For many people today, reading is no longer relaxation.To keep up their work they must read letters, reports, trade publications, interoffice #munications, not to mention newspapers and magazines: a never-ending flood of words.In 1 a job or advancing in one, the ability to read and #prehend 2 can mean the difference between success and failure.Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are 3 readers. Most of us develop poor reading 4 at an early age, and never get over them. The main deficiency 5 in the actual stuff of language itself-words.Taken individually, words have 6 meaning until they are strung together into phrased, sentences and paragraphs. 7 , however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words.He laboriously reads one word at a time, often regressing to 8 words or passages.Regression, the tendency to look back over 9 you have just read, is a #mon bad habit in reading.Another habit which 10 down the speed of reading is vocalization—sounding each word either orally or mentally as 11 reads.
　　To over#e these bad habits, some reading clinics use a device called an 12 , which moves a bar (or curtain) down the page at a predetermined speed.The bar is set at a slightly faster rate 13 the reader finds #fortable, in order to“stretch”him.The accelerator forces the reader to read fast, 14 word-by-word reading, regression and subvocalization, practically impossible. At first 15 is sacrificed for speed.But when you learn to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, 16 your #prehension will improve. Many people have found 17 reading skill drastically improved after some training. 18 Charlce Au, a business manager, for instance, his reading rate was a reasonably good 172 words a minute 19 the training,now it is an excellent 1,378 words a minute.He is delighted that how he can 20 a lot more reading material in a short periodof 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.#bines 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.reuse B.reread C.rewrite D.recite
　　
　　9.A.what B.which C.that D.if
　　
　　10.A.scales B.cuts C.slows D.measures
　　
　　11.A.some one B.one C.he D.reader
　　
　　12.A.accelerator B.actor C.amplifier D.observer
　　
　　13.A.then B.as C.beyond D.than
　　
　　14.A.enabling B.leading C.making D.indicating
　　
　　15.A.meaning B.#prehensionC.gist D.regression
　　
　　16.A.but B.nor C.or D.for
　　
　　17.A.our B.your C.their D.such a
　　
　　18.A.Look at B.Take C.Make D.Consider
　　
　　19.A.for B.in C.after D.before
　　
　　20.A.master B.go over C.present D.get through