技巧一：熟用定位法
托福阅读的考试一个小时完成三篇，平均每篇20分钟。20分钟要包括完成阅读700字左右的文章，以及12-14到题目，包括看题目以及四个选项。时间是非常紧张的。如果毫无目的的先看文章，在看题目，在回头找答案是非常耗时的。面对托福的阅读的主流题型-事实信息题（3-5个/篇）来说，用题目里的关键字定位到文章找到关键句，然后进行同义转换，既省时又能提升正确率。
巧二：善抓逻辑词
逻辑词的考点在托福阅读的多种题型中都有反应
1）事实信息题中以why开头的题目，考的就是因果逻辑关系。
段落里出现“therefore，due to，accordingly，as a result，hence，as“的时候就代表前后是因果的逻辑关系。
2）句子简化题
此题型考察的是句子内部的逻辑关系，可以通过句子中的逻辑词直接锁定答案。
以TPO China Pottery这篇为例
The tradition of religious sculpture extends over most historical periods but is less clearly delineated than that of stone wares or porcelains,for it embraces the old custom of earthenware burial ceramics with later religious images and architectural ornament.
A.While?stonewares?and?porcelains?are?found?throughout?most?historical?
periods,?religious sculpture?is?limited?to?the?ancient?period.
B.Religious?sculpture?was?created?in?most?periods,?but?its?history?is?less?
clear?than?that?of stone wares?or porcelains?because?some old?forms?
continued?to?be?used?even?when?new?ones?were?developedC.While?stonewares?and?porcelains?changed?throughout?history,?religious?
sculpture?remained uniform?in?form?and?use.
D.The?historical?development?of?religious?sculpture?is?relatively?unclear?
because?religious sculptures?sometimes?resemble?earthenware?architectural?ornaments.
这句话里面有明显的两个逻辑词“but”和for”。已经非常清楚了表明了这个句子两个重要的点，for应该理解为因为。整句话应该理解为：宗教雕塑的传统贯穿了中国历史的大部分时期，但是它们不像粗陶器或者瓷器那样在历史中描述的那么清楚，因为他包含了陪葬陶瓷的旧工艺，又用到了后来的宗教雕塑和建筑装饰。那么B答案也有非明显的相对应的逻辑词but和because，直接锁定B答案。然后在看下句子的表达的意思是完全正确的。
3）句子插入题
此题型考察的是句子与句子之间的内部逻辑关系
以真题“Origins of the Megaliths”为例
Renfrew has studied two circumscribed areas,the Scottish islands of Arran and Rousay,to examine this hypothesis more closely.■He found that a division of the arable land into territories,each containing one megalith,results in units that correspond in size to the individual farming communities of recent times in the same area.■Each unit supported between 10 and 50 people.■The labor needed to put up a megalith would probably be beyond the capabilities of a community this size.■But Renfrew argues that the cooperation of other communities could be secured by some form of recognized social incentive perhaps a period of feasting at which communal building was one of several activities.
插入的句子：So it might seem that megaliths could not have been used by an individual community to mark its land.
So表示结果，结果是这些megaliths有可能不是一个community在用。那么前面应该会讲导致此观点的原因。D前面“the labor needed to put up a megalith would probably be beyond the capabilities of a community this size”.修建需要的人手可能超过了一个社区的尺寸（暗示无法完成）。D之后转折讲通过feasting方式解决。
技巧三：缕清段落结构跟文章结构
修辞目的题的题型简单来说就是考察学生对段落结构的把握。题型会问作者提到的一个example或者文章中做的实验的目的是什么。Example跟experiment的details不重要。最关键要找论点。把握段落结构就能把握住题型。
小结题也就是所有文章的最后一个题型6选3的题型，所选的答案是要能反应段落主旨的。
一般来说例子，具体的details都不能去选择，因为不能反应段落主旨。答案一定是能反应段落主旨的。此题型考察的是学生能否把握住文章结构。比如现象解释说明文，一般文章开头提出现象以后，后面几个段落都是在解释为什么会出现此现象的。
