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1、高考英语完形填空专练(1)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 21 a job or advancing in one, the ability to read and
2、 comprehend 22 can mean the difference between success and failure. Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are 23 readers. Most of us develop poor reading 24 at an early age, and never get over them. The main deficiency（缺陷） 25 in the actual stuff of language itself-words. Taken individually, wo
3、rds have 26 meaning until they are strung together into phrases, sentences and paragraphs. 27 however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words. He laboriously reads one word at a time, often regressing to 28 words or passages. Regression, the tendency to look back over 29 you have just re
4、ad, is a common bad habit in reading. Another habit which 30 down the speed of reading is vocalization-sounding each word either orally or mentally as 31 reads.To overcome these bad habits, some reading clinics use a device called an 32 , which moves a bar (or curtain) down the page at a predetermin
5、ed speed. The bar is set at a slightly faster rate 33 the reader finds comfortable, in order to “stretch” him. The accelerator forces the reader to read fast, 34 word-by-word reading, regression and subvocalization, practically impossible. At first 35 is sacrificed for speed. But when you learn to r
6、ead ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, 36 your comprehension will improve. Many people have found 37 reading skill greatly improved after some training. 38 Charlce Au, a business manager, for instance, his reading rate was a reasonably good 172 words a minute 39 the training, now it
7、is an excellent 1,378 words a minute. He is delighted that how he can 40 a lot more reading material in a short period of time.21AapplyingBdoingCofferingDgetting22AquicklyBeasilyCroughlyDdecidedly23AgoodBeagerCpoorDurgent24AtrainingBhabitsCsituationsDcustom25AliesBcombinesCtouchesDinvolves26AsomeBa
8、lot ClittleDdull27AFortunatelyBIn factCLogicallyDUnfortunately28AreuseBrereadCrewriteDrecite29AwhatBwhichCthatDif30AscalesBcutsCslowsDmeasures31Asome oneBoneCheDreader32AacceleratorBactorCapplicatorDobserver33AthenBasCbeyondDthan34AenablingBleadingCmakingDindicating35AmeaningBcomprehensionCcontentDr
9、egression36AbutBnorCorDfor37AourByourCtheirDsuch a38ALook atBTakeCMakeDConsider39AforBinCafterDbefore40AmasterBgo overCpresentDget through(2)Telephone, television, radio, and telegraph all help people communicate with each other. Because of these devices, ideas and news events (36) quickly over the
10、world. For example, within seconds, people can know the (37) of election in another country. An international football match comes into the (38) of everyone with a television set. News of a disaster such as an earthquake or a flood can bring (39) from distant countries within hours. Goods and provis
11、ions are on the way. Because of modern (40) like the satellites that turns around the world, information (41) fast. How has this (42) of communication changed the world? To many people, the world has become smaller. Of course this does not (43) that the world is actually (44) smaller. It means that
12、the world seems smaller. Two hundred years ago, communication between the (45) took a long time. All news was (46) on ships that took weeks or even months to cross the ocean. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, it took six weeks for news from Europe to reach America. This time (47) influenc
13、ed peoples (48). For examples, one battle, or fight, in the War of 1812 between England and the United States could have been (49). A peace agreement had already been (50). Peace was made in England, but the news of peace took six weeks to reach America. During these six weeks, the large and (51) ba
14、ttle of New Orleans was (52). Many people lost their lives (53) a peace treaty had been signed. They would not have died if news had come (54). In the past, communication took much more time than it does now. There was a good (55) why the world seemed so much larger than it does today.36. A. moveB.
15、spreadC. turnD. arrive37. A. result B. report C. notice D. agreement38. A. school B. home C. room D. birthplace39. A. people B. reporters C. food D. help40. A. technology B. equipment C. skill D. way41. A. travels B. goes C. flies D. runs42. A. news B. speed C. steps D. creation43. A. say B. tell C. mean D. claim44. A. mentally B. physically C. indeed D. in fact45. A. cities B. continent
