速器)forces the reader to read fast, making word­by­word reading practically impossible. __4__ But when you learn to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, but your comprehension will improve. Many people have found their reading skill drastically improved after some training. Take Charlce, a business manager, for instance, his reading rate was a reasonably good - 172 words a minute before the training, now it is an excellent 280 words a minute. __5__

A. A good reader obtains good reading skills.

B. Yet the fact is that most of us are poor readers.

C. To overcome the bad habit, some reading clinics use a device called an accelerator.

D. At first comprehension is sacrificed for speed.

E. Unfortunately, however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words.

F. He is delighted that he can get through a lot more reading material in a short period of time.

G. To his joy, he soon has got a rise.

答案与解析

　　【文章大意】　随着社会发展，阅读不再轻松，而阅读又变得尤为重要，如何克服和解决一些阅读方面的坏习惯，本文提到了一种新型的设备--加速器，不仅能提高阅读速度，还可能提高阅读能力。

1. 答案　B

解析　根据空前和空后的理解可知该空应起过渡作用，上文讲的是阅读理解力的重要性而下文又提到改善"poor reading habits"可知答案是B项。

2. 答案　E

解析　上文讲的是单词孤立着几乎没有明确的意思，而下文中又讲的是每次只读一个词，因而空格仍为过渡项，结合选项可知答案是E项。

3. 答案　C

解析　下文中代词"it"指代的内容应该是空格中提到的内容，故结合选项可知，此处"accelerator"应该出现，故选C项。

4. 答案　D

解析　本段讲述的是使用阅读加速器的过程，上文讲加速器使得逐词阅读变得不可能，因此选D项，表示读快了，理解会受影响。

5. 答案　F

解析　上文举例说明阅读加速器的功能与作用，因此该空应承接上文讲述的话题，故答案是F项。

Ⅲ.完形填空

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。