2015年12月大学英语四级仿真必考试题（三）_第5页

　　Part V Cloze (15 minutes)

　　Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

　　For many people today, reading is no longer relaxation. To keep up their work, they have to read all kinds of materials. In _67_a job or advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend _68_can mean the difference between success and failure. Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are _69_readers.

　　Most of us develop poor reading _70_at an early age, and never get over them.

　　The main deficiency _71_in the actual component of language itself-words. Take individually, words have _72_meaning until they are put together into phrases, sentences and paragraphs._73_, however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words. He laboriously reads one word at a time, often turning back to _74_words or passages. Regression, the tendency to look back over _75_you have just read, is a common bad habit in reading. Another habit which _76_down the speed of reading is vocalization-sounding each word wither orally or mentally when a _77_reads.

　　To overcome these bad habits some reading clinics use a device called an _78_, which moves a bar (or a curtain) down the page at a predetermined speed. The bar is set at a slightly faster rate _79_the reader finds comfortable, in order to “stretch” him. The accelerator forces the reader to read fast, _80_word-by-word reading, regression and vocalization, practically impossible.

　　At first _81_is sacrificed for speed. But when you learn to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, _82_your comprehension will improve.

　　Many people, business managers, executives and engineers, have found _83_reading skill improved dramatically after some training. _84_John Muir, a business manager, for instance, his reading rate was a reasonably good 182 words a minute _85_the training, now it is an excellent 1, 378 words a minute. He is delighted that now he can _86_a lot more reading.

　　67. A) applying B) doing

　　C) offering D) getting

　　68. A) quickly B) easily

　　C) roughly D) decidedly

　　69. A) good B) curious

　　C) poor D) urgent

　　70. A) training B) habits

　　C) situations D) custom

　　71. A) lies B) combines

　　C) touches D) involves

　　72. A) some B) a lot

　　C) little D) dull

　　73. A) Fortunately B) In fact

　　C) Unfortunately D) Logically

　　74. A) reuse B) reread

　　C) rewrite D) recite

　　75. A) what B) which

　　C) that D) if

　　76. A) scales B) cuts

　　C) slows D) measures

　　77. A) someone B) one

　　C) he D) reader

　　78. A) accelerator B) actor

　　C) amplifier D) observer

　　79. A) then B) as

　　C) beyond D) than

　　80. A) enabling B) leading

　　C) making D) indicating

　　81. A) comprehension B) meaning

　　C) gift D) content

　　82. A) but B) nor

　　C) or D) for

　　83. A) our B) your

　　C) their D) such a

　　84. A) Look at B) Take

　　C) Make D) Consider

　　85. A) for B) in

　　C) after D) before

　　86. A) master B) go over

　　C) present D) get through