舉例而言，如果 TOEIC 考題中出現下面這段短文，你會如何踏出閱讀的第一步呢？

例一

Knowing what products to sell and how to sell them is fundamental to doing business. Unfortunately, the research and analysis of market trends and necessary to do business well is a complex and time-consuming task that few companies have the resources to properly undertake. It is just to fill this need that McKenna Consulting was founded in 1997. With over five years in business and extensive research data charting marketing developments since the 1960s, McKenna Consulting has the statistics and business insight to guide your existing management vision and add factual backbone to your marketing strategy.

首先，想必你會將本文瀏覽掃描一遍。不過以第一句為例，你閱讀的單位是下列哪一種呢？

A. Knowing ． what ． products ． to ． sell ． and ． how ． to ． sell ． them ．
is ． fundamental ． to ． doing ． business.

B. Knowing ． what products to sell ． and ． how to sell them ．
is fundamental ． to doing business.

C. Knowing ． what products to sell and how to sell them ．
is fundamental to doing business.

D. Knowing what products to sell and how to sell them ． is fundamental to doing business.

E. Knowing what products to sell and how to sell them is fundamental to doing business.

一般而言，你閱讀的單位愈大 ( 愈接近 DE) ，閱讀的速度愈快，而且愈能考慮到文章通篇的結構。較有效率的讀者在讀長篇文章時甚至會以兩三個句子、一整段、或數段為閱讀與記憶的單位呢 !