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 getting a job advancing, 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 habits at an early age, and never ____ them. The main shortage lies in the actual stuff of language itself – words. Taken individually, words have little____ until they are combined together into phrases, sentences and paragraphs. Unfortunately, ____, the untrained reader does not read groups of words. He read one word at a time with difficulty, often regressing to ____ words or passages. Regression, namely, the tendency to look back over what you have just read, is a common ____ habit in reading. Another bad habit which ____ the speed of reading is vocalization –sounding each word either ____ or mentally as one reads.

To overcome these bad habits, some reading clinics use a device called an accelerator, which moves a bar (or curtain) down the page at a predetermined speed. The bar is set a slightly ____ rate than the reader finds comfortable, in order to “____” him. The accelerator forces the reader to read fast, making word-by-word reading, regression and sub-vocalization, practically ____. At first comprehension is ____ 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 ____ improved after some training. Take Charles Au, a business manager, for instance, his reading rate was a reasonably good 172 words a minute before the training, now it is an excellent 1,378 words a minute. He is delighted that now he can go through a lot more reading material in a(n) ____ period of time.

1.

A．quickly

B．silently

C．thoroughly

D．vaguely

2.

A．casual

B．curious

C．efficient

D．poor

3.

A．acquire

B．cultivate

C．kick

D．practice

4.

A．formation

B．meaning

C．pronunciation

D．transformation

5.

A．however

B．moreover

C．somehow

D．therefore

6.

A．recite

B．reread

C．reuse

D．rewrite

7.

A．horrible

B．incurable

C．social

D．viewing

8.

A．achieves

B．gains

C．measures

D．reduces

9.

A．orally

B．physically

C．quietly

D．repeatedly

10.

A．better

B．faster

C．lower

D．steadier

11.

A．distract

B．embarrass

C．interest

D．stretch

12.

A．demanding

B．impossible

C．reasonable

D．useful

13.

A．applied to

B．matched with

C．sacrificed for

D．substituted for

14.

A．dramatically

B．hardly

C．slightly

D．subconsciously

15.

A．indefinite

B．lengthy

C．limited

D．set

3 . As a child, I had library phobia (恐惧症). I associated going to the library with doing research for a school project. I regarded reading as work, so going to the library for fun was out of my realm (范围) of_________ .

Hard as they tried, my parents could not get me_______ reading. They purchased a few of the Hardy Boys books. The books collected_______ . The closest I came to_______ to read was “The Big Green Book” by Robert Graves. Its lead_______ , a boy of about 8, discovered a book of magic spells. I was_______by it. I read it again and again. Certainly there was no_______to go to the library._______ , I started reading novels in my 20s. To _______ going to the library, I joined the various________clubs. I didn’t mind having to buy a book a month________ I didn’t have to go to the library.

My library phobia was ________23 years ago when my family moved to Long Island. The East Meadow Library became a(n) ________ destination for my family. My children were________to books through the children’s section with free programs that even I enjoyed. My children made________, and I made friends with the parents.

1.

A．thinking

B．decision

C．ability

D．responsibility

2.

A．prepared for

B．sensitive to

C．reliable on

D．interested in

3.

A．information

B．dust

C．evidence

D．data

4.

A．pretending

B．failing

C．wanting

D．refusing

5.

A．actor

B．writer

C．character

D．member

6.

A．disturbed

B．defeated

C．moved

D．attracted

7.

A．time

B．plan

C．need

D．chance

8.

A．Naturally

B．Normally

C．Certainly

D．Eventually

9.

A．continue

B．try

C．avoid

D．enjoy

10.

A．book

B．health

C．writing

D．student

11.

A．since

B．even if

C．when

D．as long as

12.

A．inspired

B．cured

C．overlooked

D．confirmed

13.

A．regular

B．final

C．ordinary

D．normal

14.

A．treated

B．introduced

C．limited

D．driven

15.

A．colleagues

B．wishes

C．friends

D．changes

4 . Do you love libraries? If you love books as much as I do, then I’m certain you must.

My library card has a(n)_______ place in my wallet, and some of my favorite_______ of childhood come from_______ the public library in my hometown. It is a(n)_______ house, much like the one introduced in Secrets of the Blue Hill Library, coming this summer.

The children’s section (区) of our library is on the lower level, and I felt_______ when I walked down the steps, opened the small door (just right for a child) and entered the room with many rows of shelves. It was_______ a wonderland where new adventures (奇遇) and friends awaited (等待).

I clearly_______ the pleasant smell of books — a mix of new and_______ smell — that attracted me deeply, and, like a bee moving from flower to flower, I _______ book after book as I took in varieties of ________ on those shelves and tried to choose the next ones I would take home. I preferred to read books about real-life heroes, whose lives ________ me a lot. From the books on our library shelves, the world was opened to me in an attractive way.

________, of course, my reading took me up the steps and into the ________ library on the first and second floors, where I continued reading every book with much ________. To be honest, I can’t ________ how different my life would have been if it had not been for the variety of reading I ________ at the library. ________ I can say for certain that,________its strong and comforting presence in my ________ life, I would not be the person I am today — a successful writer.

In the book Secrets of the Blue Hill Library, the people of this small town have no________ But two wonderful women come together to provide both a nice library for the town and a home for Anne, the leading character. But that is only the beginning of the adventures that await Anne—and you as my fellow library lover.

1.

A．open

B．secret

C．proud

D．safe

2.

A．poets

B．memories

C．scenes

D．books

3.

A．visiting

B．running

C．cleaning

D．painting

4.

A．ancient

B．beautiful

C．national

D．free

5.

A．tired

B．embarrassed

C．worried

D．excited

6.

A．mostly

B．usually

C．truly

D．simply

7.

A．catch

B．remember

C．describe

D．carry

8.

A．bitter

B．strange

C．old

D．sharp

9.

A．picked up

B．checked out

C．gave out

D．put away

10.

A．sizes

B．pages

C．titles

D．prices

11.

A．warned

B．encouraged

C．surprised

D．challenged

12.

A．Somehow

B．Besides

C．Regularly

D．Finally

13.

A．college

B．research

C．adult

D．video

14.

A．thought

B．interest

C．time

D．success

15.

A．explore

B．imagine

C．compare

D．show

16.

A．examined

B．bought

C．discovered

D．wrote

17.

A．Since

B．But

C．While

D．So

18.

A．from

B．for

C．without

D．in

19.

A．young

B．new

C．present

D．busy

20.

A．forest

B．museum

C．library

D．market

5 . Childhood curiosity can last a lifetime and I learned this from my son, Bill. When he was very young, I often took him to the ____ He loved to read and often needed to ____ the books he’d read in order to borrow more books.One unintended _____ of his nonstop reading habits was that he even ____ at the dinner table. His mother, Mary, and I did our best to ____ him that, on certain social _____ , reading while dining with others was not a good thing.
Every summer the teachers at his school ____ give the students a reading list, and there was a contest to see who could read the most books. He was so ____ , and he always wanted to win. And he often ____ .But the main reason why he read so obsessively (着迷地) was that he was so ____ . He didn’t just want to learn about ____ things. He wanted to learn about everything.
We helped ____ his curiosity in every way. ____ an unfamiliar word came up in conversation, we’d turn to the ____ , looking up the word, and reading the definition aloud. Thus my son came to realize that if you have a question, the ____ exists somewhere. All you have to do is ____ it.
Bill remains as much of a ____ today as when he was a child, and he seems to _____ everything he reads. He’s often ____ to share what he’s learned with the next person he meets. He ____ reads at the dinner table, though — which is a good thing because the books he’s attracted to now are increasingly unappetizing (引不起食欲的): The Eradication of Infectious Diseases, Mosquitoes, Malaria & Man, and Rats, Lice, and History.1.

A．school

B．office

C．library

D．museum

2.

A．return

B．store

C．talk

D．pick

3.

A．advantage

B．discovery

C．explanation

D．consequence

4.

A．play

B．read

C．study

D．laugh

5.

A．convince

B．promise

C．inform

D．advise

6.

A．issues

B．services

C．occasions

D．duties

7.

A．could

B．would

C．should

D．might

8.

A．sincere

B．crazy

C．positive

D．competitive

9.

A．went

B．failed

C．did

D．proved

10.

A．curious

B．confident

C．diligent

D．excellent

11.

A．simple

B．past

C．any

D．some

12.

A．protect

B．develop

C．examine

D．follow

13.

A．Until

B．If

C．Though

D．Because

14.

A．teacher

B．newspaper

C．partner

D．dictionary

15.

A．person

B．book

C．answer

D．matter

16.

A．find

B．use

C．tell

D．ask

17.

A．speaker

B．reader

C．maker

D．user

18.

A．imagine

B．believe

C．create

D．remember

19.

A．eager

B．afraid

C．careful

D．sure

20.

A．now and again

B．at all time

C．no longer

D．just now