SAT備考閱讀篇

閱讀上要講方法

Step4.Now,ontothelongpassages.IhadloadsoftroublewiththesebeforeIfoundthismethod.Iamgoingtogiveyoumystep-by-stepmethodofattackingthem,whichIhavefoundextremelyeffective,albeitsomewhatmoretime-consuming.Beforeanything,youMUSTreadtheshortblurbbeforethepassage.Itgivesyouasense(thoughalwayslimited)notonlyofwhatthepassageisgoingtobeabout,butalsoofthepositionandpossibletoneoftheauthor.Youwillthenbeabletoperhapsplaceyourselfintotheauthor'sshoes.ThisisagoodpointrightnowtotellyouthatyouMUSTlovethepassageyouarereading.Forceyourselftoloveit-throwyourselfintothepassagewithgusto.Itworks.Thoughit'squiteludicroustobesuper-enthusiasticaboutaboyandhisalfafapatch,withyourenthusiasmesretention,heightenedfocus,andanoddlyvicariousinterestinthepassage.Mygeneralmentalapproachwasahugecontributingfactorinmygettingan800inCRanda2400ontheSAT.

作者：閱讀上要講方法。閱讀最難，也有方法。是否有效，因人而異。第一步，閱讀文章開始的斜體部分(blurb)，對文章的主題、作者、段落關(guān)系有所了解。這是沒錯的。至于是否能像原文中說的那樣與閱讀文章發(fā)生戀愛關(guān)系，因人而異。以欣賞的心情去讀一篇文章無疑更容易進入角色，更容易理解原文的內(nèi)容。心理學(xué)研究表明，帶著抵觸情緒去讀一篇文章肯定不利于迅速理解其內(nèi)容。而且，平時的閱讀情緒對個人能否持之以恒的影響很大。這和練托福閱讀與托福聽力如出一轍。如果討厭原文，就很難做下去。我常常把做閱讀視為增加知識、提升語言的手段。看到這樣的額外好處，學(xué)習(xí)動力應(yīng)該更大。

讀原文要有章法

Step5.Afteryouhavereadthatthrillingblurb,don'tstartreadingthepassageyet.Quicklyjumptothequestions,andasfastasyoucan,skimeveryquestionforlinenumberreferences(don'treadthechoicesorthefullquestionyet).Onsomepassagesalmosteverysinglequestionhasalinereference-onmostothersit'saboutoverhalf.Veryrarelywillyouseeapassagewithquestionwithoutanylinereferences(perhapsonlyrarelyonasixquestionpassage).Anyway,onceyouseealinereference(Inlines23-25ofthepassage,theauthorissayingthat...),youshouldbracketnotthelines,butthesentencecontainedwithinthelines.Thismark-upwillallowyoutofocusinonthatsentenceonceyoubegintoreadthepassage.Basedonthequestion,youwanttomakeasmallannotation.Forthisquestion:(Inlines23-25ofthepassage,theauthorissayingthat...),youmightmaketheannotationMEANINGnexttoyourmarked-upsentence.Otherannotationsmightinclude:SAYSTHISBECAUSE,REFERSTO,HOWSIMILARTOPASSAGE1,BACKSUPWHATBEFORE(thinkcrudecavemannotations-they'remoreefficient).Gothroughallofthequestions.Perhapssomeofthereferenceswillnothaveanylinenumbers.Ifyousee(Inthelastparagraph...),justputbracketsaroundthelastparagraphalongwithanannotation.Ifyouseeageneralquestionreferringtothepassageasawhole,onthequestioncirclethenumberofthequestionwithalargecircle.Thismeansit'sageneralquestionandmustbeansweredAFTERallthespecificquestions.IfindthisisalwaysaveryfortablewayofattackingthequestionsbasedonhowCollegeBoardwritesthesequestions.

作者：讀原文要有章法?？磫栴}，括句子，寫提示。這是看完斜體部分之后做的事情。瀏覽問題，不看選項，將原文對應(yīng)的句子括起來，并在原文旁寫下問題的類型，如問“為何這么說”、“這句話的功能是什么”等，標(biāo)記要簡明，如以“為什么”表示問原因等。對于涉及全文的問題，可以畫圓圈，留待最后回答。是否在原文標(biāo)注帶行數(shù)的句子因人而異。如果選擇做標(biāo)注，一定要迅速完成。

閱讀要講詳略

Step6.Onceyouhavemarkedupallthelinereferencesasfastashumanlypossible,thentherealartbegins.Youmustreadthepassage.Thereisnowayaroundreadingeverysingleword.ButHOWyoureaditisthetrueart.Readtheunmarkedsectionsquicklyyetefficiently,absorbingitbrieflybutnottrulypausingtoanalyze.ONCEyouhitamarkedsection,slowdownandabsorbit.Ifyoufeelthatitwouldnotdisruptyourflowtoanswerthecorrespondingquestion,doso.Ifnot,keepgoingalittlemore.Avastmajorityofthelinereferencequestions(evenplexonessuchasinferences)canbeansweredafterreadingfromthebeginningtothepointofreference.Inafewinstances,itmayhelptoreadpastthepointofreference,butNEVERreadthewholepassagethroughwithoutpausingtoanswerquestions.Yourretentionwillbeterribleandit'smuchbettertohandlethepassageinsmall,manageablechunks.Also,whenyouansweraquestion,justcircleintheanswerinthetestbooklet.DONOTBUBBLEINTHEANSWERSUNTILYOUFINISHTHEENTIREPAGE,SOMETIMESEVENTHEPASSAGE.Thisisahugetimesaveranditpreventsyoufrommakingbubblingmistakes.Thetimesavedisnotnecessarilythetimedifferenceinbubbling,butthetimesavedbecauseitpreventedyoufrombreakingyourfocus.ThisisveryimportantinCR.Don'tbreakfocus.Ifyou'reverylowontime,however,youcanbubbleasyougo.

作者：閱讀要講詳略。真正的挑戰(zhàn)是如何閱讀原文。對于無句子標(biāo)注的部分，要略讀，迅速吸收意思;對于有句子標(biāo)注的部分，可以讀得仔細(xì)一些，而且，在不破壞閱讀連貫性的前提下，同時秒殺閱讀部分對應(yīng)的題目。假如不太適應(yīng)邊讀邊做題，可以等讀完一整段再做題。另外，每選好一個答案就在答案冊上填涂一個。第一個建議可以接受，第二個建議可以接受，也可以以三個為一組填涂答案。