三、首段大意≠全文主旨。很多同學(xué)做全文主旨題往往以首段的段落大意作為根據(jù)，其實這是個陷阱。我們用1994年第二篇文章的一道題做例證：
What is this passage mainly about?
A.Approaches to the commercial use of computers.
B.Conveniences brought about by computers in business.
C.Significance of automation in commercial enterprise.
D.Advantages of credit cards in business.
這道題可以說是經(jīng)典的主旨陷阱題了。如果僅從全文第一段來看，D選項是絕對正確的。但是文章從第二段進行擴展，由信用卡擴展到了計算機在商業(yè)社會中的應(yīng)用，故此，B才是最佳答案。我們提醒各位考生，主旨題需要通過首段和各段首句共同判斷，千萬不能以偏概全。
四、千萬注意“似是而非、局部正確”的選項
我們先來看看 1998 年的一道真題：
Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Environmentalists were blamed for antiscience in an essay.
B. Politicians are not subject to the labeling of antiscience.
C. The “more enlightened” tend to tag others as antiscience.
D. Tagging environmentalists as “antiscience” is justifiable.
這是一道設(shè)計非常巧妙的考題，據(jù)說當年答對本題的考生不到 5% 。這道題考查了全文一半多文章的閱讀量，而且涉及很多的細節(jié)，每一個選項都有似曾相識的感覺，而選項本身就暗藏著陷阱。本題的直接依據(jù)是文中的這樣一句話：But surely that does not mean environmentalists concerned about uncontrolled industrial growth are antiscience, as an essay in US News & World Report last May seemed to suggest. 但是簡單根據(jù)這句話又會造成歧義，還必須依據(jù)“根據(jù)下文說上文的原則”，通過下文來判斷邏輯：The environmentalists, inevitably, respond to such critics. The true enemies of sciences are those who question the evidence supporting global warming, the depletion of the ozone layer and other consequences of industrial growth. 這里提醒所有考生注意一點：當你感覺到每一個選項似乎都對、都不對的時候，千萬不要盲目憑借印象和感覺，要學(xué)會到原文中尋求每一個選項的證據(jù)，只有確鑿的證據(jù)才是判斷正誤的法寶。
總而言之，要攻克考研閱讀，就要在備戰(zhàn)考研的過程中不斷努力深入地研究，循序漸進地實踐、演練，才能在考場上成功施展才華！考研的意義絕不僅僅是考試，而是挑戰(zhàn)自我、磨練意志的過程。相信各位考生定能在這條充滿荊棘的道路中堅定信念、調(diào)整心態(tài)，摸索出成功之道。
