河北省武邑中学2014-2015学年高一英语同步练习30 Word版含答案.docVIP

完形填空 For many people today, reading is no longer relaxation. To keep up their work they must read letters, reports, trade publications, not to mention newspapers and magazines: a never-ending flood of words. In 41 a job, the ability to read and understand 42 can mean the difference between success and failure. Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are 43 readers. Most of us 44 bad reading habits at an early age, and never get over them. The main reason 45 in the fact that words have little meaning 46 they are put together into phrases, sentences and paragraphs. 47 , however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words. He reads one word at a time and often goes back to 48 words or passages. The tendency to look back over 49 you have just read is a common bad habit in reading. Another habit which 50 down the speed of reading is sounding each word as 51 reads. To overcome these bad habits, some reading clinics use a machine called an accelerator(加速器), which moves a bar 52 the page at a predetermined speed. The bar is set at a slightly faster rate 53 the reader finds comfortable, in order to train him. The accelerator forces the reader to read fast, 54 word-by-word reading impossible. At first it is difficult to understand. But 55 you have learned to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, 56 your comprehension will improve. Many people have found their reading skill quickly 57 after some training. 58 Charlce Au, a business manager, for example, his reading rate was 172 words a minute 59 the training and now it is an excellent 1,378 words a minute. He is happy that now he can 60 a lot more reading materials in a short period of time. 41. A. applying B. getting C. offering D. supplying 42. A. easily B. quickly C. roughly D. decidedly 43. A. good B. curious C. common D. poor 44. A. developed B. kicked C. knew D. understood 45.