A． 观点在作者的名字之前；例如：
IN TERMS OF TIME， WOMEN PERFORM APPROXIMATELY 90 PER CENT OF
CHILD CARE TASKS AND 70 PER CENT OF ALL FAMILY WORK，AND ONLY 14 PER CENT OF FATHERS ARE HIGHLY PARTICIPANT IN TERMS
OF TIME SPENT ON FAMILY WORK（RUSSELL 1983）
A． 观点在作者的名字之后；例如：
DEMO AND ACOCK（1993），IN A RECENT US STUDY， ALSO FOUND THAT WOMEN CONTIMUE TO PERFORM
A CONSTANT AND MAJOR PROPORTION OF HOUSEHOLD LABOUR（68 PER CENT TO 95 PER CENT）ACROSS ALL FAMILY TYPES（FIRST MARRIAGE，DIVORCED，STEP-FAMILY OR NEVER MARRIED），REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY ARE EMPLOYED OR NON-EMPLOYED IN PAID WORK。
原文：Small parties are often based on one major current issue. Green party, which is a
small party, is concerned with environmental issues.
题目：Small parties
其中选项C：are concerned with environmental issues就是一个很容易误选的选项。注意，选项中肯定没有are often based on one major current issue。原因前面已经讲过了。
原文：Few are more than five years old.
译文：很少有超过五年的。
题目：Most are less than five years old.
译文：大多数都小于五年。
解释：题目与原文是同义结构，所以答案应为True。
例 2
原文：Frogs are losing the ecological battle for survival, and biologists are at a loss to
explain their demise.
译文：青蛙失去了生存下来的生态竞争能力，生物学家不能解释它们的死亡。
题目：Biologists are unable to explain why frogs are dying.
译文：生物学家不能解释为什么青蛙死亡。
解释：题目中的are unable to与原文中的are at a loss to 是同义词，题目中的why frogs are dying与原文中的their demise是同义词，所以答案应为True。
原文：Compare our admission inclusive fare and see how much you save. Cheapest is
not the best and value for money is guaranteed. If you compare our bargain
Daybreak fares, beware--------most of our competitors do not offer an all inclusive fare.
原文：For example, it has been demonstrated that rapid response leads to a greater likelihood
of arrest only if responses are in the order of 1-2 minutes after a call is received by the police. When response times increase to 3-4 minutes ------still quite a rapid response-------the likelihood of an arrest is substantially reduced.
原文：It has been successfully used in the United States to provide input into resource exploitation
decisions and assist wildlife managers and there is now enormous potential for
using population viability to assist wildlife management in Australia's forests.
原文：Booking in advance is strongly recommended as all Daybreak tours are subject to
demand. Subject to availability, stand by tickets can be purchased from the driver.
原文：Since the Winter Games began, 55 out of 56 gold medals in the men's Nordic skiing
events have been won by competitors from Scandinavia or the former Soviet Union.
译文：自从冬奥会开始，在男子越野滑雪项目中的56块中的55块金牌被来自北欧和前苏联的选手获得。
题目：Only Scandinavians have won gold medals in the men's winter Olympics.
i. Europeans learned all of what they knew of edible, wild plants from Aborigines.
ii. Before the dry plate process short exposures could only be achieved with cameras
held in the hand.
按照范围，摘要可分为两种：全文摘要和部分段落摘要。全文摘要，摘要信息来自全文，题目空格的数目较多。部分段落摘要，摘要信息来自原文某几个连续的段 落，题目空格的数目较少。最近考试中出现的大部分是部分段落摘要，信息来自原文连续的两到三段，题目空格的数量在5题左右。对于部分段落摘要，有的在题目 要求中会指出它来自原文的哪些段落，如Complete the summary below of the first two paragraphs of the Reading Passage。但大部分的部分段落摘要只是在题目要求中说它是原文的一个摘要或部分段落摘要，并不指出它来自原文的哪些段落。
按照填空内容，摘要也可分为三种：原文原词、从多个选项中选词和自己写词。原文原词的题目要求中常有from the Reading Passage 的字样。从多个选项中选词，选项的数目常常超过题目空格的数目。从多个选项中选词或自己写词的题目要求中没有from the Reading Passage 的字样，有时会有using the information in the passage的字样。最近考试中，绝大部分是原文原词或从多个选项中选词，很少有自己写词的。
（1） 原文原词：与原文完全相同的词或短语。
（2） 词性变化：原文为necessary，是形容词，选项为necessity，是名词。
（3） 语态变化：原文为Governments have encouraged waste paper collection and sorting schemes，是主动语态。摘要中的句子为people have also been encouraged by government to collect their waste on a regular
basis，是被动语态。
（4） 图表：如果原文中有图表，一般会有一题答案来自图表。
（5） 同义词：原文为tight，选项为restricted，是同义词。
（6） 归纳：有时文中没有直接提及，须从几句话中归纳出答案。一般比较难，目前考试中，至少有一个空格是归纳出来的。
绝大多数的搭配题，每个题目只能选一个选项。笔者只遇到过一次，每个题目可以选多个选项。这时，题目要求中有如下的字样：Note, for some questions you will need to write more than one letter.(注意，对一些问题你需要选多个选项）。如果题目没有类似上述要求，应该是每个题目只能选一个选项。
Write the letters for the appropriate company in boxes 9-14 on your answer sheet.
SC if it is Scaled Composites
R if it is Renault
GM if it is General Motors
F if it is Fiat
B if it is Boeing
THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY HAS BEGUN TO DEMAND…………
绝大部分的题目要求中有字数限制，一般有如下几种表达方式：(1) NO MORE THAN TWO/THREE/FOUR WORDS (不超过2/3/4个字)；（2）ONE OR TWO WORDS （一个或两个字）；（3）USE A MAXIMUM OF TWO WORDS（最多两个字）。有字数限制的，一定要严格按照要求去做，必须满足要求。
原文：IN ADDITION TO BASIC RESIDENCE FEES，MOST UNIVERSITIES MAKE MINOR ADDITIONA CHARES FOR ITEMS SUCH AS
REGISTRATION FEES，DAMAGE DEPOSITS， AND POWER CHARGES。
题目：AS WELL AS THE BASIC COLLEGE RESIDENCE FEES， ADDITIONAL CHARGES
ARE USUALLY MADE，BUT ARE DESCRIBES AS。。。
有的同学可能会答REGISTRATION FEES，DAMAGE DEPOSITS，AND POWER CHARGES，因为字数太多，所以应首先怀疑是错误的。正确答案应为MINOR。即附加费用被描述为是少量的、微不足道的。
原文：… if your iron produces droplets of water instead of giving off steam, your
temperature control is set too low.
题目：What should you do if our iron starts to drip water?
答案及解释：原文说：如果你的熨斗产生水滴而不是放出水蒸气，是以为你把温度设置的过低。题目问：如果你的熨斗开始滴水，你应该做什么？答案应该是升高温 度的意思，但原文中并没有相应的原词，需要自己写出来。最好的答案是根据your temperature control is set too low改为set temperature high/higher。同样正确的答案为:increase the temperature或turn up temperature。
题目问how many/how much/what proportion/what is the cost时，答案一般不会直接是原文中出现的数字，而要涉及到简单的四则运算，通常是加减法。
原文：All major cities there have high car ownership, but well-developed bus and rail systems are available, and overall public transport typically
accounts for between 20 and 30 percent of passenger-kilometers.
题目：What proportion of passenger kilometer is undertaken by private automobile in
Western Europe.
原文：There may have been some consolation in the fact that the bid came in $1 million
below the revised budget and $5 million below the original budget of $29 million
formulated in mid-1991.
题目：What was the cost of the revised budget for the Sydney bid?
原文：… the amount of steam being given off depending upon the type of fabric being
ironed.
题目：What factor makes you decide on the quantity of steam to use?
答案及解释：如果没有字数限制，可以答为：the type of fabric或the type of fabric being ironed。现在，字数限制为NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS，答案应先去掉冠词the，再去掉分词短语being ironed，正确答案为type of fabric。
与选择题中的多选多类似，只是在题目的要求中有IN THE CORRECT ORDER 的字样，即需要将选出的选项以正确的顺序排序，顺序非常重要。例如正确答案1、4、3、5、2，如果你的答案是1、3、4、5、2，则五道题中你答对了三 道题，如果你的答案是3、4、5、2、1，则五道题你都答错了。在做这种题是，应注意以下几点：
