SpeedreadingisanecessaryandvitalskillintheInternetage.Weskimoverarticlese-mailsandtweets（微博）totrytograspkeywordsandtheessentialmeaningofthetext.Withsomuchinformationavailablethroughourelectronicdevic

　　SpeedreadingisanecessaryandvitalskillintheInternetage.Weskimoverarticlese-mailsandtweets（微博）totrytograspkeywordsandtheessentialmeaningofthetext.Withsomuchinformationavailablethroughourelectronicdevicesitwouldbeimpossibletogetthrougheverythingifwereadwordbywordlinebyline.

　　Butanewtrendcallsonpeopletounplug（拔掉电源插座）andenjoyreadingslowlyonethatclaimstohavebenefitsbeyondintellectualstimulation（智力上的刺激）byspeedreading.

　　ArecentstoryfromTheWallStreetJournalreportedonabookclubinWellingtonNewZealandwheremembersmeetinacafeandturnofftheirsmartphones.Theysinkintocomfortablechairsandreadinsilenceforanhour.

　　Unliketypical（一贯的）bookclubsthepointoftheslowreadingclubisn’ttoexchangeideasaboutcertainbooksbuttogetawayfromelectronicdevicesandreadinaquietrelaxedenvironment.AccordingtothestorytheWellingtonbookclubisjustoneexampleofamovementstartedbybookloverswhomissthetraditionalwayofreading.

　　TraditionalreaderslikeMauraKellysayaregularreadinghabitsharpensthemindimprovesconcentrationreducesstresslevelsanddeepenstheabilitytounderstandothers.Someofthesebenefitshavebeenbackedupbyscience.Forexampleastudyof300elderlypeoplepublishedbythejournalNeurologylastyearshowedthatmaturepeoplewhotakepartinactivitiesthatusetheirbrainsuchasreadingsufferlessmemorylossastheygetolder.AnotherstudypublishedlastyearinScienceshowedthatreadingnovelsinthetraditionalwayhelpspeopleunderstandothers’mentalstatesandbeliefs—akeyskillinbuildingrelationships.

　　5.SpeedreadingisanecessaryandvitalskillintheInternetagebecausepeople______.

　　A.havetograspthemeaningfaster

　　B.havemuchmoreinformationtoread

　　C.nolongerreadwordbywordlinebyline

　　D.mustusetheirsmartphonesmorefrequently

　　6.MembersoftheWellingtonbookclubareexpectedto______.

　　A.readpeacefullyforanhour

　　B.makecoffeefortheothermembers

　　C.regularlyswapideasaboutbooks

　　D.turnofftheirsmartphonesforrecharging

　　7.AccordingtotheNeurologystudywhoismostlikelytosu