Which Method Do You Think Better?

  By the time that a student reaches his senior year in high school, he is likely to believe that he is an expert in reading. No matter how  36  he is, he can still improve. How do you read an article in a textbook? Do you have a certain   37  of doing it or do you just  38   at the beginning and keep reading  39   you come to the end?

  40   students say that they use the “ slow and sure” method. By this they mean they read every sentence slowly and   41  . Every time they come to an   42   word they stop  43   what it means and, if necessary, look it up in the   44  . In this method a person   45  has no time left for   46   what he has read, for he has used all his  47in trying to get the meaning of each word to   48  that he   49  everything.

Other students use what has been  50   the “review” method. Here a person tries to arrange his time   51   he can read his lesson   52  twice. This type of reading is  53  than the “ slow and sure” method, for the lesson  54   be read rapidly or there will not be  55 time left for a second reading.

36.A.high                     B. weak                               C. good                        D. well

37.A.idea               B. way                               C. wish                        D. plan

38.A.stop                     B. read                             C. do                           D. start

39.A.after                     B. before                      C. until                         D. unless

40.A.Few                     B. Some                              C. No                           D. All

41.A.carefully        B. carelessly                 C. correctly                  D. eagerly

42.A.useful                   B. important                  C. unknown                  D. old

43.A.thinking         B. to think                           C. to understand     D. to know

44.A.textbook        B. newspaper                C. magazine                  D. dictionary

45.A.always                  B. nearly                       C. almost               D. probably

46.A.learning         B. reviewing                 C. preparing           D. considering

47.A.time                     B. energy                      C. mind                        D. money

48.A.think                    B. be sure                            C. believe                     D. answer

49.A.wants                   B. remembers               C. forgets                     D. understands

50.A.called                   B. said                                 C. given                       D. known

51.A.because         B. but                                 C. as                            D. so that

52.A.at most          B. no more than                   C. at least                     D. only

53.A.shorter          B. faster                       C. nicer                        D. more important

54.A.can                      B. may                                C. must                        D. need

55.A.some                    B. no                                   C. little                         D. enough