Part IV Cloze Test (10 minutes, 15 points, 1 for each)
Directions: In this part, there is a passage with fifteen blanks. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer for each blank and mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.
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 --56-- a job or advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend 57-- can mean the difference between success and failure. Yet the unfortunate fact is that most
of us are --58-- readers. Most of us develop poor reading -59-- at an early age, and never get over them. The main deficiency --60-- in the actual stuff of language itself--words. Taken individually, words
have --61-- meaning until they are strung together into phrased, sentences and paragraphs. --62--, however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words.He laboriously reads one word at a time, often regressing to --63-- words or passages.Regression, the tendency to look back over --64-- you have just read, is a common bad habit in reading.Another habit which --65-- down the speed of reading is vocalization—sounding each word either orally or mentally as --66-- reads.
To overcome these bad habits, some reading clinics use a device called an --67--, which moves a bar (or curtain) down the page at a predetermined speed. The bar is set at a slightly faster rate --68-- the reader finds comfortable, in order to "stretch" him. The accelerator forces the reader to read fast, --69-- word--by--word reading, regression and subvocalization, practically impossible.
At first --70-- is sacrificed for speed. But when you learn to read deas and concepts, you will not only read faster, but your comprehension will improve. Many people have found their reading skill drastically improved after some training. Take Charlce Au, a business manager, for instance, his reading rate was a reasonably good 172 words a minute before the training, now it is an excellent 1,378 words a minute. He is delighted that how he can get through a lot more reading material in a short period of time..
56. [A] applying [B] doing [C] offering [D] getting
57. [A] quickly [B] easily [C] roughly [D] decidedly
58. [A] good [B] curious [C] poor [D] urgent
59. [A] training [B] habits [C] situations [D] custom
60. [A] lies [B] combines [C] touches [D] involves
61. [A] some [B] A lot [C] little [D] dull
62. [A] Fortunately [B] In fact [C] Logically [D] Unfortunately
63. [A] reuse [B] reread [C] rewrite [D] recite
64. [A] what [B] which [C] that [D] if
65. [A] scales [B] cuts [C] slows [D] measures
66. [A] some one [B] one [C] he [D] reader
67. [A] accelerator [B] actor [C] amplifier [D] observer
68. [A] then [B] as [C] beyond [D] than
69. [A] enabling [B] leading [C] making [D] indicating
70. [A] meaning [B] comprehension [C] gist [D] regression
Part V Error Detection (10 minutes, 5 points, 0.5 for each)
Directions: In this section, there are 10 sentences. Each sentence has 4 underlined words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Identify the part of the sentence that is incorrect .
71. Jet propulsion can take place in a vacuum as long as oxygen is provision to burn the
[A] [B] [C]
the engine’s fuel.
[D]
72. The eruptions of Mt.St Helens were enough severe to cause numerous deaths.
[A] [B] [C] [D]
73. Indications that the moon underwent a heavy bombardment date back the early
[A] [B] [C] [D]
1970s.
74. Atoms that having different atomic numbers generally behave differently.
[A] [B] [C] [D]
75. There is never any need to feel shameless or even children in wanting to move on
A [B] [C]
to new experience.
[D]
76. It is very hard to believe that when
[A] B [C]
faster than in the days of Julius Caester.
[D]
77. Certain jets have duplicate sets of engine instruments in order for the pilot and the
[A] [B]
filght engineer sees that the engines are running.
[C] [D]
78. Being that their party was the only one on the ballot, they won easily.
[A] [B] [C] [D]
79. Theirteen hundred medical profesionals, all of which have been trained to treat
[A] [B]
drug dependency, attended the annual convetion sponsored by a society.
[C] [D]
80. To become a member of the civic association, one need only attend three meetings
[A] [B]
and to pay his fees regularly.
[C] [D]
