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 period of 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.comprehensionC.gist D.regression
16.A.but B.nor C.or D.for
17.A.our B.your C.their D.such a
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
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