Question

Reading is a good habit. There are hundreds of skills to help you read much in a short time. Here are two skills that I think are especially good.

Preview(預覽)---if it’s long and hard. Previewing is especially useful for getting a main idea of heavy reading like long articles and reports.

Here’s how to preview.

●Read the first two paragraphs(段落) and the last two paragraphs carefully.

●Then read only the first sentence(句子) of the other paragraphs.

Previewing doesn’t give you everything. It stops you from spending time on things you don’t really want or need to read.

Skim(略讀)----if it’s short and simple. Skimming is a good way to get a main idea of light reading ---like news about popular sports and stars.

Here’s how to skim.

●Get your eyes to move fast. Look through each line.

●Pick up only a few important words in each line.

Everybody skims differently. You and I may not pick up the same words when we skim the same piece, but we’ll get the main idea of the news or article.

How to read 1. in a short time
Previewing	2. to preview	A long and 3. article or report
	How to preview	Read the first two and 4. two paragraphs. Read the first sentence of the 5. paragraphs.
How can previewing help you in reading	You needn’t 6. time on useless information.
Skimming	What to skim	Some 7. and simple news
8. to skim	Make your eyes 9. fast across each line.
How can skimming help you in reading	It can help us 10. the news or articles quickly.

 

Answer 1

1.much

2.What

3.hard

4.last

5.other

6.spend

7.short

8.How

9.move

10.understand

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹閱讀技巧問題。文章介紹，有幾百種閱讀技巧可以幫助提高閱讀速度，文章重點介紹了作者認為最重要的兩種閱讀技巧：預覽和略讀。

1.根據短文內容There are hundreds of skills to help you read much in a short time的描述可知，有幾百種閱讀技巧可以幫助提高閱讀速度，故應填much。

2.根據表格信息提示可知，這里指的是“要預覽的內容”，故應填What。

3.根據短文內容Preview(預覽)---if it’s long and hard. Previewing is especially useful for getting a main idea of heavy reading like long articles and reports.的描述可知，預覽即是針對較長或較難的文章和報告而言的，故應填hard。

4.根據預覽的技巧“Read the first two paragraphs(段落) and the last two paragraphs carefully.”介紹可知，預覽的技巧之一就是閱讀前兩段和后兩段，故應填last。

5.根據預覽的技巧“Then read only the first sentence(句子) of the other paragraphs.”介紹可知，預覽的另一個技巧是閱讀其他段落的首句，故應填other。

6.

7.

8.表格信息提示可知，這里指的是“怎樣略讀”，故應填How。

9.略讀的技巧“Get your eyes to move fast. Look through each line”的介紹可知，略讀的技巧之一就是讓眼睛在每一行間迅速移動，故應填move。

10.短文內容Everybody skims differently. You and I may not pick up the same words when we skim the same piece, but we’ll get the main idea of the news or article.的描述可知，略讀可以幫助我們快速理解文章內容。故可填understand。

考點：短文理解。