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Formanypeopletoday, 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, hisreadingratewasareasonablygood 172 wordsaminute 19 thetraining,nowitisanexcellent 1,378 wordsaminute.Heisdelightedthathowhecan 20 alotmorereadingmaterialinashortperiodoftime.
1.A.applyingB.doingC.offeringD.getting
2.A.quicklyB.easilyC.roughlyD.decidedly
3.A.goodB.curiousC.poorD.urgent
4.A.trainingB.habitsC.situationsD.custom
5.A.liesB.combinesC.touchesD.involves
6.A.someB.AlotC.littleD.dull
7.A.FortunatelyB.InfactC.LogicallyD.Unfortunately
8.A.reuseB.rereadC.rewriteD.recite
9.A.whatB.whichC.thatD.if
10.A.scalesB.cutsC.slowsD.measures
11.A.someoneB.oneC.heD.reader
12.A.acceleratorB.actorC.amplifierD.observer
13.A.thenB.asC.beyondD.than
14.A.enablingB.leadingC.makingD.indicating
15.A.meaningB.comprehensionC.gistD.regression
16.A.butB.norC.orD.for
17.A.ourB.yourC.theirD.sucha
18.A.LookatB.TakeC.MakeD.Consider
19.A.forB.inC.afterD.before
20.A.masterB.gooverC.presentD.getthrough