专题推荐： 2011年12月英语四级考试备考冲刺专题

　　Reading involves looking at graphic symbols and formulatingmentally the sounds and ideas they represent.Concepts ofreading have changed 1_ over the centuries.During the 1950’sand 1960’s especially, increased attention has been devoted to2 _the reading process. 3 _specialists agree that reading 4_ acomplex organization of higher mental 5_ , they disagree 6_ theexact nature of the process.Some experts, who regardlanguage primarily as a code using symbols to represent sounds, 7_ reading as simply the decoding of symbolssintosthe sounds they stand 8_ .
　　 These authorities 9_ that meaning, being concerned with thinking, must be taughtindependently of the decoding process.Others maintain that reading is 10_ related to thinking, andthat a child who pronounces sounds without 11_ their meaning is not truly reading.The reader, 12_ some, is not just a person with a theoretical ability to read but one who 13_ reads.
　　Many adults, although they have the ability to read, have never read a book in its 14_ .By someexpert they would not be 15_ as readers.Clearly, the philosophy, objectives, methods andmaterials of reading will depend on the definition one use.By the most 16_ and satisfactorydefinition, reading is the ability to 17_ the sound-symbols code of the language, to interpretmeaning for various 18_ , at various rates, and at various levels of difficulty, and to do 19_ widelyand enthusiastically. 20 _reading is the interpretation of ideas through the use of symbolsrepresenting sounds and ideas.
　　1.A.substantively B.substantially C.substitutively D.subjectively
　　2.A.define and describe B.definition and description
　　C.defining and describing D.have defined and described
　　3.A.Although B.If C.Unless D.Until
　　4.A.involves B.involves to C.is involved D.involves of
　　5.A.opinions B.effects C.manners D.functions
　　6.A.of B.about C.for D.into
　　7.A.view B.look C.reassure D.agree
　　8.A.by B.to C.off D.for
　　9.A.content B.contend C.contempt D.contact
　　10.A.inexplicably B.inexpressibly C.inextricably D.inexpediently
　　11.A.interpreting B.saying C.explaining D.reading
　　12.A.like B.for example C.according to D.as
　　13.A.sometimes B.might C.practical D.actually
　　14.A.entire B.entirety C.entirely D.entity
　　15.A.classed B.granted C.classified D.graded
　　16.A.inclusive B.inclinable C.conclusive D.complicated
　　17.A.break up B.elaborate C.define D.unlock
　　18.A.purposes B.degrees C.stages D.steps
　　19.A.such B.so as C.so D.such as
　　20.A.By the way B.In short C.So far D.On the other hand