雅思阅读文章中的信号词就好比是高速公路上的标识牌，见到了它们，就可以知道目的地距离自己的位置还有多远，需要直走，还是拐弯。阅读时应根据这些信号词来判断应该采取精读、跳读和扫读等不一样的阅读方法和技巧。

　　雅思阅读与考点相关的信号词根据其表达的逻辑关系可以分为八大类，分别为表顺接和递进、表对比和转折、表相似、表排列次序、表强调作用、表最、比较级、表因果关系、表举例子和说明。信号词的确定是雅思阅读技巧之一，所以下面北京新航道雅思小编将一起学习雅思阅读技巧之如何发现信号词。

　　一、顺接和递进

　　例词：also, furthermore, moreover, what is more, in addition

　　考点：And Western scientists are starting to draw on this wisdom... (C6-P28-Q31 找标题)

　　解析：And在这句话开头，有的递进含义，this wisdom则是指代了前面一句话出现的their wealth of traditional knowledge(因纽特人传统的知识)，所以这两句话有紧密的联系，在读题的时候要通过发现信号词，然后发散地看它的前后句，最后把考点考察的意思补充完整。

　　二、对比和转折

　　例词：however, but, although, nevertheless, on the other hand, by comparison, while

　　考点：But such projects must be built to higher specifications and with more accountability to local people and their environment than in the past. (C7-P24-Q20)

　　解题：此题是段落大意配对题，在确定H段段落大意时，段落中间but之后出现的那句话就是解题的关键，根据句子中出现的两个比较级，可以确定答案应该为X:The need to raise standards.

　　考点：While suggestopedia has gained some notoriety through success in the teaching of modern languages, few teachers are able to emulate the spectacular results of Lozanove and his associates. (C70-P27倒数第二段-Q39, 40)

　　解析：段首句用while引起注意，我们可以根据success以及后半句中的few teachers和spectacular results搞定最后两个填空题。

　　三、相似

　　例词：similarly, in other words, that is, put another way, as

　　考点： Thus, we concluded that the blind interpret abstract shapes as sighted people do. (C4-P28-Q40)

　　解析：题目考的是对文章的总结。因此解题时重点看文章中表示结论的句子，thus这个单词给了我们提示，而句子中的as...do表达的是一个相似的逻辑，因此答案可以确定为B。

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　　雅思阅读与考点相关的信号词根据其表达的逻辑关系可以分为八大类，分别为表顺接和递进、表对比和转折、表相似、表排列次序、表强调作用、表最、比较级、表因果关系、表举例子和说明。信号词的确定是雅思阅读技巧之一，所以下面北京新航道雅思小编将一起学习雅思阅读技巧之如何发现信号词。

　　四、排列次序

　　例词：firstly, second, another, the second, the most, the best, next, then, now, later, since, eventually, finally

　　考点：First, it lacked the necessary technical vocabulary. Second, it lacked the grammatical resources required to represent the world i an objective and impersonal way... (C5-P49-Q30-31)

　　解析：题目30-31考的是并列和否定的逻辑关系，原文中的first和second对应的就是题目中的neither...nor...这个并列关系，这两题的答案就迎刃而解了。

　　考点：First mechanism, then mass use of chemical fertiliser and pesticides, thenmonocultures, then battery rearing of livestock, and now genetic engineering—the onward marching of intensive farming has seemed unstoppable in the last half-century, as the yields of produce have soared. (C7-P44-Q15)

　　解析：段首句连用表示次序的信号词，"first, then, then... and now"体现发展的不同阶段。(对应C7-P77的选择配对 "The stages of development of farming industry.")

　　五、强调作用

　　例词：in fact, in essence, in particular, emphasize

　　考点：This, in essence, is the problem of modern sociobiology- to discover the degree to which hard-wired genetic programming dictates... (C5-P21-Q18 信息包含题)

　　解析：信息包含题考察细节是在哪个段落出现，在做此类题目时，要注意信号词与考点的密切相关性，从而迅速找准答案。这里出现了in essence(实质上)起了的强调作用，迅速扫读后，发现同时出现了题目关键词sociobiology， 破折号后面的介词to表目的，与题目中的"the general aim of"一致对应。

　　六、最、比较级

　　例词：–est, most, best, more, better, superior, inferior, preferable, exclusively, extremely

　　考点：Making a rapid emotional assessment of the events of the moment is an extremely demanding job for the brain, animal or human. (C5-P44-Q24)

　　解析：题目中出现了最the most difficult tasks，因此在原文中也应该相应的出现最。除了明显的the most/-est，还有些单词本身也含有最的含义，比如extremely、exclusively、superficially。文中的这个extremely demanding对应的就是题目中的最，所以答案也确定。