General Academic Collocations

01The comprehension passages on this course are designed to help you ______ your reading speed.

02A higher reading rate, with no ______ of comprehension, will help you in other subjects.

03The general principles ______ to any language.

04You can ______ your average reading speed over the whole range of materials.

05They are about topics of ______ interest which do not require a great deal of specialized knowledge.

06These reading passages require no great ______ of specialized knowledge.

07You might ______ through a newspaper at perhaps 650–700 words per minute.

08With intensive training over seventeen weeks, speeds of over 1000 w.p.m. can be ______.

09It is much more difficult to ______ the broad theme of the passage this way.

10Paragraph headings and emphasized words can be a great help in getting this ______ outline of the passage.

11They move the ______ finger along the line of print, pointing to each word.

12Sometimes the reader is still ______ his throat muscles slightly to 'say' the words to himself.

13With a very slight movement of the eyes, you can take in the whole phrase in the same ______.

14None of the lines of print on a page this size should need more than three eye ______.

15Your eyes will be one or two word groups ______ of the one your mind is taking in.

16Many students become discouraged when they find that if they try to ______ through a passage faster, they fail to take in what they have read.

17Go to the ______ catalogue in the library to find books that interest you.

18There is ______ to be some area that interests you and in which you can find books.

19If you want a quick check on how easy a book is, read through three or four pages at ______.

20You cannot ______ a permanent improvement in your reading speed if you practice reading slowly.