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. According to the passage, today many people read for __________.

Direction: Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form if necessary.[assumption; contact; cliff; equivalent; emergency; outweigh; height; rummage; vibration; bugbear]7. He deals with[填空1]promptly.

Direction: Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form if necessary.[vain; frame; curve; twist; comb; collapse; scatter; scratch; rebuild; harsh]10. When the tree falls, the monkeys[填空1].

Direction: Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form if necessary.[hug; flatten; ancestor; amazing; solemnly; comfort; awful; desperately; uproot; cousin]5.[填空1]him, for he is sad.

Direction: Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form if necessary.[hug; flatten; ancestor; amazing; solemnly; comfort; awful; desperately; uproot; cousin]1. The conference was[填空1]opened yesterday.

Direction: Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form if necessary.[assumption; contact; cliff; equivalent; emergency; outweigh; height; rummage; vibration; bugbear]6. The most maddening problem, however, was[填空1].

Some words are hard to____ because they have too many different uses.

In the days that followed I learned to spell in this uncomprehending way a great many words.

Noticeable changes of English words in recent years consist of the following characteristics EXCEPT___________ .

Which of the following methods is not one of the most popular ways of creating English new words?