雅思阅读提高是每一位阅读部分濒临崩溃的学生的理想目标。下面为介绍一些雅思阅读的技巧，希望对你们考试有帮助!
1.利用词根词缀
相信很多同学是了解这个方法的，因为“词根词缀记忆单词”这个东东已经被人们鼓吹了很多年了，从老师还是个稚嫩少年的时候就已经听说过这个方法了(那个时候菊花还只是一种花)。实际上，词根词缀法是一个很好地在阅读中猜词的方法。同学们在备考阅读的时候需要掌握一些常见的词缀用以猜词意或判断方向性。我们来看下面的例子(第24题)：
题目：
23 Home medical aids
24 Regular amounts of exercise
25 Feelings of control over life
26 Feelings of loneliness
A may cause heart disease.
B can be helped by hormone treatment.
C may cause rises in levels of stress hormones.
D have cost theUnited Statesgovernment more than $200 billion.
E may help prevent mental decline.
F may get stronger at night.
G allow old people to be more independent.
H can reduce stress in difficult situations.
原文：
Maintaining a level of daily physical activity may help mental functioning, says Carl Cotman, a neuroscientist at the University of California at Irvine. He found that rats that exercise on a treadmill have raised levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor coursing through their brains. Cotman believes this hormone, which keeps neurons functioning, may prevent the brains of active humans from deteriorating.
分析：
利用题干中的信息(regular amounts of exercise)定位到原文(daily physical activity)，进而对该段文字进行阅读，发现最后的deteriorate不认识，但是以de-前缀开头，一般都是否定的方向，那么与第五个选项中的decline方向一致，可以确定E为正确答案。
2. 利用并列关系
阅读中常见的并列关系词有and, or等，并列关系前后连接的词往往具有一定的一致性。我们这里拿or来举个例子，or前后的词常常含义是近似的。因此，如果or连接的前后的'词我们有一个不认识，那么可以利用另一个来猜单词。我们来看下面的例子：
例句：
However, the major problems of the travel and tourism industry that have hidden, or obscured, its economic impact are the diversity and fragmentation of the industry itself.
分析：
本句话中，很多同学是不认识obscure的，但是我们一般都认识前面的hidden，并且发现这两个单词由or连接，所以可以推断obscure的意思跟hidden是比较接近的。
杨帆老师有话说：
阅读考察的是单词的模糊理解而非具体含义，所以很多单词我们了解大概意思、保证阅读可以顺利进行下去即可，不用弄明白确切意思。
3.利用同位语
阅读中我们常会看到一个不认识的名词后跟随了一个逗号，逗号后是一个名词短语，这个名次短语就是这个名词的同位语解释。我们可以利用同位语去推测未知名词的含义。我们来看下面的例子
【题目】
Marie and Pierre Curie’s research into the radioactivity of the mineral known as 8……… led to the discovery of two new elements.
【原文】
Turning her attention to minerals, she found her interest drawn to pitchblende, a mineral whose radioactivity, superior to that of pure uranium, could be explained only by the presence in the ore of small quantities of an unknown substance of very high activity. Pierre Curie joined her in the work that she had undertaken to resolve this problem, and that led to the discovery of the new elements, polonium and radium.
【分析】
通过观察题目，我们发现我们要填的单词处在“a mineral known as ...”这个结构下，说明要填的单词是一种矿物质的名字。那么利用题目中的two new elements定位到原文中，再利用代词往前查找，会找到pitchblende这个词，后面就跟随了我们说的同位语，那么可以确定这就是要我们找的答案。
雅思阅读的技巧小贴士：
小贴士1
If you want to improve your reading, the first thing to do is read a lot. There are no shortcuts or secret techniques; you will only improve with time and practice.
如果你想提高，第一件事就是大量阅读。没有捷径和秘笈，你只有花时间练习才行。
小贴士2
Anything you read in English is good practice, so read about subjects that interest you. Try to enjoy reading in English.任何英文材料都可以拿来练习，所以读一些你感兴趣的东西。尝试爱上阅读英语。
小贴士3
English is the most used language on the Internet. Whenever you search for information on the net, try searching in English first.
英语是网上使用最多的语言，当你在网上搜索信息的时候，记得用英语去搜索。
小贴士4
Remember that "understanding is not the same as using". Keep a notebook with useful words and phrases that you find when you're reading, and try using them in your own sentences.
记住，理解和使用不是一回事。阅读的时候在本子上记下有用词汇和短语，再尝试用它们造句。
小贴士5
Apart from reading things that interest you, you also need to read lots of IELTS passages. If you've done all of the tests in the Cambridge books, read the passages again without doing the questions. Use a dictionary, take notes, and try to fully understand each passage.
除了读些你感兴趣的东西以外，你也要读很多雅思阅读文章。如果你已经做完了剑桥雅思全部的题目，就再单纯地读一遍文章。可以使用字典，做笔记，确保充分理解文章内容。
小贴士6
Another way to use the Cambridge tests is to look at the correct answers to each question first. Your task is to find out why those answers are correct by analysing the passage carefully and finding the 'keywords'.
剑桥雅思真题的另一个用法就是，看每一道题的答案。你的任务是，通过仔细分析文章和关键词，找出为什么这些答案是对的。
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