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1、（一）Nowletuslookathowweread.Whenwereadaprintedtext,oureyesmoveacrossapageinshort,jerkymovement.Werecognizewordsusuallywhenoureyesarestillwhentheyfixate.Eachtimetheyfixate,weseeagroupofwords.Thisisknownastherecognitionspanorthevisualspan.Thelengthoftimeofwhichtheeyess
2、top---thedurationofthefixation----variesconsiderablyfrompersontoperson.Italsovaieswithinanyonepersonaccordingtohispurposeinreadingandhisfamiliaritywiththetext.Furthermore,itcanbeaffectedbysuchfactorsaslightingandtiredness. Unfortunately,inthepast,manyreadingimprove
3、mentcourseshaveconcentratedtoomuchonhowoureyesmoveacrosstheprintedpage.Asaresultofthismisleadingemphasisonthepurelyvisualaspectsofreading,numerousexerciseshavebeendevisedtotraintheeyestoseemorewordsatonefixation.Forinstance,insomeexercises,wordsareflashedontoascreen
4、for,say,atenthoratwentiethofasecond.Oneoftheexerciseshasrequiredstudentstofixtheireyesonsomecentralpoint,takinginthewordsoneitherside.Suchwordpatternsareoftenconstructedintheshapeofrathersteeppyramidssothereadertakesinmoreandmorewordsateachsuccessivefixation.Allthes
5、eexercisesareveryclever,butit’sonethingtoimproveaperson’sabilitytoseewordsandquiteanotherthingtoimprovehisabilitytoreadatextefficiently.Readingrequirestheabilitytounderstandtherelationshipbetweenwords.Consequently,forthesereasons,manyexpertshavenowbeguntoquestionthe
6、usefulnessofeyetraining,especiallysinceanyapproachwhich trainsapersontoreadisolatedwordsandphraseswouldseemunlikelytohelphiminreadingacontinuoustext. Q: 1.Thetimeoftherecognitionspancanbeaffectedbythefollowingfactsexcept________. A.one’sfamiliaritywiththetext B
7、.one’spurposeinreading C.thelengthofagroupofwords D.lightingandtiredness 2.Theauthormaybelievethatreading______. A.requiresareadertotakeinmorewordsateachfixation B.requiresareadertoseewordsmorequickly C.demandsandeeply-participatingmind D.demandsmoremindthane
8、yes 3Whatdoestheauthormeanbysaying“butit’sonethingtoimproveaperson’sabilitytoseewordsandquiteanotherthingtoimprovehisabilitytoreadatextef
