sounding each word either orally or mentally as one reads.

To overcome these bad habits, some reading clinics use a device called an ______ , which moves a bar(or curtain)down the page at a predetermined speed. The bar is set at a slightly faster rate ______ the reader finds comfortable in order to “stretch” him. The accelerator forces the reader to read fast, ______ word-by-word reading, regression and vocalization practically impossible. At first ______ is sacrificed for speed. But when you learn to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, but your comprehension will improve. Many people have found their reading skill drastically improved after some training. ______ Charlce Au. a business manager, for instance, his reading rate was a reasonably good 172 words a minute ______ the training, now it is an excellent 1,378 words a minute. He is delighted that how he can get through 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．what

B．which

C．that

D．if

9.

A．scales

B．cuts

C．slows

D．measures

10.

A．accelerator

B．actor

C．amplifier

D．observer

11.

A．then

B．as

C．beyond

D．than

12.

A．enabling

B．leading

C．making

D．indicating

13.

A．meaning

B．comprehension

C．gist

D．regression

14.

A．Look at

B．Take

C．Make

D．Consider

15.

A．for

B．in

C．after

D．before

4 . The books in David’s schoolbag felt like bricks as he ran down the street. What he wanted to do was play basketball with Eric,_________ his mother told him he would have to return his sister’s books to the library first.

He went into the building; only a few minutes _________ closing time. He put the books into the return box. And after a brief _________ in the toilet, he would be on his way to the playground to _________ Eric.

David stepped out of the toilet and stopped in _________ — the library lights were off. The place was _________. The doors had been shut. They _________ be opened from the inside: he was trapped — in a library!

He tried to _________ a telephone call but was unable to _________. As the sun began to set, he searched for a light and found it.

__________ he could see. David wrote on a piece of paper: “__________! I’m TRAPPED inside!” and stuck it to the glass door. Surely, someone passing by would see it.

He was surprised to discover that this place was not so unpleasant, __________. Rows and rows of shelves held books, videos and music. He saw a book about Michael Jordan and took it off the shelf. He settled into a chair and started to __________.

He knew he had to__________, but now, that didn’t seem to be such a __________ thing.

1.

A．or

B．because

C．but

D．since

2.

A．before

B．after

C．over

D．during

3.

A．rest

B．walk

C．stop

D．break

4.

A．visit

B．greet

C．catch

D．meet

5.

A．delight

B．surprise

C．anger

D．eagerness

6.

A．lonely

B．crowded

C．noisy

D．empty

7.

A．wouldn’t

B．shouldn’t

C．couldn’t

D．needn’t

8.

A．fix

B．make

C．use

D．pick

9.

A．get through

B．get up

C．get on

D．get in

10.

A．On time

B．At last

C．By the way

D．Now and then

11.

A．Come

B．Sorry

C．Hello

D．Help

12.

A．after all

B．at most

C．in short

D．as usual

13.

A．watch

B．play

C．write

D．read

14.

A．sleep

B．shout

C．wait

D．work

15.

A．bad

B．cool

C．strange

D．nice

5 . For many people today, reading is no longer relaxation. To keep up their work they must read letters, reports, trade publications, not to mention newspapers and magazines: a never-ending flood of words. In ____ a job, the ability to read and understand ____ can mean the difference between success and failure. Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are ____ readers. Most of us ____ bad reading habits at an early age, and never get over them. The main reason ____ in the fact that words have little meaning ____ they are put together into phrases, sentences and paragraphs. ____, however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words. He reads one word at a time and often goes back to ____ words or passages. The tendency to look back over ____ you have just read is a common bad habit in reading. Another habit which ____ down the speed of reading is sounding each word as ____ reads.
To overcome these bad habits, some reading clinics use a machine called an accelerator(加速器), which moves a bar ____ the page at a predetermined speed. The bar is set at a slightly faster rate ____ the reader finds comfortable, in order to train him. The accelerator forces the reader to read fast, ____ word-by-word reading impossible. At first it is difficult to understand. But ____ you have learned to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, ____your comprehension will improve. Many people have found their reading skill quickly ____ after some training. ____ Charlce Au, a business manager, for example, his reading rate was 172 words a minute ____ the training and now it is an excellent 1,378 words a minute. He is happy that now he can ____ a lot more reading materials in a short period of time.1.

A．applying

B．getting

C．offering

D．supplying

2.

A．easily

B．quickly

C．roughly

D．decidedly

3.

A．good

B．curious

C．common

D．poor

4.

A．developed

B．kicked

C．knew

D．understood

5.

A．touches

B．connects

C．lies

D．gets

6.

A．unless

B．after

C．since

D．as

7.

A．Unfortunately

B．Excitedly

C．Surprisingly

D．Generally

8.

A．reuse

B．rewrite

C．reread

D．recite

9.

A．which

B．what

C．that

D．if

10.

A．breaks

B．cuts

C．goes

D．slows

11.

A．some one

B．reader

C．he

D．one

12.

A．inside

B．up

C．out

D．down

13.

A．then

B．as

C．than

D．beyond

14.

A．moving

B．making

C．leading

D．thinking

15.

A．when

B．where

C．what

D．which

16.

A．or

B．nor

C．but

D．for

17.

A．lost

B．weakened

C．sharpened

D．improved

18.

A．Take

B．Look

C．Make

D．Consider

19.

A．for

B．before

C．after

D．in

20.

A．break through

B．go over

C．get through

D．turn over

6 . Bowen was grown-up, and for his birthday that year his father gave him a _______without any pictures in it!
Bowen’s father found he was not _______ about it, and told him, “Son, this isn’t just any _______ book; it’s a magic (有魔力的) book. But to discover its magic you’ll have to _______ it.”
Well, that was better. Bowen liked _______ to do with magic. He started reading it, _______he wasn’t very willing to.
The next morning, his _______ asked him, “Have you found the magic _______?”
So… there was a key to find! Bowen flicked through (快速翻阅) the book, but there was no _______ of the key.
And then his father ________ him, “You won’t find it like that. You have to read the book. ”
Bowen didn’t have much patience (耐心), thinking his father just told a ________. A little later, his little sister, Rainer, asked him ________ the book. After several days, she ________ shouted, “I’ve found the key! ” And she wouldn’t stop ________ all the places she had visited using the magic key.
This made Bowen read the book again. At first it was a ________; there wasn’t even one single ________ in the book. But, gradually, Bowen became ________ the adventurous (冒险的) prince’s life. Then, suddenly, he was there.
The book ________ was the key!
It was true that every time he ________ it, he felt going to its valleys and seas, and he lived the adventures of the prince.
From then on, with every new book, Bowen never ________ being attracted by the letters and words inside.1.

A．diary

B．book

C．box

D．bag

2.

A．sad

B．surprised

C．happy

D．angry

3.

A．ordinary

B．special

C．new

D．famous

4.

A．keep

B．take

C．read

D．value

5.

A．somebody

B．everything

C．nothing

D．anybody

6.

A．though

B．so

C．and

D．or

7.

A．uncle

B．father

C．mother

D．aunt

8.

A．key

B．page

C．word

D．stick

9.

A．mark

B．signal

C．sign

D．way

10.

A．asked

B．praised

C．told

D．followed

11.

A．will

B．story

C．joke

D．lie

12.

A．for

B．of

C．to

D．back

13.

A．badly

B．happily

C．slowly

D．quickly

14.

A．working out

B．turning down

C．talking about

D．looking for

15.

A．pity

B．pleasure

C．success

D．pain

16.

A．note

B．picture

C．text

D．title

17.

A．interested in

B．busy with

C．tired of

D．good at

18.

A．it

B．yourself

C．itself

D．himself

19.

A．put

B．opened

C．threw

D．covered

20.

A．stopped

B．tried

C．felt

D．began