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Part ⅤCloze(15 minutes)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D)on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
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 67____ a job or advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend 68____ can mean the difference between success and failure. Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are 69____ readers. Most of usdevelop poor reading 70____ at an early age, andnever get over them. The main deficiency 71____ in the actual stuff of language itself—words. Taken individually, words have 72____ meaning until they are strung together into phrases, sentences and paragraphs. 73____, however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words. He laboriously reads one word at a time, often regressing to 74____ words or passages. Regression, thetendency to look back over 75____ you have just read, is a common bad habit in reading. Another habit which 76____ down the speed of reading is vocalization—sounding each word either orally or mentally as 77____ reads.
To overcome these bad habits, some reading clinics use a device called an 78____, which moves a bar (or curtain) down the page at a predetermined speed. The bar is set at a slightly faster rate 79____ the reader finds comfortable, in order to “stretch” him. The accelerator forces the reader to read fast, 80____ word-by-word reading,regression and sub-vocalization, practically impossible. At first 81____ is sacrificed for speed. But when you learn to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, 82 ____ your comprehension will improve.Many people have found 83____ reading skilldrastically improved after some training. 84____ Charlce Au, a business manager, for instance, his reading rate was a reasonably good 172 words a minute 85____ the training, now it is an excellent 1,378 words a minute. He is delighted that how he can 86 more reading material in a short period of time.
67. A)applying B)doing
C)offering D)getting
68. A)quickly B)easily
C)roughly D)decidedly
69. A)good B)curious
C)poor D)urgent
70. A)training B)habits
C)situations D)custom
71. A)lies B)combines
C)touches D)involves
72. A)some B)a lot
C)little D)dull
73. A)Fortunately B)In fact
C)Logically D)Unfortunately
74. A)reuse B)reread
C)rewrite D)recite
75. A)what B)which
C)that D)if
76. A)scales B)cuts
C)slows D)measures
77. A)some one B)one
C)he D)reader
78. A)accelerator B)actor
C)amplifier D)observer
79. A)then B)as
C)beyond D)than
80. A)enabling B)leading
C)making D)indicating
81. A)meaning B)comprehension
C)gist D)regression
82. A)but B)nor
C)or D)for
83. A)our B)your
C)their D)such a
84. A)Look at B)Take
C)Make D)Consider
85. A)for B)in
C)after D)before
86. A)master B)go over
C)present D)get through
