(一)提高閱讀速度的方法

　　1.跳躍式閱讀

　　跳躍式閱讀所要跳過的內容自然是和文章中心沒有太多聯系的內容。如對某一專家身份頭銜的說明，這類文字內容與文章的中心雖不相關，卻會經¬常在文中出現，這些內容事實上會增加信息的復雜程度，干擾考生思路，而題目中不會考查。

　　如1990年的試題，Text 2

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　　“but there is a growing awareness that this is not enough,”says a researcher on female labor at the government-funded Institute for the Development of Professional Training for Workers.

　　【分析】這里，我們只需看引號內的內容即可，至于“on female labor...”后面長長的頭銜稱謂完全可以跳過去。

　　如1998年的試題， Text 3

　　Until recently, the scientific community was so powerful that it could afford to ignore its critics—but no longer. As funding for science has declined, scientists have attacked “antiscience” in several books, notably Higher Superstition, by Paul R.Gross, a biologist at the University of Virginia, and Norman Levitt, a mathematician at Rutgers University, and the DemonHaunted World, by Car Sagan of Cornell University.

　　【分析】這句話，我們只需讀到notably Higher Superstition即可, by Paul R.Gross之后的全部內容就可以跳過。

　　2.掃描式閱讀

　　掃描式閱讀的內容與跳躍式閱讀的內容相比，與文章的聯系稍稍緊密一些，但一般不是考試的重點，我們只需對其有大致印象即可。這類內容一般由用來說明中心的論據構成。當段落中心已經¬很明確時，我們可以對說明中心的具體論據實行快速掃描。

　　如1988年試題，Text 3

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　　It might be argued that the house-proud woman would still find plenty to do about the home. That may be so, but it is certainly no longer necessary for a woman to spend her whole life cooking, cleaning, mending and sewing. Washing machines take the drudgery out of laundry, the latest models being entirely automatic and able to wash and dry a large quantity of clothes in a few minutes. Refrigerators have made it possible to store food for long periods and many pre-cooked foods are obtainable in tins. Shopping, instead of being a daily task, can be completed in one day a week. The new man-made fibers are more hardwearing than natural fibers and greatly reduce mending, while good ready-made clothes are cheap and plentiful.

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　　【分析】文中第一句話“It might be argued that the house-proud woman would still find plenty to do about the home. That may be so, but it is certainly no longer necessary for a woman to spend her whole life cooking, cleaning, mending and sewing”已把中心交待得很清楚，后面的“Washing machines...are cheap and plentiful”大概掃描一下就知道是為段落中心服務的具體論據，屬次要內容，可一掃而過。

　　如1989年的試題 Text 2

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　　Possessing a car gives a much greater of mobility, enabling the driver to move around freely. The owner of a car is no longer forced to rely on public transport and is, therefore, not compelled to work locally. He can choose from different jobs and probably changes his work more frequently as he is not restricted for a choice within a small radius. Traveling to work by car is also more comfortable than having to use public transport; the driver can adjust the heating in winter and the air-conditioning in the summer to suit his own needs and preference. There is no irritation caused by waiting for trains, buses or underground trains, standing in long patient queues, or sitting on windy platforms, for as long as half an hour sometimes. With the building of good, fast motorways, long distances can be covered rapidly and pleasantly. For the first time in this century also, many people are now able to enjoy their leisure time to the full by making trips to the country or seaside at the weekends, instead of being confined to their immediate neighborhood. This feeling of independence, and the freedom to go where you please, is perhaps the greatest advantage of the car.

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　　【分析】對于這一段，我們只需讀完前幾句“Possessing a car gives a much greater of mobility, enabling the driver to move around freely. The owner of a car is no longer forced to rely on public transport and is, therefore, not compelled to work locally”就可以大致估計出后面是對私家車所帶來好處的進一步說明，此時我們就應該有意識地對后面的文字進行快速掃描，直到后面的中心句“This feeling of independence, and the freedom to go where you please, is perhaps the greatest advantage of the car”。由此，整段意思就十分明了。

　　3.提高閱讀速度的另一途徑是：熟記詞匯的各種形式及其詞義

　　由英語語法所決定，英語文章中的詞匯除了少量虛詞是以原形出現外，其他大多數單詞都是以一定的變化形式出現。而我們平時所記憶的詞匯均是以原形給出，在閱讀時，單詞原形和變形之間就有一個思維的轉換過程，再加上有些變形的詞義在原形的基礎上有較大幅度的改變，也就增加了思維轉換的難度，極大地妨礙了閱讀速度的提高。熟記詞匯的各種形式及其詞義則直接省略了思維轉換過程，有利于提高閱讀速度。

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