Ⅰ.单项填空1.Youshould________yourstupidideas,otherwiseyou’llregretinthefuture.A.putdownB.putawayC.putoutD.putaside解析:选D。putdown放下;putaway处理,拿开;putout扑灭;putaside收起来。根据句中提到的“愚蠢的想法”,可知应该选D。2.Youmayhavesomedifficultyatfirstwhencarryingouttheplanbutyou’llfinditeasierasyou________.A.goaroundB.goaheadC.goalongD.gothrough解析:选C。goaround四处走动;goahead开始;goalong进行;gothrough浏览。3.—Someparentskeeptheirchildrenrunningtenkilometerseverymorning.Isthatreallyofhelp?—____________.A.ThathelpsB.Itdoesn’tmatterC.Idon’tknowD.Itdepends解析:选D。itdepends表示“视情况而定”。4.Russia’swithdrawalofitsexpertsfromChinadidnotstrangle(压垮)theChinesepeople;________itstirreduptheirenthusiasmforgreaterexertions.A.ontheotherhandB.onthecontraryC.tothecontraryD.inconsequence解析:选B。onthecontrary相反地;ontheotherhand在另一方面;inconsequence结果。根据句意可知前后所说的是截然相反的两种观点,因此选B。5.Thereisaconstantflowofpeoplefromthecountrysideintothecities,eagerforthe__________ofmodernsociety.A.benefitsB.goodsC.pleasureD.possessions解析:选A。benefit“利益;好处”;goods表示“货物”;pleasure“乐趣”;possessions“财物”。6.—What________youtocometotheparty?—Anunexpectedaccident________megoing.A.prevented;forbidB.protected;forbadC.forbid;preventedD.stopped;kept解析:选C。forbidsb.todo禁止某人做某事;prevent和keep后面都可以跟from表示“阻止某人做某事”,但是keep短语中的from不能够省略,因此只能选C。Ⅱ.完形填空Formanypeopletoday,readingisnolongerrelaxation.Tokeepuptheirworktheymustreadletters,reports,tradepublications,interofficecommunications,nottomentionnewspapersandmagazines:aneverendingfloodofwords.In__1__ajoboradvancinginone,theabilitytoreadandcomprehend__2__canmeanthedifferencebetweensuccessandfailure.Yettheunfortunatefactisthatmostofusare__3__readers.Mostofusdeveloppoorreading__4__atanearlyage,andnevergetoverthem.Themaindeficiency__5__intheactualstuffoflanguageitself—words.Takenindividually,wordshave__6__meaninguntiltheyarestrungtogetherintophrases,sentencesandparagraphs.__7__,however,theuntrainedreaderdoesnotreadgroupsofwords.Helaboriouslyreadsonewordatatime,oftenregressing(退回)to__8___wordsorpassages.Regression,thetendencytolookbackover__9__youhavejustread,isacommonbadhabitinreading.Anotherhabitwhich__10__downthespeedofreadingisvocalization—soundingeachwordeitherorallyormentallyas__11__reads.课时训练Toovercomethesebadhabits,somereadingclinicsuseadevicecalledan__12__,whichmovesabar(orcurtain)downthepageatapredetermined(预先确定的)speed.Thebarissetataslightlyfasterrate__13__thereaderfindscomfortable,inorderto“stretch”him.Theacceleratorforcesthereadertoreadfast,__14__wordbywordreading,regressionandsubvocalization(默读)practicallyimpossible.Atfirst__15__issacrificedforspeed.Butwhenyoulearntoreadideasandconcepts,youwillnotonlyreadfaster,__16__yourcomprehensionwillimprove.Manypeoplehavefound__17__readingskilldrasticallyimprovedaftersometraining.__18__CharlceAu,abusinessmanager,forinstance,hisreadingratewasareasonablygood172wordsaminute__19__thetraining,nowitisanexcellent1,378wordsaminute.Heisdelightedthathowhecan__20__alotmorereadingmaterialinashortperiodoftime.1.A.applyingB.doingC.offeringD.getting解析:选D。本句意思是“谁如果想谋得一份差事”。applying需加for,意思是“申请”;doing做;offering提供;此三项均不符题意,只有getting(获得)适合。2.A.quicklyB.easilyC.roughlyD.decidedly解析:选A。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.A.goodB.curiousC.poorD.urgent解析:选C。英语中,阅读能力强的人称为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.A.trainingB.habitsC.situationsD.custom解析:选B。此处的意思是“大多数人早期养成了看书慢的习惯”。因此选habits(习惯)。training(训练,培训);situations(形势);custom(风俗习惯)。5.A.liesB.combinesC.touchesD.involves解析:选A。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.A.someB.alotC.littleD.dull解析:选C。这里的意思是“如果单独地看这些词,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。7.A.FortunatelyB.InfactC.LogicallyD.Unfortunately解析:选D。此句意为“然而遗憾的是未受过阅读训练的人就不会意群”。fortunately幸运地;infact事实上;logically合乎逻辑地,均不妥。unfortunately不幸地,合乎句意。8.A.reuseB.rereadC.rewriteD.recite解析:选B。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.A.whatB.whichC.thatD.if解析:选A。what引导宾语从句。10.A.scalesB.cutsC.slowsD.measures解析:选C。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,减速”,在此合适。11.A.someoneB.oneC.heD.reader解析:选B。one指“任何人”。12.A.acceleratorB.actorC.amplifierD.observer解析:选A。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.A.thenB.asC.beyondD.than解析:选D。前面的faster决定了应当选than,构成比较级。14.A.enablingB.leadingC.makingD.indicating解析:选C。make...impossible(使……不可能)。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”。15.A.meaningB.comprehensionC.gistD.regression解析:选B。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.A.butB.norC.orD.for解析:选A。与前半句中的notonly相呼应,构成句式“不仅……,而且……”,只有选but。17.A.ourB.yourC.theirD.sucha解析:选C。本句中的主语是第三人称复数,物主代词必然是their。18.A.LookatB.TakeC.MakeD.Consider解析:选B。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.A.forB.inC.afterD.before解析:选D。这里把受训之前与受训之后的阅读速度进行对比,因此选before。20.A.masterB.gooverC.presentD.getthrough解析:选D。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。