英语考试完形填空模拟练习及答案详解(八)

　　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 __1__a job or advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend __2__ can mean the difference between success and failure.
　　Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are __3__ readers.
　　Most of us develop poor reading __4__ at an early age, and never get over them.
　　The main deficiency __5__ in the actual stuff of language itself-words.
　　Taken individually, words have __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 a time, 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 speed of 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 moves a 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 to read fast, __14__ word-by-word reading, regression and subvocalization, practically impossible.
　　At first __15__ is sacrificed for speed.
　　But when you learn to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, __16__ your comprehension will improve.
　　Many people have found __17__ reading skill drastically improved after some training.
　　__18__ Charlce Au, a business manager, for instance, his reading rate was a reasonably good 172 words a minute __19__ the training,now it is an excellent 1,378 words a minute.
　　He is delighted that how he can __20__ a lot more reading material in a short periodof 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.comprehension C.gist D.regression
　　16.A.but B.nor C.or D.for
　　17.A.our B.your C.their D.such
　　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
　　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。
　　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)。meaning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。
　　Who won the World Cup 1994 football game? What happened at the United Nations? How did the critics like the new play? 1 an event takes place, newspapers are on the streets 2 the details.Wherever anything happens in the world, reports are on the spot to 3 the news.
　　Newspapers have one basic 4 , to get the news as quickly as possible from its source, from those who make it to those who want to 5 it.Radio, telegraph, television, and 6 inventions brought competition for newspapers.So did the development of magazines and other means of communication. 7 , this competition merely spurred the newspapers on.They quickly made use of the newer and faster means of communication to improve the 8 and thus the efficiency of their own operations.Today more newspapers are 9 and read than ever before.Competition also led newspapers to branch outsintosmany other fields.Besides keeping readers 10 of the latest news, today's newspapers 11 and influence readers about politics and other important and serious matters.Newspapers influence readers' economic choices 12 advertising.Most newspapers depend on advertising for their very 13 .Newspapers are sold at a price that 14 even a small fraction of the cost ofproduction.The main 15 of income for most newspapers is commercial advertising.The 16 in selling advertising depends on a newspaper's value to advertisers.This 17 in terms of circulation.How many people read the newspaper? Circulation depends 18 on the work of the circulation department and on the services or entertainment 19 in a newspaper's pages.But for the most part, circulation depends on a newspaper's value to readers as a source of information 20 the community, city, country, state, nation, and world―and even outer space.
　　1.A.Just when B.While C.Soon after D.Before
　　2.A.to give B.giving C.given D.being given
　　3.A.gather B.spread C.carry D.bring
　　4.A.reason B.cause C.problem D.purpose
　　5.A.make B.publish C.know D.write
　　6.A.another B.other C.one another D.the other
　　7.A.However B.And C.Therefore D.So
　　8.A.value B.ratio C.rate D.speed
　　9.A.spread B.passed C.printed D.completed
　　10.A.inform B.be informed　C.to be informed D.informed
　　11.A.entertain B.encourage C.educate D.edit
　　12.A.on B.through C.with D.of
　　13.A.forms B.existence C.contents D.purpose
　　14.A.tries to cover B.manages to cover　C.fails to cover D.succeeds in
　　15.A.source B.origin C.course D.finance
　　16.A.way B.means C.chance D.success
　　17.A.measures B.measured　C.Is measured D.was measured
　　18.A.somewhat B.little C.much D.something
　　19.A.offering B.offered　C.which offered D.to be offered
　　20.A.by B.with C.at D.about
　　1.【答案】A
　　【解析】just在此为副词，意为“刚刚”，做状语。此句意为“一个事件刚刚发生，街上就有报纸报道详情了。说明报纸对新闻的反应之快。
　　2.【答案】A
　　【解析】to give和giving都合乎语法，但giving强调的是正在发生的动作，而此处重点表达的是“反应快”，不是正在做什么。
　　3.【答案】A
　　【解析】消息，信息要靠收集。
　　4.【答案】D
　　【解析】后面的不定式短语表示目的。
　　5.【答案】C
　　【解析】提供信息的目的是为了让他人知道，所以选C。
　　6.【答案】B
　　【解析】other意为“其他的”。此句意为：无线电，电报，电视，及其它发明，成为报纸的竞争对手。
　　7.【答案】A
　　【解析】根据句中的merely及其后所述内容，应选however，表转折。
　　8.【答案】D
　　【解析】使用更新，更快的通讯工具，目的是提高速度。
　　9.【答案】C
　　【解析】报纸是印出来的，先印后看(读)。
　　10.【答案】D
　　【解析】keep sb.+过去分词是一种复合结构，sb.与过去分词为被动关系，意为保持这种关系的继续。此句的意思是：报纸不断地为读者提供新闻信息。
　　11.【答案】C
　　【解析】关于politics之类的严肃话题,只能选educate。
　　12.【答案】B
　　【解析】此句意为：报纸通过广告影响读者在经济生活中的选择。
　　13.【答案】B
　　【解析】大多数报纸依靠广告收入来维持生存，此现象人人皆知。
　　14.【答案】C
　　【解析】报纸的售价之低，不足以抵付成本的一小部分。符合上下文关于广告收入的说法。
　　15.【答案】A
　　【解析】收入来源应该用source。因为source指河流，泉水的发源地;常指抽象事物的根源或来源以及资料，信息的出处或来源。origin起源，起因。指事物后来发生,发展变化的最初起点,或指人的出身和血统。
　　16.【答案】D
　　【解析】succeed in为固定短语。此句意为：广告业务的成功，取决于报纸在客户(要打广告的人)心中的价值。
　　17.【答案】C
　　【解析】根据上下文，此处应该用一般现在时的被动语态，此句意为：报纸在客户心中的价值，是靠发行量衡量的。
　　18.【答案】C
　　【解析】该句意为：发行量的大小，很大程度上取决于发行部门的工作及报纸所提供的服务功能和娱乐功能。
　　19.【答案】B
　　【解析】offered作services和entertainment的定语。
　　20.【答案】D
　　【解析】information后面接介词about，表示“关于”。