在字里行间。因此，进行这种推断时，我们既要依靠短文的主题思想作为推力的前提，又要注意作者的措辞，尤其是形容词一类的修饰语。 确定作者态度，可以有两种思路：
1、问全文主体事物的(包括主题)，可以根据阐述主题或有关主体事物的相关句中的形容词、副词或动词确定作者的态度；
2、如果问的是对某一具体事物的态度，则可以定位到具体相关句，然后确定答案。
因此，在阅读文章时，应能够辨认和记忆具体事实、重要细节。具体事实、重要细节是主题句的扩展、补充、说明或例证，是用来支持和说明中心思想的，而且是阅读理解测试的重要组成部分。例如：
例题1：If someone asks me: “Do you like music?” I’m sure I will answer him
or her: “Of course, I do.” because I think music is an important part of our lives.
Different people have different ideas about music. For me, I like rock music because it’s so exciting. And my favorite rock band, the “Foxy Ladies” (酷妹) is one of the most famous rock bands in the world. I also like pop music. My classmate LiLan loves dance music, because she enjoys dancing. My best friend, Jane, likes jazz music (爵士乐). She thinks jazz is really cool.
“I like dance music and rock very much.” says my brother, “because they are amazing.”
But my mother thinks rock is boring. “I like some relaxing (轻松的) music,” she says. That’s why she likes country music, I think. ①The writer likes music because he thinks ____________. A. it’s an exciting part of our lives B. it’s an amazing part of our lives C. it’s an important part of our lives
②What kind of music does the writer like?
A Rock and pop music. B Rock and dance music. CJazz and country music.
③Who likes dancing?
A. The writer. B. Li Lan. C. Jane.
④The writer’s mother thinks that country music is __________. A. amazing B. boring C. relaxing
⑤ How many people’s ideas about music are talked about in this passage?
A. 4. B. 5. C. 6.
例题2：One day a man walked into a pet shop and said to the shop assistant，“I need two small mice and about five dozen roaches (蟑螂) and two spiders.”?
“What do you need these things for?” the shop assistant was very surprised.?
“Well，”replied the man，“I’m moving out of my apartment and the landlord insists that I should leave the house in exactly the same condition as I found it.”?
The passage suggests that when the writer moved into the house, it was ______.
A. very clean? B. just cleaned by the landlord? C. tidy and comfortable ? D. dirty and full of insects?
解析：他要搬出所租的房子，而房东要求房屋必须是他租进来时的原样，所以他须买些老鼠和蟑螂等昆虫对房屋进行“恢复”，因此推出答案为D。
例题3：Some people are never right. They never have good luck. They
usually do the wrong thing and say the wrong thing. And even if what they say or do is OK，they as a rule say it or do it at the wrong time. So these people always have problems. They often break dishes. They sometimes miss buses and airplanes.
Mr. Neff is different. He is always right. He is never wrong. He usually has good luck. He seldom has problems. He never breaks dishes. He never misses buses or airplanes. Even if he does miss them，it is always the fault of the buses or air planes. Mr. Neff knows almost everything. He doesn’t ask questions；he answers questions. He never says，“I don’t know.”? Which of the following best describes the writer’s attitude to Mr. Neff? A. He finds Mr. Neff hard to understand.? B. He thinks Mr. Neff wonderful.? C. He feels pity for Mr. Neff.? D. He does not like Mr. Neff.?
解析：从作者的语气中我们可以体会他的态度，特别是Even if he does miss them，it is always the fault of the buses or the airplanes. 误了车或飞机本该是人的失误怎能归咎于车或飞机呢？明显是讥讽，也是暗示他对Mr. Neff的讨厌之情。答案为D。
例题4： Why isn’t your newspaper reporting any good news？All I read
about is murder， bribery（行贿），and death．Frankly，I’m sick of all this bad news． This author’s attitude towards the newspaper reporting is to ______ ． A． complain B． apologize C． amuse D． inform
解析：作者一是向读者说明这份报纸上只登载坏新闻，如凶杀、行贿受贿和死亡等；二是在字里行间流露出自己的抱怨情绪 （对坏新闻厌恶透了），故应选A。
4 运用构词法、语境线索等帮助来推测关键词义
在阅读中，我们或多或少会碰到一些生词和不熟悉的短语，这些生词和短语会妨碍我们对文章中心的理解，因此，如能理解文章，我们应掌握猜测词义的能力。一般来说，生词所在的句子、段落会提供很多的暗示和线索，依据这些暗示和线索（例如同义词反义词线索；解释性线索；例证性线索；标点符号线索）就可以理解生词的词义了。例如： This material is unreadable.
The herdsman, who looks after sheep, earns about 650 yuan a year.
Like her younger sister who is gregarious, Alice also likes to make friends.
猜测词义的常用方法：
1）根据构词法（合成、派生、转化）进行判断
英语中，有很多词可以在前面加前缀，后面加后缀，从而构成一个词，乍看起来，这个词可能是生词，但掌握了一定的构词法知识，就不难猜出它的词义。如： 例文：Market research shows that Gold and others who buy organic food can
generally give clear reasons for their preferences--but their knowledge of organic food is far from complete．
2）根据定义或解释猜测词义
Skimming means looking over a passage quickly to get the main idea before you begin to read it carefully．
The harbor is protected by a jetty—a wall built out into the water．
例题：A bag is useful and the word “bag” is useful. It gives us some interesting phrases(短语). One is “ to let the cat out of the bag”. It is the same as “to tell a secret”….
Now when someone lets out (泄漏) a secret, he “lets the cat out of the bag.”
John “lets the cat out of the bag” means he ______. A. makes everyone know a secret B. the woman bout a cat C. buys a cat in the bag D sells the cat in the bag
3）根据情景和逻辑进行判断
例题：As they go around town, the police help people. Sometimes they find lost
children. They take the children home. If the police see a fight, they put an end to it right away. Sometimes people will ask the police how to get to a place in town. The police can always tell the people which way to go. They know all the streets and roads well.
In the text, “put an end to” means “______”. A. stop B. cut C. kill D. fly
4）根据并列或同位关系猜测词义
．．．，and other Germanic and Nordic peoples，who spoke what we now call Anglo-Saxon（or Old English），a Germanic language．
The \Chunnel\，a tunnel（隧道）connecting England and France，is now complete．
例题：There is a place on our earth where hot water and steam come up under the ground. It is on a large island in the Pacific Ocean. The island is North Island in New Zealand.
What does the word “steam” mean in Chinese? A. 自来水 B. 大气 C. 冰川 D. 蒸汽
5）根据背景和常识判断
The old man put on his spectacles and began to read． The door was so low that I hit the head on the lintel．
The doctor is studying glaucoma and other diseases of the eye． Mr. Smith always arrives home punctually，neither early nor late．
例题1：The following morning when I went to see how my captive (被捕获的, = caged) bird was doing, I discovered it on the floor of the cage, dead. I was
terribly surprised! What had happened! I had taken extremely care of my little bird. Arthur Wayne, the famous ornithologist, who happened to be visiting my father at the time, hearing me crying over the death of my bird, explained what had happened. “A mother mockingbird, finding her young in a cage, will sometimes bring it poison berries(毒莓). She thinks it is better for her young to die than to live in captivity.”
An ornithologist is probably a person who ______.
A studies birds B loves creatures C majors in habits D takes care of trees
例题2：Water is all around us. Water is in the ocean. Water is in the lakes and rivers. Water is in the air. There is more water than land on the earth. All living things must have it. We must have it, too. We cannot live without drinking water. Sometimes, we do not have all the water that we need. The land will dry up without water. Sometimes, there can be too much water in the land. If it rains very, very hard, the rain water will run down the hill. It takes some of the land with it when it runs down the hills. It is called erosion when the water takes the land away. “Erosion” in the passage means ____________.
A. 地震 B. 雪崩 C. 侵蚀
6）根据标点符号和提示词猜测词义
D. 霜冻
One of the obstacles to false reading is vocalizing—saying the words to themselves in a low voice．
The early scientific study of chemistry，known as alchemy，grew up in Egypt in the first few centuries A．D．
7根据转折或对比关系进行判断
根据上下句的连接词，如：but，however，otherwise等就可以看到前后句在意义上的差别，从而依据某一句的含义，来确定另一句的含义。分号（；）还可以表示转折、对比或不相干的意义。
He has been getting better，but during the night his condition deteriorated．
8根据因果关系进行判断
根据原因可以预测结果，根据结果也可以找出原因。
The biggest power failure happened yesterday. All of our ice-cream and frozen foods melted．
后一句承接前一句，前一句的原因导致后一句的结果。根据因果关系，停电很可能导致冰淇淋和冷冻食品溶化，所以melted的词义应为\溶化\。
猜答案能力
绝对词否决法;答案项中有绝对语气词的一般不是正确答案项。这些语气词有: must, always, never, the most, all, only, have to, any, no, very, completely, none, hardly等。 例题1：One of the great changes brought about by the knowledge society
is that _____ .
A. the difference between the employee and the employer has become insignificant.
B. people's traditional concepts about work no longer hold true. C. most people have to take part-time jobs.
D. people have to change their jobs from time to time.
(分析：四个选项中，C、D两项中都含有\，语气太绝对化，一般被排除。考生在剩下两项中进行选择，就大大降低了难度。)
例题2：The main idea of this passage is that _____ .
A. better use of green space facilities should be made so as to improve the quality of our life.
B. attention must be directed to the improvement of recreative possibilities. C. the urban environment is providing more recreation activities than it did many years ago.
D. priority must be given to the development of obligatory activities.
怀疑词判断法：
选项中含有不十分肯定的语气词一般是正确答案项。这些语气词有can, could, may,
should, usually, might, most(大多数), more or less, relatively, be likely to, possible, whether or, not necessarily 等。
例题1：It can be inferred from the passage that the author believes _____ A. Americans are more ambitious than people in other countries B. in many countries success often depends on one's social status
C. American businesses are more democratic than those in other countries D. businesses in other countries are not as competitive as those in America
(分析：选项B中often 一词，语气委婉，不十分肯定，故为答案。而其它三项中所表达出的语气都明显绝对化。)
例题2： According to the passage the problems of college education partly
arise from the fact that _____ .
A. society can't provide enough jobs for properly trained college graduates B. high school graduates do not fit the pattern of college education? C. too many students have to earn their own living
D. college administrators encourage students to drop out 分析：答案项C中有have to, 语气太绝对化，故被排除。而A项中can't 的语气则不十分绝对化，故为答案。
★ 此外，在作者态度题中，象中立态度(neutral)一般不是选项。在四个选项中，忽然有一个选项特别长或特别短，则此选项往往是正确选项。在两个选项中，如果除个别字外，其他部分完全一样，其中往往有一个是正确选项。\往往是用作干扰项。) 关键词对应法
(ABC=ABC法; ABC=A’B’C’法; ABC=CBA法; ABC≠ABD法) 选项中照抄原文的一般不是答案项，而同义替换的一般是选项。
锅盖法：较全面、有针对性地表达文章中心思想的，选项一般是答案项。
A. to be more successful in his career B. to solve technical problems
C. to be more specialized in his field D. to develop his professional skill