环节三：理清文章的结构


中口文章最典型的结构就是并列结构，纵观历年真题，6篇文章中的并列结构可以高达4篇，所以学会高效的识别并列结构是节省阅读时间的一大致胜法宝。以2005年3月中口阅读第三篇的最后3段为例：

Along with green, black, and oolong tea, this company sells a wide variety of herbal teas and offers a “Tea of the Month” club.

this site sells higher-end green. Black and oolong teas and has good tips on proper storage and preparation of tea.

Tea drinkers can find links to sites offering tea lore, such as articles about tea ceremonies in foreign lands. An exhaustive “frequently asked questions” file founds out the site.

很明显，这三段每段都在介绍一个website，这样的段落不用第一时间读得很仔细，原因很简单，每篇文章只出5道题，全文有很多段落，不可能出3个细节题来分别考这3段，所以考生可以先跳过这部分，当考题中问到某个具体website的具体细节时再精读才是最佳选择。

近年来不论是在高口还是中口阅读中按时间顺序写的文章越来越多，这类文章往往每一段都用明显的时间状语表示时间的推移。只要把握好时间变化，就能轻易找到每一段的主题。来看2005年3月中口阅读第5篇第一段和其后每段的第一句话：

Transportation is the movement or conveying of persons and goods from one location to another. As human beings, from ancient times to he 21st century, sought to make their transport facilities more efficient, they have always endeavored to move people and property with the least expenditure of time, effort and cost. Improved transportation had helped make possible progress toward better living, the modern systems of manufacturing and commerce, and the complex, interdependent urban economy present in much of the world today.

Primitive human beings supplemented their own carrying of goods and possessions by starting to domesticate animals-training them to bear small loads and pull crude sleds…

The greatest improvements in transportation have appeared in the last two centuries, a period during which the industrial Revolution has vastly changed the economic life of the entire world…

The first new mode of transportation to challenge the railroad was the motor vehicle, which was made possible by the invention, in the 1860s and ’70s, of the internal combustion engine…

During the same period intercity buses took over a large portion of commercial passenger travel, and trucks began carrying a great deal of the nation’s freight…

Although the emphasis on fuel conservation waned in the 1980s, few doubt that the issue will emerge again when oil scarcities loom, as they did in the 1970s. …

考生只要能够按照每段开头所提到的时间段来定位细节题，那么肯定能够在短时间内找到正确答案。

总之，中高口阅读的考试目前是检查大家快速阅读把握有用信息的能力，因此在最后的复习阶段，考生务必尽力培养自己的大局观，把握好文章的主题和结构，进而学会根据不同文章的类型“见招拆招”才是得胜的法宝。最后代表新东方祝广大考生考试成功！


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