The Art of Slow Reading
If you are reading this article in print, chances are that you will only get through half of what I have written. And if you are reading this online, you may not even finish a fifth. ___1___ They suggest that many of us no longer have the concentration to read articles through to their conclusion.
So are we getting stupider? Actually, our online habits are damaging the mental power we need to process and understand textual information. Round-the-clock news makes us read from one article to the next without necessarily engaging fully with any of the content. Our reading is frequently stopped by the noise of the latest email and we are now absorbing short bursts of words on Twitter and Facebook more regularly than longer texts. ___2___ But we are gradually forgetting how to sit back, think carefully, and relate all the facts to each other.
___3___ A desperate bunch of academics want us to take our time while reading, and re-reading. They ask us to switch off our puters every so often and rediscover both the joy of personal engagement with printed texts, and the ability to process them fully. What’s to be done then? Most slow readers realize that total rejection of the web is extremely unrealistic. They feel that getaway from technology for a while is the answer. ___4___
Personally, I’m not sure whether I could ever go offline for long. Even while writing this article, I am switching constantly between sites, skimming too often, absorbing too little. Internet reading has bee too rooted in my daily life for me to change. I read essays and articles not in hard copy but as PDFs. I suspect that many readers are in a similar position.___5___ You can download a puter application called Freedom, which allows you to read in peace by cutting off your Internet connection. Or if you want to avoid being disturbed by the Internet, you could always download offline reader Instapaper for your iPhone. If you’re still reading my article, that is slow reading.
A. The Internet is probably part of the problem. B. Now some campaigns are advocating slow reading.
C. These are the two findings from the recent research projects.
D. But if you just occasionally want to read more slowly, help is at hand. E. Some of them have suggested turning their puters off for one day a week. F. Slow reading can help connect a reader to neighborhood and bee popular. G. Because of the Internet, we have bee very good at collecting information. 第三部分 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分, 满分 30 分）
Fifteen years ago, I took a summer vacation in Lecce in Italy. After climbing up a hill for
a full view of the blue sea, I paused to catch my 1 and then positioned myself to take a photo.
Unfortunately, just as I took out my camera, a woman approached from behind and 2 herself right in front of my 3 . Like me, she was here to stop, sigh and appreciate the scenery.
4 as I was, after about 15 minutes, my camera scanning the sun and reviewing the shot I would 5 take, I was upset. Should I ask her to 6 so that I could take just one picture of the landscape? Sure, I could have asked her, but something 7 me doing so. She seemed so 8 in her observation. I didn’t want to mess with that.
Another 15 minutes passed and I grew more 9 . The woman was still there. I decided to take the photo 10 . And now when I look at it, I think her 11 in the photo is what makes the image 12 . The landscape, beautiful on its own, somehow es to life and breathes 13 this woman is engaging with it. This photo, with the 14 beauty that unfolded before me and the woman who “ 15 ” it, now hangs on the wall in my bedroom. What would she think if she knew that her figure is captured (捕捉) and 16 on a strangers bedroom wall? A bedroom, after all, is a very private space, in which a woman I don’t even know has been kept forever. In some ways, she has been 17 in my house.
Perhaps we all live in each other’s space. Perhaps this is what photos are for: to 18 us that we all appreciate beauty, and that we all share a mon 19 for pleasure and connection.
This photo is a reminder, a captured moment, an unspoken 20 between two women, separated only by a thin square of glass. 1. A. sight
B. breath
B. found B. photo
C. way
D. attention
D. enjoyed D. direction D. Patient D. hurriedly
2. A. planted 3. A. concern 4. A. Cautious 5. A. eventually 6. A. keep away 7. A. caught
C. lost C. view
B. Curious B. randomly
C. Casual C. extremely
B. go over
B. sent
C. move along
C. got C. quiet
D. stay out D. prevented
D. confident
8. A. anxious 9. A. excited 10. A. anyway 11. A. beauty 12. A. puzzling 13. A. unless
B. content B. annoyed B. somehow B. behavior
C. worried C. instead
D. confused
D. indeed D. presence D. boring
C. determination C. interesting C. although
B. disappointing
B. because
D. until
14. A. strange 15. A. ruined 16. A. protected 17. A. hanging 18. A. promise 19. A. respect
B. regrettable B. created B. observed B. living B. tell B. plan
C. distant
D. unique
C. missed C. frozen
D. discovered D. drawn D. wandering
C. shining
C. convince C. desire
C. trust
D. remind
D. sense
D. love
20. A. conversation
B. result
第II卷 （共 71分）
第四部分：基础知识（共三节, 满分31分）
第一节 根据所给首字母,写出正确的单词来完成句子(共11小题；每小题1分, 满分11分)
1. The student shut himself in the study writing his graduate essay for fear of being i________
by his naughty brother.
2. Your m_______ kitchen really needs to be cleaned thoroughly.
3. The boy stood on the playground h_______ over whether to join the game or not and afraid
of being turned down.
4. You were pletely m_______ about John. He just looked like the thief who ran away. 5. Young people often o_________ all sorts of warning signals about their own health, afraid
of losing their jobs.
6. Why not keep a dictionary at hand for c________? You can look up into the dictionary whenever
you meet new words.
7. Although she has spared no efforts on learning, she still couldn’t live up to her parents’
e__________.
8. When he returned to his home town after the war, he found it had changed beyond all
r__________.
9. What's the use of theoretical knowledge that has no p________ application?
10. Father’s o_________ to my trip to the UK was that the cost was too far more than we can
afford.
11. The employment is increasing sharply with the business b_______ and making money is not that
difficult.
第二节 根据句意从方框中选出合适的短语, 用其适当的形式完成句子,有一个多余选项。 (共10小题；每小题1分, 满分10分)
in favor of pay off rob…of… identify…as… keep up mark out date back in terms of look ahead get through associate…with… 1. If you _______________ and prepared financially for life's unexpected challenges and
emergencies when you were young, you would be living a fortable and well-off life now. 2. The activity of the Spring Festival Parade is held annually in Chinatown with the purpose
of ___________________ the Chinese tradition.
3. We’d better have the road signs __________________ clearly so that the tourists can know
in which direction to go.
4. Plans for constructing a tunnel were rejected _____________the bridge mainly due to the tight
budget.
5. Once ________________ economic and political independence, one country is unlikely to earn
respect from the others across the globe.
6. For the students who approach Senior Three, believing that our hard work
_____________________ can strengthen our confidence and determination.
7. Optimism tends to ________________ good physical health, less depression and longer life. 8. Graffiti (涂鸦)has existed since ancient times with examples ______________to Ancient Greece
and the Roman Empire.
9. No sooner had the tiring task of decorating the house _______________ with
than a pipe burst in the toilet and ruined the floor throughout. 10. Each product ______________ having passed the required tests is certain to be stamped with
a “Qualified” mark.
第三节 根据课文内容填空（注意:每空一词或多于一词；共10小题；每小题1分, 满分10分)
1. It also _______________________________ being the most multicultural state in the USA, having attracted people from all over the world. The customs and languages of the immigrants live on in their new home. _______________________________ is not surprising when you know the history of California.
2. Then _______________________________ that Dolly had bee seriously ill. Cloning scientists _______________________________ to find that Dolly’s illnesses were more appropriate to a much older animal.
3. The _______________________________ that it is difficult to get new ideas accepted unless they are _______________________________.
4. But, sir, once _______________________________, that girl could
_______________________________ in three months as a duchess at an ambassador's garden party. 5. We have found human and animal bones in those caves higher up the hill as well as tools and
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