1、todays newspapers 1 and influence readers about politics and other important and serious matters. Newspapers influence readers economic choices 2 advertising. Most newspapers depend on advertising for their very 3 .Newspapers are sold at a price that 4 even a small fraction of the cost of production
2、. The main 5 of income for most newspapers is commercial advertising. The 6 in selling advertising depends on a newspapers value to advertisers. This 7 in terms of circulation. How many people read the newspaper? Circulation depends 8 on the work of the circulation department and on the services or
3、entertainment 9 in a newspapers pages. But for the most part, circulation depends on a newspapers value to readers as a source of information 10 the community, city, country, state, nation, and worldand even outer space.For many people today, reading is no longer relaxation. To keep up their work th
4、ey must read letters, reports, trade publications, interoffice communications, not to mention newspapers and magazines: a never-ending flood of words. In 11 a job or advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend 12 can mean the difference between success and failure. Yet the unfortunate fact
5、is that most of us are 13 readers. Most of us develop poor reading 14 at an early age, and never get over them. The main deficiency 15 in the actual stuff of language itself-words. Taken individually, words have 16 meaning until they are strung together into phrased, sentences and paragraphs. 17 , h
6、owever, the untrained reader does not read groups of words. He laboriously reads one word at a time, often regressing to 18 words or passages. Regression, the tendency to look back over 19 you have just read, is a common bad habit in reading. Another habit which 20 down the speed of reading is vocal
7、izationsounding each word either orally or mentally1.A.improvement B.victory C.failure D.achievement2.A.a B.the C.some D.certain3.A.in B.on C.of D.to4.A.Out of B.Of C.To D.Into5.A.who B.what C.that D.which6.A.ensure B.certain C.sure D.surely7.A.onto B.on C.off D.in8.A.to B.at C.of D.for9.A.near B.on
8、 C.by D.at10.A.Have B.Had C.Having D.Had been11.A.being B.been C.are D.is12.A.except B.but C.for D.on13.A.idea B.weakness C.strength D.advantage14.A.make B.take C.do D.give15.A.as B.till C.over D.out16.A.deal B.dealt C.be dealt D.dealing17.A.learnt B.learned C.learning D.learn18.A.around B.to C.from
9、 D.beside19.A.to B.onto C.into D.with20.A.intelligence B.work C.attitude D.weakness答案+解说：1.【答案】D【解析】本句意思是“谁如果想谋得一份差事”。applying 需加 for,意思是“申请 ”；B.doing 做；C.offering 提供此三项均不符题意，只有 D.getting(获得)适合。2.【答案】A【解析】本句意为“快速阅读与理解的能力，是关系到成败的关键所在”只有 quickly 与原意吻合。easily(容易地 )；roughly (粗略地)；decidedly(果断地)均与原文内容不符。
10、3.【答案】C【解析】英语中，阅读速度快的人称为 good reader，反之，就是poor reader。根据上下文的内容，多数人都属于 poor reader，因此选poor(差的 )。其它选项不妥。4.【答案】B【解析】此处的意思是“大多数人早期养成看书慢的习惯”因此选habits(习惯)。training (训练，培训)；situations(形势) ；custom(风俗习惯)。5.【答案】A【解析】此处说的是“主要的困难在于语言的自身要素，即单词”。combines 联合；touches 接触；involves 包括，这三项的词义与原文不符。而 lies 与 in 构成搭配，意为“在
11、于”。6.【答案】C【解析】这里的意思是“如果单个地看这些字，它们并没有什么意义”。some 有点；A lot 许多；dull单调的。此三项不合题意。只有little(很少 )是否定词，合乎逻辑。7.【答案】D【解析】此句意为“作者对未受过阅读训练的人的不良习惯感到遗憾”。Fortunately 幸运地；In fact事实上；Logically 合乎逻辑地,均不妥。Unfortunately(不幸地)合乎句义。8.【答案】B【解析】此句意为“在阅读时经常重读(反复读)”因此，选 reread 重读。reuse 再使用； Rewrite 改写；recite 背诵。9.【答案】A【解析】此处所填的
12、词既是 look back over 的宾语，又是 you have just read 的宾语，只有 what 能充当这种双重成分。10.【答案】C【解析】scales down 按比例减少；cuts down 削减；此两项不合题意。measures 不能与 down 搭配。只有slow 与 down 搭配的意思“放慢” ，在此合适。11.【答案】B【解析】本段前文已经出现 you，在此选 one(泛指人们，我们，你)来代替 you。some one 无此用法。如果用 reader，前面应加定冠词。he 不能与该段逻辑一致。12.【答案】A【解析】此句意为“训练快速阅读所使用的工具必然与提高
13、阅读速度有关”，因此选 accelerator (快读器)。 actor 演员；amplifier 放大器；observer 观察者。13.【答案】D【解析】前面的 faster 决定了应当选 than，构成比较级。14.【答案】C【解析】此句意为“快速阅读器迫使你加快阅读速度，使你再也不能逐字阅读，回顾前文内容或者默读”。enabling 相当于 making possible；leading 引导；indicating指出，表明。都不合题意。只有making (使，使得)最合适。15.【答案】B【解析】这里的意思是“速读最初会影响理解”，所以选comprehension(理解力)。mean
14、ing意义，意思，指词或词组表示的意义；gist 大意，要旨 regression回顾16.【答案】A【解析】与前半句中的 not only 相呼应，构成句式“不仅 ，而且”，只有选 but，而 nor；or或 for 均不能构成固定用法。17.【答案】C【解析】本句中的主语是第三人称复数，物主代词必然是 their。18.【答案】B【解析】take 与后面的 for instance 构成短语，意为：“以例”，其它三项不能构成搭配。19.【答案】D【解析】这里提到受训之前与受训之后进行比较,对比，因此选before。20.【答案】D【解析】此处意为：在较短时间内，读完众多的材料。master 掌握；go over 复习；present 呈现，展现；此三项均不妥；只有 get through (读完 )最恰当。
