大学英语(二)(第二版)7月考试考前练习题
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Formanypeopletoday,readingisnolongerrelaxation.Tokeepuptheirworktheymustreadletters,reports,tradepublications,interofficecommunications,nottomentionnewspapersandmagazines:anever-endingfloodofwords.In1ajoboradvancinginone,theabilitytoreadandcomprehend2canmeanthedifferencebetweensuccessandfailure.Yettheunfortunatefactisthatmostofusare3readers.Mostofusdeveloppoorreading4atanearlyage,andnevergetoverthem.Themaindeficiency5intheactualstuffoflanguageitself—words.Takenindividually,wordshave6meaninguntiltheyarestrungtogetherintophrases,sentencesandparagraphs.7,however,theuntrainedreaderdoesnotreadgroupsofwords.Helaboriouslyreadsonewordatatime,oftenregressingto8wordsorpassages.Regression,thetendencytolookbackover9youhavejustread,isacommonbadhabitinreading.Anotherhabitwhich10downthespeedofreadingisvocalization—soundingeachwordeitherorallyormentallyas11reads.
Toovercomethesebadhabits,somereadingclinicsuseadevicecalledan12,whichmovesabar(orcurtain)downthepageatapredeterminedspeed.Thebarissetataslightlyfasterrate13thereaderfindscomfortable,inorderto“stretch”him.Theacceleratorforcesthereadertoreadfast,14word-by-wordreading,regressionandsubvocalization,practicallyimpossible.Atfirst15issacrificedforspeed.Butwhenyoulearntoreadideasandconcepts,youwillnotonlyreadfaster,16yourcomprehensionwillimprove.Manypeoplehavefound17readingskilldrasticallyimprovedaftersometraining.18CharlceAu,abusinessmanager,forinstance,hisreadingratewasareasonablygood172wordsaminute19thetraining,nowitisanexcellent1,378wordsaminute.Heisdelightedthathecan20a
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