CET3:完形填空模拟题(四)

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Cloze Test 4 
  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 1 a job or advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend
 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 common 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 overcome 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 comfortable, 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 
comprehension 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 period of 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.combines C.touches D.involves

  6.A.some B.A lot C.little D.dull

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