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包含中心思想、主题词的往往是答案(所有类型题都适用)
例如：(英语二2013年Text 2)
30. The most appropriate title for this text would be____________.
[A] Come and Go: Big Mistake
[B] Living and Thriving: Great Risk
[C] Legal or Illegal: Big Mistake
[D] With or Without: Great Risk
文中Come and Go，Living and Thriving，With or Without各出现了一次，而Legal or Illegal出现了两次，而Legal这个单词也在文中反复出现，所以答案选C，
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隐蔽处往往有答案(同位语、插入语、定语、长句后半句、从句、副词、不定时)
例如：(英语2012年Text 1)
There’s no doubt that our peer groups exert enormous influence on our behavior.An emerging body of research shows that positive health habits—as well as negative ones—spread through networks of friends via social communication.This is a subtle form of peer pressure: we unconsciously imitate the behavior we see every day.
24.Paragraph 5 shows that our imitation of behaviors___________.
[A]is harmful to our networks of friends
[B]will mislead behavioral studies
[C]occurs without our realizing it
[D]can produce negative health habits
解析：该题对应段落是第5段，就是对副词unconsciously的考查，选项C是对unconsciously的完美解释。所以，选C。
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合理项不一定是答案，不合理项往往是答案
例如：(英语2011年Text 4)
In a society that so persistently celebrates procreation,is it any wonder that admitting you regret having children is equivalent to admitting you support kitten-killing? It doesn’t seem quite fair,then,to compare the regrets of parents to the regrets of the childless.Unhappy parents rarely are provoked to wonder if they shouldn’t have had kids,but unhappy childless folks are bothered with the message that children are the single most important thing in the world: obviously their misery must be a direct result of the gaping baby-size holes in their lives.
38.It is suggested in Paragraph 3 that childless folks__________.
[A]are constantly exposed to criticism
[B]are largely ignored by the media
[C]fail to fulfill their social responsibilities
[D]are less likely to be satisfied with their life
解析：很多同学选D，但是一定要注意，文中but unhappy childless folks are bothered with the message that children are the single most important thing in the world句子用的是被动语态，而D是主动语态，且看似合理，这是出题老师用来迷惑大家的啊。而A是被动态，且看似不太合理，但是和文中but之后的句子貌似相关。考研没有标准答案，只有最佳答案，所以相比较而言，只能选A。
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含义肯定的不是答案，含义不肯定的是答案
含义不肯定的往往包含以下词语：
could，may/might，usually，most(大多数)，more or less，relatively，be likely to，whether or，not definitely，possible，suspicion(怀疑)，dubious(可疑的)，hesitate，
not necessarily，suggest，potential，trend，threat，unknown，
含义肯定的或者绝对的往往包含以下词语：
Must，always，never，the most(最高级)，all，only，any，none，entirely，absolute
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具体的不是答案，概括性的是答案
包括以下词语：
both，various，many，general，not only...but also
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包含some的往往是答案
someone，somebody，some time，something，someday，certain(一些)
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具体的不是答案，抽象的往往是答案
approach，concept，misconception，awareness，property(特性，属性)，character，chance，opportunity
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