SAT考試中閱讀文章取材廣泛，出題形式各異，SAT考試分析性SAT閱讀部分的題目全部是選擇題。其考題按照從易到難主要分為三個(gè)層次：第一個(gè)層次是細(xì)節(jié)性題目。第二個(gè)層次為小范圍內(nèi)的推斷性題目。第三個(gè)層次則是關(guān)于文章的主旨性題目。這些不同的層次里分別會(huì)考察不同的問(wèn)題。

A 主旨題：

問(wèn)你這篇文章的主旨是什么，常見形式有：

The passage serves mainly to __________

The passage primarily focuses on __________

The passage is primarily concerned with _______

The main idea/ point/purpose of the passage is __________

The passage as a whole is best described as _____________

在雙篇文章組合的段落閱讀里出題人經(jīng)常會(huì)拿兩篇文章的主旨作比對(duì)，所以我們還會(huì)看到：

B 求同題：

要求考生說(shuō)出兩篇文章相同的地方，常見形式有：

P1 is similar/ analogous/ parallel /akin to P2 in that_______________

X in P1 is most like ________ in P2?

What do P1& P2 have in common?

Both passages__________

Which of the following statement is shared by P1 & P2?

與求同題相對(duì)，要求考生說(shuō)出兩篇文章不同的地方，常見形式有：

The contrast/difference between P1& P2 is that _____

X in P1& P2 respectively ________________

Compared to P1, P2____________________

_____________________is in P1, but not in P2?

Unlike P1, P2_________________________

P1 differs from P2 in that________________

C作用題：

超越對(duì)文本內(nèi)容的考察的還有作用題，其主要考查內(nèi)容為所選部分有什么作用，一般形式為The words/sentences/paragraph in line X serves mainly to _____________________

D 互聯(lián)題：

既不考相同也不考對(duì)立，出題人要求考生說(shuō)出兩篇文章的關(guān)系。常見形式有：

① Which best describes the relationship between the two passages?

② ____ in one passage would most likely + VERB +___ in another passage?

“得閱讀者得天下”，此言并不夸張。SAT閱讀部分作為一個(gè)得分大項(xiàng)，卻向來(lái)是中國(guó)學(xué)生的軟肋，你的總分是不是提得上去在很大程度上取決于你對(duì)閱讀部分的掌控。