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(预览)---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(略读)----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】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍阅读技巧问题。文章介绍，有几百种阅读技巧可以帮助提高阅读速度，文章重点介绍了作者认为最重要的两种阅读技巧：预览和略读。

1.根据短文内容There are hundreds of skills to help you read much in a short time的描述可知，有几百种阅读技巧可以帮助提高阅读速度，故应填much。

2.根据表格信息提示可知，这里指的是“要预览的内容”，故应填What。

3.根据短文内容Preview(预览)---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，预览即是针对较长或较难的文章和报告而言的，故应填hard。

4.根据预览的技巧“Read the first two paragraphs(段落) and the last two paragraphs carefully.”介绍可知，预览的技巧之一就是阅读前两段和后两段，故应填last。

5.根据预览的技巧“Then read only the first sentence(句子) of the other paragraphs.”介绍可知，预览的另一个技巧是阅读其他段落的首句，故应填other。

6.

7.

8.表格信息提示可知，这里指的是“怎样略读”，故应填How。

9.略读的技巧“Get your eyes to move fast. Look through each line”的介绍可知，略读的技巧之一就是让眼睛在每一行间迅速移动，故应填move。

10.短文内容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，略读可以帮助我们快速理解文章内容。故可填understand。

考点：短文理解。