第二、大廈的框架——分析出題思路，把握做題技巧

　　最能反映出題者思維的復習材料只有真題。無論從難度到出題思路，歷年的真題的質量都非常高。許多考生在沒有把真題徹底吃透的情況下花了大量的時間和精力去做許多模擬試卷。這種復習方法不僅耗時耗力，事倍功半，而且甚至會因為模擬題的仿真程度不好，導致自己的做題思路發生偏差。因此，建議同學們不要玩題海戰術，應該搞懂真題題目和基本的出題思路。目前市面上的模擬題從嚴格意義上講沒有一本是接近真題的，大量做模擬題只起到安慰劑的作用，但是模擬題又不能不做，因為長時間反復做真題，會失去對第一次拿到新題的新鮮感。故此，做題的總體思路是90%真題，10%模擬題。

　　考研的成敗不僅與實力相關，也與技巧密不可分。英語知識的學習沒什么技巧，但考試卻有，考研也不例外。技巧可以從三個層面來講：

　　第一個層面是，做閱讀時，到底是應該先讀問題還是先讀文章，不同的人有不同的答案。我們認為，到底采用什么樣的順序，和每個人的水平有關。對于閱讀能力很高的人來說，先讀文章比較好。讀完了文章，對文章的內容有了基本的理解和記住了幾乎全部的內容，再去做題，就會比較有把握了。而事實上對于廣大考生老說，多數人對文章不能做到基本理解，或者雖然表面文字看懂了，但是做題時大腦一片空白，有效信息掌握薄弱。鑒于此，我們認為應該先讀問題，帶著問題中的關鍵詞去讀文章。這樣做的好處在于：首先，讀完問題，通過題目中的大寫字母、數字、標志性內容詞等會對文章所涉及的內容有個大概的了解；然后帶著問題有針對性地去讀文章，有的放矢。

　　第二個層面是，讀文章時，應該采用什么樣的閱讀方式�；�于試題研究，我們發現，在讀文章的時候，應該把握重點：對于文章來講，首段，各段首句，末句是重點；對于句子來講，轉折句，因果句，長難句、比較句，和“絕對話意義”的句子往往是出題的方向。當讀完一篇文章，要問問自己：文章主要圍繞什么問題闡述？作者對文章的態度大體方向是什么？讀懂文章雖然不是做題正確的核心，但的確是做題正確的前提。

　　第三個層面是：以什么樣的思路去應付考題。從閱讀材料后面所提的問題來看，主要歸類以下幾個大的方面的問題：主旨題，推理題，細節題，例證題、態度題，舉例題，猜詞題。但是每個大題型又可以繼續細分。考生應該對這些題型的正解特征加以歸納總結。例如：考研英語中涉及到多次的主要原因題，其題目特征是：

　　The passage (author)…………….mainly because____?

　　Which of the following is chiefly responsible for……..?

　　………………………is largely due to________?

　　What is the main reason for ________?

　　由上述真題題目我們可以看出，題目特征相當明顯，都出現了表示“主要的”標識詞。那么題目特征會引發我們怎么樣的思考呢？既然是主要原因，就表明在原文中原因的闡述是不唯一的，至少原因兩個以上才具備出主要原因題的前提，同時在四個選項中，可能會有若干個選項都是正確的原因，但正確答案是挑選出最重要的一個原因；那么什么樣的原因才是主要原因呢？我們可以從原文對應句中找到規律：我們可以發現，主要原因題正確選項在原文中的對應句往往含有如下標識詞：比較級、最高級、轉折詞、above all等，我們一起看一下歷年的例題：

　　1.The foremost reason why the BBC has to readjust itself is no other than ______________. (96年passage2第4題)

　　A. The emergence of commercial TV channel

　　B. The enforcement of Broadcasting Act by the government

　　C. The urgent necessity to reduce costs and jobs

　　D. The challenge of new satellite channels

　　原文：Yet the BBC will have to change, because the broadcasting world round it is changing. The commercial TV channels—I TV and Channel 4---were required by the Thatcher Government’s Broadcasting Act to become more commercial, competing with each other for advertisers, and cutting costs and jobs. But it is the arrival of new satellite channels---funded partly by advertising and partly by viewers’ subscriptions---which will bring about the biggest changes in the long term

　　2. According to the author, the great outburst of major inventions in early America was in a large due to _______. (96年passage4第1題)

　　A. elementary schoolsB. enthusiastic workers

　　C. the attractive premium systemD. a special way of thinking

　　原文：Among the many shaping factors, I would single out the country’s excellent elementary schools; a labor force that welcomed the new technology; the practice of giving premiums to inventors: and above all the American genius for nonverbal, “spatial” thinking about things technological.

　　3. According to the author, what may chiefly be responsible for the moral decline of Japanese society? (00年passage4第2題)

　　A. Women’s participation in social activities is limited.

　　B. More workers are dissatisfied with their jobs.

　　C. Excessive emphasis has been placed on the basics.

　　D. The lifestyle has been influenced by western values.

　　原文： But that may have more to do with Japanese lifestyle.

　　4. According to the text, the cost increase in the rail industry is mainly caused by _______. (03年passage3第5題)

　　A. The continuing acquisition.

　　B. The growing traffic.

　　C. The cheering Wall Street.

　　D. The shrinking market.

　　原文：many captive shippers also worry they will soon be hit with a round of huge rate increases. The railroad industry as a whole, despite its brightening fortunes, still does not earn enough to cover the cost of the capital it must invest to keep up with its surging traffic. Yet railroads continue to borrow billons to acquire one another, with Wall Street cheering them on.

　　5. Female capuchin moneys were chosen for the research most probably because they are _____. (05年passage1第3題)

　　A. More inclined to weigh what they get.

　　B. Attentive to researchers’ instructions.

　　C. Nice in both appearance and temperament

　　D. More generous than their male companions.

　　原文：the researchers studied the behavior of female brown capuchin monkeys. They look cute. They are good natured, co-operative, creatures, and they share food readily. Above all, like their female human counterparts, they tend to pay much closer attention to the value of “goods and services” than males.

　　上述例題均很好的印證了這類題的做題規律，而且長達十年這一規律都沒有發生任何變化�？忌鷤冊陂喿x復習過程中要注意題目的橫向聯系，不僅要按篇章來閱讀，還有把歷年的同一類型考題放到一起進行總結，從而發現做題技巧和規律，這樣才能更好地保證復習的效率。