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一、四级阅读应该遵循怎样的做题程序关于阅读，我想首先当我们拿到一份考卷的时候，大家首先关注的点是我们应该怎么做我们的题目，我们做题的程序分别是什么，我想一个阅读要做好的话，首先要明白一点，我们四级里，35分钟做四篇文章的时间相对比较紧张，我们以前一般有的同学是，四加五或者是五加四的模式，四分钟的时间看文章，五分钟做题目。或者是五分钟看文章，四分钟做题目，这个相对不是特别合理。原因是四级里我们发现时间是不够的。看文章是非常有效的，有有目的性。

建议大家先看题目，再看问题。言外之意，我们建议大家一个时间比例，一加四加四的模式，一分钟时间把后面的题目看一下，分别是考什么方向，考词汇，还是考推理，还是考细节。做一个分析以后，看文章的时候，你发现，我这个题目主要是关注什么东西?比如说后面有的题目是看主题的。你要看文章时，就要关注这个文章主题。如果你发现后面的题目是关注一个细节。你看文章的时候，要注意文章的一些细节。如果后面的题目看得有效，看文章，阅读的任务也会非常明确。所以建议大家，第一，先看我们后面的题干。看题干，后面这四个选项就不用看了，因为四个选项有正确的选项，你看多了，反而会影响你的思维。大家看题干看完之后，就可以看文章。接下来用四分钟左右时间把文章看一下。有同学可能会感觉看文章速度比较慢。这是我呆会儿会看到阅读过程中可能会注意一些什么东西，或者是呈现什么特点。

我建议大家四分钟看文章，然后再用四到五分钟时间把后面的题目做完。只要你第一分钟是有效的，看文章之后，就会非常有方向感。如果看文章是有方向感的，后面做题目，当然也非常有效。我们就明白，其实在四级里，只要时间相对比较合理，做题程序合理化，我们发现，这还是可以做好的。

这是第一个我要讲的关于四级阅读，我们大概的做题程序。先看题干，再分析原文，最后做题目。

在做题过程中，我强调两点，四分钟里，一定要回顾一下，刚才文章讲了什么东西。一般我们是看完文章，基本上凭着主观印象做题，导致有一种感觉，做题感觉看文章非常简单，做题也是非常简单。但是发现很多题是错误的。建议大家，我们在做题过程中，你要注意一点，要回到文章，分析相关内容，防止用主观印象来做题。

这是刚才一个大概的做题程序的一个讲解。

二、做题时间如何合理分配

如果程序合理化以后，我们要有另外一些东西注意一下，比如考试时间的分布，刚才我其实讲了，每一篇文章可能我们需要注意什么东西。比如这个时间，一篇文章可能是一加四加四，这样的时间，用九到十分钟时间分析一下我们这篇文章，完成文章的一个讲解和阅读。

其实，我们的阅读涉及到方方面面，它会涉及到更多东西。所以我从以下几个时间概念，让大家对考试有一些更多的感觉。

首先我想最宏观的一个35加5这个概念。我们四级，要求是我们的35分钟做完，我们的四篇文章，但是这个时间一般是不够的，建议大家我们从另外的题型当中，比方我们的词汇或者是从我们的写作，不管怎么样，从另外的题型，借五分钟时间给我们的阅读。这样你会发现，我们会有40分钟做四篇文章。按照以前的一些考试经历来讲，四级考生，用40分钟做四篇文章，这个时候，他的正确率是最高的。

这是我们的考试时间和正确率的一个黄金搭配。建议大家35加5，从另外题型超过5分钟时间给我们的阅读。

另外，要注意第二个概念。我们四级里面，还要注意，22加18这个概念。什么意思呢?

现在我们用40分钟，怎么去分配我们这40分钟，同学们比较关心。建议大家有一个时间概念，22加18.就是我们通常在考试过程当中，会用22分钟左右的时间，来完成前两篇文章。为什么是这样子?原因是前两篇文章，我们做题速度可能还没有赶上来，刚开始，速度有点慢。后两篇文章，考生的做题速度会比较快，很多考生，可以用7到8分钟做完一篇文章。不管怎么讲，建议大家用22加18的时间概念是比较合理的。这一点，其实对我们的考试心理状态，有一种比较好的调节。

很多考生在考试过程中，可能前两篇文章用了22到25分钟时间可能会比较紧张。可能会随便做了一下，讲求一个速度，总感觉自己来不及了，所以，后面两篇文章的正确率会下降。其实没有必要。为什么呢?因为22加18这个概念，就是稳住我们的心理状态。告诉你们一点，如果在考试过程当中，用22分钟时间或者是25分钟时间，看我们前两篇文章，这是非常合理的。这是我们的第二个概念。

告诉我们考试过程中可能会遇到什么情况。我们用怎么样的心理状态去应对它。

第三，我们要注意的一个概念是，我们刚才讲的，一加一加四的概念。每篇文章我们可能用10分钟时间，在考试过程当中，我们用9分钟做出一篇文章比较合理。在考前，我们用9分钟来练每一篇文章比较合理。这9分钟怎么分配它，这涉及到一篇文章的操作程序问题。所以我提到了9等于1加4加4，这是刚才谈到的做题程序问题。

三、如何克服阅读太慢或特快的问题

刚才给大家讲了一些时间的概念，希望借用这些时间概念，考试怎么操作，有一种大概的方向感。不光是时间，大家可能有些问题，怎么去分布。我想时间分布，可能会导致一些困难，就是我们阅读太快，或者是太慢。

有的同学，阅读太快这个概念，有的同学，在做题过程当中，总是怕时间不够，所以他拼命往下做，往下赶时间，导致的结果是，很多同学在做题过程中，第一篇文章，感觉什么都没看懂，结果开始做题了。他在回到文章，再去分析文章本身，而导致的结果是时间被浪费了。所以你就明白，过于求快，实际上结果是变慢了。建议大家在考试过程当中，不要太快，心理的紧张因素，要克服。怎么克服我们的太快这个问题。其实，我们有很多方法，而一个最贴近的方法，就是我们在看文章的时候，要注意我们的做标记的方法。边看，要做一些标记，这个文章，哪地方是转折性的语言，哪个地方是因果关系，或者是比较关系。一些重要的语言现象稍微关注一下。

重要的语言现象不光是我们考题经常考的地方，也是把握整篇文章脉络的一个重要环节。不光是我们的语言现象，而且比方说，原文中的一些关键词，与行为相关的一些单词，或者是文章主题所在地方，或者是表示结论的一些地方，都要关注一下。因为这些地方，不光要考题，而且还要让你明白文章的脉络和文章的观点。而且要注意，有关观点性的语言，考得越来越多。

这是我们要注意的第一个。阅读太快，可以通过做一些简单分析的方式克服这些问题。

另外有一个相反的错误，就是阅读太慢，为什么会阅读太慢，其实有很多。第一个，可能有一些阅读的不良习惯导致的。有的同学看文章，都是一个单词，一个单词往下看，视野的宽度比较窄，具体可以经过锻炼，比方说每一眼看下去，能够看两到三个单词，后来可以扩展到四到五个，视野宽度，可能没有时间去练习，建议大家要注意另外一些方法。比方说要明白这个文章哪些是重点要考，哪些是次要考的。

这一点，我讲一下，四级好事当中，有关速度太慢，在看文章时，要注意什么东西。我所讲的一些语言点，这是我们历年四级考试经常会涉及的地方。

第一个是我们的段落首末这个地方，近几年，段落首末考题的量增加了。而且在首末去，一些观点性语言，还有一些重要的语言现象，这个更加容易考到。

第二，转折性语言，在四级里，我们发现，转折性语言，经常会考，曾经有四级考试考

得很经典，它一共有五个题目。四个题目是在原文中找答案，含有“but”等转折性的语言。第五个题目，其实是把前几个题目合起来，前个个转折性的语句合起来，如果我们在这次考试当中，发现了文章，尤其是文章的首段有表示转折的语言，一定要关注一下。

第三，如果你发现，某一段首和末有一些转折性的语言，也应该要关注一下。转折有很多单词来表达，比方说however、but，however这个单词在四级里考得比较多，而且命题概率会比较强。

四级不光会考转折性逻辑，而且还会考因果关系的推导，表示因果关系的地方，经常用这些考题。同学们在看文章的时候，出现一个For或者是because，任何一个逻辑，都是值得推敲的地方。所以同学们在看文章的时候，凡是有因果逻辑关系或者是转折关系，都应该关注一下。

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