一、阅读理解命题趋势
《大学英语教学大纲》指出:大学英语教学的目的是培养学生具有较强的阅读能力，一定的听的能力，以及初步的写和说的能力，使学习者能以英语为工具，获取专业所需的信息，并为进一步提高英语水平打下较好的基础。可见，阅读是目前大学英语课程的主要培养目标，因此在考试中，阅读的比重很大，占到40%。在大学英语考试试卷构成中，各部分的得分经过加权处理，阅读部分的得分在全文最大，这都充分体现了阅读能力是大学英语课程的主要培养目标这一思想。
数据统计表明，这部分成绩若低于26分，那么试卷的总成绩往往低于60分，不能通过；相反，若这部分的成绩能在36分以上，那么考生有望取得85分以上的优秀成绩。可见，提高阅读理解水平，尤其要掌握阅读理解考试技术，是考试中很重要的一环。
CET-6英语考试中阅读理解部分通常由四篇文章组成，阅读理解题一般为二十题，考试时间为三十五分钟。每篇文章长度约为350至380词左右，共计1400词左右的阅读量。从近两年的考试中看，文章篇幅长短不齐的情况普遍减少，篇幅略呈加长趋势，每篇文章都有360词左右。根据这种情况，六级考生阅读速度应达每分钟70词左右，这也是《大学英语教学大纲》规定的基本要求.
另外，根据考试大纲的要求，六级阅读理解部分主要测试下述能力: ①掌握所读材料的主旨和大意的方法和能力 ②辨别说明主旨和大意的事实和细节的方法和能力
③既能理解字面的含义，也能根据所读材料进行一定的判断和推论的方法和能力 ④既能理解个别句子的意义，也能理解上下文的逻辑关系
以下我们将详尽分析阅读理解题型，并建议采取与之相对应的答题技巧。
从近年来的十几套实考试题中可以看出，阅读理解题的题材广泛，内容较为丰富，包括人物传记、社会、文化、日常知识、科普常识等。其中有十篇是围绕学校教育和大学生活方面的，另十篇是关于新兴科技成果方面的文章，这些材料都反应了当今社会各种新的社会现象和新的科技发展，有九篇是反映社会心理方面的，围绕健康方面的有八篇，社会学方面有五篇，音乐、文化和历史方面的文章也有四篇，生物学方面的文章有三篇，交通安全方面的也有三篇，经济和金融方面有两篇，海洋学方面有两篇，有一篇是体育方面的，人物传记方面有一篇，还有一篇为环境方面的。
四、六级考试大纲规定阅读理解部分的文章\体裁多样化，包括叙述文、说明文、议论文等\。但从实际情况看，用做阅读理解的文章基本上以后两种体裁为主，即载有一定信息量的说明文和有作者观点的论说文。它们的特点是信息量大而且比较复杂，逻辑性强，主要以抽象思维如概括、判断、推理等形式组织的。
一篇好的阅读文章多自成一体，其中的观点和论据都应与主题或中心思想密切相关，即所谓形式上的衔接性与内容上的连贯性，无论是议论文还是说明文，都有一个贯穿全文的引线，引论、本论、结论。考生如果在阅读过程中始终把握这一条主线，并且围绕主线判断细节与事实，那么无论什么样的提问，都可迎刃而解。
议论文的目的是\说服\，那么作者力图使读者同意并支持其观点，或驳斥某些观点。议论文的论证方法主要采用两种：演绎法和归纳法。演绎法是指从一般陈述开始，最后给出具体、特殊的结论，是一种从一般到个别的推理方法；归纳法是指从个别实例出发，最后得出一般性结论，是一个从个别到一般的推论方法，在实考中，采用演绎法推理的超过四分之三，为绝大多数，这就要求考生在平日的训练中有意识地加强这方面的辨别和分析能力，以便在解题过程中把握主线，明了作者的论证思路，从而克服忙乱和盲目心理，增强做题的条理性和逻辑性。
说明文的目的是\告知\，即告诉人们某事并对其加以解释，以便读者了解。它与议论文的根本区别在于客观、真实，重细节描述，轻抽象评论。它的语言多采用客观性词语，较少使用主观判断词汇，如表示个人善恶的形容词、副词。因此，这类文章对考生来说，相对容易理解和解答。说明文结构特征和方法与议论文有相似之处，也常采用演绎和归纳法，但与后者相比，说明文中归纳法的使用相对较多些。
说明文的题材多为科普文章，难度适中，那些无法猜测而又影响理解的关键词，如果超出大纲词汇表，都给出汉语释义。由于美国的经济实力在世界占有首要地位，因此有关美国的文化背景及语言特点在试题中也有较多的反映。
阅读理解部分的目的是测试学生通过阅读获取信息的能力，既要求准确，也要求有一定的速度。如何在有限的时间内顺利完成阅读理解题，阅读技巧的训练也是至关重要的。那么，首先就要对选择题的类型有所了解。从目前阅读理解题型看，相对比较固定，并日趋程式化。 主题、主旨类选择题
这类题包括确定短文的主题(topic or main point)、文章的大意(main idea)、题目(title)等，区别主要信息与次要信息。 常见的问题形式有：
①The subject/topic of the passage/article is …
②Which of the following best expresses the main idea/the theme of the passage? ③What does the passage/author mainly discuss?
④What?s the main point/main idea/central thought of the passage/author? ⑤The best summary of the paragraph is…
⑥What/Which of the following is the best title of the passage? ⑦The title that best expresses the main idea is… ⑧The passage is mainly concerned about…
⑨Which of the following best summarizes the author's opinion? 事实和细节类的选择题?
在测试中，有些题目是根据文章中的事实和细节而设计的，对阅读理解来说，理解字面意义是最起码的要求，也就是说起码应该理解文字已明确表达的信息，当然，这里也需要运用综合和判断的能力。此类题的目的在于考察考生对组成文章的主体部分的理解程度。这类问獍?ㄑ?嗜?who)、物(what)、时间(when)、地点(where)、文中的数据(data)、事情发生的原因和结果(cause and effect)等。常见的问题形式有:
①According to the passage, what was the …? ②Which of the following is TRUE (or NOT TRUE)? ③Which of the following is/isn?t mentioned as a fact? ④ln which year/When did…? ⑤Who was in favor of/was against…?
⑥Which of the following best supports the idea of the passage? ⑦Which of the following may lead to (cause) … ⑧The main reason for … is that …
⑨The main difference between … and … is that … 推论类型选择题
推论、推理类型题要求考生阅读时，把句子水平的阅读理解提高到语篇水平的阅读理解，包括要求考生在宏观上理解上下文的逻辑关系、通过分析判断归纳总结并概括出合理的结论、理解作者的态度、根据文中内容并利用已有的知识来进行合理的预测与推断。即在考试中要能在理解原文直接陈述观点的基础上，领悟作者的言外之意(implication or implied meaning)，进行合乎逻辑的推理(making logical inference)，得出一个合理的结论。所谓合理，是指准确地从原文中推理，而不是说读者主观认为的合理。 此类题目常见的问题形式有:
①It can be inferred/concluded from the passage that…
②Which of the following can/can?t be inferred from the passage? ③The passage suggests/implies that…
④One/We can conclude from the passage that… ⑤What does the article/passage say about…?
⑥According to the passage/paragraph,which of the following is true/false? ? ⑦The author may probably agree with/support…
⑧By the first/last sentence of the passage/the first, second paragraph, the author means… ⑨The author seems to be in favor of/be against… ⑩The tone of the passage/author may be …
?B11?The author?s purpose of writing this passage is… 词汇理解选择题
词汇是语言的建筑材料，这类试题主要测试考生利用上下文猜测生词的词义或确定常用词汇在特定语言环境中确切含义的能力。出题对象一般为文中的关键词语，如生词、多义词、复杂句式等。
这类题目常见的问题形式有： ①The word \
②According to the passage, the word \ known as… ③The word \ ④According to the passage, what is \ying? ⑤As used in the passage, the phrase \ ⑥From the passage, we can infer that the word \ ⑦The word \
题目：
An Eye-Witness Account of Traffic Accident
假设你在某日某时某地目击一起车祸，就此写一份见证书。见证书须包括以下几点： 1。 车祸发生的时间及地点 2。 你所见到的车祸情况 3。 你对车祸原因的分析 14 points
It was the morning of April 6th,2003. At about 7:30, I went to school by bike as usual. It was a rainy day and the road was slippery. On the way, I noticed a boy riding in front of me, talking loudly with his friends. He didn't wear a raincoat; instead he held an umbrella in one hand, and rode with another hand. As he turned left to Guangming Road, he failed to see a car coming from behind a truck parked on the corner. Suddenly I heard a big noise and saw an umbrella thrown away. The boy was knocked down by the car. I was completely shocked.
I think the boy’s absent-mindedness accounted much for the accident. He was talking all the time and dangerously used an umbrella while riding a bike. The weather also played a role in the tragedy. The third cause was the unproperly parked truck, which was big enough to make the road conditions invisible to the students who were going to make a turn. All these contributed to this accident.
切题。表达思想清楚，文字通畅，连贯性好，基本无语言错误，仅有个别小错。
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It was last Friday morning. The accident happened when I was on my way to school. It was so terrible that I would never forget it.
I was walking along the road, and there are not so many cars on the road. Then, with a big sound, the accident happened. The red car stoped suddenly on the road so that the driver of following car couldn't respond immiditely. The back of the red car was badly damaged, but fortunately there was no people injured in the accident.
I think the main reasons are as follows. First of all, the red car shouldn't stop suddenly without any signals. Secondly, the following car should keep a certain distance from the front car so that the driver could have enough time to take measures when any any badly situation. Finally, these two drivers were careless. If they had paid more attention to driving, this accident wouldn't have happened.
切题。表达思想清楚，文字连贯，但有少量语言错误
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The trafic accident was taken place at the junction of two highways when I was driving my car home at about 4 o’clock.
The yellow car involved in the accident was running at a high speed along the right-hand when it happened. Hardly it reached the junction when it cracked with a truck running from another direction. There was no time for the drivers to change the directions.
I think the accident mostly attributed to such reasons: Firstly and the foremost, it was the carelessness of both of the drivers that mostly
made the accidents happen. It was not too careful for them when running a car. Secondly, the weather also should be responsible for it. The fog made the vision of drivers vague. Last but not the least, the constructure of the roads was unreasonable. The trafic lights are needed at any junctions.
基本切题，有些地方表达思想不够清楚，文字勉强连贯；语言错误相当多，其中有一些是严重的语言错误。
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It was 8:00 this morning, I went on my way to school. When I just at the school gate, I saw the terrible traffic accident happened.
A student ride a bike in a high speed, and just when he arrived the school gate, a large truck traveled out of the gate and hit him down. He flied over 3m before his bike hit him on the ground. Surely, the poor boy was hurt very bad.
I think there are two reasons for the accident. First, it was just the time we began our first class, The bike rider perhaps did not want to be late, the ride his bike so fast, even didn't low down his speed at the gate. Second, the truck is too large, and at that time, there were too many walk through the gate, so the bike driver have no other way to chose, but to ride in the middle of the road.
基本切题。表达思想不清楚，连贯性差。有较多的严重语言错误。
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It was the Traffic Accident in Tianjin Road. The Traffic Accident has been at the morning, May 1. Two children by bike went to school. A car is so fast, the streel. And the car touched two children by bike, and the Traffic Accident has happened. One is touched so far way and the other os put sown. Mary people come here, and they sent to two chidren who go to Hospiton. Wait a time, The ploiemen arrived in the Accident place.
My opiopmtoin: The car driver is so fast by car, and He didn't attendation to the children by bike aside the road. Two children by bike didn't heared the car come. All of above, I think the car