Now let us look at how we read. When we read a printed text, our eyes move across a page in short, jerky movement. We recognize words usually when our eyes are still when they fixate. Each time they fixate, we see a group of words. This is known as the recognition span or the visual span. The length of time for which the eyes stop—the duration of the fixation—varies considerably from person to person. It also varies within any one person according to his purpose in reading and his familiarity with the text. Furthermore, it can be affected by such factors as lighting and tiredness.
Unfortunately, in the past, many reading improvement courses have concentrated too much on how our eyes move across the printed page. As a result of this misleading emphasis on the purely visual aspects of reading, numerous exercises have been devised to train the eyes to see more words at one fixation. For instance, in some exercises, words are flashed on to a screen for, say, a tenth or a twentieth of a second. One of the exercises has required students to fix their eyes on some central point, taking in the words on either side. Such word patterns are often constructed in the shape of rather steep pyramids so the reader takes in more and more words at each successive fixation. All these exercises are very clever, but it’s one thing to improve a person’s ability to see words and quite another thing to improve his ability to read a text efficiently. Reading requires the ability to understand the relationship between words. Consequently, for these reasons, many experts have now begun to question the usefulness of eye training, especially since any approach which trains a person to read isolated words and phrases would seem unlikely to help him in reading a continuous text.
1. The time of the recognition span can be affected by the following facts EXCEPT ________.
2. The author may believe that reading ________.
3. What does the author mean by saying “but it’s one thing to improve a person’s ability to see words and quite another thing to improve his ability to read a text efficiently” in Paragraph 2?
4. Which of the following is NOT true?
5. The tune of the author in writing this article is ________.
问题1选项
A.the length of a group of words
B.lighting and tiredness
C.one’s familiarity with the text
D.one’s purpose in reading
问题2选项
A.demands a deeply-participating mind
B.demands more mind than eyes
C.requires a reader to take in more words at each fixation
D.requires a reader to see words more quickly
问题3选项
A.The reading exercises mentioned can’t help to improve an efficient reading.
B.The reading exercises mentioned has done a great job to improve one’s ability to see words.
C.The ability to see words is not needed when an efficient reading is conducted.
D.The reading exercises mentioned can’t help to improve both the ability to see and to comprehend words.
问题4选项
A.The emphasis on the purely visual aspects is misleading.
B.The eye training will help readers in reading a continuous text.
C.The visual span is a word or a group of words we see each time.
D.Many experts began to question the efficiency of eye training.
问题5选项
A.pessimistic
B.optimistic
C.critical
D.neutral
第1题:A
第2题:A
第3题:A
第4题:B
第5题:C
1.【试题答案】A
【试题解析】语义推测题。根据第一段最后两句It also varies within any one person according to his purpose in reading and his familiarity with the text. Furthermore, it can be affected by such factors as lighting and tiredness.(每个人的阅读目的和对文本的熟悉程度也不同。此外,它还会受到光照和疲劳等因素的影响。),可知识别广度受阅读目的、对文本的熟悉程度、光照和疲劳的影响,B选项“光照和疲劳”、C选项“对课文的熟悉程度”和D选项“阅读的目的”符合文章内容,A选项“一组单词的长度”不符合文章内容。因此A选项正确。
2.【试题答案】A
【试题解析】推理判断题。根据第二段倒数第二句Reading requires the ability to understand the relationship between words.(阅读需要理解单词之间的关系。),可知作者认为记单词需要头脑去理解,A选项“需要大脑的深度参与”正确。根据第二段第一句Unfortunately, in the past, many reading improvement courses have concentrated too much on how our eyes move across the printed page.(不幸的是,在过去,许多阅读提高课程过于关注我们的眼睛如何在印刷的页面上移动。),可知作者不赞同纯视觉训练的方法,C选项“要求读者在每一个固定位置都要接收更多的单词”和D选项“要求读者提高看单词的速度”错误。B选项“需要的更多是头脑而不是眼睛”:作者没有提到更多需要头脑还是眼睛参与。因此A选项正确。
3.【试题答案】A
【试题解析】推理判断题。根据第二段五、六句the reader takes in more and more words at each successive fixation. All these exercises are very clever, but it’s one thing to improve a person’s ability to see words and quite another thing to improve his ability to read a text efficiently.(读者在每次连续固定的时候会看到更多的单词。所有这些练习都很巧妙,但提高一个人看单词的能力是一回事,提高他有效阅读的能力是另一回事。),可知这个方法可以提高看单词的能力,但是不能提高有效阅读的能力,A选项“文中提到的阅读练习不能帮助提高阅读效率”正确,D选项“文中提到的阅读练习不能帮助提高看单词和理解单词的能力”错误。B选项“文中提到的阅读练习对提高看清单词的能力起到了很大的作用”:原文没有说这个练习在多大程度上提高了看清单词的能力,这里更多是在强调这个练习方法的不足之处。C选项“当进行有效阅读时,不需要有看单词的能力”:文中没有提到。因此A选项正确。
4.【试题答案】B
【试题解析】推理判断题。根据文章最后一句many experts have now begun to question the usefulness of eye training, especially since any approach which trains a person to read isolated words and phrases would seem unlikely to help him in reading a continuous text.(许多专家现在开始质疑视力训练的有效性,特别是因为任何训练阅读孤立的单词和短语的方法似乎不太可能帮助阅读连续的文本。),可知D选项“许多专家开始质疑眼部训练的效率”符合文章内容;这种纯视觉的训练方法对阅读连续的文本不太有帮助,A选项“强调纯视觉方面是有误导性的”符合文章内容,B选项“眼睛训练将帮助读者阅读连续的文本”不符合文章内容。C选项“视觉广度是我们每次看到的一个词或一组词”:根据第一段第四、五句Each time they fixate, we see a group of words. This is known as the recognition span or the visual span.(每次他们注视时,我们都会看到一组单词。这被称为识别广度或视觉广度。),可知符合文章内容。因此B选项正确。
5.【试题答案】C
【试题解析】观点态度题。作者在第一段提出我们是如何阅读的和什么因素会影响阅读,第二段提出纯视觉的训练如何进行以及效果,最后转而提出这个训练不能提高阅读能力,并且许多专家开始质疑这个训练的有效性,所以C选项“批判的”正确。A选项“悲观的”,B选项“乐观的”和D选项“中立的”不符合题意。因此C选项正确。