Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D.  Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

People read for different purposes. Sometimes people read for information while on other occasions, for understanding. Therefore, we can know that the word “reading” has two

  51   senses.

       The first sense is the one in which we read newspapers, magazines, and so on. We can get access to the content of those materials   52  . Such materials may increase our   53 

of information, but they cannot improve our understanding. And clearly we don’t have any difficulty in gaining the new information, for our understanding is   54   to them before we start. Otherwise, we would have felt the shock of puzzlement.

The second sense is the one in which we read something that at first we do not completely   55  . Here the thing to be read is at the first sight better or higher than the reader. The writer is communicating something that can increase the reader’s understanding. Such   56   between unequals – people who know and people who don’t know – must be made possible. Otherwise one person could never learn from another. Here “learning” means understanding more, not   57   more information.

What are the   58   in this kind of reading? First, there is inequality in understanding. The writer must be “  59  ” to the reader in understanding. Besides, his book must convey something he possesses while his potential readers   60  . Second, the reader must be able to   61   this inequality in some degree. And he should always try to reach the same level of understanding with the writer. If the   62   is approached, success of communication is achieved.

Besides gaining information and understanding, there’s another goal of reading:

  63   . It is the least   64   and requires the least amount of effort. Everyone who knows how to read can read for entertainment if he wants to.   65  , any book that can be read for understanding or information can probably be read for entertainment as well.

51.  A. meaningful             B. broad               C. separate            D. informative

52.  A. easily               B. wholly                    C. briefly                     D. highly

53.  A. analysis            B. comprehension C. appreciation     D. store

54.  A. equal                      B. contrary           C. inferior             D. devoted

55.  A. agree                B. understand              C. approve            D. enjoy

56.  A. contact            B. relationship             C. method            D. communication

57.  A. selecting          B. ignoring          C. remembering    D. creating

58.  A. conditions        B. procedures       C. approaches              D. purposes

59.  A. humble            B. superior            C. kind                 D. generous

60.  A. know               B. acquire             C. lack                  D. deny

61.  A. recognize         B. follow                     C. neglect             D. overcome

62.  A. principle          B. equality            C. information             D. content

63.  A. knowledge       B. ability                     C. entertainment  D. culture

64.  A. enjoyable        B. reasonable        C. flexible           D. demanding

65.  A. In fact                     B. On the contrary       C. In addition              D. On the other hand

 

51. C     52. A     53. D     54. A     55. B     56. D     57. C     58. A     59. B     60. C

61. D     62. B     63. C     64. D     65. A