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英语四级第1页共23页Test9Formanypeopletoday,readingisnolongerrelaxation.Tokeepuptheirworktheymustreadletters,reports,tradepublications,interofficecommunications,nottomentionnewspapersandmagazines:anever-endingfloodofwords.In__1__ajoboradvancinginone,theabilitytoreadandcomprehend__2__canmeanthedifferencebetweensuccessandfailure.Yettheunfortunatefactisthatmostofusare__3__readers.Mostofusdeveloppoorreading__4__atanearlyage,andnevergetoverthem.Themaindeficiency__5__intheactualstuffoflanguageitself-words.Takenindividually,wordshave__6__meaninguntiltheyarestrungtogetherintophrased,sentencesandparagraphs.__7__,however,theuntrainedreaderdoesnotreadgroupsofwords.Helaboriouslyreadsonewordatatime,oftenregressingto__8__wordsorpassages.Regression,thetendencytolookbackover__9__youhavejustread,isacommonbadhabitinreading.Anotherhabitwhich__10__downthespeedofreadingisvocalization—soundingeachwordeitherorallyormentallyas__11__reads.Toovercomethesebadhabits,somereadingclinicsuseadevicecalledan__12__,whichmovesabar(orcurtain)downthepageatapredeterminedspeed.Thebarissetataslightlyfasterrate__13__thereaderfindscomfortable,inorderto“stretch”him.Theacceleratorforcesthereadertoreadfast,__14__word-by-wordreading,regressionandsubvocalization,practicallyimpossible.Atfirst__15__issacrificedforspeed.Butwhenyoulearntoreadideasandconcepts,youwillnotonlyreadfaster,__16__yourcomprehensionwillimprove.Manypeoplehavefound__17__readingskilldrasticallyimprovedaftersometraining.__18__CharlceAu,abusinessmanager,forinstance,hisreadingratewasareasonablygood172wordsaminute__19__thetraining,nowitisanexcellent1,378wordsaminute.Heisdelightedthathowhecan__20__alotmorereadingmaterialinashortperiodoftime.(317)英语四级第2页共23页1.A.applyingB.doingC.offeringD.getting2.A.quicklyB.easilyC.roughlyD.decidedly3.A.goodB.curiousC.poorD.urgent4.A.trainingB.habitsC.situationsD.custom5.A.liesB.combinesC.touchesD.involves6.A.someB.AlotC.littleD.dull7.A.FortunatelyB.InfactC.LogicallyD.Unfortunately8.A.reuseB.rereadC.rewriteD.recite9.A.whatB.whichC.thatD.if10.A.scalesB.cutsC.slowsD.measures11.A.someoneB.oneC.heD.reader英语四级第3页共23页12.A.acceleratorB.actorC.amplifierD.observer13.A.thenB.asC.beyondD.than14.A.enablingB.leadingC.makingD.indicating15.A.meaningB.comprehensionC.gistD.regression16.A.butB.norC.orD.for17.A.ourB.yourC.theirD.sucha18.A.LookatB.TakeC.MakeD.Consider19.A.forB.inC.afterD.before20.A.masterB.gooverC.presentD.getthrough英语四级第4页共23页参考答案与解析：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goodreader，反之，就是poorreader。根据上下文的内容，多数人都属于poorreader，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；Alot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。英语四级第5页共23页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；Infact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lookbackover的宾语，又是youhavejustread的宾语，只有what能充当这种双重成分。10.【答案】C【解析】scalesdown按比例减少；cutsdown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。someone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英语四级第6页共23页【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makingpossible；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notonly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forinstance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；goover复习；present呈现，展现；此三项均不妥；只有getthrough(读完)最恰当。作文TheMoonlightClanNowadays,moreandmorepeople,especiallytheyoungarejoininginthearmyof“themoonlightclan”.Thesepeopleexhausttheirearningseverymonthwithoutanysavings.Manypeoplethinkthisisafashionablelifestyle,whileotherpeopleobjecttothiskindofconsumptionstyle.英语四级第7页共23页Thosewhosupport“themoonlightclan”thinkthat“themoonlightclan”knowshowtoenjoylifeandhaveahigherlifequality.However,otherpeoplecriticize“themoonlightclan”.Theysaythattheconsumptionhabitof“themoonlightclan”isunhealthyandsometimeswasteful.Inaddition,nosavingswillplace“themoonlightclan”inadifficultpositionincaseofunexpectedexpenses.Weighingthesetwoarguments,Ipreferthelatterone.Inmyeyes,though“themoonlightclan”mayacquiretemporarysatisfactionfromtheirconsumption,inthelongterm,itisunfavorabletotheirfamilyandcareer.Justasaproverbsays,oneshouldalwaysprepareforarainyday.改错1.Irepliedtoherthat_______________(我将会接受她的邀请).2.Shewasangr