The comprehension passages on this course are designed to help you increase your reading speed. A higher reading rate, with no loss of comprehension, will help you in other subjects as well as English, and the general principles apply to any language. Naturally, you will not read every book at the same speed. You would expect to read a newspaper, for example , much more rapidly than a physics or economics textbook—but you can raise your average reading speed over the whole range of materials you wish to cover so that the percentage gain will be the same whatever kind of reading you are concerned with. The reading passages which follow are all of an average level of difficulty for your stage of instruction. They are all approximately 500 words long. They are about topics of general interest which do not require a great deal of specialized knowledge. Thus they fall between the kind of reading you might find in your textbooks and the much less demanding kind you will find in a newspaper or light novel. If you read this kind of English, with understanding, at, say, 400 words per minute, you might skim through a newspaper at perhaps 650~700, while with a difficult textbook you might drop to 200 or 250. Perhaps you would like to know what reading speeds are common among native English-speaking university students and how those speeds can be improved. Tests in Minnesota, U. S. , for example, have shown that students without special training can read English of average difficulty, for example, Tolstoys War and Peace in translation, at speeds of between 240 and 250 w. p. m. with about 70% comprehension. Minnesota claims that after 12 half-hour lessons, once a week, the reading speed can be increased, with no loss of comprehension, to around 500 w. p. m. It is further claimed that with intensive training over seventeen weeks, speeds of over 1 000 w. p. m. can be reached, but this would be quite exceptional. Questions:
The special season of pre-1949 films mentioned______.
A．was shown in cities all over the world
B．consisted mainly of films banned since 1957
C．was organized by the China Film Archive
D．gave young film-makers a second chance to see films of the 1930s and 1940s

单项选择题I wonder if you realize just how many others share your problem. It is so common for people to distort the truth about themselves. Sometimes its just an invented excuse when youre late for something or a pretence that you like someone you dont. These white lies dont usually harm anyone and indeed often help smooth over difficult social situations. They certainly are embarrassing if exposed but, on the whole, theyre easily forgiven. What you describe is a habit of lying that is more serious than this. I suspect that the lies you tell are ways of defending an idea you have of your own worth. People who have doubts about their own self-esteem often worry that others will judge them as harshly as they feel they deserve because of a secret idea that they are pretty worthless. In other words, they create a false picture of themselves, a picture of someone who meets all the expectations they think others have of them. And as you say, that causes problems—since they have to keep living up to that image. At the same time, they have to tell further lies to cover the stories they have already told. According to some authorities, this is particularly among women especially those who have few opportunities to develop an adequate sense of self-worth. I suggest you give yourself one day during which you stick solidly to the truth about yourself. Give yourself a small treat at the end of the day if you have managed to keep it up. Wait a week and then try it again. Once you have achieved three separate lie-free days, see if you can cope with three days running, and then extend it to a whole week. Dont make a promise to yourself that you will never lie again because almost certainly you will—its too much to take on at once. Try to change things little by little, by setting yourself manageable targets. After a while, youll wonder why you ever had the problem at all. Question: The expression 'living up to' in the passage can best be replaced by______.A．glowing up withB．living withC．seekingD．sticking to

单项选择题A neutral setting is very important for people holding different position in that______.A．it provides more space for both sidesB．there is less interface in a neutral settingC．it makes both sides feel close to each otherD．it is favorable to both sides

单项选择题The distance a manager should maintain at large briefings is______.A．less than 3 feetB．exact 3 feetC．more than 3 feetD．about 3 inches

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