Ⅱ．完形填空/Close(20分)
　　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（ 16 ）a job or advancing in one, the ability to read and comprehend（ 17 ）can mean the difference between success and failure．Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are（ 18 ）readers．Most of us develop poor reading（ 19 ）at an early age, and never get over them．The main deficiency（ 20 ）in the actual stuff of language itself-words．Taken individually, words have（ 21 ）meaning until they are strung together into phrases, sentences and paragraphs．（ 22 ）, however, the untrained reader does not read groups of words．He laboriously reads one word at a time, often regressing to（ 23 ）words or passages．Regression, the tendency to look back over（ 24 ）you have just read, is a common bad habit in reading．Another habit which（ 25 ）down the speed of reading is vocalization-sounding each word either orally or mentally as（ 26 ）reads．
　　To overcome these bad habits, some reading clinics use a device called an（ 27 ）, which moves a bar (or curtain) down the page at a predetermined speed．The bar is set at a slightly faster rate（ 28 ）the reader finds comfortable, in order to "stretch" him．The accelerator forces the reader to read fast,（ 29 ）word by word reading, regression and subvocalization practically impossible．At first（ 30 ）is sacrificed for speed．But when you learn to read ideas and concepts, you will not only read faster,（ 31 ）your comprehension will improve．Many people have found（ 32 ）reading skill drastically improved after some training．（ 33 ）Charlie Au, a business manager, for instance．His reading rate was a reasonably good 172 words a minute（ 34 ）the training；now it is an excellent 1,378 words a minute．He is delighted that how he can（ 35 ）a lot more reading material in a short period of time．
16．A．applying　B．doing　C．offering　D．getting
17．A．quickly　B．easily　C．roughly　D．decidedly
18．A．good　B．curious　C．poor　D．urgent
19．A．training　B．habits　C．situations　D．custom
20．A．lies　B．combines　C．touches　D．involves
21．A．some　B．a　lot　C．little　D．dull
22．A．Fortunately　B．In　fact　C．Logically　D．Unfortunately
23．A．reuse　B．reread　C．rewrite　D．recite
24．A．what　B．which　C．that　D．if
25．A．scales　B．cuts　C．slows　D．measures
26．A．some　one　B．one　C．he　D．reader
27．A．accelerator　B．actor　C．amplifier　D．observer
28．A．then　B．as　C．beyond　D．than
29．A．enabling　B．leading　C．making　D．indicating
30．A．meaning　B．comprehension　C．gist　D．regression
31．A．but　B．nor　C．or　D．for
32．A．our　B．your　C．their　D．other
33．A．Look　at　B．Take　C．Make　D．Consider
34．A．for　B．in　C．after　D．before
35．A．master　B．go　over　C．present　D．get through

2012年中学英语特岗教师招聘考试模拟试卷及答案解析二

2012年中学英语特岗教师招聘考试模拟试卷及答案解析三