Question

   Recently I read a post that teaches you to double your 41 speed and made the following claim:

   “42,the faster you can read,the more productive you can be. 43 you can double your reading speed,you can double your productivity.”

   I 44 . I think you should read slower,and focus on doing things slower. It increases your 45 ,which is a 46 definition of productivity from “doing things faster”.

   The post's argument was based on the 47 that every project involves a lot of reading — background materials,books,blog posts,and 48 . It didn't mention emails but that's another area where reading faster might seem more productive.

   And I 49 that if you can finish that kind of reading,you’ 11 get the project done faster. And then you can 50 the next task and the next and the next!You’re 51！

   But productivity isn’t about 52 ,even if we’ve been led to believe it is. It's about being effective. It's about accomplishing things — and that's about doing the most important things,not the 53 things.

   When we speed through tasks and projects,we lose perspective. We forget what’s 54 and just try to do things as 55 as possible.

   Instead,56 . Think about what’s most important,what needs to be done the most. Then clear everything else out of the way,and 57 . Do that one thing,but do it slowly,and do it very well.

   If reading is important,focus on it,and do it slowly. It’11 be much more 58 ,and so will the project. When you absolutely love what you re doing,productivity is a 59 by-product.

   So, slow down,don't speed up. Read slower — you’11 read less,60 enjoy it more.

41. A. writing   B. reading   C. typing   D. talking

42. A. Obviously   B. Fortunately   C. Suddenly   D. Finally

43. A. Though   B. Before   C. Unless   D. If

44. A. hesitate   B. promise   C. hope   D. disagree

45. A. kindness   B. carefulness   C. effectiveness   D. seriousness

46. A. clear   B. broad   C. different   D. official

47. A. idea   B. dream   C. truth   D. excuse

48. A. lips   B. notes   C. signs   D. maps

49. A. wish   B. admit   C. worry   D. doubt

50. A. give up   B. come across   C. fail in   D. carry out

51. A. creative   B. positive   C. productive   D. sensitive

52. A. distance   B. speed   C. hobby   D. score

53. A. easiest   B. strangest   C. nicest   D. most

54. A. important   B. difficult   C. special   D. impressive

55. A. fast   B. well   C. late   D. hard

56. A. pass   B. pause   C. stay   D. start

57. A. compare   B. share   C. rest   D. focus

58. A. annoying   B. complex   C. convenient   D. enjoyable

59. A. right   B. rare   C. natural   D. small

60. A. so   B. and   C. but   D. as

Answer 1

41. B 42. A 43. D 44. D 45. C 46. C 47. A 48. B 49. B 50. D 51. C 52. B 53. D 54. A 55. A 56. B 57. D 58. D 59. C 60. C

話題：日常活動(dòng)

本文是議論文。作者提倡慢速但高效地讀書、做事。

41. B.本文主要講慢讀的重要性，再由 下文的 the faster you can read 可知， 應(yīng)選 reading。

42. A.讀得越快就越多產(chǎn)—這是一件 很顯然的事情。故選Obviously。

43. D.帖子上說(shuō)“如果(If) ”你能使閱讀 速度加倍，那么你就能使工作效率加 倍。

44. D.由下文的 I think you should read slower可知，作者“不同意(disagree ) ” 帖子中關(guān)于快速閱讀的觀點(diǎn)。

45. C.由第六段中的 It's about being effective可知，作者認(rèn)為慢讀才能使 “效果(effectiveness ) ” 更好。

46. C.由第六段開(kāi)頭的But productivity isn’ t about ... It's about being effective可推斷，作者所讀的帖子對(duì) productivity的定義是“做事速度更 快”，而作者對(duì)productivity下的定義 “不同(different) ”，是“效果更好”。

47. A.帖子的論證建立在一個(gè)“想法 (idea) ”上，即每一個(gè)項(xiàng)目都涉及大 量的閱讀。

48. B.由上文的 every project involves a lot of reading — background materials,books,blog posts 可知，此處應(yīng)是類似背景資料的閱讀材料。 故選notes。

49. B.由上段末的 It didn’ t mention emails but that's another area where reading faster might seem more productive可推斷，作者“承認(rèn) (admit) ”如果你能快速讀完類似電 子郵件之類的材料，你就能更快地完 成項(xiàng)目。.

50. D.快速完成一個(gè)項(xiàng)目后，你就可以 繼續(xù)“完成(carry out) ”接下來(lái)一個(gè)又一個(gè)的任務(wù)。

51. C.快速完成任務(wù)會(huì)使你“效率高 (productive) ”。第二段中的 the more productive 及下文的 But productivity 也是提不。

52. B.由上文的 you’ 11 get the project done faster ...及But可知，作者認(rèn)為 效率高與“速度(speed）”無(wú)關(guān)。

53. D.由上文的 that's about doing the most important things 可知，作者所認(rèn) 為的效率高是指做好最重要的事，而 不是做“最多的(most) ”事。

54. A.由上文的 that's about doing the most important things 可知。

55. A.由上文的 speed through tasks and projects 可知。.

56. B.作者認(rèn)為那些馬不停蹄趕項(xiàng)目的 入應(yīng)該“暫停(pause) ”，考慮一下什 么是最重要也是最需要做的事。

57. D.由上文的 clear everything else out of the way 及下文的 Do that one thing ...可推斷，人們應(yīng)該“集中精力 (focus) ”做好一件事。

58. D.由下文的 you absolutely love what you’ re doing可推斷，集中精力 慢讀更“有樂(lè)趣(enjoyable ) ”。

59. C.當(dāng)你做喜歡的事情時(shí)，效率就是 一個(gè)“意料之中的(natural) ”副產(chǎn)品 了。

60. C.通過(guò)慢讀，你讀得更少，“但是 (but) ”享受更多。