抓住雅思閱讀中的信號詞巧解難題
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小編：環球教育整理 543雅思閱讀中會出現信號詞，有了他們的指引，我們就能快速抓住問文章宗旨，找到答案。信號詞分為兩大類：一個是傳統的信號詞;另一個就是 非傳統的信號詞。從而采取精讀或是跳讀掃讀等不一樣的方法和閱題技巧。下面我們就分析一下雅思閱讀中信號詞對考點指示的微妙作用。
首先我們來看一看在劍橋3-7中，傳統的信號詞與考點的聯系。(注：C-劍橋，P-頁 碼，T-題目)
(一)傳統信號詞
1、順接和遞進
例詞：also, furthermore, moreover, what is more, in addition…
考點：And Western scientists are starting to draw on this wisdom…(C6, P28, T31找標題)
解析：And在這句話開頭，有一定的遞進含義, this wisdom則是指代了前面一句話出現的their wealth of traditional knowledge(因紐特人傳統的知識)，所以這兩句話有緊密的聯系，同學們在讀題的時候要通過發現信號詞，然后發散地看它的前后句，最后把考點考察的意思補充完整。
2、對比和轉折
例詞：however, but, although, nevertheless, on the other hand, by comparison…
考點：However, we believe that credit must be extended in association with other types of support that help participants develop critical life skills as well as productive businesses.(C4, P66, T13主旨選擇題)
題目中出現了conclude的字眼，總結段落一般是在文章的最后，然而帶有轉折信號詞however這句話，顯然就是文章的考點所在。
3、相似
例詞：similarly, in other words, that is, put another way…
考點：In other words, we became aware of the obvious fact that there were ‘limits to growth’.(C4, P97, T32分類題)
解析：In other words是解釋，換一種說法，通常會以更加簡單易懂，清晰的話語陳述出難點，常常難點是考點出沒的地方。
4、時間先后
例詞：firstly, second, next, then, now, later, since, eventually, finally…
考點：Three factors are involved in this change. First is an awareness of the severity of the problem. Second, a number of resources to help tackle bullying have become available in Britain…Third, there is evidence that these materials work, and that schools can achieve something.(C6, P94, T30選標題)
解析：段落結構很清楚，主要是因為有表達順序的信號詞First、 second、third，讓我們認識這段是在講，侍強凌弱這種現象已經開始改變，主要是從三個方面入手：意識、資源、監督。這種發展讓學校有了更多的方 法和有效途徑解決存在的問題。這里的First、second、third提示我們三個方面，同時也是一個發展的過程。
5、排列次序
例詞：another, the second, the most, the best…
考點：Most important of all, the traditional measures of‘risk’, such as parents’ age and education, or whether they were a single parent, bore little or no relationship to the measures of achievement and language development.(C5, P63, T12判斷題)
解析：most important of all強調了最重要的事情，也就是文中比較重要的結論要出爐了。Single parents是題目中的關鍵詞，同樣在這一句里出現了，我們可以利用對信號詞的敏感度，快速抓住文章的考點，進行局部精讀。(如何提高雅思閱讀?學生要通過練習把握文章的重中核心是關鍵。)
6、強調作用
例詞：in fact, in essence, in particular, emphasize…
考點：This, in essence, is the problem of modern sociobiology- to discover the degree to which hard-wired genetic programming dictates…(C5, P21, T18信息包含題)
解析：信息包含題考察細節是在那個段落出現，在做此類題目時，要注意信號詞與考點的密切相關性，從而迅速找準 答案。這里出現了in essence(實質上)，起了一定的強調作用，迅速掃讀后，發現同時出現了題目關鍵詞sociobiology，破折號后面的介詞to是表目的與題目中的the general aim of一致對應。
7、因果關系
例詞：as, because, since, lead to, as a result, result in, consequently, therefore, thus, the caused of…
考點：The fourth question concerned the causes of the destruction of rainforests. Perhaps encouragingly, more than half of the pupils (59%) identified that it is human activities, which are destroying rainforests…(C4, P19,T11簡答題)
解析：這道簡答題的文本題就是問the reason for the loss of rainforests，所以我們可以同通過原因信號詞，判斷考點的方位。
