英語四級閱讀理解有哪些技巧

大學英語四級考試的閱讀理解是難點，有哪些有用的答題技巧呢?爲此本站小編爲大家帶來大學英語四級考試的閱讀理解的小技巧。

(1)、推理題表現形式

推理題提問的方式有很多，比如suggest，imply，indicate，conclude，infer等。然而，suggest，imply和indicate這些單詞提問，這個題目往往按照細節題的方法來處理即可，真正難把握的是conclude和infer兩個單詞，這也是四級閱讀推理題經常用來提問的方式。

(2)、推理題解題方法

推理題難度高，不在於推理難，而在於找答案沒有方向。比如，題目可能會問What can be inferred from the passage? What can be concluded from the passage? 如果我們對歷年考題作一個仔細分析，可以發現conclude和infer還是有些答案查找的方向的。

Conclude提問的題目，一般會涉及原文中結論性，觀點性的語言，尤其是段落首末的句子。而infer提問的題目，如果題幹信息比較多比較具體，一般可以當作細節題來處理，如果題幹信息比較少，則考查原文觀點結論的語言比較多，甚至考文章主題。

(3)、推理題注意點

很多考生在做推理題時，有一種思維誤區，認爲一個選項與原文相去越遠，就越可能是正確答案，所以在找不到原文的依據時，就隨心所欲地推導。其實，很多情況下，推理題的正確答案相差並不大，不應把這類題想得太難了。比如2002年1月份，

題目：

It can be inferred from the passage that____.

A)killing foxes with poison is illegal

B)limiting the fox population is unnecessary

C)hunting foxes with dogs is considered cruel and violent

D)fox-hunting often leads to confrontation between the poor and the rich

正確答案選擇C，而原文相關信息是：┄ because they think it is brutal(殘酷的`) ┄

(原文已經給出brutal的含義)。可見兩者相差並不大。

(1)、主旨題表現形式

四級閱讀中，主旨題主要可以表現爲“What’s the best title for this passage”;“What is the main idea of the passage”;“The author’s purpose of writing this passage is to _____”。當然，這些提問方式可以有很多微小的變化，比如問“The passage is mainly about___”等等。

(2)、主旨題解題方法

從理論上來講，主旨題是四級各類題型中要求最高的，因爲它要求考生看完文章後，能對文章的大概框架作一個宏觀把握，從而解答後面的題目。但是把握文章框架對很多考生來說，是不能做到的。慶幸的是，一般的四級文章，都可以找到文章主題句，或者是可以體現文章主題的句子或單詞。

文章主題一般在前兩段出現，所以考生要比較關注前兩段結論性的語言。四級閱讀在全文首句出現文章主題的情況比較多見。另外，第一段轉折性的語言，通常也能體現作者的觀點偏好。

(3)、主旨題注意點

如果是考文章主題，那麼正確答案一定具有概括性和結論性，細節性的選項肯定是錯的。如2005年考題，

What is the author’s purpose in writing this article?

A)To justify the study of the Boston University Medical Center.

B)To stress the importance of maintaining proper weight.

C)To support the statement made by York Onnen.

D)To show the most effective way to lose weight

一看這四個選項，就可以發現A和C裏面包含十分具體信息“the Boston University Medical Center”和“York Onnen”，是利用原文中的具體話題，某個細節內容而設計的干擾選項。

值得注意的是很多幹擾選項還以“以偏概全”的形式出現的，所以分析時要注意正確答案概括的全面性。而利用擴大主題的範圍來設計干擾選項的方式，在四級中相對較少。爲了說明主題，爲了論證，作者會引用一些人講的話，而這些觀點也很可能被考到。

Just seven years ago, the Jarvik-7 artificial heart was being cheered as the model of human creativeness. The sight of Barney Clark-alive and conscious after trading his diseased heart for a metal-and-plastic pump-convinced the press, the public and many doctors that the future had arrived. It hadn’t. After monitoring production of the Jarvik-7, and reviewing its effects on the 150 or so patients (most of whom got the device as a temporary measure) the U.S. Food and Drug Administration concluded that the machine was doing more to endanger lives than to save them. Last week the agency cancelled its earlier approval, effectively banning (禁止) the device.

The recall may hurt Symbion Inc., maker of the Jarvik-7, but it won’t end the request for an artificial heart. One problem with the banned mode is that the tubes connecting it to an external power source createda passage for infection. Inventors are now working on new devices that would be fully placed, along with atiny power pack, in the patient’s chest. The first sample products aren’t expected for another 10 or 20 years. But some people are already worrying that they’ll work—and that America’s overextended health—care programs will lose a precious $2.5 billion to $5 billion a year providing them for a relatively few dying patients. If such expenditures (開支) cut into funding for more basic care, the net effect could actually be a decline in the nation’s health.

練習題：

Choose correct answers to the question:

1. According to the passage, the Jarvik-7 artificial heart proved to be _____.

A. a technical failure

B. a technical wonder

C. a good life-saver

D. an effective means to treat heart disease

2. From the passage we know that Symbion Inc. _____.

A. has been banned by the government from producing artificial hearts

B. will review the effects of artificial hearts before designing new models

C. may continue to work on new models of reliable artificial hearts

D. can make new models of artificial hearts available on the market in 10 to 20 years

3. The new models of artificial hearts are expected ______.

A. to have a working life of 10 or 20 years

B. to be set fully in the patient’s chest

C. to be equipped with an external power source

D. to create a new passage for infection

4. The word "them" in Line 7, Para. 2 refers to _____.

A. doctors who treat heart diseases

B. makers of artificial hearts

C. America’s health-care programs

D. New model of artificial hearts

5. Some people feel that ______.

A. artificial hearts are seldom effective

B. the country should not spend so much money on artificial hearts

C. the country is not spending enough money on artificial hearts

D. America’s health-care programs are not doing enough for the nation’s health

1.[A] 文章一開頭說Jarvik-7以前被認爲是一大技術成就，但文章第1段倒數第2句中提到,美國食品與藥品管理局得出結論,認爲這種儀器與其說是挽救生命,不如說是將生命置於更加危險的境地。由此可知Jarvik-7是一個技術失敗,故選A。

2.[C] 文章第2段第1句提到，要求生產人造心臟的Symbion公司召回其銷售的人造心臟，這對該公來說或許是一種損失，但這一禁令不會終結人們對人造心臟的需求。從這一句可推斷出應選C。原文只提到政府禁止Jarvik-7這種型號的人造心臟，A把範圍擴大到了所有的人造心臟;B在原文中並未提及;D說的對象不是Symbion公司，也可排除。

3.[B] 文章中第2段第3句提到，這種新儀器可以完全置於患者的胸腔內，B與之相符，故選B。A在文中並未提及;C、D說的對象是Jarvik-7，故也排除。

4.[D] 從句子意思看，“向爲數不多的瀕危病人提供” 的顯然是上一句中的sample products，即可與電源組一併植於人體內的new devices，故選D。

5.[B] 第2段倒數第2句But some people are already worrying…這句話體現了有些人已經在擔心，爲爲數不多的垂危病人動用鉅額資金購置新型的人造心臟是否合算，而由該段最後一句可以看出作者認爲這樣的做法是不明智的，因此B是答案。