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老美們如何準備GMAT閱讀？

對於閱讀速度向來不快的考生們，要在30分鐘內讀完4篇GMAT文章，真的是很大的挑戰。但同為考生，你知道美國考生是如何準備GMAT閱讀考試嗎？其實，老外考生在準備GMAT考試時，會參考許多參考書或備考要訣，以下分享三種老外GMAT閱讀方法，趕快來看看。

閱讀步驟一（step one）

Read for the main idea.

1)Always read the first sentence of a paragraph carefully, It’s the key to understand entire paragraph.

When you’ve identified the main idea, it’s a good idea to jot down a couple of key words to encapsulate it.

2)Once you know what the paragraph is about, it isn’t necessary to pay a lot of attention to the other sentences in the paragraph

3)Think of this as variable speed reading understand the main idea, speed up, as to details, who cares?

閱讀步驟二（step two）

As you read, look for structural signposts

1) Trigger words(“however”,” but”) aways signal a change in the direction of a passage

Trigger words 總結：ut/nonetheless/although(eventhough)/however/yet/despite(in spite of)/Nevertheless/notwithstanding/except/while/unless/on the other hand/

2) Continuing-the-same-train-of-thought words 同樣含義的連接詞 (could be a sentences of fragments)：First of all… a second…third/In addition/By the same token

Likewise/Similarly/This(implies a reference to preceding sectence)/Thus(implies a conclusion)

3)Yin-Yang words(陰陽詞)：Whenever you spot a “陰”word，you should realize that there is a “陽”word on the way. Such as:Generally/However, this time…/The old view/However, the new view…/The widespread belief/But the in-crowd believes…

/Most scientists think/But doctor spleegle think/On the one hand/On the other hand

閱讀步驟三（step three）

Attack the questions

Grasped the main idea, and attack the question aggressively

1）General Questions “what is the primary purpose of the passage?”

“what is the author’s tone”

”which of the following best describes the structure of the passage”

All above is GQ(you should be able to solve GQ without going back to the passage)

準備GMAT考試時，有空不妨翻閱這類針對老外考生寫的GMAT書籍，也許會有意想不到的收獲哦。