托福閱讀考試時(shí)間很容易不夠用，而導(dǎo)致時(shí)間不夠用的原因中，比較常見的一點(diǎn)就是閱讀看文章速度偏慢。 許多同學(xué)閱讀慢不是因?yàn)槔斫馑俣雀簧希侵梆B(yǎng)成的一些閱讀壞習(xí)慣拖了大家后腿。想要改正這些壞習(xí)慣當(dāng)然要先了解它們，下面小編就來具體分析。

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托福閱讀壞習(xí)慣表現(xiàn)：看文章時(shí)頭跟著動(dòng)◤

這個(gè)習(xí)慣可能很多同學(xué)都意識不到，實(shí)際上看似微小的動(dòng)作也會(huì)耗費(fèi)大家的閱讀時(shí)間，對閱讀速度產(chǎn)生不利影響。

這種習(xí)慣的具體表現(xiàn)是考生會(huì)下意識地把頭或者說鼻子正中間對著自己看到的內(nèi)容，因此每看完一行文字都會(huì)導(dǎo)致大家出現(xiàn)一個(gè)比較明顯的轉(zhuǎn)頭動(dòng)作，也會(huì)花費(fèi)一定時(shí)間。

其實(shí)比較正確的做法是頭不動(dòng)視線移動(dòng)，不僅換行速度會(huì)更快，考生也不容易跟丟閱讀內(nèi)容。

雖然這種情況似乎不會(huì)消耗很多時(shí)間，但如今的托福閱讀文章篇幅很長，當(dāng)中需要換行很多次，積累下來大家浪費(fèi)掉的時(shí)間還是很可觀的，因此考生也需要主動(dòng)意識到問題并進(jìn)行改正。

托福閱讀壞習(xí)慣表現(xiàn)：指著文章閱讀◤

這種壞習(xí)慣一般是在看書面的密集文字時(shí)養(yǎng)成和比較常見的，比如閱讀文章過程中就很容易出現(xiàn)這類做法。

而到了托?？荚囍?，雖然考試模式改為了電腦機(jī)考，但有些同學(xué)卻還是沒能戒掉這種習(xí)慣，總是會(huì)不自覺地用筆指著文章來閱讀。

而這種做法的壞處在于不僅會(huì)減慢閱讀速度，還會(huì)干擾大家的注意力。因?yàn)橹缸x會(huì)讓大家的注意力跟著手指移動(dòng)，考生的大腦思考和反應(yīng)速度就容易受到限制。

結(jié)果是雖然看完了文章從字面上似乎都看懂了，但大腦中卻因?yàn)闆]有足夠的思考而無法形成了連貫整體的印象，實(shí)際上真正思考和記住的東西并不多，閱讀理解的效率可以說是相當(dāng)?shù)拖碌摹?/p>

托福閱讀壞習(xí)慣表現(xiàn)：心中默讀◤

做閱讀不能發(fā)聲，但有些同學(xué)雖然嘴上不出聲，實(shí)際上心里面還是在說話，相當(dāng)于自己心里還是在默默發(fā)出聲音讀每一個(gè)單詞，這種習(xí)慣也是比較拖節(jié)奏浪費(fèi)時(shí)間的。

為了能夠在心里讀清每個(gè)單詞，大家的閱讀速度和理解效率勢必會(huì)受到干擾，而因?yàn)槭切闹心x，想要糾正這種習(xí)慣也比較困難。

建議大家在閱讀時(shí)一方面加強(qiáng)限時(shí)練習(xí)，給自己主動(dòng)增加時(shí)間壓力強(qiáng)迫自己快速思考;另外帶著問題去讀文章，在讀的過程中加大思維力度，把默讀的雜音都排除出腦海，堅(jiān)持一段時(shí)間后默讀的壞習(xí)慣應(yīng)該可以得到改正。

托福閱讀壞習(xí)慣表現(xiàn)：不出聲閱讀◤

這種壞習(xí)慣和上面的心中默讀類似，托?？荚囍虚喿x部分是不能出聲的，所以會(huì)演變成沒有明顯聲音但考生的嘴唇喉嚨仍然在動(dòng)的情況，大家自己觀察一下會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)身邊許多人在不能發(fā)聲讀文章的時(shí)候都會(huì)存在這種現(xiàn)象。

而這種閱讀壞習(xí)慣同樣會(huì)影響考生的閱讀和理解速度，說到底還是大家從獲取文字到理解文字的過程仍然必須依賴發(fā)聲環(huán)節(jié)所致，也就是閱讀習(xí)慣技巧不夠熟練所造成的。

考生需要培養(yǎng)看到文字內(nèi)容直接思考的能力，才能比較有效地?cái)[脫這種壞習(xí)慣。

托福閱讀壞習(xí)慣表現(xiàn)：回讀◤

缺乏閱讀自信或是理解反應(yīng)速度比較慢的考生身上常會(huì)出現(xiàn)這類習(xí)慣。其具體表現(xiàn)是讀文章時(shí)經(jīng)常會(huì)返回之前的地方再讀一遍，以確認(rèn)自己讀得沒錯(cuò)理解是正確的。

而一旦考生養(yǎng)成了對回讀的依賴性，其危害可以說是顯而易見的。好好的讀一遍文章變成了讀兩遍甚至更多遍，考試時(shí)間自然會(huì)受到很大的影響。

為了避免這種情況考生需要學(xué)會(huì)逐步培養(yǎng)自己的閱讀自信，盡量挑選符合自己閱讀理解能力和水平的文章來逐步提升閱讀基本功。

六個(gè)方法解決托福閱讀中的生詞

1. 下定義法

這個(gè)方法在托福閱讀考試中的運(yùn)用還是很普遍的，多用于描述一個(gè)新專業(yè)，新領(lǐng)域，新單詞。而且在文章首段出現(xiàn)的頻率最高，因?yàn)槲恼率锥瓮ǔ６际菫楸疚脑掝}或標(biāo)題下定義。

例：Archaeologyis partly the discovery of the treasures of the past， partly the careful workof the scientific analyst， partly the exercise of the creative imagination.(“The Nature And Aims of Archaeology”) 從“is”這個(gè)詞不難發(fā)現(xiàn)后面的部分都是為archaeology下定義：對過去財(cái)物的發(fā)掘，細(xì)致的科學(xué)分析，創(chuàng)造力的想象------考古學(xué)(以-ology為后綴都是表示某門學(xué)科)。

例：Theseasonal impact of day length on physiological responses is calledphotoperiodism. (“The effects of light on plant and animal species”) “is called”的前半句也起了解釋說明的作用：日長的生理反應(yīng)稱為光周期的季節(jié)性影響。

2. 符號法

無論是考試中還是劍橋系列，我們常發(fā)現(xiàn)某個(gè)單詞或詞組，乃至句子的前后常會(huì)出現(xiàn)一些特殊符號，比如：破折號(—)，冒號(：)，小括號()，引號(“ ”)。這些符號都是幫助大家猜測生詞的clue， 它們的前后通常都是對托福閱讀詞匯的解釋和說明。

例：Generally，the rates have been modest (lower than bank rates). ( “Micro-Enterprise Creditfor Street Youth”) 括號里的部分是對其前面的modest做說明，即比銀行的利息低一些。

例：Inall cases， someone has to act as a source of language data--- informant.Informant指的是充當(dāng)語言資料來源的人。需要提示的是，經(jīng)常會(huì)在小括號里出現(xiàn)i.e， 意思是thatis to say.

3. 舉例子

托福閱讀試題經(jīng)常會(huì)在某個(gè)潛在生詞的后面，舉出一系列的例子，此時(shí)，大家可以根據(jù)例子，總結(jié)它們的共性。舉例子的一些標(biāo)志詞：forexample， for instance， such as， just like， e.g.

例：Themarket for tourism in remote areas is booming as never before. Countries allacross… such as mountains， Arctic lands， deserts， small islands andwetlands (“The Impact of Wilderness Tourism”) 第一句的remote可以通過后面的例子，高山，北極地區(qū)，荒漠，小島，濕地，得出指的是偏遠(yuǎn)地區(qū)。

4. 句子之間的關(guān)聯(lián)詞

句子之間的關(guān)聯(lián)詞主要分為轉(zhuǎn)折和并列，透露了兩句之間表達(dá)意思的方向性是否一致。我們完全可以通過已知的半句所表述的涵義，借助關(guān)聯(lián)詞，來推測另外半句的意思。

并列關(guān)系：and， similarly，equally， also， both … and…

轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系：but， however，yet， instead， nevertheless， by contrast， on the other hand

例：Internationalcommerce was therefore dominated by raw materials， such as wheat， wood and ironore， or processed commodities， such as meat and steel. (“Delivering The Goods”)“or”表示或者，雖然是并列關(guān)系，但在意思上是相反的。Processedcommodities不難理解是加工過的產(chǎn)品，那“or”前面的句子指的就該是沒有加工過的產(chǎn)品，即raw materials， 原材料。

例：Forexample， desert annual germinate， flower， and seed whenever suitable rainfalloccurs… (“The effects of light on plant and animal species”) 從“and”可以判斷其前后三個(gè)詞的詞性相同，意思上也應(yīng)該是同一個(gè)方向。flower表示開花，seed是結(jié)種，那germinate自然也是動(dòng)詞，是在開花之前的階段，可粗略理解為生長或發(fā)芽。

5. 常識和上下文

常識和上下文也是作為揣測詞義的一個(gè)有效途徑，而這里所言的常識是涉及各領(lǐng)域，學(xué)科，平時(shí)累積而成，眾所周知的知識，常理。

例：Theearliest method of making fire was through friction. European peasants wouldinsert a wooden drill in a round hole and rotate it briskly between theirpalms. (“How Fire Leapt to Life”) 最早的取火方式是鉆木取火，其原理是摩擦生熱。通過下文的例子也可看出這一點(diǎn)。歐洲的農(nóng)民會(huì)把一個(gè)木制的鉆頭插入一個(gè)圓形的洞，然后在手掌間迅速的旋轉(zhuǎn)它。Friction就是摩擦的意思。

6. 同位語

同位語是指一個(gè)名詞(或其它形式)對另一個(gè)名詞或代詞進(jìn)行修飾，限定或說明，這個(gè)名詞(或其它形式)就是同位語。同位語與被它限定的詞的格要一致，并常常緊挨在一起，常出現(xiàn)在句子中間或者后面的位置。

例：Oneof the most important new methodologies is biomechanics， the study of the body in motion. (“How much higher?How much faster?”) 有時(shí)候同位語的解釋更讓人容易理解和接受，biomechanics專業(yè)說法是生物力學(xué)，而同位語的表達(dá)更平易近人：對身體運(yùn)動(dòng)的研究。

托福閱讀真題詳解1

Prehistoric mammoths have been preserved in the famous tar pits of Rancho La Brea (Brea is the Spanish word for tar) in what is now the heart of Los Angeles, California. These tar pits have been known for centuries and were formerly mined for their natural asphalt, a black or brown petroleum-like substance. Thousands of tons were extracted before 1875, when it was first noticed that the tar contained fossil remains. Major excavations were undertaken that established the significance of this remarkable site. The tar pits were found to contain the remains of scores of species of animals from the last 30,000 years of the Ice Age.

Since then, over 100 tons of fossils, 1.5 million from vertebrates, 2.5 million from invertebrates, have been recovered, often in densely concentrated and tangled masses. The creatures found range from insects and birds to giant ground sloth's, but a total of 17 proboscides (animals with a proboscis or long nose) — including mastodons and Columbian mammoths — have been recovered, most of them from Pit 9, the deepest bone-bearing deposit, which was excavated in 1914. Most of the fossils date to between 40,000 and 10,000 years ago.

The asphalt at La Brea seeps to the surface, especially in the summer, and forms shallow puddles that would often have been concealed by leaves and dust. Unwary animals would become trapped on these thin sheets of liquid asphalt, which are extremely sticky in warm weather. Stuck, the unfortunate beasts would die of exhaustion and hunger or fall prey to predators that often also became stuck.

As the animals decayed, more scavengers would be attracted and caught in their turn. Carnivores greatly outnumber herbivores in the collection: for every large herbivore, there is one saber-tooth cat, a coyote, and four wolves. The fact that some bones are heavily weathered shows that some bodies remained above the surface for weeks or months. Bacteria in the asphalt would have consumed some of the tissues other than bones, and the asphalt itself would dissolve what was left, at the same time impregnating and beautifully preserving the saturated bones, rendering them dark brown and shiny.

1. What aspect of the La Brea tar pits does the passage mainly discuss?

(A) The amount of asphalt that was mined there

(B) The chemical and biological interactions between asphalt and animals

(C) The fossil remains that have been found there

(D) Scientific methods of determining the age of tar pits

2. In using the phrase the heart of Los Angeles in line 2, the author is talking about the city's

(A) beautiful design

(B) central area

(C) basic needs

(D) supplies of natural asphalt

3. The word noticed in line 5 closest in meaning to

(A) predicted

(B) announced

(C) corrected

(D) observed

4. The word tangled in line 10 is closest in meaning to

(A) buried beneath

(B) twisted together

(C) quickly formed

(D) easily dated

5. The word them in line 13 refers to

(A) insects

(B) birds

(C) cloths

(D) proboscideans

6. How many proboscideans have been found at the La Brea tar pits?

(A) 9

(B) 17

(C) 1.5 million

(D) 2.5 million

7. The word concealed in line 17 is closest in meaning to

(A) highlighted

(B) covered

(C) transformed

(D) contaminated

8. Why does the author mention animals such as coyotes and wolves in paragraph 4?

(A) To give examples of animals that are classified as carnivores

(B) To specify the animals found least commonly at La Brea

(C) To argue that these animals were especially likely to avoid extinction.

(D) To define the term scavengers

托福閱讀真題詳解2

One area of paleoanthropological study involves the eating and dietary habits of hominids, erect bipedal primates — including early humans. It is clear that at some stage of history, humans began to carry their food to central places, called home bases, where it was shared and consumed with the young and other adults. The use of home bases is a fundamental component of human social behavior; the common meal served at a common hearth is a powerful symbol, a mark of social unity. Home base behavior does not occur among nonhuman primates and is rare among mammals. It is unclear when humans began to use home bases, what kind of communications and social relations were involved, and what the ecological and food-choice contexts of the shift were. Work on early tools, surveys of paleoanthropological sites, development and testing of broad ecological theories, and advances in comparative primatology are contributing to knowledge about this central chapter in human prehistory.

One innovative approach to these issues involves studying damage and wear on stone tools. Researchers make tools that replicate excavated specimens as closely as possible and then try to use them as the originals might have been used, in woodcutting, hunting, or cultivation. Depending on how the tool is used, characteristic chippage patterns and microscopically distinguishable polishes develop near the edges. The first application of this method of analysis to stone tools that are 1.5 million to 2 million years old indicates that, from the start, an important function of early stone tools was to extract highly nutritious food — meat and marrow — from large animal carcasses. Fossil bones with cut marks caused by stone tools have been discovered lying in the same 2-million-year-old layers that yielded the oldest such tools and the oldest hominid specimens (including humans) with larger than ape-sized brains. This discovery increases scientists' certainty about when human ancestors began to eat more meat than present-day nonhuman primates. But several questions remain unanswered: how frequently meat eating occurred; what the social implications of meat eating were; and whether the increased use of meat coincides with the beginnings of the use of home bases.

1. The passage mainly discusses which of the following aspects of hominid behavior?

(A) Changes in eating and dietary practices

(B) The creation of stone hunting tools

(C) Social interactions at home bases

(D) Methods of extracting nutritious food from carcasses

2. According to the passage , bringing a meal to a location to be shared by many individuals is

(A) an activity typical of nonhuman primates

(B) a common practice among animals that eat meat

(C) an indication of social unity

(D) a behavior that encourages better dietary habits

3. The word consumed in line 4 is closest in meaning to

(A) prepared

(B) stored

(C) distributed

(D) eaten

4. According to paragraph 2, researchers make copies of old stone tools in order to

(A) protect the old tools from being worn out

(B) display examples of the old tools in museums

(C) test theories about how old tools were used

(D) learn how to improve the design of modern tools

5. In paragraph 2, the author mentions all of the following as examples of ways in which early

stone tools were used EXCEPT to

(A) build home bases

(B) obtain food

(C) make weapons

(D) shape wood

6. The word innovative in line 13 is closest in meaning to

(A) good

(B) new

(C) simple

(D) costly

7. The word them in line 15 refers to

(A) issues

(B) researchers

(C) tools

(D) specimens

8. The author mentions characteristic chippage patterns in line 16 as an example of

(A) decorations cut into wooden objects

(B) differences among tools made of various substances

(C) impressions left on prehistoric animal bones

(D) indications of wear on stone tools

9. The word extract in line 19 is closest in meaning to

(A) identify

(B) remove

(C) destroy

(D) compare

10. The word whether in line 26 is closest in meaning to

(A) if

(B) how

(C) why

(D) when

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