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For many people today, reading is no longer relaxation.To keepup their work they must read letters, reports, trade publications,interoffice communications, not to mention newspapers andmagazines: a never-ending flood of words.In _1_ a job oradvancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend _2 _canmean the difference between success and failure.Yet theunfortunate fact is that most of us are _3 _readers. Most of usdevelop poor reading _4 _at an early age, and never get overthem. The main deficiency _5_ in the actual stuff of language itself-words.Taken individually, wordshave _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 atime, 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 speedof 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 movesa 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 toread fast, _14 _word-by-word reading, regression and subvocalization, practically impossible. Atfirst _15 _is sacrificed for speed.But when you learn to read ideas and concepts, you will not onlyread faster, _16_ your comprehension will improve. Many people have found _17_ reading skilldrastically improved after some training. _18_ Charlce Au, a business manager, for instance, hisreading rate was a reasonably good 172 words a minute _19_ the training,now it is an excellent1,378 words a minute.He is delighted that how he can _20_ a lot more reading material in a shortperiodof 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
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.comprehensionC.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
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