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ReadingPassage1

ReadingPassage2

ReadingPassage3

Questions1–13

Questions14–26

Questions27–40

Remembertoanswerallthequestions.Ifyouarehavingtroublewithaquestion,skipitandreturntoitlater.

READINGPASSAGE1

Youshouldspendabout20minutesonQuestions1–13whicharebasedonReadingPassage1below.

IMPROVINGREADINGSPEED

Itissafetosaythatalmostanyonecandoublehisspeedofreadingwhilemaintainingequalorevenhighercomprehension.Inotherwords,anyonecanimprovethespeedwithwhichhegetswhathewantsfromhisreading.

Theaveragecollegestudentreadsbetween250and350wordsperminuteonfictionandnon-technicalmaterials.A"

good"

readingspeedisaround500to700wordsperminute,butsomepeoplecanreadathousandwordsperminuteorevenfasteronthesematerials.Whatmakesthedifference?

Therearethreemainfactorsinvolvedinimprovingreadingspeed:

（1）thedesiretoimprove,

（2）thewillingnesstotrynewtechniquesand（3）themotivationtopractice.

Learningtoreadrapidlyandwellpresupposesthatyouhavethenecessaryvocabularyandcomprehensionskills.Whenyouhaveadvancedonthereadingcomprehensionmaterialstoalevelatwhichyoucanunderstandcollege-levelmaterials,youwillbereadytobeginspeedreadingpracticeinearnest.

Understandingtheroleofspeedinthereadingprocessisessential.Researchhasshownacloserelationbetweenspeedandunderstanding.Forexample,incheckingprogresschartsofthousandsofindividualstakingreadingtraining,ithasbeenfoundinmostcasesthatanincreaseinratehasbeenparalleledbyanincreaseincomprehension,andthatwhereratehasgonedown,comprehensionhasalsodecreased.Mostadultsareabletoincreasetheirrateofreadingconsiderablyandratherquicklywithoutloweringcomprehension.

Someofthefactswhichreducereadingrate:

（a）limitedperceptualspani.e.,word-by-wordreading;

（b）slowperceptualreactiontime,i.e.,slownessofrecognitionandresponsetothematerial;

（c）vocalization,includingtheneedtovocalizeinordertoachievecomprehension;

（d）faultyeyemovements,includinginaccuracyinplacementofthepage,inreturnsweep,inrhythmandregularityofmovement,etc.;

（e）regression,bothhabitualandasassociatedwithhabitsofconcentration

（f）lackofpracticeinreading,duesimplytothefactthatthepersonhasreadverylittleandhaslimitedreadinginterestssothatverylittlereadingispracticedinthedailyorweeklyschedule.

Sincetheseconditionsactalsotoreducecomprehensionincreasingthereadingratethrougheliminatingthemislikelytoresultinincreasedcomprehensionaswell.Thisisanentirelydifferentmatterfromsimplyspeedinguptherateofreadingwithoutreferencetotheconditionsresponsiblefortheslowrate.Infact,simplyspeedingtherateespeciallythroughforcedacceleration,mayactuallyresult,andoftendoes,inmakingtherealreadingproblemmoresevere.Inaddition,forcedaccelerationmayevendestroyconfidenceinabilitytoread.Theobvioussolution,thenistoincreaserateasapartofatotalimprovementofthewholereadingprocess.

Awellplannedprogrampreparesformaximumincreaseinratebyestablishingthenecessaryconditions.Threebasicconditionsinclude:

1.Eliminatethehabitofpronouncingwordsasyouread.Ifyousoundoutwordsinyourthroatorwhisperthem,youcanreadslightlyonlyasfastasyoucanreadaloud.Youshouldbeabletoreadmostmaterialsatleasttwoorthreetimesfastersilentlythanorally.

2.Avoidregressing（rereading）.Theaveragestudentreadingat250wordsperminuteregressesorrereadsabout20timesperpage.Rereadingwordsandphrasesisahabitwhichwillslowyourreadingspeeddowntoasnail'

space.Furthermore,theslowestreaderusuallyregressesmostfrequently.Becausehereadsslowly,hismindhastimetowanderandhisrereadingreflectsbothhisinabilitytoconcentrateandhislackofconfidenceinhiscomprehensionskills.

3.Developawidereye-span.Thiswillhelpyoureadmorethanonewordataglance.Sincewrittenmaterialislessmeaningfulifreadwordbyword,thiswillhelpyoulearntoreadbyphrasesorthoughtunits.

Poorresultsareinevitableifthereaderattemptstousethesamerateindiscriminatelyforalltypesofmaterialandforallreadingpurposes.Hemustlearntoadjusthisratetohispurposeinreadingandtothedifficultyofthematerialheisreading.Thisrangesfromamaximumrateoneasy,familiar,interestingmaterialorinreadingtogatherinformationonaparticularpoint,tominimalrateonmaterialwhichisunfamiliarincontentandlanguagestructureorwhichmustbethoroughlydigested.Theeffectivereaderadjustshisrate;

theineffectivereaderusesthesamerateforalltypesofmaterial.

Rateadjustmentmaybeoveralladjustmenttothearticleasawhole,orinternaladjustmentwithinthearticle.Overalladjustmentestablishesthebasicrateatwhichthetotalarticleisread;

internaladjustmentinvolvesthenecessaryvariationsinrateforeachvariedpartofthematerial.Asananalogy,youplantotakea100-milemountaintrip.Sincethiswillbearelativelyharddrivewithhills,curves,andamountainpass,youdecidetotakethreehoursforthetotaltrip,averagingabout35milesanhour.Thisisyouroverallrateadjustment.However,inactualdrivingyoumayslowdowntonomorethan15milesperhouronsomecurvesandhills,whilespeedingupto50milesperhourormoreonrelativelystraightandlevelsections.Thisisyourinternalrateadjustment.Thereisnosetrate,therefore,whichthegoodreaderfollowsinflexiblyinreadingaparticularselection,eventhoughhehassethimselfanoverallrateforthetotaljob.

Inkeepingyourreadingattackflexible,adjustyourratesensitivityfromarticletoarticle.Itisequallyimportanttoadjustyourratewithinagivenarticle.Practicethesetechniquesuntilaflexiblereadingratebecomessecondnaturetoyou.

—Adaptedfrom:

www.ucc.vt.edu

Questions1-4

ChoosetheappropriatelettersA–Dandwritetheminboxes1–4onyouranswersheet.

1.Whichofthefollowingisnotafactorinimprovingyourreadingspeed?

（A）.willingtotrynewskills

（B）.motivationtoimprove

（C）.desiretopractice

（D）.hesitatetotrynewtechniques

2.Understandingcollegelevelmaterialsisaprerequisitefor

（A）.learningtocomprehendrapidly.

（B）.havingthenecessaryvocabulary.

（C）.beginningspeedreading.

（D）.practicingcomprehensionskills.

3.Formostpeople

（A）.adecreaseincomprehensionleadstoadecreaseinrate.

（B）.adecreaseinrateleadstoaincreaseincomprehension.

（C）.anincreaseinrateleadstoanincreaseincomprehension.

（D）.anincreaseinrateleadstoadecreaseincomprehension.

4.Speedingupyourreadingratethroughforcedaccelerationoftenresultsin

（A）.reducingcomprehension.

（B）.increasingcomprehension.

（C）.increasingyourreadingproblem.

（D）.reducingyourreadingproblem.

Questions5–9

Completethetablebelow.ChooseNOMORETHANTHREEWORDSfromthepassageforeachanswer.

Factors

Effects

Reducesrate

Increasesrate

Widereyespan

（5）

YES

（6）

Word-by-wordreading

Slowperceptualreaction

（7）

（8）

Returnsweepinaccuracy

（9）

Concentrateandbeconfident

Questions10-13

DothefollowingstatementsagreewiththeinformationgiveninReadingPassage1?

Inboxes10–13onyouranswersheetwrite.

TRUE

FALSE

NOTGIVEN

ifthestatementistrue

ifthestatementisfalse

iftheinformationisnotgiveninthepassage

10.Ingatheringmaterialonatopicareadermustmaximizehisreadingrate.

11.Thebasicrateforeachpartofthereadingmaterialinvolvesanoveralladjustment.

12.Thesetratefora100-milemountaintripis35milesanhour.

13.Agoodreaderneverestablishesasetrateforreadinganarticle.

READINGPASSAGE2

Youshouldspendabout20minutesonQuestions14–26whicharebasedonReadingPassage2below.

Questions14-18

ReadingPassage2has9paragraphsA–I

Fromthelistofheadingsbelowchoosethe5mostsuitableheadingsforparagraphsB,C,E,GandH.Writetheappropriatenumbers（ⅰ–ⅹ）

NBTherearemoreheadingsthanparagraphs,soyouwillnotusethemall.

ListofHeadings

iAwarmlaboratory

iiMorphologyofstoneflies

iiiGoingbackratherthangoingforward

ivFromwatertoair

vAncientandmodern

viWhichpathdidtheytake?

viiAnewtheory

viiiFromstonefliestowasps

ixAshortlife

xInterestinginsects

.

14.ParagraphB

15.ParagraphC

16.ParagraphE

17.ParagraphG

18.ParagraphH

EvolutionofInsectFlight

A.Pterosaurs,birdsandbatstooktotheairfromevolutionaryrunwaysthatscientistsbelievetheyunderstandfairlywell,butinsectsbeganflyingsomuchlongeragothatdetailsoftheirstepwiseconquestofflightremainobscure.ScientistsatPennsylvaniaStateUniversityhypothesize,however,thatapresent-dayflightlessinsectcalledthestoneflymaybecloselyrelatedtoancestralinsectsthatfirstlearnedtoflymorethan330millionyearsago.

B.LastFebruary,Dr.JamesH.Marden,abiologistatPennsylvaniaStateUniversity,andMelissaG.Kramer,hisstudent,beganstudyingthebehaviorandbiologyofstoneflies-theimmaturenymphsofwhicharefamiliartomanyfishermenasdelicaciesfortrout.Thenymphsbeginlifeinriverorpondwaterandthendevelopprimitivewingsenablingthemto