例词:also,furthermore, moreover, what is more, in addition…
考点:And Western scientistsare starting to draw on this wisdom…
解析:And在这句话开头,有一定的递进含义, this wisdom则是指代了前面一句话出现的their wealth oftraditional knowledge(因纽特人传统的知识),所以这两句话有紧密的联系,同学们在读题的时候要通过发现信号词,然后发散地看它的前后句,最后把考点考察的意思补充完整。
2、排列次序
例词:another,the second, the most, the best…
考点:Mostimportant of all, the traditional measures of‘risk’, such as parents’ age and education, orwhether they were a single parent, bore little or no relationship to themeasures of achievement and language development.
解析:mostimportant of all强调了最重要的事情,也就是文中比较重要的结论要出炉了。Singleparents是题目中的关键词,同样在这一句里出现了,我们可以利用对雅思阅读信号词的敏感度,快速抓住文章的考点,进行局部精读。
3、强调作用
例词:in fact, in essence, inparticular, emphasize…
考点:This,in essence, is the problem of modern sociobiology- to discover the degree to whichhard-wired genetic programming dictates…
解析:信息包含题考察细节是在那个段落出现,在做此类题目时,要注意信号词与考点的密切相关性,从而迅速找准答案。这里出现了in essence(实质上),起了一定的强调作用,迅速扫读后,发现同时出现了题目关键词sociobiology,破折号后面的介词to是表目的与题目中的the general aim of一致对应。
考点:Threefactors are involved in this change. First is an awareness of the severity ofthe problem. Second, a number of resources to help tackle bullying have becomeavailable in Britain…Third, there is evidence thatthese materials work, and that schools can achieve something.
例词:however,but, although, nevertheless, on the other hand, by comparison…
考点:However,we believe that credit must be extended in association with other types ofsupport that help participants develop critical life skills as well asproductive businesses.