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雅思阅读真经

INTERNALTIONALENGLISHLANGUAGETESTINGSYSTEM

ACADEMICREADING

TEST1

TIMEALLOWED:

1hour

NUMBEROFQUESTIONS:

40

INSTRUCTIONS

WRITEALLYOURANSWERSONTHEANSWERSHEET

Thetestisin3sections:

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,tominimalrateonmaterialwhichisunfamiliarinconte