mountains climbed.

The writings in those journals framed my life. I hadn't written every day. I often skipped a few days or even weeks, but I always picked up the writing when it felt important. Journals went with me when I traveled, and I often wrote in them at school when my own students were writing. It took several long evenings to read through the notebooks, taking me on tour spanning(持续) 42years. As I read I could recall sitting on a bench in Trafalar Square in London or in our apartment in Peru to write to the future me. It was then that I realized: I am now the person I was writing to throughout those years.

11. What can we learn about Charles Lee?

A. He was an Englishman the author came across

B. He gave the author a notebook as birthday present

C. The author gained valuable experience of life from him

D. The author once lived in his house as a college graduate

12. One reason why the author kept writing journals was that he wanted to _____.

A. let others read what he wrote in the future.

B. know what his life would be like in the future

C. live up to Charles Lee's expectation for him

D. leave something special to his three daughters

13. How did the author feel when he opened the first box filled with his journals?

A. Curious B. Surprised C. Worried D. Disappointed

14. We can learn from the passage that the author _______.

A. rarely wrote journals at school B. even wrote journals when traveling

C. keeps a daily journal of his life D. had kept writing journals for five decades

15. What would be the best title for the passage?

A. A gift to my future self B. My interesting experience of life

C. A red notebook D. Rereading my journals

第二节 共5小题 每小题2分，满分10分

Speed reading is the process of rapidly recognizing and absorbing phrases or sentences on a page all at once, rather than identifying individual words. It's a surprisingly easy technique to learn, which is based on a few key techniques that anyone can pick up:

Stop saying the words in your head. Subvocalization(默读) is the habit most of us have where we "hear" words in our minds as we read them. ___16____ All you need to do is to stop the speech mechanism (机制) in your brain, which means chewing gun, humming, or even eating while you've reading. ___17____ This can teach you to stop reading with your mouth.

___18___ When we're reading, we tend to skip our eyes back and reflect on the word we just read. This slows us down. Unfortunately, the only way to break this habit is to admit you do it and notice when you do.

Point at the text. One of the more surprising speed reading techniques is "meta(元) guiding." ____19____ You still need to concentrate on each word if you want to actually keep any information, but it's one way speed reading programs teach you to quickly get through a text.

___20____ While some people can certainly retain a lot of the information they read, many people can't. So, if you're interested, give speed reading a try, but don't feel like you have to commit to it just to get through all your books. You have other options.

Avoid "Back Skips"