题目
1(20分)、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 getting a job or advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend quickly can mean the difference between success and failure. Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are poor readers. Most of us develop poor reading habits at an early age, and never get over them. The main problem lies in language itself-words. Single words have little meaning until they are combined into phrases, sentences and paragraphs. Unfortunately, however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words. He reads one word at a time, often regressing to reread words or passages. Regression, or looking back over what you have just read, is a common bad habit in reading. Another habit which slows down the speed of reading is vocalization-sounding each word either orally or mentally as one reads.To overcome these bad habits, some reading clinics use a device called accelerator (加速器), which moves a bar down the page at a predetermined speed. The bar is set at a slightly faster rate than the reader finds comfortable, in order to "stretch" him. The accelerator forces the reader to read fast, making word-by-word reading, regression and vocalization virtually impossible. At first, comprehension is sacrificed for speed. But when you learn to read ideas, you will not only read faster, but your comprehension will improve. Many people have found their reading skills improved a lot after some training.Most people can't read and comprehend quickly mainly because____.A、they don't read groups of wordsB、they don't realize they have poor reading habitsC、they don't like to be trained in reading skillsD、they don't understand words when put together
1(20分)、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 getting a job or advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend quickly can mean the difference between success and failure. Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are poor readers. Most of us develop poor reading habits at an early age, and never get over them. The main problem lies in language itself-words. Single words have little meaning until they are combined into phrases, sentences and paragraphs. Unfortunately, however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words. He reads one word at a time, often regressing to reread words or passages. Regression, or looking back over what you have just read, is a common bad habit in reading. Another habit which slows down the speed of reading is vocalization-sounding each word either orally or mentally as one reads.
To overcome these bad habits, some reading clinics use a device called accelerator (加速器), which moves a bar down the page at a predetermined speed. The bar is set at a slightly faster rate than the reader finds comfortable, in order to "stretch" him. The accelerator forces the reader to read fast, making word-by-word reading, regression and vocalization virtually impossible. At first, comprehension is sacrificed for speed. But when you learn to read ideas, you will not only read faster, but your comprehension will improve. Many people have found their reading skills improved a lot after some training.
Most people can't read and comprehend quickly mainly because____.
A、they don't read groups of words
B、they don't realize they have poor reading habits
C、they don't like to be trained in reading skills
D、they don't understand words when put together
题目解答
答案
根据文章,大多数人的阅读速度慢的主要原因在于他们未能成组阅读单词。文章指出,未经训练的读者通常逐词阅读,甚至会回读(regression)或默读(vocalization),这些习惯导致阅读效率低下。虽然选项B提到未意识到不良习惯,但非主要原因;选项C未提及训练意愿;选项D因果倒置,因逐词阅读导致无法理解整体意义。因此,正确答案是A。
答案:
A. they don't read groups of words
解析
本题考查对文章细节的理解,解题的关键在于准确找到文中阐述大多数人阅读速度慢的主要原因的相关内容。
- 首先,文章明确指出“Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are poor readers. Most of us develop poor reading habits at an early age, and never get over them.”,说明大多数人阅读能力差是因为有不良阅读习惯。
- 接着,文章进一步阐述“Single words have little meaning until they are combined into phrases, sentences and paragraphs. Unfortunately, however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words. He reads one word at a time, often regressing to reread words or passages.”,强调未经训练的读者不成组阅读单词,而是逐词阅读,还会回读,这是导致阅读速度慢的主要原因。
- 对于选项B,文中虽提到人们有不良阅读习惯,但未表明这是因为没意识到,所以不是主要原因。
- 选项C,文中没有提及人们是否喜欢接受阅读技能训练,所以该选项不符合文意。
- 选项D,文章说的是逐词阅读导致无法理解整体意义,而不是不理解组合在一起的单词,因果关系错误。