SAT阅读理解题型讲解
基本介绍
SAT考试的阅读文章题材广泛，包括人文、社会科学和自然科学。文章类型多种多样，有些是纯粹的说明文（描述事物，解释信息），有些是叙述类文章（讲述一个故事），还有议论文章（表达一种立场）。每次SAT考试阅读理解一般包括两套双篇对比文章，（一套双短和一套双长），一套双篇独立文章和一篇单长文章或两篇单独中长文章。
每篇文章后面会有文章理解阅读题目，根据文章题目2至13个不等。问题大致可以分为以下几类：
写作目的题
主旨理解题
理解推断题
划线部分理解题（细节理解和功能描述）
语气、态度和语言题
阅读词汇理解题
综合归纳题
SAT阅读理解题目答题技巧：
1．一切答案来源于文章。所有答案的选择都要来自于文章，不要用个人观点和阅读经验影响答题选择。切忌主观臆断。所有题目的正确答案都来自于文章中相应的词句，推断题和语气态度题也是在原文的基础上进行字里行间的推理判断。与题目相关的部分一定要细读精读。
2．对文章充满好奇，饶有兴趣地进行阅读答题。可以把阅读材料和自己感兴趣的相关话题联系起来，充满好奇心的积极阅读会提高阅读速度。在文章中用铅笔划出关键词句，或在文章旁边写下总结性的词句。总结要简洁，不要浪费时间。
3．遇到较难句子或段落，如果和题目无关，不要重复阅读。文章中有一目了然的段落，也有晦涩难懂的词句，如果和阅读题目关系不大，考生无需重复阅读，以免影响整体阅读效果。
4．不要放过修饰词。注意SAT阅读中的描述人、事和物的形容词。一个人是“handsome”还是“skinny”往往反映了这个人的特质和经历；如果一个人的感觉是“annoyed but unable to blame”，他的整体状态一定是frustrated (无奈)。一定要注意描述性质状态的词汇和细节。
5．积极阅读。始终把注意力放在作者的写作意图上，边读边思考，阅读文章的过程要始终把写作目的放在心中，因为文章的所有内容都是为文章主旨服务的。对比，举例，夹叙夹议，一切段落的写作都是为一个写作服务的。不要被貌似不相关或者变化多样的题目类型转移注意力。试图和文章对话，小说类作品可以把情景描写视觉化，让平面文字以电影方式呈现在眼前。
6．带着问题阅读文章。细节问题可以先看题再看文章相应内容，问题题目一定要准确完整
阅读，然后从文中寻找可以回答题目的相应关键词，然后根据原文线索寻找对应正确选项。正确选项不一定是表达真实信息，而是最好反映原文信息的选项。
7．选择之前一定要阅读完所有选项。SAT阅读的正确选项是五个选项中最好的一个，而不一定是最为正确的一个。所以排除法是一个很好的做题方法。先用笔划掉确定错误的选项，然后在权衡剩下的两至三个（一般是两个）不确定选项。有些选项意思正确，符合原文意思，但是没有具体回答这个问题，这个是错误选项。有些选项前半句对，但是后半句出现了原文中没有涉及到的多余信息，这个选项也是错误的。
8．认真阅读题目，注意题干中出现except的问题。这类问题有四个选项是正确的，一定要把题目中的except用笔圈划出来，以免选错选项。
9．一定要阅读完选项所有内容，特别是选项的结尾部分。很多选项前半部分正确，只是在结尾部分出现某个多余或错误的词语词组。这些都是迷惑考生的易选错误选项。做题当中的double check指根据原文选择正确选项之后，还要排除其他错误选项，这就是所谓的“双保险”。
10．不要跳跃阅读。SAT阅读理解题目既包括细节理解题目，也包括文章主旨理解题目。可以先看题目再看文章，但是和题目无关的段落也要略读，划关键词，以免影响对文章的整体理解。除了文章整体理解题目可以放到最后做，细节理解题目尽量按照顺序完成，避免重复阅读。如果后面的文章有助于补充理解做过的阅读题目，可以进行复查。做完一篇文章要检查是否有遗漏未做的题目。
A.写作目的题（Main Purpose Questions）
写作目的题是考察考生是否能准确理解作者的写作意图。换句话说，为什么作者要写这篇文章？他想要通过文章达到什么目的？回答这些问题，你需要整体思考这篇文章。作者是在表达对某问题的立场,还是在描述一个人或一个场景？是在创造一种情景还是证实或否定某个理论？
问题经常以以下形式出现：
The primary purpose of the passage is to……
Both passages are primarily concerned with the……
The passage as a whole serves primarily to……
解题技巧:
●有时候一篇文章会有多个写作意图，但是你只需要回答主要写作意图。
●主旨题目可以放到最后做，正确选项的中心词一定能概括文章大部分内容，体现文章
主要目的。
例一
I had grown up in the United States virtually without relatives, which, in my intense desire to assimilate, was quite all right with me. But this attitude dissolved when I walked into that apartment in Beijing. I realized then that my extended family is not just a collection of accidental alliances but a living body, an entity that will welcome me for being simply who I am: the daughter of my mother, the niece of my aunts and uncles. We had never before seen each other but,
in that moment, we shared a sense of connection and loyalty unlike anything I had previously experienced.
Question: The primary purpose of the passage is to
(A)describe the author?s travels to Beijing
(B)reveal how lonely the author often felt
(C)provide examples of the author?s fondness for her relatives
(D)convey the author?s sudden awareness of the importance of family
(E)illustrate the closeness that existed among the author?s mother, aunts, and uncles.
解析：这道题可以首先排除(B), (E)选项，因为原文从第二句就开始说明作者的孤独感已经dissolve（融化，消失）了。而文章一直在叙述自己的感觉，所以没有谈到任何关于作者自己的(E)选项也可以最先排除。(A)选项是内容描述，并非文章主旨，主旨要体现作者的写作意图。我们可以从文章中看出，大部分内容都在强调转变和作者的前后变化，比如句子“but this attitude dissolved…”, “I realized then that…..”和“in that moment, we shared a sense of connection…..unlike anything I had previously experienced.”这些都可以判断出作者主要强调他突然意识体会到家庭的温暖，即(D)选项，其中(D)选项中的awareness是原文中关键词realize的同义复现。
●通过阅读开头的背景介绍部分（斜体引文部分）来帮助你推断作者主要写作意图。
例二This passage is adapted from a 2003 novel about a character named Gogol Ganguli, the American-born son of Indian immigrants. Just before leaving home for college, Gogol changed his name to Nikhil.
Question: Taken as a whole, the passage is best described as a portrayal of
(A)two parents? acceptance of their son?s leaving home
(B)an immigrant family?s adjustment to new surroundings
(C)the stimulating possibilities open to a college student
(D)a young man?s struggle to define himself
(E)a young man?s success at achieving independence
解析：这是09年5月一道独立长篇阅读题目，从斜体字背景介绍我们可以判断出主人公出生在一个移民美国的印度家庭，接下来的文章就是关于他改名之后的经历和心理状态。题目选项中只有(D)选项提到struggle to define himself (自我挣扎，定义自己)。如果考生先做细节题目，最后做主旨题目，就会发现整篇文章都在讲述主人公适应自己新名字的心理过程，(D)肯定是正确答案。
●选项想象法：可以按照各个选项内容想象文章内容发展，和原文符合的即是正确选项。
这种逆向思考方式往往可以帮助考生很快排除错误选项。
例三A century ago, opponents of women?s suffrage in the United States scoffed at the notion that extending the vote to women would make any difference. “Women will vote with their husband”was the commonly accepted wisdom. This was an argument made in the absence of evidence, as
women did not yet have the vote. Ever since women won the vote, researchers have been keeping close track of female voting behavior. A “gender gap” in voting behavior has been found in the United States as in many other countries. In the United States, the 1994 and 1996 elections showed the largest gaps ever between candidates favored by women and those favored by men.
Question: The primary purpose of the passage is to
(A)describe the evolution of a gender gap in the United States
(B)present a concise history of the women?s suffrage movement
(C)show the inaccuracy of a prediction about women?s suffrage
(D)discuss the resistance women faced in acquiring the vote
(E)explain the differences in voting behavior between men and women
解析：按照选项想象法，(A) 选项对应的文章应该是描写gender gap的发展情况，文章只是在后半部分提到,不是正确选项。(B)选项出现的concise history 明显不符合原文概括特点的写作方式。想象(C)选项内容，可以知道原文必定有批驳某意见的内容，而全文的发展顺序就是先摆出错误观点：女人应该和丈夫一起投票。然后在中间提出“this was an argument made in the absence of evidence” (这是一个没有根据的论点)，文章后面部分则是用研究数据证明女人和男人在投票的选择上是有不同的，所以(C)是正确选项。想象(D)选项中中心语resistance (抵抗)，文章应该有表示抗争的描述，不符合原文，是错误选项。想象(E)选项中心语explain the differences (解释不同)，原文应该有解释不同投票习惯原因的表述，不符合原文，所以是错误选项。
B.主旨理解题（Central Idea Questions）
回答这类问题，问自己这个问题：如果让我用一句话概括这篇文章，我会怎么概括？阅读文章的时候要始终思考这个问题，然后划下你认为能体现中心思想的词句。
主旨理解题的问题经常以以下形式出现：
What is the main idea of the passage?
With which of the following statements would the author most likely agree?
What is the best title for the passage?
This passage is primarily concerned with……
解题技巧:
努力掌握作者思路逻辑，对文章主旨保持敏感度，划下表明作者主旨意图的重点词句，正确选项便会轻易选出。
例一
Passage 1 (extract)
Because chimpanzees exhibit behavior so remarkably similar to some human behavior, scientists observing them in the wild often develop a degree of empathy with the individuals being studied. In itself this is not a bad thing. Subtle communication cues among chimpanzees are more readily detected and recorded once an observer has established this empathy.
Passage 2 (extract)
My first day observing a community of forest chimpanzees showed me a richer and more satisfying world than I had imagined. I suddenly recognized why I, a non-scientist, or anyone should care about what happens to them: not, ultimately, because they use tools and solve problems and are intellectual beings,but because they are emotional beings, as we are, and because their emotions are so obviously similar to ours.
Question: Both passages support which generalization about wild chimpanzees?
(A)Their family structures are somewhat similar to those of humans.
(B)Their behavior often resembles that of humans.
(C)Their actions are prompted by strong psychological urges.
(D)Their facial expressions can be interpreted accurately by nonspecialists.
(E)Their reactions differ from those of other apes.
解析: 这是两篇双短节选文章，按照文中加粗部分，第一段和第二段都提到了similar to human beings (和人类有相似之处)，一段中关键词empathy指的是科学家容易产生与大猩猩情感共鸣，二段中的care about 也是表达了人类应该关心大猩猩的观点。选项当中只有(A)和(B)两个选项体现了相似性，但是(A)是在说家庭结构问题，和原文无关，正确选项应该是(B)。所以找准表达主旨的关键词是理解文章的捷径。
●注意文章中的过渡词，尤其是转折连词，比如but, yet和however。如果段落开头是转折连词, 就把连词圈起来。有时候作者可能会以一段他反对的观点开头，然后他会进行大段的驳斥，这之间肯定是用转折词句进行连接过渡的。
例二：
(Excerpt) The argument of both the hedonist and the guru is that if we were put to open ourselves to the richness of the moment, to concentrate on the feast before us, we would be filled with bliss. I have lived in the present from time to time and can tell you that it is much overrated. Occasionally, as a holiday from stroking one?s memories or brooding about future worries, I grant you, it can be a nice change of pace. But to “be here now”, hour after hour, would never work…….Besides, the present has a way of intruding whether you like it or not.
Question: With which of the following statements would the author most likely agree?
(A) We should enjoy the present and value every moment of daily life.
(B) Special attention should be paid to the most difficult aspects of life.
(C) Taking holidays are necessary in one?s life to relieve daily pressure.
(D) Sometimes, “the present” can be regarded as an unavoidable imposition.
(F)Enjoying delicious dishes is a kind of luxury enjoyment.
解析: 尽管文章前面用大段文字讲述了享受当下的重要性，还补充说明了自己有时候可以利用假期充分放松自己，忘记平日烦恼。但是选文最后的”But”提示我们文章的主要态度应该从后面的文字判断。作者的真正观点是：有时候the present 强加于我们的生活，让我们措手不及。从”intruding?这个词也可以肯定选项(D), 即the present 可以被看作是一种不可避免的强制。
●如果寻找文章中心有困难，重新阅读每段首句，大部分文章，尤其是议论文，段首句
都和文章中心紧密相关。
注意：这种做题方法比较适用于议论文和说明文，记叙文章的主旨理解题则不能进行文章跳读。总结文章首句的方法也不意味着只读首句，这种题目也是在通读文章或者做完其他细节阅读题目之后再进行归纳作答。
例三：
（以下为2008年1月份SAT阅读考试文章节选，节选文字是考试中阅读文章的段首句。）
(1) Sailing at night in luminescent seas is something splendid that is not given to everyone.
(2) One source of such luminescence is an alga called Noctiluca.
(3) Copepods don?t like prey that flashes. Grab it, it explodes into light in their scratchy little arms, and they drop it.
(4) In some of the larger luminescent species, in which the patterns of light differ between sexes, it is a fair bet that luminescence serves as an identification signal, a means of bringing the sexes together in places that have so little that shapes and normal, reflected colors won?t do.
(5) But by far the most widespread use is camouflage.
Question:
The passage as a whole is best characterized as
(A)a case study of an unusual type of bioluminescence
(B)a survey of popular misconceptions about the function of bioluminescence
(C)a discussion of the evolutionary origins of bioluminescence
(D)an overview of the various functions of bioluminescence in sea creatures
(E)an examination of luminescent species that use camouflage
解析：
文章各段首句的大意可以概括为：在波光粼粼的海面上行船赏景是一种难得的惬意。有一种生物发光体是叫做Noctiliaca的海藻。Copepods不喜欢发光的食物，一旦抓住的食物突然发光，它就会立刻放弃食物。某些大的发光生物因性别不同的发光方式可以作为一种区别性别的群体信号。至今为止最广泛应用的作用还是伪装。
通过这几句话的意思再加上重点词serve as和use 可以判断出全文应该大部分在讨论发光生物为什么要发光，可以吓跑猎手，可以伪装等等。所以只有(D)选项谈到了发光的功能，所以为正确选项。
C.理解推断题（Extended Reasoning Questions）
理解推断题要求考生具备推断能力，也就是说，要学会运用批判思维能力去思考文章字面背后的意思。我们必须要学会总结归纳读到的信息。这种问题会让你进行infer，即推断作者的引申意义。这种问题要求你判断出作者的暗示，或者你从文章可以推断出什么。简单来说，我们要学会领悟作者的言外之意。
理解推断题会涉及到作者的态度，意图和文章的语气，题目中会含有probably, apparently, seems, suggests, it can be inferred和the author implies 等表示推测的信号词。
理解推断题的问题经常以以下形式出现：
The last paragraph of the passage suggests that……
In line 33-34, the phrase “……”implies that the author……
The lines 66-69, the author indicates……
“Generous” as used to describe “funds” (line 12) is intended to seem……
What can be inferred from the sentence……?
解题技巧:
虽然答案不会直接从原文中找到，但是考生作出的任何选择都要基于文章本身，也就是要找到可以推断出题目答案的信号词或相关语句。要判断作者的unstated assumption (言外之意)，虽然正确选项不一定十分准确体现作者原意，但是至少可以反应出作者的部分观点。
例一：
And the photographer－a young man who was more accustomed to fashion-plate beauties than to weatherworn archaeologists－did not know how to picture the crags and fissures of his face.
Question: (“And……hands”) suggest primarily that the photographer
(A)is flustered by an unfamiliar situation
(B)does not know how to take good pictures
(C)is excited by a new challenge
(D)does not respond well to criticism
(E)is averse to photographing older subjects
解析：
Crags and fissures在这里面指的是拍摄对象脸上的皱纹。原文的意思是一个经常拍摄时尚摄影的年轻摄影师，不知道怎么拍摄一个普通人脸上的“千沟万壑”。从原文中“was more accustomed to (更习惯于)”可以看出他拍摄这个拍摄对象并不习惯，从did not know how to picture 反映出摄影师的不知所措，这些都是可以推断出摄影师flustered (惊慌)的直接细节，正确选项是(A)。注意干扰选项(C),虽然选项出现了与原文完全一致的文字信息，但是推断题目的正确选项99%是不会完全重复原文信息的，这样等于没有考察考生推断能力。考生还要学会通过细节描写推断人物性格或心理状态，做好充足的心理态度形容词汇储备也是应考SAT考试的一大法宝。
●一定不要让自己的主观判断、个人偏好和大众理解来影响你的选择。文章里必定会有提
示信息帮助你作出准确推断。
例二：
Some people like to act like things come easy to them. Take Cynthia Procter, for instance. If there?s a test tomorrow, she?ll say something like, “Oh, I guess I?ll watch television tonight.”When I pass her house, she is practicing the scales on the piano over and over. Then in music class she always lets herself get bumped around so she falls accidentally on purpose onto the piano stool and is so surprised to find herself sitting there that she decides just for fun to try out the ole keys. And what do you know－Chopin’s waltzes just spring out of her fingertips. A regular prodigy.
Question: Which best describes the tone of sentences “And……prodigy”?
(A)Sardonic
(B)Anxious
(C)Nonchalant
(D)Reverent
(E)Amazed
解析：如果凭常识猜测，能从指尖流淌出肖邦华尔兹舞曲的钢琴手一定是受人尊敬(reverent)或让人惊叹的(amazed), 但是一定要注意整段的主旨句：Some people like to act like things come easy to them. (有些人喜欢装作凡事都能易如反掌) ，这句话和下面的例子都体现出Cynthia是一个背地里暗自刻苦，人前却装出怡然自得的虚伪钢琴手。所以，从 a regular prodigy可以看出作者是在讽刺Cynthia并没有特殊才华，只是一个普通的好琴手罢了。所以正确答案应该是(A)，表明作者讽刺的态度。
●当题目中出现infer（推断）的时候，考生就要格外小心了。这些推断题目全部都可以
从原文找到推断的论据。
所谓推断，是做出有根据的推测和结论。比如：以下的段落据推断(infer)，可以得知所有的例子都是来自于作者自己的生活（正确选项：personal experience）。比如“I?ve counted…my mailbox”, “promised me prizes”和“I wrote this con artist”都说明这段文字是基于作者的个人生活来描写的。
例三：
(Excerpt)
“Don?t think”, Gabriel wrote, “that I have come to believe our land is a paradise. I know all too well that life is a struggle everywhere. But I cannot conceal from you the sorrow that your words have caused me, and a few paragraphs in your letter have struck me with the impact of cold water.”
“In the first paragraph, Father, you wrote just as stirring the air with a fan will never split mountains, fits of lyrical passion will not solve arduous problems. Those words caused me to tear up an …Ode to the Patria? which I had written. In the ode, I sang the glories of my land, basing it upon its natural opulence and upon the romanticism of a great cloud of loving sentiment. I tore it up, convinced that it was like the breeze of a fan, spending its force in the void of futility.”
Question:
(A)Juan voiced doubts about Gabriel?s economic decisions.
(B)Juan encouraged Gabriel to consider practicing law in Spain.
(C)Gabriel sought his father?s advice on affairs of the heart.
(D)Gabriel displayed a clear reluctance to accept criticism.
(E)Gabriel expressed some loftily idealistic thoughts.
解析：(A), (B)是明显的错误选项，因为本段文字是Gabriel给父亲的回信，和Juan无关。选段的内容可以用几个关键词句串起来，Gabriel一直相信祖国是美好的（always come to believe our land is a paradise）, 虽然她知道现实是充满挣扎痛苦的（I know all too well that life is a struggle）。父亲的信里面描绘的残酷现实让她很难受(strike me with the impact of cold water)，她撕毁了为家乡写的颂歌（Ode to the Patrica）, 里面表达了她的爱国之情（glories of the land）,但是这些美景都已经成为泡沫烟影了( in the void of futility)。所以选项(E)准确表达了原文信息，即表达了一些高尚的理想主义想法。
Practice: Section A－C
Directions: Carefully read the passage below and answer the questions that follow the passage. Answer the questions based on the content of the passage: both what is stated and what is implied in the passage as well as any introductory material before the passage.
This passage is adapted from a work about travel published in 1814.
In the early period of human history, when voyages and travels were not undertaken from the view of amusement or instruction, or from political or commercial motives, the discovery of adjacent countries was chiefly affected by war, and of distant regions by commerce.
The wars of the Egyptians with the Scythians, mentioned in the pristine pages of history, must have opened faint sources of information concerning the neighboring tribes. Under the Grecian empire of Alexander and his successors, the progress of discovery by war is first marked on the page of history; and science began to attend the banners of victory.
The opulence of nature was now to be disclosed; and Greece was astonished at the miracles of India. The Romans not only inherited the Grecian knowledge, but, extending the arms to the North and West, accumulated discoveries upon regions dimly descried by the Greeks, through the obscurity in which the Phoenicians enveloped their commercial advantages.
1. The primary purpose of this passage is to
A. criticize a strategy
B. justify an undertaking
C. explain a phenomenon
D. defend an approach
E. provoke a response
2. The main idea of this passage is
A. the search for scientific information engendered the desire to travel
B. the wealth of the western world was mostly derived from looting conquered regions
C. the systematic conquest of weaker tribes decimated the ancient world
D. the Greeks were the leaders in the fields of science in the classic world
E. an increase in knowledge was a corollary of warfare
3. The author suggests that science and warfare
A. are equally important motivations for nations to undertake exploration
B. are mutually exclusive
C. are painful reminders of mankind?s desire to destroy that which is unfamiliar
D. are related in that scientific knowledge is increased by contact predicated on conquest
E. are obscure historical processes rather than commercial enterprises
Answers:
1. C 写作目的题目就是考察考生是否理解作者的写作意图。首先排除最明显的错误选项，作者在批评什么吗？没有，所以排除A。作者在澄清什么立场吗？作者只是在讨论战争和探索发现之间的关系，但是他没有尝试澄清什么，所以B是错误选项。选项D是不正确的
是因为作者没有辩护什么，他仅仅在陈述他的立场。选项E明显错误是因为作者没有试图从读者那里得到答案。C选项即是正确答案。不要被phenomenon（现象）所误导，在SAT 考试中它的意思是任何事件，发生的事情或者可观察的事实。事实上，作者正是在解释一件已经发生的事件。
2. E 找到文章的主旨，要先试图用几个字综合归纳一下文章。作者试图说明探索和知识的增长都是战争的自然结果。正在国家征服其他领土的时候，他们同时也吸收了当地的科技发明和文化发现。注意一下错误选项都有从原文引用的词语和句子。如果不仔细阅读，很可能掉进陷阱里去，所以要了解言外
D.阅读词汇理解题（Vocabulary in Context Questions）
阅读词汇理解题考察学生是否理解目标词在文章语境中的意思，一般考题会选择包含多种意思的单词。考生一定要回到文章内，把目标词汇圈出来，然后重新阅读目标词所在的原句。之后用选项词汇替代文章中的目标词汇，看看哪一个选项和原文中的目标词汇最为接近。
阅读词汇理解题的问题经常以以下形式出现：
In line 65, “drive” most nearly means……
解题技巧:
●目标词本身难度不大，但是考生一定不要仓促选择和目标词本义相近的选项，大部分阅
读词汇理解题目都会考查目标词的引申义、修辞义或语境义。
例一：
The world has outgrown its quaint rural intimacies, and now it?s the modern age: an order is put in for fifty cakes of Coal Tar Soap, and a few days later, a cart arrives and the order is delivered.
Question: According to the text, “ an order” most nearly means
(A) a command from a military authority
(B) an instruction to provide something
(C) an established system of organizations
(D) a customary procedure
(E) a logical arrangement
解析：如果按照order本义“顺序”去选，大部分考生都会选择(C)：“一个建立好的组织”。但是从文章中可以发现，这里面的order应该是订单的意思，原文的大致意思是当今世界已经不再是古色古香的小作坊和亲密无间的街里街坊，现代社会即是“一旦商家收到一份50份蛋糕的订单，几天之后货车随即送货上门。”所以应该选择和订单意思相近的选项：an instruction to provide something （提供某物的指导）。
●那个突然跳进你脑海的意思通常都是目标词的常用义，通常都不是正确选项。一定要看
context （上下文），观察目标词汇周围的句子，它们一定会帮助你选出正确选项。
例二：Just before leaving home for college, Gogol changed his name to Nakhil.
Later that evening, out to dinner with Jonathan, Ashima slips, asking, “Gogol, have you decided yet what your major will be?”
Question: According to the text, “Slips” most nearly means
(A)moves stealthily
(B)slides involuntarily
(C)forgets momentarily
(D)addresses awkwardly
(E)escapes easily
解析：如果不看上下文，很容易想到slips的本义，即滑动，滑倒，那么应该选B,但是文中
的意思却是口误，Gogol的家人暂时忘了Gogol改名的事情，所以不小心口误叫了原来的名字，英文里面口误的叫法就是slip of the tongue，正确答案应该为C。
如果考生不确定考察目标词的意思，就回到原文，根据上下文意思猜出该位置应该为何类何种意思的单词，然后选出放在语境下比较合适的选项即可。
例三：
With its sizeable free-ranging population now confined to Namibia, the cheetah is being pitched as a uniquely Namibian cat and thus a source of national pride. More than an ideal genetic profile, the cheetah needs a bit of panting room and all the public relations its noble bearing can buy.
Question: According to the text, “bearing” most nearly means
(A)relationship or interconnection
(B)the power of producing offspring
(C)something that supports weight
(D)demeanor or presence
(E)awareness of a situation
解析：目标词所在句子的前一句大意为纳米比亚的猎豹已经在当地享有盛誉。noble bearing 应该是buy 支配的宾语，这句话的意思是猎豹除了是一个理想化的形象，还需要一些喘息的空间和高贵的……可以获得的公共关系。那么……部分的词应该是身份或举止之类的词，选项D符合这个意思。而我们熟悉的bearing的意思承重放在这里则并不合适。
E.语气、态度和语言问题(Tone, Attitude, and Language Questions)
有些考题会让你判断一句话，一段话甚至一篇文章的语气，有些考题会考查你关于作者对某个问题的看法或态度。如果全文为叙述语气（一个故事），那么问题有可能是关于主人公对某事或某人的态度。一定要确定你在推测谁的（whose）语气，而且是在推测谁(who)对什么事物(what)的语气或态度。还会有些问题考查你对修辞（rhetoric）的理解或认识，或者某个语句的理解或认识。
除此之外，你应该能够分清语言的本义(literal meaning) 和修辞义(metaphorical language)。本义指文中意义和语言本身意义一致，修辞义指文中意思是并非语言本义。“My pockets are empty”可能本义指我的兜里是空的，什么东西都没有，但是修辞意义可能是指我破产了或者我很穷。
以下是一些SAT语气态度的关键词：
Indignant: 因为不公平不公正而感到愤慨
Objective：中立的，客观的
Subjective: 主观的，基于个人情感经验的
Whimsical: 古怪的，异想天开的
Comedic, humorous: 有意思的，幽默的（SAT考试中的幽默不是简单的开玩笑，而是
有寓意在里面的。）
Ironic：反语的，讽刺的
Nostalgic: 思乡的，怀旧的
Detached: 中立的，不掺入私人情感因素在里面
Resigned: 顺从地接受
Wistful: 渴望的
Scornful, disdainful, contemptuous: 鄙视的，轻蔑的
Equivocal: 故意模糊或误导的
Ambivalent: 模棱两可的
Cynical: 愤世嫉俗的，悲观的
Witty: 智慧的，狡黠的
Didactic: 说教的
Awe: 敬畏
Derisive, sardonic, sarcastic: 讽刺的
Skeptical, incredulous, dubious: 不相信的，怀疑的
Adulatory, laudatory: 高度赞扬的，崇拜的
要特别注意那些修饰态度词的词语。如果态度是unbridled enthusiasm (不加拘束的热情)，那么你就知道作者的态度一定是不加掩饰的积极热情。如果有选项是veiled hostility (被掩饰的敌意)，那么文中敌意的情绪一定是间接表达的。
例一：
(节选) Mr. Beebe, a clergyman, is speaking with Cecil Vyse about a mutual acquaintance, Lucy Honeychurch.
“Lucy Honeychurch has no faults,” said Cecil, with grave sincerity.
Question: Cecil?s remark in line 1 (“Lucy…faults”) is made in a tone of
(A)great conviction
(B)studied neutrality
(C)playful irony
(D)genuine surprise
(E)weary cynicism
解析：这道题很简单，只要能看懂原文的grave sincerity (十分严肃的真诚) ，就能够选出正确选项(A) great conviction （相当确认），其它选项的意思分别为：审慎的中立，调侃的讽刺，真诚的吃惊和让人感到疲倦的犬儒主义。
例二：
（节选）
For the reader armed with these data, the story becomes more accessible as a lesson in contract law, with several additional minor themes.
Question: The author?s attitude toward the story is best described as
(A)excitement at an unexpected discovery
(B)admiration of the storyteller?s performance
(C)appreciation of the folktale as a means of communication values
(D)enthusiasm for the cultural concept of legality
(E)enjoyment of the comical aspects of the folklore
解析：本题的关键是要进行名词分析，像excitement, enthusiasm和enjoyment这样表示欣喜愉悦的词汇，原文需要有一些表达感情的词汇在里面才能表达作者的激动之情。但是原文只是冷静客观地叙述story的意义，所以应该排除(A), (B)和(E), 而文中提到这个故事可以在contract law方面起到作用，而这个话题是属于沟通范畴的，所以应该选择(C)。
F.划线内容理解题（Main Purpose Questions）
划线内容理解题目考查学生对划线部分内容的理解。有两种类型划线内容理解题目：细节理解题和目的功能题。
1．细节理解题
细节题目考察考生是否理解文章中的一段细节。考生需要回到原文用下划线或者括号划出相关语句，但是不要以为答案就会从本句得出。一般情况下，答案的线索要从划线部分的前面一句话得出，有时候线索要从划线部分的后一句得出。试着用自己的话把划线部分进行同义转述。(paraphrase)
问题经常以以下形式出现：
The question in lines 4-5 is based on which of the following assumptions?
The author uses which of the following in the fourth paragraph?
In line 16-18 the author distinguishes between……
解题技巧:
至少要读划线题目的前面一句和后面一句，从上下文得出正确答案。
例一
1To conduct some forms of sleep research, we have to find a way to track sleepiness over the day. Some people might believe that measuring sleepiness is a fairly trivial task. Couldn’t you, for instance, simply count the number of times a person yawns during any given hour or so?
Question: The question in italics is based on which of the following assumptions?
(A)Direct observation is the only reliable method of conducting sleep research.
(B)People will yawn most frequently in the moments before they fall asleep.
(C)There is a direct correlation between yawning and sleepiness.
(D)Yawning is a behavior over which individuals exert little conscious control.
(E)Conducting sleep research is a time-consuming process.
解析：斜线部分内容的意思是“我们不能只是简单计算一下一个人在某一小时打哈欠的次数吗？”如果只看这一部分我们并不知道这段的主旨是什么。但是通过阅读前一句就会明白作者在陈述某些人的观点，他们认为睡眠测试是一件易如反掌的事情。所以划线部分就是他们的误解，而这一误解肯定是建立在认为计算打呵欠次数就是测量睡眠情况这一假设之上的，所以正确答案应该选C。
1由于本书引用例子为考试题目节选，因此用斜线部分题目来表示所考查内容。
●一定要仔细阅读划线部分的每一个词，有时候一个不起眼的单词很可能就是解题关键。
例二
All along the burnished footpaths of Greek Street, the shopkeepers are out already, the second wave of early risers. Of course they regard themselves as the first wave. The grim procession of factory workers less than an hour ago might as well have happened in another country in another age. Welcome to the real world.
Question: The shopkeepers?attitude toward the workers who are described in italics is best characterized as
(A)ambivalent
(B)dismissive
(C)combative
(D)fearful
(E)suspicious
解析：前面的文字介绍了那些shopkeepers其实是伦敦第二拨（the second wave）的早起者，但他们把自己当成第一拨早起者，是因为在他们眼里，那些坚定不移的早起的工人might as well have happened in another country in another age (最好是发生在另一个世纪的另一个国家)。句中might as well have done 的语气很关键，是表示一种期待发生的情况，表现了shopkeepers对工人们的轻蔑和不屑一顾。所以应该选(B)。
2. 目的功能题
目的功能题考察作者使用某特定词句的写作目的。遇到这种题目，考生同样需要回到原文，用下划线或者括号划出相关语句，然后阅读目标语句的上下句。接着，考生需要思考作者为什么要写这段文字，它在本段扮演了什么角色，作者要通过这段文字表达什么思想，想达到什么写作目的。
问题经常以以下形式出现：
The author refers to Moses, Plato, and Milton (line 7) in order to……
In lines 4-5, the author refers to a “fashion maven?s” tone primarily in order to……
Which best describes the function of the statement in lines 10-13 (“So it……galaxy”)?
解题技巧：
●如果考察语句有些抽象晦涩，用简单的话同义转述或者总结概括成自己理解的语言。例三
I read a lot of books about mythology, and then about science: not the missiles and spaceships Brother preferred, but the birds and the bees-literally. I brought home a giant book of birds and searched the skies and tress for anything than robins and pigeons. And I read about bees because I liked the idea that all of them listened to the queen and couldn?t go on without her. I went through a phase of loving books with practical science experiments and used up a whole bottle of white vinegar by pouring it on the sides of our apartment building to prove that it was constructed of limestone.
Question: The primary purpose of this paragraph is to
(A)contrast the books about mythology and science that the author had been reading
(B)discuss why the author enjoyed books that were about birds and bees
(C)characterize the author?s reading interests during a particular period of time
(D)distinguish between books preferred by the author and those preferred by her brother
(E)provide several examples of practical science experiments that the author conducted
解析：这段话用叙事方法介绍了作者的阅读兴趣，可以用总结概括的方法把此段简化成：作者喜欢阅读关于神秘学和生物学的书籍，他喜欢研究蜜蜂是觉得它们听从蜂王的生物现象很有意思，曾经把书本上的知识应用于实践，既然关键词是作者的阅读兴趣，当然应该选择相应选项(C)，本文主旨在于刻画作者在某一时期的阅读兴趣。
在考虑某句话的目的功能的同时要考虑全文的写作目的，通常一个细节的描写是为了全文主旨服务的。
例四：
The ability to see the situation as your opponents see it, as difficult as it may be, one of the most important skills that you can possess as a negotiator. You must know more than simply that they see things differently. It is not enough to study them like beetles under a microscope; you need to know what it feels like to be a beetle. To accomplish this you should be prepared to withhold judgments as you “try on” their views. Your opponents may well believe that their views are right as strongly as you believe yours are.
Question: The reference to beetles in lines 5-6 serves to suggest that
(A)people need to be more attuned to their surroundings
(B)effective negotiation is more of a science than an art
(C)people can be made to do what they would prefer not to do
(D)effective negotiation requires identifying with a different viewpoint
(E)people feel uncomfortable when their actions are under scrutiny
解析：文章一开头就摆明本文观点：作为一名negotiator (协调人员)，很重要的能力就是要看到对手所能看到的情况，了解对手的心理。中间甲壳虫的例子是说我们不仅要去观察甲壳虫，还要了解甲壳虫的感受，也就是英文中的“walk in one?s shoe”（感同身受）。所以很容易排除跟文章主题无关的B, C, E选项，而选项A只是做到了融入周围环境，而且缺乏了文章主要讨论对象negotiation, 所以相对而言，D是正确选项，即有效的谈判需要换个角度看问题，这个角度其实就是从对手的角度看待问题。
G. 双篇文章理解题（Synthesis Questions）
SAT考试会出现双篇短篇或者双篇长篇文章考察考生的综合归纳阅读能力，这两篇文章会讨论相同或相似的主题。双篇文章的后面有几道阅读题目是需要进行两篇文章的主旨进行综合归纳和对比。两篇文章可能是相互对立的，相互支持的，或者是从不同角度对某一主题进行不同阐述。
一般情况下，先读完两篇文章然后再进行答题，但是遇到两篇长篇文章，可以边阅读边完成有关第一篇文章的题目，然后再如此完成第二篇文章的有关题目，最后做双篇文章理解题。当然也可以选择读完两篇之后再做题，学生要根据自己的阅读做题习惯选择最有效的做题方式。
理解推断题的问题经常以以下形式出现：
The author of Passage 2 would most likely view Julian?s statement in Passage 1 with……
Unlike the author of Passage 2, the author of Passage 1 develops his or her argument by……Which best characterizes the overall relationship between the two passages?
Both passages call attention to which aspect of……？
The author of Passage 2 would most likely criticize the author of Passage 1 for……
解题技巧:
阅读的同时划出表示作者观点和主旨的语句，并在第二篇文章旁边做出注释说明。在做双篇阅读理解题目的时候，绝对不要掺入考生自己的观点，要对双篇文章的观点及其关联性持清醒态度。
例一：
Passage 1
A reform movement in journalism is afoot in newsroom and boardrooms across the country. Industry organizations are launching initiatives, offering training and fostering new ways of thinking about news coverage and its effects. The goals are to reinstall journalism?s core values, regain credibility, and generally better the media?s performance. What really is wrong with journalism? Lack of accuracy and fairness, too much sensationalism and bias are all components of the problem, but the number one issue is that “people distrust our motives”said Tome Rosenstiel, founding director of the Project for Excellence in Journalism, who hopes to get more journalists thinking about standards.
Passage 2
Conditions for journalism have never been better: robust media profits, strong legal protections, and sophisticated technology. Yet there is an influential movement, representing the consensus of the profession?s elite, dedicated to convincing us that all is not well. Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel , arguably the two most prominent media critics in America, are the go-to people if you need a quotation lamenting the sensationalism of television newscasts or other media ills. Their recent book The Elements of Journalism suggests that unless a certain “theory of news” is adhered to , the United States might be annihilated. Such factually uncluttered hyperbole does not merely invite a certain awe but also quite plausibly violates their number one axiom: “journalism?s first obligation is to the truth.”
Question: Which best describes the relationship between Passage 1 and Passage 2?
(A)Passage 1 describes a particular campaign for change, whereas Passage 2 challenges the
necessity of that change.
(B)Passage 1 describes the causes of sensationalism in journalism, whereas Passage 2 explores
its effects.
(C)Passage 1 praises an individual?s influence on journalism, whereas Passage 2 questions that
individual?s contributions.
(D)Passage 1 suggests that journalism is evolving whereas Passage 2 argues that it is stagnating.
(E)Passage 1 defines the purpose of journalism, whereas Passage 2 examines journalism?s
impact on society.
解析：
第一段的主旨句在从The goals are…开始，说明这次运动的目的是要重新树立新闻界的核心价值，重新建立新闻业的可信度，提高新闻价值。第二段开头就表明现在的新闻业气候很好，后面就开始批判第一段提到的运动的必要性，主题句为最后一句，关键词语为violate their number one axiom，即二段作者认为第一段提倡的新闻革命或新闻运动违背了新闻业的首要核心原则：新闻的真实性。所以只有A 选项符合两段的主旨，第一段文章描述了一个运动，而第二段却质疑了这场运动的意义。
阅读第二篇文章的时候，要考虑它和第一篇文章的关系，哪个部分肯定第一段，哪部分和第一段观点形成对立，或者两篇文章有什么关系。做相关题目的时候要学会准确分析定义两篇文章之间的关系。
Passage 1
Food has always been considered one of the most salient markers of cultural traditions. When I was a small child, food was the only thing that helped identify my family as Filipino American. We ate pansit lug-lug(a noodle fish) and my father put patis (salty fish sauce) on everything. However, even this connection lessened as I grew older. As my parents, became more acculturated, we ate less typically Filipino food. When I was twelve, my mother took cooking classes and learned to make French and Italian dishes. When I was in high school, we ate chicken marsala and shrimp fra Diablo more often than Filipino dishes like pansit lug-lug.
Passage 2
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin－who in 1825 confidently announced. “Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you who you are”－would have no trouble describing cultural identities of the United States. Our food reveals us as tolerant adventurers who do not feel constrained by tradition. We “play with our food”far more readily than we preserve the culinary rules of our varied ancestors. Americans have no single national cuisine. What unites American eaters culturally is how we eat, not what we eat. As eaters, Americans mingles the culinary traditions of many regions and cultures. We are multiethnic eaters.
Question: The author of Passage 2 would most likely regard the mother?s willingness to “make French and Italian dishes” (line 9-10, Passage 1) as
(A)laughably pretentious
(B)understandably conservative
在考试中词汇题可能会出现三种情况：1. 原文单词很简单，但选项中的单词较难2. 原文单词难度中等，但考察的并不是单词字面意思，而是需要结合上下文对其进行释义3. 原文单词较难，选项中的单词也难。 新SAT阅读词汇题答题技巧 在阅读考试中遇到了词汇题目，如果题干和选项中有个别单词不认识，就可以运用排除法或推测法等答题技巧;如果题干和选项中大多数词都不认识，就要在平时多多积累，努力扩大词汇量，因为词汇题的出现比例较高，一般每篇(或每对)文章会出两道词汇题。下面将通过一道阅读词汇题目来为大家讲解答题技巧和步骤。 新SAT阅读词汇题真题讲解 Passage 1 is adapted from Nicholas Carr, “Author Nicholas Carr: The Web Shatters Focus, Rewires B rains.” ?2010 by Condé Nast. Passage 2 is from Steven Pinker,“Mind over Mass Media.” ?2010 by The New York Times Company. Passage 1 … We know that the human brain is highly plastic; neurons and synapses change as circumstances change. When we adapt to a new cultural phenomenon, including the use of a new medium, we end up with a different brain, says Michael Merzenich, a pioneer of the field of neuroplasticity. That means our online habits continue to reverberate in the workings of our brain cells even
新SAT阅读真题四 Exercise 4 This passage is excerpted from Louisa May Alcott, Rose in Bloom, originally published in 1876. Three young men stood together on a wharf one bright October day awaiting the arrival of an ocean steamer with an impatience which found a vent in lively skirmishes with a small lad, who pervaded the premises like a will-o'-the-wisp and afforded much amusement to the other groups assembled there. "They are the Campbells, waiting for their cousin, who has been abroad several years with her uncle, the doctor," whispered one lady to another as the handsomest of the young men touched his hat to her as he passed, lugging the boy, whom he had just rescued from a little expedition down among the piles."Which is that?" asked the stranger. "Prince Charlie, as he's called a ?ne fellow, the most promising of the seven, but a little fast, people say," answered the ?rst speaker with a shake of the head. "Are the others his brothers?""No, cousins. The elder is Archie, a most exemplary young man. He has just gone into business with the merchant uncle and bids fair to be an honor to his family. The other, with the eyeglasses and no gloves, is Mac, the odd one, just out of college." "And the boy?" "Oh, he is Jamie, the youngest brother of Archibald, and the pet of the whole family. Mercy on us he'll be in if they don't hold on to him!"
新SAT阅读官方样题- 深度解读1 在3月初公布的改革细则中，涉及到阅读部分的改革主要包含以下方面Relevant Words in Context，Command of Evidence，Analysis in Science and in Social Studies，Founding Documents and Great Global Conversation。针对这些细则，结合第一套官方样题Sample 1，改革后的阅读部分具体分析如下： 1、Analysis in Science and in Social Studies 新版的SAT考试文章选材涉及的学科更为广泛。本文节选自议员Barbara Jordan在尼克松总统的弹劾听证会上的讲话，内容是关于何时及如何弹劾总统。尽管现有的SAT考试中有很多不同类型的文章，但是学生不会遇到关于科学和历史题材的文章。然而在新版SAT考试的阅读部分中，学生都会遇到关于科学、历史以及社会学方面的文章，并运用在该科目的相关知识来帮助更好的分析理解文章。此外，每次考试都会包含一篇来自建国纲领文献或由或相关的全球对话。学生会读到一篇例如“独立宣言”，林肯的“葛底斯堡演说”这样的演讲。 2、Relevant Words in Context 现有SAT考试中的词汇较为晦涩，并且考试之后很少被用到。而新版SAT考试将摒弃生僻词汇，侧重于考察学生根据语境推断词义，考试中的词汇将是学生在大学和日后的生活中都会用到的。但这不能说明对于词汇考察的难度一定会降低，因为在去掉生词的同时，会加强学生对于常用词用法的深入考察。词汇考察将缩小广度，扩大深度。例如Sample 1中的第三题： 3. As used in line 37, “channeled” most nearly mea ns A) worn B) sent C) constrained D) siphoned 正确答案：C 相关原文： The nature of impeachment: a narrowly channeled exception to the separation of powers maxim. The Federal Convention of 1787 said that. It limited impeachment to high crimes and misdemeanors, and di scounted and opposed the term “maladministration.” channel一词所在的句子用“narrowly channeled”来形容“exception”，纵观选项，C选项“限制”代回去较为通顺，在下一句中，speaker提出“将指控仅限于重罪，而忽视了渎职失职”，可以判断speaker在这里感到很少有被指控的情况，因此可以可以判断C为正确答案，这里指讲exception（指控）的范围限制得过窄。 尽管“channel”一词很常用，但是在此处考察的并非其常用词义，另外，为了更确切地判断“channel”在这里的用法，除了本句外还需从上下文中寻找线索，而现有的SAT阅读中的词汇题往往通过本句就能判断出答案。因此，备考新SAT的学生将不再需要记忆艰深晦涩的词汇，为了掌握词汇的全面用法，主要通过大量阅读、精度，通过长期的积累来掌握，而且更加需要注重寻找上下文的联系。 3、Command of Evidence 使用证据 改版后的基于证据的阅读和写作部分，将会要求学生展现他们对于和使用取材广泛的证据的解
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Questions 10-14 are based on the following passage. This passage is from the preface to a 1997 book by a United States journalist detailing a disagreement between doctors and family members about a child's medical treatment at a hospital in California. Under my desk I keep a large carton of cassette tapes. Though they have all been transcribed, I still like to listen to them from time to time, Some are quiet and easily understood. They are filled with the voices of American doctors, interrupted occasionally by the clink of a coffee cup or beep of a pager. The rest—more than half of them—are very noisy. They are filled with the voices of the Lees family, Hmong refugees from Laos who came to the United States in 1980. Against a background of babies crying, children playing, doors slamming, dishes clattering, a television yammering, and an air conditioner wheezing, I can hear the mother's voice, by turns breathy, nasal, gargly, or humlike as it slides up and down the Hmong language's eight tones; the father's voice, louder, slower, more vehement; and my interpreter's voice, mediating in Hmong and English, low and deferential in each. The hubbub summons sense-memories: the coolness of the red metal folding chair, reserved for guests, that was always set up when I arrived in the apartment; the shadows cast by the amulet that hung from the ceiling and swung in the breeze on its length of grocer's twine; the tastes of Hmong food. I sat on the Lees' red chair for the first lime on May 19, 1988. Earlier that spring I had come to Merced, California, because I had heard that there were some misunderstandings at the county hospital between its Hmong patients and medical staff. One doctor called them "collisions," which made it sound as if two different kinds of people had rammed into each other, head on, to the accompaniment of squealing brakes and breaking glass. As it turned out, the encounters were messy but rarely frontal. Both sides were wounded, but neither side seemed to know what had hit it or how to avoid another crash. I have always felt that the action most worth watching occurs not at the center of things but where edges meet. I like shorelines, weather fronts, international borders. These places have interesting frictions and incongruities, and often, if you stand at the point of tangency, you can see both sides better than if you were in the middle of either one. This is especially true when the apposition is cultural. When I first came to Merced, I hoped that the culture of American medicine, about which I knew a little, and the culture of the Hmong, about which I knew nothing, would somehow illuminate each other if I could position myself between the two and manage not to get caught in the crossfire. But after getting to know the Lees family and their daughter's doctors and realizing how hard it was to blame anyone, I stopped analyzing the situation in such linear terms. Now, when I play the tapes late at night, I imagine what they would sound like if I could splice them together, so the voices of the Hmong and those of the American doctors could be heard on a single tape, speaking a common language. 10. In line 17, "summons" most nearly means (A) sends for (B) calls forth (C) requests (D) orders (E) convenes 11. It can be inferred from lines 27-33 that "collisions" was NOT an apt description because the (A) clash between Hmong patients and medical staff was indirect and baffling (B) Hmong patients and the medical staff were not significantly affected by the encounters (C) medical staff was not responsible for the dissatisfaction of the Hmong patients (D) misunderstandings between the Hmong patients and the medical staff were easy to resolve (E) disagreement reached beyond particular individuals to the community at large
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典型例题帮你解读新SAT阅读主旨题 改革后的新SAT考试有了很多变化，下面给天道小编给大家介绍新SAT考试题型中有一种信息观点类题型的考察Information and Ideas, 其中就包含主旨题的考察。希望对大家的备考SAT阅读有所帮助。 一.主旨题考察介绍Determining Central Ideas and Themes Understanding the main point(s) or theme(s) of a passage 中心观点和主题，考生需要理解文章中的主要观点和核心主题。 具体内容：文章的main ideas and themes可能是明确表达也可能是隐含的表达，其中“themes “类的问题更倾向于围绕整篇文章，而”main ideas“则是围绕一个或多个段落或者是整篇文章， 二.做题方法技巧 这类题型的关键字有“main idea,” “main point,”“central idea,” or “theme”，这个时候考生就不要关注某处细节，而需要从文章的整体思考。 常见的干扰选项： 和文章的主要思想无关; 与文章所说内容明确相反; 以文章的细节来顶替文章的主题; 超出了文章的范围，过于宽泛; 过于极端，超出了文章的叙述范畴。 三.例题详解 例题1： Art forgery is a peculiar curse. Reliant on camouflage and deception, on the rhetoric of the believable lie, it is an act both audacious and self-effacing. For the imitation to succeed in fooling us, it must resemble one or more works that we have been led to believe are undoctored originals. Without something to mimic, the fake could not exist. And t he forger of old masters’ drawings, like the forger of twenty-
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SAT阅读常见题型及解题技巧 SAT阅读题型考察点是多样性的，想要翻越SAT这座大山，了解阅读题型会让我们更快速把握阅读的重点，锁定关键词，更加省时高效的完成篇章阅读。学会辨认题目的考点，明白题目中究竟是想要考哪一方面。我们可以将SAT的考点类型分为六类。 一.Main Idea-主旨题 1. 考察点：考察的是文章的中心思想 2. 提问方式 ? The main point of the passage is to ? The passage is primarily concerned with ? The author’s primary purpose in this passage is to ? The chief theme of the passage can be best described as ? Which of the following titles best describes the content of the passage? ? Which of the following statements best expresses the main idea of the passage? 3. 解题技巧 在做主旨题的时候，返回原文查看文章的开头和结尾部分。在阅读文章的时候，注意每一段的首位都是重点部分，这些部分往往是对整段的概括，中心内容，从中往往能很快找到作者的观点。注意那些连接词，比如：furthermore, moreover, notably, and significantly，这些词的后面往往也会引出文中的主旨。 值得注意的是，SAT文章中一般不会直接给出文章的主旨句，这个时候，小伙伴们可以想想以下几个问题： 1) 这篇文章是关于什么的?或者是关于谁的? 2) 作者关于这个事物共说了几个方面? 3) 作者通过这篇文章想要说明什么?或者是想要告诉读者什么? 在做“主旨题”或者是“文章目的”时，要注意以下词汇的表达，都是关于这类题型的提问方式。不要因为不理解题目的问法而理解错了题目。 bolster (verb) endorse delineate exemplify
SAT阅读主旨题和细节题答题技巧 SAT考试的三个项目当中，阅读部分是最需要技巧，也是最和语言本深相关的一个项目。SAT阅读技巧可以让大家在有限的词汇量基础上答对更多的题目。 对于在 SAT阅读题来说，SAT阅读技巧的应用会帮大家很大的忙。 根据历年的 SAT考试题目，SAT阅读题中一般会涉及到下面两类，这两类 题型都有其特点： (1)SAT阅读主题题型 这种 SAT阅读题型关系到文章的整体，题干可能会问及文章的主要思想或 文章的基本目的。 这类题型的解题技巧非常简单，在答案中，正确答案是明确概括了文章主要内容的选项，而错误的干扰选项往往有以下几种形式： 和文章的主要思想无关; 与文章所说内容明确相反; 以文章的细节来顶替文章的主题; 超出了文章的范围，过于宽泛; 过于极端，超出了文章的叙述范畴。 (2)SAT阅读细节题型
这种题型往往是问到了文章当中的某一环节的具体内容，在做这类题目时，考生一般都必须回到原文关于该问题的叙述之处，来寻找正确答案的源头。 SAT阅读细节题型的解题技巧和主题题型不同，大家在挑选干扰项的标准也不一样。细节题型的干扰选项一般有以下几种形式： 以文章其它地方的叙述来混淆视听; 使用了与原文相近的词汇，但却歪曲了原文的意思; 与原文的叙述相矛盾; 所说的内容在原文中并没有表述出来，而且也不能从原文的逻辑推导出来; 使用了极端化的叙述。 以上就是对 SAT阅读题的解题技巧的一个梳理，包括了 SAT阅读考试中的两个非常重要的题型。大家可以在自己的 SAT阅读考试备考过程中，根据上面所列出来的选项的特点进行更加有针对性的练习。最后祝大家考试顺利。
新SAT阅读真题二 Exercise 2 This passage is excerpted from L.M. Montgomery, “The Gossip of Valley View,” originally published in 1910. It was the ?rst of April, and Julius Barrett, aged fourteen, perched on his father's gatepost, watched ruefully the low descending sun, and counted that day lost. He had not succeeded in "fooling" a single person, although he had tried repeatedly. One and all, old and young, of his intended victims had been too wary for Julius. Hence, Julius was disgusted and ready for anything in the way of a stratagem or a spoil. The Barrett gatepost topped the highest hill in Valley View. Julius could see the entire settlement, from "Young" Thomas Everett's farm, a mile to the west, to Adelia Williams's weather-grey little house on a moonrise slope to the east. He was gazing moodily down the muddy road when Dan Chester, homeward bound from the post of?ce, came riding sloppily along on his grey mare and pulled up by the Barrett gate to hand a paper to Julius. Dan was a young man who took life and himself very seriously. He seldom smiled, never joked, and had a Washingtonian reputation for veracity. Dan had never told a conscious falsehood in his life; he never even exaggerated. Julius, beholding Dan's solemn face, was seized with a perfectly irresistible desire to "fool" him. At the same moment his eye caught the dazzling re?ection of the setting sun on the windows of Adelia Williams's house, and he had an inspiration little short of diabolical. "Have you heard the news, Dan?" he asked. "No, what is it?" asked Dan.
新SAT阅读题型解析 阅读是SAT考试中的重要组成部分，新SAT阅读题型主要考察三方面的内容，分别是对文本信息的考察、对作者写作技能的考察以及综合考察。下面文都小编将给大家做具体介绍。 一、Information and Ideas: The Author's Message (对文本信息的考察) 包括以下题型： 1.文本细节的考查 1)直接信息题(Explicit Meaning)，该类题型能够直接从文本中找到信息，题目中通常出现如下字眼“According to the passage,""states,""indicates,"等。如：The authors indicate that people value gift-giving because they feel it...? 2)隐含信息题(Implicit Meaning)，该类题型需要理解文本的隐含意思，题目中通常出现如下字眼“based on the passage,” "it can reasonably be inferred,""implies," 等。如：Based on the passage, the author's statement "..." implies that...? 3)类比题(Analogy)，考察对文本内容特征的把握及应用，如“Which of the following situations is most analogous to the relationship mentioned in line 5 to 10? 2.文本论据的考查 循证题(Citing Textual Evidence)，要求为上一题的答案寻找论据或者为某个结论提供论据。 如：Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question? (寻找上一题答案论据)，或者In lines 46-50("Prosecutions...sens"), what is the most likely reason Jordan draws a distinction between two types of "parties"? (为某个结论提供论据) 循证题是对文本论据的考察，在每个篇章中会出现两题，共10题。 3.文本传达信息的考查 1)中心思想/主旨题(Central Idea/ Theme)，是对整篇文章的主旨或段落中心思想的考察。如：The central claim of the passage is that...? (对整篇文章主旨的考察)，或者The central idea of the fourth paragraph (line 35-57) is that...? (对段落中心思想的考察);
词法和句法 1、时态的考点为2道，特别要注意现在完成时和一般过去时的区别。 2、代词考点为1道，涉及形容词性物主代词与主语的性数配合。 e.g Mudskippers thrive in intertidal regions that are marked by regular, cyclicalchanges in water levels, adjusting its respiration depending on how muchwater is available. 其中的its应该改为their，因为该句的主语是mudskippers。 3、比较结构这个题目出的挺好的，还涉及到助动词前提的问题。 e.g It is widely known that wind turbinesproduce no pollution and thus cause less environmental damage than do powerplants that burn fossil fuels. 一般情况下我们都会这样写这个句子，注意划线的部分，less environmental damage than power plants that burn fossil fuels do. 但是在比较结构中，如果第二个主语过长例如powerplants that burn fossil fuels就过长，是可以把do前提的，所以这个句子是正确的。 4、介词考点为1道，主要是与名词的搭配。 e.g In particular, bimodal respiration—the abilityof acquiring oxygen using gills or through wet skin—sets mudskippers apartfrom their purely water-based counterparts. 其中ability后面的搭配应该为abilityto acquire。 5 、连词考点为9道，仍然是重头戏，5道为run-on句型，4道为平行结构。 e.g The economy of Jeju has expanded toinclude farming and tourism, the reliance on the seafood industry is notas strong. 明显可以感觉到逗号是不可以链接句子的，所以需要在两句话中间加一个连词。 e.g Rather than being activated atdifferent stages of the organism’s life cycle or under particular environmentalconditions, but these two modes of respiration