1、发现文章中的信号词一篇阅读文章的主体是实词（ 名词、动词、形容词等 ） ，但一些表面上不起眼的虚词却往往成为答案的信号， 我们称之为“ 信号词 ”， 并建议考生给予他们特别的关注。一、 转折信号词转折信号词的作用是否定前项肯定后项，使前后两句话的方向或意思相反。表示转折关系的信号词有：but ,yet, however, whereas, while/whilst, in fact, on the contrary, conversely, on the other hand 等e.g. 1. The Aborigines made no use of Leptpspermum or Dodo
2、naea as food plants, yet the early settlers found that one could be used as a substitute for tea and the other for hops.2. From the mid-1960s when the Green revolution began, Asian food production doubled through a combination of high-yielding crops, expanded farming area and greater intensification
3、. However, a mysterious threat is emerging in the noticeably declining yields of rice3. Whereas her country has plenty of oil, ours has none.4. Some people think that changes can be exciting, thrilling and adventuresome. On the other hand, changes can also bring about life-threatening disasters.二、 让
4、步信号词让步信号词的作用与转折信号词相同，让前后两句话的方向或意思相反。让步信号词有：though, although, while, albeit, despite, in spite of, nevertheless, nonetheless even though While ducks offer many advantages over hens, the former must be given greater quantity of food.1. While some students are able to supplement their funds with money
5、from part-time and / or vacation work, such work is not always regular even when available2. Despite the importance of tomorrows test. Hans still decided to begin to study next morning.3. This years fall in profits was not unexpected. Nevertheless, it is very disappointing.三、 并列信号词阅读中碰到复杂的大并列时，先看连词后
6、面的内容。如果连词后面是动词，回上文找并列的动词；如果是形容词，就回上文找形容词性的并列成分，包括ing 现在分词和-ed 过去分词。表示并列关系的信号词有：and, or, as well as, rather than, too , also , as well, 四、 比较信号词比较分为类比和对比两种。做题是要理解比较的双方（ 谁同谁比较 ） 、比较点（ 比较什么） 、 和比较的方向（结果怎么样）类比比较相同点 asas like, similar, parallel, the same as, have similarity with/ similarly,Like his fathe
7、r President Bush is a republican.Scribner and Cole regard classroom learning as parallel to learning in daily life.对比比较不同点，信号词有 more than, unlike, on the other hand, in contrast with, by contrary, in contrast,Unlike the minerals and oil used to make plastics and metals, trees are replaceable.In contrast with your belief that we will fail, I am confident we will succeed.另外，还可通过时间或地点的差异造成强对比。Between 11 and 15 million salmon once spawned in the Columbia river system. Now there are only 3 million.As a general rule, international students should expect to spend at least as much on monthly living
