Question

【題目】 Do you get lots of reading tasks as part of your homework? You might wish that you could read faster. There are some people who have said that you can learn to read at high speeds. But experts haven't agreed _________what they have said.

"Speed reading is not actually possible," said Schotter, a scientist at the University of the US. Schotter _________ that those teach others how to speed read are usually doing it by selling courses and books to make money.

In fact, speed reading _________since 1959, when Mr Wood introduced a speed reading program. Several US presidents have even asked their _________ to take speed reading courses.

However, there is no real science behind speed reading.

Schotter explained that reading is a complicated (復雜的) task. It includes four stages: a word, retrieving (檢索) _________meaning from your memory, _________ it to other word, in the same sentence, and then moving on to the next word. This process uses many parts of the brain at one time. It can't be sped up.

Some people who are able to speed read _________ simply skimming (掃讀). Skimming includes reading a passage quickly and only looking for _________ word or sentence. Skimmer can find out the main idea of a passage—especially if it's a topic they've known about—but they_________be able to recall all of the details(細節(jié)).

So is there a way to become a faster reader? Research suggests you try to __________ you vocabulary and read more.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容選擇最佳答案。

【1】A.withB.toC.at

【2】A.brought outB.tried outC.pointed out

【3】A.has been advisedB.has advisedC.advised

【4】A.performersB.clerkC.staff

【5】A.theirB.itsC.it's

【6】A.relateB.relatedC.relating

【7】A./B.isC.are

【8】A.someB.anyC.every

【9】A.willB.will notC.never

【10】A.improveB.riseC.lift

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】A

【4】C

【5】B

【6】C

【7】C

【8】A

【9】B

【10】A

【解析】

本文介紹了專家指出閱讀是一個復雜的過程，無法閱讀得很快。有些人的速讀只是掃讀。研究表明，要想讀書速度快，我們應努力提高詞匯量，多閱讀。

【1】

句意：但專家們并不同意他們的說法。

A. with和……一起，B. to向，C. at在。agree with“同意……的說法”，故選A。

【2】

句意：Schotter指出，那些教別人如何快速閱讀的公司通常是通過銷售課程和書籍來賺錢的。

A. brought out顯示，B. tried out試驗，C. pointed out指出來。根據(jù)前文的“"Speed reading is not actually possible," said Schotter, ”可知，他認為速度是不可能的，因此指出這些公司只是為了賺錢的。故選C。

【3】

句意：事實上，早在1959年伍德先生就提出了快速閱讀的建議。

A. has been advised已經(jīng)被建議，B. has advised已經(jīng)建議，C. advised建議。根據(jù)“since 1959”可知，此處用現(xiàn)在完成時，主語speed reading與謂語advise之間是被動關系，因此用被動語態(tài)。故選A。

【4】

句意：幾位美國總統(tǒng)甚至要求他們的工作人員參加速讀課程。

A. performers表演者，B. clerk職員，C. staff工作人員。根據(jù)句意表示他們的員工，不是一個人，因此用集體名詞staff。故選C。

【5】

句意：一個單詞，從你的記憶中檢索它的意思。

A. their他們的，B. its它的，C. it's它是。修飾名詞meaning用形容詞性物主代詞，根據(jù)“a word”可知，此處表示這個單詞的意思，故選B。

【6】

句意：在同一個句子中，將它與其他單詞聯(lián)系起來，然后繼續(xù)下一個單詞。

A. relate敘述，B. related有關系的，C. relating涉及。此處與“retrieving (檢索) ____5____meaning from your memory”和“then moving on to the next word”相并列，因此用動名詞relating。故選C。

【7】

句意：有些能快速閱讀的人只是略讀.

A. /，B. is是，C. are是。主語some people是復數(shù)形式，謂語用復數(shù)形式。故選C。

【8】

句意：略讀包括快速閱讀一篇文章，只尋找某個單詞或句子。

A. some一些，某個，B. any任何一些，C. every每一個。結(jié)合句意，略讀是在文中詢問某個單詞或句子。故選A。

【9】

句意：略讀：能找出一篇文章的主旨，尤其是當這篇文章是他們已經(jīng)知道的話題時，但他們卻不能回憶起所有的細節(jié)。

A. will將，B. will not將不會，C. never從不。連詞but前后表示轉(zhuǎn)折關系，but前表示能找出一篇文章的主旨，but后表示不能回憶起所有的細節(jié)。故選B。

【10】

句意：研究表明，你應該努力提高詞匯量，多閱讀。

A. improve改善，提高，B. rise增加，C. lift舉起。根據(jù)前文的“So is there a way to become a faster reader?”可知，要成為一個閱讀快的人，因此要提高詞匯量。故選A。