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 1 a job or advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend 2 can mean the difference between success and failure. Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are 3 readers. Most of us develop poor reading 4 at an early age, and never get over them. The main deficiency 5 in the actual stuff of language itself ――words. Taken individually, words have 6 meaning until they are strung together into phrases, sentences and paragraphs. 7 , however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words. He laboriously reads one word at a time, often regressing(退回) to 8 words or passages. Regression, the tendency to look back over 9 you have just read, is a common bad habit in reading. Another habit which 10 down the speed of reading is vocalization―sounding each word either orally or mentally as 11 reads.
To overcome these bad habits, some reading clinics use a device called an 12 , which moves a bar (or curtain) down the page at a predetermined(预先确定的) speeD.The bar is set at a slightly faster rate 13 the reader finds comfortable, in order to “stretch” him. The accelerator forces the reader to read fast, 14 word-by-word reading, regression and subvocalization(默读)practically impossible. At first 15 is sacrificed for speeD.But when you learn to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster, 16 your comprehension will improve. Many people have found 17 reading skill drastically improved after some training. 18 Charlce Au, a business manager, for instance, his reading rate was a reasonably good 172 words a minute 19 the training, now it is an excellent 1,378 words a minute. He is delighted that how he can 20 a lot more reading material in a short period of time.
1. A.applying B.doing C.offering D.getting 答案：D 2. A.quickly B.easily C.roughly D.decidedly 答案：A 3. A.good B.curious C.poor D.urgent 答案：C
4. A.training B.habits C.situations D.custom 答案：B 5. A.lies B.combines C.touches D.involves 答案：A 6. A.some B.a lot C.little D.dull 答案：C
7. A.Fortunately B.In fact C.Logically D.Unfortunately 答案：D 8. A.reuse B.reread C.rewrite D.recite 答案：B 9. A.what B.which C.that D.if 答案：A
10.A.scales B.cuts C.slows D.measures 答案：C 11.A.some one B.one C.he D.reader 答案：B
12.A.accelerator B.actor C.amplifier D.observer 答案：A 13.A.then B.as C.beyond D.than 答案：D
14.A.enabling B.leading C.making D.indicating 答案：C
15.A.meaning B.comprehension C.gist D.regression 答案：B 16.A.but B.nor C.or D.for 答案：A
17.A.our B.your C.their D.such a 答案：C
18.A.Look at B.Take C.Make D.Consider 答案：B 19.A.for B.in C.after D.before 答案：D
20.A.master B.go over C.present D.get through 答案：D
1. D 本句意思是“谁如果想谋得一份差事”。applying需加for, 意思是“申请”;doing做;offering提供; 此三项均不符题意，只有getting (获得)适合。
2. A 本句意为 “快速阅读与理解的能力，是关系到成败的关键所在”。只有quickly与原意吻合。easily(容易地);roughly (粗略地);decidedly(果断地)均与原文内容不符。
3. C 英语中，阅读能力强的人称为good reader，反之，就是poor reader。根据上下文的能力内容，多数人都属于poor reader，因此选poor(差的)。其它选项不妥。 4. B 此处的意思是“大多数人早期养成了看书慢的习惯”。因此选habits(习惯)。training (训练，培训);situations(形势);custom(风俗习惯)。 5. A 此处说的是“主要的困难在于语言的自身要素，即单词”。combines联合;touches接触;involves包括;这三项的词义与原文不符。而lies与in构成搭配，意为“在于”。
6. C 这里的意思是“如果单独地看这些词，它们并没有什么意义”。some有点;A lot许多;dull单调的。此三项不合题意。只有little(很少)是否定词，合乎逻辑。 7. D 此句意为“然而遗憾的是未受过阅读训练的人就不会意群”。Fortunately幸运地;In fact事实上;Logically合乎逻辑地,均不妥。Unfortunately(不幸地)合乎句义。
8. B 此句意为“在阅读时经常重读(反复读)”因此，选reread重读。reuse再使用;Rewrite改写;recite背诵。 9. A what引导宾语从句。
10. C scales down按比例减少;cuts down削减;此两项不合题意。measures不能与down搭配。只有slow与down搭配的意思“放慢, 减速”，在此合适。 11. B one 指 “任何人”。
12. A 此句意为“训练快速阅读所使用的工具必然与提高阅读速度有关”，因此选accelerator (快读器)。actor演员;amplifier放大器;observer观察者。 13. D 前面的faster决定了应当选than，构成比较级。 14. C make… impossible (使…不可能)。此句意为“快速阅读器迫使你加快阅读速度，使你再也不能逐字阅读，回顾前文内容或者默读”。
15. B 这里的意思是“速读最初会影响理解”，所以选comprehension(理解力)。meaning意义，意思，指词或词组表示的意义;gist大意，要旨;regression回顾。
16. A 与前半句中的not only相呼应，构成句式“不仅……，而且……”，只有选but。 17. C 本句中的主语是第三人称复数，物主代词必然是their。
18. B take与后面的for instance构成短语，意为：“以……例”，其它三项不能构成搭配。
19. D 这里把受训之前与受训之后的阅读速度进行对比，因此选before。 20. D 此处意为：在较短时间内，读完众多的材料。master掌握;go over复习;present呈现，展现;此三项均不妥。只有get through (读完)最恰当。
The Voice of America began during the World WarⅡ. When Germany was broadcasting a radio program to get international 1, American officials believed they should 2 the German broadcast with words that they thought were the facts of world events. The first VOA news report began with words in 3 . “The 4 may be good or bad, but we shall tell you the truth.” Within a week, other VOA 5 were broadcasting in Italian, French and English.
After the World WarⅡended in 1945, some Americans felt VOA’s 6 had to be changed, 7 the Soviet Union became enemy of AmericA.They wanted to 8 Soviet listeners. Then VOA began broadcasting in Russian.
In the early years VOA began adding something new to its broadcast that was 9 “ Music USA”. Another new idea came along in 1959.VOA knew that many listeners did not know 10 English to completely understand its 11 English broadcast. So VOA 12 a simpler kind of English, 13 uses about 1,500 words and is spoken 14 of course, it is special English.
In the 15 of most VOA listeners, the most 16 program is the news report. News from around the world 17 into the VOA news rooms in Washington 24 hours a day. It comes from VOA reporters in 18 cities and also from other 19 like BBC.VOA writers and editors use these materials to 20 news reports, which are being broadcast in 43 languages.
1. A.business B.culture C.support D.information 2. A.reply B.answer C.join D.interrupt 3. A.same B.short C.English D.German 4. A.news B.problems C.effects D.opinions 5. A.stations B.news C.announcers D.officials 6. A.home B.position C.purpose D.results
7. A.if B.supposing C.considering D.in order that 8. A.reach B.satisfy C.attack D.support 9. A.known B.reported C.called D.printed
10.A.American B.British C.standard D.enough 11.A.normal B.fast C.good D.exact
12.A.invented B.discovered C.taught D.stopped 13.A.it B.who C.which D.that
14.A.slowly B.rapidly C.normally D.loudly 15.A.pleasure B.course C.opinion D.advice 16.A.difficult B.important C.various D.common 17.A.flies B.sends C.delivers D.pasts 18.A.all B.major C.American D.news
19.A.broadcasts B.forms C.newspapers D.countries 20.A.broadcast B.announce C.translate D.prepare 参考答案及解析
1―5 CBDAC 6―10 CCACD 11―15 AACAC 16―20 BABAD
1.选C。二战期间，德国做广播节目的初衷应是呼吁国际“支持(support)”，而不可能是另三项。
2.选B。由with words可以想到answer。reply后接宾语时要加to。 3.选D。要回复德国电台，得用“德文”来播，这样德国人能听懂。 4.选A。前文已说了播出的是news report。
5.选C。播音的主体当然是announcers(播音员)了。
6.选C。VOA电台成立之初的目标主要是对二战中的一些敌对国家进行宣传，随着二战结束，敌对国家有所改变，那么广播的目的与对象的也应随之而改变。 7.选C。considering“考虑到……”,表示改变广播目的背景。
8.选A。reach是中性词，其他三词要么是褒义，要么是贬义，在此不合语境。 9.选C。be called “被称做…”。
10.选D。对英语不是很精通才导致不能完全听懂英文广播的。 11.选A。区别于后文提到的special English。
12.选A。原来没有的东西，现在有了，故用invent。 13.选C。引导非限制性定语从句，指物。
14.选A。正常英语听不懂，除了词汇问题，更重要的还有语速问题，即速度要“慢”。 15.选C。后面叙述的就是看法、观点。
16.选B。后面的内容体现了新闻报道的重要性。
17.选A。flies表达了新闻的及时、快速的特点，其余的词没有这种意思。
18.选B。major cities指大城市。根据常识可排除A、D，根据around the world，可排除C。
19.选A。由like可知，所选词须与BBC同类。
20.选D。由后面的定语从句可以推知，这里指新闻报道的前期“准备”工作。
Getting plenty of exercise is very important. I enjoy swimming very much. Last summer I went to the (1)_______ every day. I plan to go there this summer too, but I may not be able to. I have a new(2)_______, sometimes I have to work until (3)_______ at night. Although I now work more hours than I used to, yet I do receive a larger salary. I didn’t receive much pay on my (4)_______ job. I like my new job, but had I know that it would take up so much of my free time, I would not have taken. I prefer (5)_______ to making more money.
I have heard that riding a bike is good exercise. Maybe I will be able to (6)_______ enough money to buy a bike. My neighbor, Ms Wilson, has a bicycle that I could (7)_______, but I would rather own my own bike. If I used hers, I would worry about destroying it. Since I make more money now, I think that I can afford to buy my own. Getting a bike is really a good idea, because while I’m riding to and from, I will be getting (8)_______ at the same time. It is easier to get to the seaside on a bike, too. I might be able to go swimming every day after all. This new job is great! I’m very (9)_______. This will be a summer full of (10)_______.
1. A. playground B. shore C. seaside D. sea 2. A. office B. job C. love D. interest 3. A. far B. deep C. late D. lately 4. A. favorite B. new C. past D. old
5. A. swimming B. riding C. playing D. working 6. A. save B. keep C. take D. cost 7. A. ride B. renew C. lend D. borrow
8. A. enjoyment B. rest C. exercise D. money
9. A. moved B. excited C. interested D. disappointed 10. A. exercise B. pleasure C. interest D. imagination
答案及解析：
1. C 根据文章倒数第4句话可知。
2. B 由下文的 I like my new job 可知。 3. C 根据上下文，应该是我工作到深夜。 4. D 和new 相对比。
5. A 根据上下文可知，作者喜欢游泳。 6. A 作者要“节约”钱去买自行车。
7. D 根据句意可知我可以向邻居Ms Wilson “借”自行车。 8. C 在骑自行车中得到“锻炼”。 9. B 由上文可知。
10. A 由文章首句：getting plenty of exercise is very important可以知道。
成人高考英语专升本完型填空10篇及答案
