(1)浏览题目，推测全文主题
阅读理解的五道题目之间通常都会有隐含的逻辑联系，所以通过第一遍的初步浏览，有助于把握文章所谈论的主题，作出简单设想和推测。如
1. The phrase “emanate from” in Paragraph 1 most probably means“________”.
2. Which of the following is mentioned as one of the causes ofbad breath?
3. According to the passage, alcohol has something to do with badbreath mainly because________.
4. Mouthwashes are not an effective cure for bad breath mainlybecause________.
5. We can infer from this passage that________.
第1、5题分别为猜词题和推论题，没有提供任何信息。不过第2、3、4题都提到了bad breath(难闻的口气，口臭)，因此文章谈论的主题就非常清晰，对于后面的理解和解题会有帮助。
(2)判断题型，确定题干关键词
高考阅读主要考查主旨题、细节题、猜词题、推论题和态度题等五种题型，重点考查细节题。细节题的关键词主要有三类(1)显性关键词：大写、数字、连字符单词、序数词等;(2)实意动词;(3)核心名词和生词。这一步对于接下来的浏览文章圈定关键词至关重要。
(3)跳读文章，寻找关键词
浏览文章切忌试图弄懂文中的每一个单词。如果逐句翻译会影响做题的速度，而且会忽略各题区域的寻找。跳读的目的是要整体把握一下文章脉络，找到每道题目中的关键词，从而可以确定每道题目答案的所在位置。答案在文中一般情况都是依次而下顺序出现。
(4)理解区域，排除干扰项
根据第三步寻找的区域，进行深度的翻译和理解，比较选项与文章的信息，注意选项的同义改写、主动被动转换，同时要当心偷换概念、以偏概全等陷阱，依据选项一般不过于绝对(如出现never,only, all)等原理，排除干扰项，最终确定答案。
Passage One
But Nature is indifferent to human notions of fairness, and areport by the Fish and Wildlife Service showed a worrisome drop inthe populations of several species of North Atlantic turtles,notably loggerheads, which can grow to as much as 400 pounds. TheSouth Florida nesting population, the largest, has declined by 50%in the last decade, according to Elizabeth Griffin, a marinebiologist with the environmental group Oceana. The figures promptedOceana to petition the government to upgrade the level ofprotection for the North Atlantic loggerheads from “threatened” to“endangered”—meaning they are in danger of disappearing withoutadditional help.
Which raises the obvious question: what else do these turtleswant from us, anyway? It turns out, according to Griffin, thatwhile we have done a good job of protecting the turtles for theweeks they spend on land (as egg-laying females, as eggs and ashatchlings), we have neglected the years spend in the ocean. “Thethreat is from commercial fishing,” says Griffin. Trawlers (whichdrag large nets through the water and along the ocean floor) andlongline fishers (which can deploy thousands of hooks on lines thatcan stretch for miles) take a heavy toll on turtles.
Of course, like every other environmental issue today, this isplaying out against the background of global warming and humaninterference with natural ecosystems. The narrow strips of beach onwhich the turtles lay their eggs are being squeezed on one side bydevelopment and on the other by the threat of rising sea levels asthe oceans warm. Ultimately we must get a handle on those issues aswell, or a creature that outlived the dinosaurs (恐龙) will meet itsend at the hands of humans, leaving our descendants to wonder howcreature so ugly could have won so much affection.
1. We can learn from the first paragraph that ________.
A.human activities have changed the way turtles survive
B.efforts have been made to protect turtles from dying out
C.government bureaucracy has contributed to turtles’extinction
D.marine biologists are looking for the secret of turtles’reproduction
2. What does the author mean by “Nature is indifferent to humannotions of fairness” (Line 1, Para. 2)?
A.Nature is quite fair regarding the survival of turtles.
B.Turtles are by nature indifferent to human activities.
C.The course of nature will not be changed by humaninterference.
D.The turtle population has decreased in spite of humanprotection.
3. What constitutes a major threat to the survival of turtlesaccording to Elizabeth Griffin?
A.Their inadequate food supply.
B.Unregulated commercial fishing.
C.Their lower reproductively ability.
D.Contamination of sea water
4. How does global warming affect the survival of turtles?
A.It threatens the sandy beaches on which they lay eggs.
B.The changing climate makes it difficult for their eggs tohatch.
C.The rising sea levels make it harder for their hatchlings togrow.
D.It takes them longer to adapt to the high beachtemperature.
5. The last sentence of the passage is meant to ________.
A.persuade human beings to show more affection for turtles
B.stress that even the most ugly species should beprotected
C.call for effective measures to ensure sea turtles’survival
D.warn our descendants about the extinction of species
Passage Two
There are few more sobering online activitiesthan entering data into college-tuition calculators and gasping asthe Web spits back a six-figure sum. But economists say familiesabout to go into debt to fund four years of partying, as well asstudying, can console themselves with the knowledge that college isan investment that, unlike many bank stocks, should yield hugedividends.
A 2008 study by two Harvard economists notes that the“labor-market premium to skill”—or the amount college graduatesearned that’s greater than what high-school graduateearned—decreased for much of the 20th century, but has come backwith a vengeance (报复性地) since the 1980s. In 2005, The typicalfull-time year-round U.S. worker with a four-year college degreeearned $50,900, 62% more than the $31,500 earned by a worker withonly a high-school diploma.
There’s no question that going to college is a smart economicchoice. But a look at the strange variations in tuition revealsthat the choice about which college to attend doesn’t come downmerely to dollars and cents. Does going to Columbia University(tuition, room and board $49,260 in 2007-08) yield a 40% greaterreturn than attending the University of Colorado at Boulder as anout-of-state student ($35,542)? Probably not. Does being anout-of-state student at the University of Colorado at Boulder yieldtwice the amount of income as being an in-state student ($17,380)there? Not likely.
No, in this consumerist age, most buyers aren’t evaluatingcollege as an investment, but rather as a consumer product—like acar or clothes or a house. And with such purchases, price is onlyone of many crucial factors to consider.
As with automobiles, consumers in today’s college marketplacehave vast choices, and people search for the one that gives themthe most comfort and satisfaction in line with their budgets. Thisaccounts for the willingness of people to pay more for differenttypes of experiences (such as attending a private liberal-artscollege or going to an out-of-state public school that has a greatmarine-biology program). And just as two auto purchasers mightspend an equal amount of money on very different cars, collegestudents (or, more accurately, their parents) often show awillingness to pay essentially the same price for vastly differentproducts. So which is it? Is college an investment product like astock or a consumer product like a car? In keeping with theautomotive world’s hottest consumer trend, maybe it’s best tocharacterize it as a hybrid (混合动力汽车); an expensive consumer productthat, over time, will pay rich dividends.
6. What’s the opinion of economists about going to college?
A.Huge amounts of money is being wasted on campussocializing.
B.It doesn’t pay to run into debt to receive a collegeeducation.
C.College education is rewarding in spite of the startlingcosts.
D.Going to college doesn’t necessarily bring the expectedreturns.
7. The two Harvard economists note in their study that, for muchof the 20th century, ________.
A.enrollment kept decreasing in virtually all American collegesand universities
B.the labor market preferred high-school to collegegraduates
C.competition for university admissions was far more fierce thantoday
D.the gap between the earnings of college and high-schoolgraduates narrowed
8. Students who attend an in-state college or university can________.
A.save more on tuition
B.receive a better education
C.take more liberal-arts courses
D.avoid traveling long distances
9. In this consumerist age, most parents ________.
A.regard college education as a wise investment
B.place a premium on the prestige of the College
C.think it crucial to send their children to college
D.consider college education a consumer product
10. What is the chief consideration when students choose acollege today?
A.Their employment prospects after graduation.
B.A satisfying experience within their budgets.
C.Its facilities and learning environment.
D.Its ranking among similar institutions.
参考答案
1.B 2.D 3.B 4.A 5.C 6.C 7.D 8.A 9.D10.B
【详解】
Passage One
本文是环保类题材的文章，主要谈论由于人类活动(海洋捕捞、近海活动)以及气候变暖等因素，海龟数量急剧下降。
首先根据题干信息，分别将5个题目进行定位。第一、二和五题有着明确的定位信息，而第三、四题的关键词是ElizabethGriffin和globalwarming，五道题目分别定位在第一段、第二段首句、第三段、末段和末段结尾句。接下来是理解定位，排除干扰项。52题是推论题，四个选项初看都像是正确答案，但通过理解，发现文章第一段都在谈论人们在保护海龟方面付出的努力，而最后一句中allthe attention 是对前面的总结，而正确选项B中efforts替换原文中的attention，dyingout替换原文中的go extinct，运用同义替换原则。又如第55题，对于globalwarming的影响，错误项BCD中均有提到eggs, hatch, grow,beach等相关核心词，但由于细节表述有误，因此需要考生仔细阅读辨析后排除错误答案。
而最后一题对应文章末句“Ultimately we must get a handle on those issues aswell, or a creature that outlived the dinosaurs (恐龙) will meet itsend at the hands of humans, leaving our descendants to wonder howcreature so ugly could have won so much affection.”考生需要在短时间之内分析这个长句的句子结构，理清句子思路。而该句的关键是or，如果两边成分一致表示“或者”，如果成分不一致，表示“否则”，而这里应该是后者。thatoutlived the dinosaurs (恐龙)是定语从句修饰a creature, leaving ourdescendants to wonder是分词作定语，修饰前面整句话，how引导宾语从句。
PassageTwo
此文是典型的教育类文章，在六级考试中，教育类文章一般会深入探讨教育体制和教育弊端。这篇阅读有一个newidea是即使大学教育是一种高消费，但作者仍鼓励和支持人们进入大学深造，把大学作为一种投资和商品的结合;这与以往六级阅读大走“批判路线”有所不同。总体来说，这篇阅读比上篇阅读要简单一些，因为较好定位。文章一共5段，每一段对应一道题。
要做好这篇文章需要把握两点：1. 明确本文中心：即作者对于花钱上大学的态度(肯定or否定);2.定位到原文后做题时，即使不太确定整句话的意思，但只要注意几个关键词就大功告成。如第57题定位于第一段But之后，虽然是个长句，但是主要抓住关键families can console themselveswith the knowledge that college is an investment that should yieldhuge dividends，而最重点就是yield hugedividends，可见作者是持肯定态度的，从而排除了ABD这三个持否定态度的答案。又如第58题，考生可能对“labor-marketpremium toskill”理解不透，不过没有关系，考场上只要看懂earn这一词，还有decrease这一词，就明白这句话谈论的是有关收入earning。本篇较为容易的题有59、60、61题，59题靠2个数字就可解答出正确答案，而60、61题基本上答案就是原文中词汇。
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