阅读技巧o有关资料显示，在美国，没有经过特殊训练 的大学生阅读中等难度文章的阅读速度是每 分钟240-250个单词，理解准确率大约为 70%。然而经过一周共计12小时的训练后 ，每分钟阅读速度可达500个单词，理解准 确率接近100%。o拥有快速阅读能力，优势不言自明。为了帮 助你掌握快速阅读的技巧，编辑、整理了一 批资料供大家参考。你可以先研究一下如何 克服快速阅读的障碍和进行快速阅读的技巧 。然后，大量阅读选编的英美原版材料。这 些文章大多在100-450个单词长度范围内， 难度中等，内容涉及各种专业和主题。每篇 文章后都附有问题及答案。请以最快的速度 阅读，然后回答问题。 阅读技巧一 Think of the passage as a wholeoWhen you practice reading with passages shorter than book length, do not try to take in each word separately, one after the other. It is much more difficult to grasp the broad theme of the passage this way, and you will also get the stuck on individual words which may not be absolutely essential to a general understanding of the passage. It is a good idea to skim through the passage very quickly first to get the general idea of each paragraph. Titles, paragraph headings and emphasized word can be a great help in getting this skeleton outline of the passage. It is surprising how many people do not read titles, introductions or paragraph headings. Can you, without looking back, remember the title of this passage and the heading of this paragraph? 阅读技巧二 Obstacles to faster effective reading oPerhaps you have seen very young children or very old people-learning to read. They move the index finger along the line of print, pointing to each word, sometimes even to individual letters, saying the word or letters to themselves in a low voice. This is called “vocalizing.“ Sometimes the learner makes no sound though his lips may move to form the words, sometimes there is not even any perceptible movement of the mouth at all, but the learner is still activating his throat muscles slightly to say the words to himself. He is still vocalizing. oHowever slight the extent of vocalizing may be， it will still be impossible for such a reader to reach a speed of more than about 280 w.p.m. The appreciation of written words must be entirely visual and we must read more than one word at a time. oLook at you, the second word of this passage. Even if you look straight at the o of that word, without moving your eyes at all， you can clearly see perhaps and have on either side. So you can read three words at once. When you are reading well, your eyes will be one or two groups ahead of the one your mind is taking in. oPractice on something easy and interesting oMany students, who try to increase their effective reading speed, become discouraged when they find that if they try to race through a passage faster, they fail to take in what they have read. At the end, they have been so busy reading faster that they cannot remember what the passage was about. The problem here is that the material they are practicing on is either too difficult for them in vocabulary or content, or not sufficiently interesting. Read things you like reading. There is bound to be some area that interests you and in which you can find books of about your level of ability or just below.oIf you want a quick check on how easy a book is , read through three or four pages at random. If there are , on average, more than five or six words on each page that are completely new to you , then the book (though you may preserve with it for interests sake) is not suitable for reading- speed improvement. You cannot achieve a permanent improvement in your reading speed if most of the time you are practicing reading slowly. 阅读技巧三 Hints for reading practice (part 1) oSet aside time each dayoMost of us can find 15minutes or half an hour each day for some specific regular activity. It may be a free period or a regular wait, say in the queue for a bus or meal-even while eating breakfast. One famous surgeon always made it a rule to spend at least 15 minutes on general reading before he went to sleep each night. Whether he went to bed at 10 P.M. or 2.30 a.m. made no difference. Even if you cannot keep to this kind discipline, it is a good idea to make sure you always have a general interest book in your pocket. Dont forget it should be a book which entertains you and the English must not be too difficult for you. oCheck your progress through pacingoNearly all speed reading courses have a pacing reading element-some timing device which lets the students know how many word a minute he is reading. You can do this simply by looking at your watch every 5 or 10 minutes and noting down the page number you have reached. Check the average number of words per page for the particular book you are reading. oHow do you know when 5 minutes have passed on your watch if you are busy reading the book? oWell, this is difficult at first. A friend can help by timing you over a set period, or you can read within hearing distance of a public clock which strikes the quarter hours. Pace yourself every three or four days, always with the same kind of easy, general interest book. You should soon notice your habitual w.p.m. rate creeping up. oCheck comprehensionoObviously there is lit