【題目】 Last week Amazon announced Word Runner, a new tool for reading Kindle books. Word Runner is a software update that shows one word at a time, instead of words, sentences and paragraphs on one page.

Amazon says Word Runner was developed to make reading faster. By seeing one word at a time on the screen, you will not lose your place on the page. It may help you to focus on what you are reading.

Opinions about Word Runner are mixed. Carmen Blyth, Ph. D.， and a teacher of English as a Second Language (ESL), says Word Runner is not optimal reading.

In the Kindle Forums at Amazon, a commenter called CB Retriever says, “Thanks，but that absolutely will not work for me as I too do lines and blocks of text at a time __ I think the last time I read word by word was back when I was learning to read. ”

Len Edgerly, business journalist and host of The Kindle Chronicles podcast, had a chance to try out Word Runner. In his podcast, Edgerly said that Word Runner is “a dramatically different way to read”.

Brake

You can pause Word Runner by tapping the pause button, called Brake. Brake lets you move words forward and backward. You can go back and re-read words using Brake.

Availability

According to Amazon, Word Runner will be available soon for some English-language books on the Kindle app for Android devices and on Fire tablets.

Word Runner will work with select English-language Kindle books from Amazon sites in all countries, says an Amazon representative. Amazon has not yet said whether Word Runner will be coming to the Kindle app for iPhone and iPad.

Dynamic Pacing

Word Runner uses a feature called “Dynamic Pacing” to adjust the speed around complicated words. Dynamic Pacing automatically slows the speed of Word Runner for complicated words, punctuation, and paragraph breaks. It makes changes based on the natural rhythm of your reading.

【1】In CB Retriever’s opinion, _____________.

A.Word Runner provides one with necessary information to understand what he is reading

B.good readers can read four words at a time

C.Word Runner is not so practical for him as he reads lines and blocks of text at a time

D.Word Runner is “a dramatically different way to read”

【2】From the passage, we can draw the conclusion that ___________.

A.Word Runner will soon be available for iPhone and iPad

B.Word Runner will work with all English language books in all countries

C.Word Runner is a software which updates one word at a time

D.people will soon be able to use Word Runner to read some English-language books on Android devices and Fire tablets

【3】“Dynamic Pacing” is designed to _________.

A.regulate the speed of reading

B.quicken the speed of reading something easy

C.let you move words forward and backward

D.allow you to see all of the words on a page on your screen

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】A

【解析】

這是一篇說明文。文章介紹了亞馬遜上周宣布了一款閱讀Kindle電子書的新工具Word Runner。Word Runner是一個軟件更新，每次只顯示一個單詞，而不是在一頁上顯示單詞、句子和段落。亞馬遜表示，開發(fā)Word Runner是為了提高閱讀速度，可以幫助你專注于你正在閱讀的內(nèi)容。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段第一句In the Kindle Forums at Amazon, a commenter called CB Retriever says, “Thanks, but that absolutely will not work for me as I too do lines and blocks of text at a time（在亞馬遜的Kindle論壇上，一個名為CB Retriever的評論者說:“謝謝，但這對我來說絕對行不通，因為我一次只能寫幾行或幾段文字。）可知在CB Retriever看來，Word Runner對他來說不太實(shí)用，因為他一次只能閱讀幾行和幾段文字。故選C。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段According to Amazon, Word Runner will be available soon for some English-language books on the Kindle app for Android devices and on Fire tablets.可知據(jù)亞馬遜稱，Word Runner很快就會在Android設(shè)備和Fire平板電腦上的Kindle應(yīng)用程序上推出一些英文書籍。即人們很快就能使用Word Runner在Android設(shè)備和Fire平板電腦上閱讀一些英語書籍，故選D。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段第一句Word Runner uses a feature called “Dynamic Pacing” to adjust the speed around complicated words.（Word Runner使用一個名為“Dynamic Pacing”的功能來調(diào)整復(fù)雜單詞的速度。）可知“Dynamic Pacing”旨在調(diào)節(jié)閱讀速度。故選A。

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