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Think about how much reading you do everyday. When you look at it, you might find that reading is the work-related skill that you use most often! ____16____ After all, if we can read and comprehend textbooks, then aren’t we good readers? Maybe not. Given the time that reading consumes, it may be a skill that we can and should improve.
____17____ It means getting faster and more efficient at reading, while still understanding what you’re reading. Although you spend a good part of your day reading, have you ever thought about how you read? How do your eyes make sense of the shapes of the letters, and then put those letters together to form sentences that you can understand?
Reading is quite a complex skill. It was previously believed during reading, both eyes focus on particular letters.____18____ Scientists now believe that the eyes lock onto different letters at the same time, usually two characters apart. Your brain then fuses (融合) these images together to form a word. This happens very swiftly, as we look through pages of text！
Many people read at an average rate of 250 words per minute. ____19____
Imagine, then, if you could double your rate to 500 words per minute. ____20____ You could then spend the saved time on other tasks, or take a few extra minutes to relax. Another important advantage of speed reading is that it allows one to better comprehend the overall structure of an argument. This leads to better “big picture” understanding, which can greatly benefit your work and career.
A. Recent research shows this isn’t the case.
B. Speed reading has a great many benefits.
C. You should practice to improve your reading speed.
D. But what does becoming a better reader involve?
E. You could read all of this content in half the time.
F. It’s also a skill that most of us take for granted by the time we reach age 12.
G. This means that an average page in a book or document takes 1-2 minutes to read.
【答案】
Think about how much reading you do everyday. When you look at it, you might find that reading is the work-related skill that you use most often! ____16____ After all, if we can read and comprehend textbooks, then aren’t we good readers? Maybe not. Given the time that reading consumes, it may be a skill that we can and should improve.
____17____ It means getting faster and more efficient at reading, while still understanding what you’re reading. Although you spend a good part of your day reading, have you ever thought about how you read? How do your eyes make sense of the shapes of the letters, and then put those letters together to form sentences that you can understand?
Reading is quite a complex skill. It was previously believed during reading, both eyes focus on particular letters.____18____ Scientists now believe that the eyes lock onto different letters at the same time, usually two characters apart. Your brain then fuses (融合) these images together to form a word. This happens very swiftly, as we look through pages of text！
Many people read at an average rate of 250 words per minute. ____19____
Imagine, then, if you could double your rate to 500 words per minute. ____20____ You could then spend the saved time on other tasks, or take a few extra minutes to relax. Another important advantage of speed reading is that it allows one to better comprehend the overall structure of an argument. This leads to better “big picture” understanding, which can greatly benefit your work and career.
A. Recent research shows this isn’t the case.
B. Speed reading has a great many benefits.
C. You should practice to improve your reading speed.
D. But what does becoming a better reader involve?
E. You could read all of this content in half the time.
F. It’s also a skill that most of us take for granted by the time we reach age 12.
G. This means that an average page in a book or document takes 1-2 minutes to read.
【答案】
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