1）Which of the following can be readily inferred 3) We can conclude from the passage that... 4)The passage implies that... 5) The writer suggest that... 如，
Passage1: A well-known old man was being interviewed and was asked if it was correct that he had just celebrated his ninety-ninth birthday.
"That's right," said the old man."Ninety-nine years old, and I haven't an enemy in the world. They're all dead."
"Well, sir," said the interviewer," I hope very much to have the honor of interviewing you on your hundredth birthday."
The old man looked at the young man closely, and said, "I can't see why you shouldn't. Y ou look fit and healthy to me!"
We can conclude from the passage that the old man was a kind of man ________
A. He was silly
B. He was unpleasant
C. He was very proud and sure of his health.
D. He was very impolite to young people
Passage2: Two miners, trapped 116 feet underground for 24 days in a collapsed(倒塌的）gold mine, were rescued today. Both were muddy but smiling when, wrapped in white bed sheets, they were carried out of the mine on stretchers.
The miners smiling implied that _______.
A.they were muddy.
B. they had found gold
C. they had been wrapped in sheets
D. they were rescued
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Passage3: (周-25期-A篇）....The city has a network of poorly managed buses, which rush along narrow streets with noisy engines and screeching brakes. Train run through the heart of the city, and impatient motorists sit in traffic jams hooting their horns. Buenos Aires can also be hot and humid, so windows are left open or air conditioners whirr away day and night.
It can be inferred from the text that in Buenos Aires _______.
A.the traffic is well managed
B. trains will replace buses
C. hot weather leads to more noise
D. many people have left due to the noise
II. 含蓄推断题(推断写作目的; 推断文章出处)
1.推断写作目的题：要求考生推断作者写这篇文章的目的。题干中常有purpose, intend to, meant to , in order to 等。考生可根据文章的主旨和体裁来推断作者的写作目的。文章的首尾段或每段的首尾句是阅读的重点，作者的写作意图往往就隐含在其中。
作者写文章的目的通常有三种：1）to entertain readers: 常见于个人经历或故事类的文章2）to persuade readers: 常见于广告或议论文3）to inform readers :多见于科普类、新闻报道类、文化类、社会类以及劝告性或建议性的文章。弄清其写作目的，需要找准主题句，把握文章主旨。常见的题干有：、。
1)What is the purpose of this passage? 2) The main purpose of this passage is ...
3)This passage is intended to ...4) Which of the following may best describe the purpose of this passage? 如, Passage1:
A young man from a village called Nawalapitiya married a young woman from Maliyuwa, a nearby village. They lived with the man's big family --- his parents, his brothers, their wives and children. The family kept an elephant, in which the young woman soon took a great interest. Every day she fed it with fruit and sugar.
Three months later the woman went back to her parent's home, having quarrelled with her husband. Soon the elephant refused to eat and work. It appeared to be ill and heart-broken. One morning after several weeks the animal disappeared from the house.
It went to the woman's home. On seeing her, the elephant waved its trunk and touched her with it. The young woman was so moved by the act of the animal that she returned to her husband's home. The writer wrote the story in order to _______
A.Show that elephants are very clever
B. Tell how a woman trained a wild animal
C. Show that women care more for animals than men do.
D. Tell how an animal re-united a husband and wife
Passage2 (周报26期-A篇）:
... Life is harder for teens of this generation, she says,"It's a constant pressure to have things like others have, to be able to do things that others do," Logan says. "When you don't have two breadwinners in the house, it's hard." ...
The purpose of this text is to _______. A. prove teens are under great pressure
B. explain why kids want independence
C. advise readers to fight against others
D. expect kids to get along well with others.
2.推断文章出处题：要求考生推断文章出自何种文献，属于何种学科。提问的方式有：
1) The passage is most likely to be taken from _______.
2) Where can we most probably read this passage?
Where would this passage most probably appear?
3) The passage is most likely to be found _______. 如，passage1.
Do you always understand the directions on a bottle of medic ine? Do you know what is meant by
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"Take only as directed?" Read the following directions and see if you understand them.
To reduce pain, take two tablets with water, followed by one tablet every eight hours, as required, For night-time and early morning relief take two tablets at bedtime. Do not take more than six tablets in twenty-four hours.