历届高考完形填空语篇荟萃(13)

(十三)

What actually happens when we read? Some people think that we read one word at a time, understand it and then go on to the next. Other people think that our eyes smoothly¹ move over each line from left to right, then back to the beginning of the next line, and so on. In fact, the physical action of reading usually doesn't work in either of those ways.
Suppose you do this experiment with a friend. Get hold of a book with a large page size and with lines that go right across the page. Get your friend to hold the book up and to read it with the top of the book just below his eye level. This means² that you can watch the movement of his eyes as he reads the page. If you do this, you will see that your friend's eyes do not make a continuous³ forward sweep. Instead they progress(向前)by little "jumps", moving, then stopping, as they progress along the line.
There has to be this starting and stopping movement because the eye can see only when it is not moving. Every time the eye pauses⁴ it sees a phrase⁵ or even a sentence, then jumps to the next part of the line, and so on.
There is another interesting fact about eye movement. You will notice that, from time to time ,the reader goes back and looks again at something he has read before, in other words, he returns to an earlier part of the text probably because he realizes he is not understanding it properly. Then he comes back where he stopped and continues reading.
简析：说明文文体，主要阐述阅读的准确动作。

1 smoothly   

adv.平滑地，顺利地，流利地，流畅地

参考例句：

• The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作，所以工作进展顺利。
• Just change one or two words and the sentence will read smoothly.这句话只要动一两个字就顺了。

2 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

3 continuous   

adj.继续的，连续的，持续的，延伸的

参考例句：

• She finally got in after 10 years'continuous effort.坚持不懈地努力了十年后，她终于当选了。
• We must be continuous to study.我们必须不断学习。

4 pauses   

n.停顿( pause的名词复数 )；暂停；延长记号；暂停键v.停顿( pause的第三人称单数 )；暂停；（按暂停键）暂停放音；暂停放像

参考例句：

• Speakers can use intonation, stress, and pauses to help make their meaning clear. 讲话的人可以用语调、重音和停顿等方法来帮助他们表达的更明确。 来自辞典例句
• He pauses a moment at the foot of a tree to take his bearings. 他在一棵树下面停了下来，以便判明自己的方位。 来自辞典例句

5 phrase   

n.短语，词组；成语，习语

参考例句：

• The phrase was caught on and immediately became popular.这个短语被采用后很快就流行了。
• That's exactly the phrase I was looking for.这就是我一直找的那个短语。