在雅思考試中，時(shí)間非常緊張，因此，進(jìn)行一定的閱讀技能訓(xùn)練是非常必要的。以下是關(guān)于閱讀技能訓(xùn)練的介紹。
意群閱讀(Reading in thought groups)
一個(gè)好的閱讀者在閱讀過(guò)程中眼睛的移動(dòng)是從一個(gè)意群到另一個(gè)意群;而普通閱讀者閱讀時(shí)眼睛從一個(gè)單詞移動(dòng)到另一個(gè)單詞。避免把一個(gè)單詞讀出來(lái)，即使在腦子里讀出一個(gè)單詞而不出聲也很浪費(fèi)時(shí)間。
E.g. (The little boy Johnnie) (had been up) (with a packet of mints) (and said) (he wouldn’t’t go out to play)(until the post had come.)
運(yùn)用上下文的線索理解生詞 (using context clues for word meanings)
線索1：定義
a. The harbor is protected by a jetty-a wall built out into the water.
b. Jane is indecisive, that is, she can’t make up her mind.
線索2：重述
a. He had a wan look. He was so pale and weak that we thought he was ill.
b. I am a resolute man. Once I set up a goal, I won’t give it up easily.
線索3：普遍知識(shí)
a. The door was so low that I hit my head on the lintel.
b. Mark got on the motorbike, I sat behind him on the pillion, and we roared off into the night.
線索4：相關(guān)信息
a. Just before the exam Carl’s hands shook and sweated so much that he could not hold a pen. His heart beat fast and his stomach ached, even though he knew the subject very well. He really had a strange phobia about taking tests.
線索5：例子
a. Select any of these periodicals: Time, Newsweek, Reader’s Digest or the New Yorker.
b. She is studying glaucoma and other diseases of the eye.