The purpose of this part of the book is to help you become more efficient in reading b

y speeding up the process generally. Most people can learn to cover material much faster than they do now while maintaining a high level of comprehension.

Improvement in reading efficiency has several major benefits. We need reading skills to benefit from the wealth of information that is now available in printed form. Most people get the rough outlines of their daily news from television and radio. However, the printed word still provides the in-depth coverage of topics that really produces well-informed people. Reading is also a great source of entertainment for many people. For students, it is the primary method of studying.

The time you now spend reading can be made much more productive by increasing your reading rate. For some people this will mean that they can obtain more information in the same length of time. For others it will mean that time now devoted to reading can be used in other more interesting and profitable ways.

To determine how fast you are reading, you first have to get some idea of the number of words in a given passage. Then you simply divide the number of words by the number of minutes it takes to read. That will give your rate in words per minute.

1、The passage is taken from.()

A、a story book

B、a news report

C、a report on a scientific research

D、a book on reading

2、Which of the following statements is NOT a benefit from reading according to the passage？()

A、Reading will help readers get more information

B、By reading readers will have an in-depth coverage of daily news

C、Students must read so that they can master knowledge

D、Improvement of reading helps readers get outlines of daily news

3、This passage mainly discusses.()

A、different kinds of reading

B、the importance of improving reading skills and how to calculate reading rate

C、reading as a source of entertainment

D、different ways to improve reading speed

4、"reading efficiency" in Paragraph 2 means.()

A、the average reading rate

B、the ability of reading fast with a good understanding

C、reading materials readers like

D、reading habits

5、Reading speed can be calculated by.()

A、counting how many words a reader has read

B、dividing the total number of words a reader read by the time he spends on reading

C、timing how many minutes a reader has read

D、asking help from the teacher