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填空题 英语四级
2008-11-17

Directions : In this part, you will have 15 minutes to .go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1.
For questions 1 - 7, mark
  Y (for YES ) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;
  N (for NO ) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;
  NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.
For questions 8 - 10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.
Build up Your Vocabulary
Exactly what do you do during a normal day? How do you spend your time? Paul T. Rankin very much wanted an answer to that question To get it, he asked sixty-eight individuals to keep an accurate, detailed record of what they did every minute of their waking hours. When he consolidated his findings, he discovered that the average individual spent 70 percent of his waking time doing one thing only communication. That meant either reading, writing, speaking or listening.
  Put that evidence alongside of the research findings uncovered by the Human Engineering Laboratories. In exploring aptitudes and careers involving, among other things, data from 30,000 vocabulary tests given yearly, they discovered that big incomes and big vocabularies go together. Vocabulary, more than any other factors yet known, predicts financial success.
  And it all fits. Each word you add to your vocabulary makes you a better reader, writer, speaker and listener. Furthermore, linguistic scientists are quick to point out that we actually think with words. If that is so, new words make us better thinkers as well as communicators. No wonder more words are likely to mean more money. What better reason for beginning right now to extend your vocabulary?
  Take reading. What exactly do you read? Common sense says you read words. Research confirms that fact. "Vocabulary in context" contributes 39 percent to comprehension. That's more than any other factor isolated and studied even more than intelligence. And "word in parts" contributes more to speed of reading than any other factor. In short, your efforts to improve vocabulary will pay off in both comprehension and speed.
Suppose, as you're reading along, you come across a strange word lumtebs.
  Did you find yourself stopping for a closer look at lumtebs? Pardon the spelling slip. That's actually the word stumble (偶然发现).
  The letters just got mixed around. Obviously you now know that strange words do slow you down -- or even stop derstand, "eschew garrulity" or "avoiding talking too much".
  What you need is a vital, dynamic approach to vocabulary building. Hybrid ( 混合种) corn combines the best qualities of several varieties to ensure maximum productivity. A hybrid approach to vocabulary should, in the same way, ensure maximum results. That's why you should use the CPD formula.
Through Context
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【线索词】Paul T.Rankin 【定位处】首段最后两句
【解析】Y。本题的线索信息是Paul T.Rankin,从而将题目出处定位到文章首段。该段最后两句引出了Paul T.Rankin的调查结果:人们平均把一天当中70%的清醒时间用于读、写、说、听。题千正是对这两句话的概括,用most替代了70 percent,故答案为Y。
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