Question

There is no doubt that people and even highly educated adults vary greatly in the speed and efficiency of their reading. Some proceed very slowly throughout; others dash along too ____64____ and then have to go back. Poor readers in particular may lack the ability to ____65____ their tensions in reading. A great reader can move at great speed through the text of a novel or ____66____ light reading matter. He may be able to ____67____ a page, picking up a word or two here and there, and gain a ____68____ idea what the text is about without really reading it. In reading more difficult material, with the intension of taking in the whole of it, he ____69____ more slowly, but even then he will vary his pace, ____70____ on the key words and passages and pass more quickly over the ____71____.  A less efficient reader tends to maintain the same speed whatever material he reads. ____72____ even light reading matters requires special concentration at difficult ____73____.

A type of reading which requires careful attention to ____74____ is proofreading ( 校對(duì) ) , in which the reader, in order to ____75____ misprints in a sample print; has to notice not so much the meaning of what he reads as the exact Shape and order of letters and words in the text. This is extremely difficult for most people, since they are accustomed to ____76____   such details. In fact, extreme practice is required to practice this task ____77____ and it can be done only by reading very slowly, and by paying comparatively ____78____ attention to the general meaning on the text.

 

64. A. carefully	B. attentively	C. smoothly	D. quickly
65. A. estimate	B. judge	C. vary	D. alter
66. A. familiar	B. similar	C. complex	D. professional
67. A. skim	B. tear	C. mark	D. explore
68. A. vague	B. general	C. special	D. accurate
69. A. continues	B. persists	C. proceeds	D. withdraws
70. A. depending	B. counting	C. passing	D. focusing
71. A. remainder	B. context	C. article	D. principle
72. A. Gradually	B. Consequently	C. Wholly	D. Personally
73. A. occasions	B. period	C. points	D. functions
74. A. theme	B. subject	C. chapter	D. detail
75. A. decide	B. detect	C. produce	D. improve
76. A. noticing	B. examining	C. overlooking	D. explaining
77. A. modestly	B. temporarily	C. efficiently	D. potentially
78. A. constant	B. individual	C. more	D. little

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