线索3：普遍知识
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.
线索4：相关信息
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.
线索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.
线索6：比较
a. Jane was talking with others while Eliza remained reticent all the time.
线索7：比喻
a. The hot-air balloon took off. It was as buoyant in the air as a cork in water.
线索8：构词知识
un-, im-,-less, -ness, -ion, -ist
寻找主题句，掌握段落主要思想。(look for the topic sentence and master the main idea)
主题句的位置可以在句首，句中或句末。但在句首的比例通常达到50%-60%，句末是主题句的可能性为30%左右。
细看(scanning)
在寻找某些具体信息时，阅读者需要仔细阅读，定位自己所要的信息。这是雅思考试中运用最多的阅读技能，对考生寻找答案的位置非常重要。
识别逻辑词 (recognizing signal words)