SAT阅读技巧

胡老师

SAT Reading Tip #1: Don’t spend too much time reading the passage.
You should be able to read through an SAT passage in 3-4minutes. Anything longer and you will likely be compromising your time on thequestions. Read the passage through once to get the main idea, then move ontothe questions.

SAT Reading Tip #2 If you’re zoning out, change the way you’re sitting and try again.
Even top scorers will find themselves losing focus at timeson Test Day. Don’t panic! If you’ve been reading a passage with uprightposture, then try slouching a little or leaning to one side as you read. Ifyou’ve been slouching, sit up straight. A simple adjustment like this willusually solve the problem and help you refocus on the task at hand.

SAT Reading Tip #3: Do a time check after the third passage.
When you’re through the third passage, you should havearound 25 minutes left on the section. Otherwise, you should speed up! The SATReading Test is 65 minutes long and typically has 5 passages and associatedquestions. This means you need to spend 13 minutes per passage on average.

SAT Reading Tip #4: Answer easier questions first.
Every passage will have a range of difficulty in itsquestions. If you’re stumped on a passage, try finding quick, easy questions toanswer. These might be ask about vocab words or have line references for you toquickly locate the answer in the text. Once you answer these, you’ll have abetter understanding of the passage and can tackle the harder ones with ease.

SAT Reading Tip #5: If you’re going to skip a question to try later, put a guess down anyway.
There’s no guessing penalty on the new SAT, so you shouldmake sure you answer every single question. If you need to skip a question, puta star next to it in your test booklet and enter a temporary guess on youranswer grid on the off-chance you don’t have time to come back to it later. Youdon’t want to be scrambling to put random guesses to your skipped questions astime is winding down!

SAT Reading Tip #6: Leave your opinions at the door.
Often, in an English class, you are asked to give your ownopinion, supported by the text. Not so on the SAT. Be careful when you see aquestion that contains the word infer , imply , or suggest . The answer may notbe directly stated in the text, but there will still be plenty of evidencethere to support the correct answer.

SAT Reading Tip #7: Save main idea questions for last.
For many of the Reading passages, the very first questionwill ask a general question about the main idea or purpose of the passage, thenarrative point of view, or a shift that occurs through the passage. Thosegeneral questions are not good to do first because you haven’t read the entirepassage yet. Once you’ve done most of the other questions, you'll have a reallygood idea of the overall themes of the text.

【Kaplan， Princeton Review】