2007英语四级完形填空模拟训练4

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 __1__a job or advancing in one， the ability to read and comprehend __2__ can mean the difference between success and failure.

Yet the unfortunate fact is that most of us are __3__ readers.

Most of us develop poor reading __4__ at an early age， and never get over them.

The main deficiency __5__ in the actual stuff of language itself-words.

Taken individually， words have __6__ meaning until they are strung together into phrased， sentences and paragraphs. __7__ ， however， the untrained reader does not read groups of words.

He laboriously reads one word at a time， often regressing to __8__ words or passages.

Regression， the tendency to look back over __9__ you have just read， is a common bad habit in reading.

Another habit which __10__ down the speed of reading is vocalization―sounding each word either orally or mentally as __11__ reads.