Question

【題目】 Do you get lots of reading tasks as part of your homework? You might wish that you could read faster. 【1】 But experts have dismissed(駁回）this announcement.

"Speed reading is not actually possible," said Elisabeth Schotter, a scientist at the University of South Florida, US. Schotter pointed out that people who say that they can teach others how to speed read are usually doing it to make money by selling courses and books.

In fact, speed reading has been advertised (做廣告）since 1959, when US educator Evelyn Wood introduced a speed reading program. Several US presidents have event asked their staff to take speed reading courses, 【2】

Schotter explained that reading is a complicated(復(fù)雜的）process. It includes four stages: seeing a word, searching its meaning from your memory, connecting it with other words in the same sentence, and then moving on to the next word. 【3】 It can't be sped up. Some people who are able to speed read are simply skimming(略讀）【4】 Skimmers can find out the main idea of a passage. But they will not be able to recall all of the information.

【5】 Research suggests that you should try to improve your vocabulary and simply read more. Then you can improve your reading speed.

閱讀文章并根據(jù)上下文用下面適當(dāng)選項(xiàng)補(bǔ)全短文。

A.This process uses many parts of the-brain at one time.

B.Skimming needs to read a passage quickly and only look for certain words or sentences.

C.There are some people who announce that, you can learn to read at super-high speeds.

D.So is there a way to become a faster reader?

E.However, the staff found that there is no real science behind speed reading.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】E

【3】A

【4】B

【5】D

【解析】

本文介紹了提高閱讀速度的方法，應(yīng)該是努力提高你的詞匯量，只是多讀就可以。

【1】

句意：有人宣稱(chēng)，你可以學(xué)習(xí)超高速閱讀。

根據(jù)“You might wish that you could read faster.”和“But experts have dismissed(駁回）this announcement.”可知，此處表示有些人宣布可以學(xué)會(huì)快速地閱讀。故選C。

【2】

句意：然而，工作人員發(fā)現(xiàn)，速讀背后并沒(méi)有真正的科學(xué)。

根據(jù)“Several US presidents have event asked their staff to take speed reading courses,”可知，此處介紹員工對(duì)速讀課程的看法。故選E。

【3】

句意：這個(gè)過(guò)程同時(shí)使用大腦的許多部分。

根據(jù)“Schotter explained that reading is a complicated(復(fù)雜的）process. It includes four stages:”可知，此處介紹閱讀是一個(gè)過(guò)程，故選A。

【4】

句意：略讀需要快速閱讀一篇文章，并且只尋找特定的單詞或句子。

根據(jù)“Some people who are able to speed read are simply skimming(略讀）”可知，此處介紹略讀的情況，故選B。

【5】

句意：那么，有沒(méi)有辦法成為一個(gè)更快的讀者呢？

根據(jù)“Research suggests that you should try to improve your vocabulary and simply read more. Then you can improve your reading speed.”可知，此處詢問(wèn)有提高閱讀速度的方法嗎。故選D。