託福閱讀解題七大技巧
對於大部分人來說，托福考試的時間是非常有限的，如何以最有效的方式完成託福閱讀對於託福分數的提升是非常重要的。理想的託福閱讀答題時間是控制在大約15到17分鐘，這樣就有時間快速檢查一下。
在這裏要特別注意：一個是託福閱讀考試是考察你快速閱讀的能力;二，你能夠快速理解文章傳達的思想和主題，這種理解無需很詳細，深入地瞭解該段落或其技術含義，但需要全面瞭解。要在託福閱讀考試中取得好成績，這裏還是有一些閱讀的技巧可以參考學習。
託福閱讀解題七大技巧
一、通讀文章識“大體”
通讀是爲了更好的掌握文章的線索和主旨，後面再以稍慢的速度再次閱讀它。這一次，投入更多時間來掌握所提出的觀點和論點。這將有助於在回答問題時找到文章中的答案。
二、有舍有得不拘泥
避免浪費時間去深挖某個單詞確切含義，通常，可以通過上下文的聯繫推斷某個單詞的大概意思，專注於能夠回答問題而不是理解文章中的每一個單詞。通過查看該段中的一般性討論以及通過特定句子提出的觀點，嘗試理解不熟悉的單詞的含義。
三、專業性技術詞詞彙巧標記
機考的時候，專業性技術詞彙鼠標懸停時，有些能夠看到這些單詞的含義。仔細檢查不熟悉的技術詞是否加了下劃線，這樣就不會浪費時間去猜測它們的含義。
四、問題通常遵循時間順序
一般問題的順序跟文章是一致的，意味着你應該能夠在文章開頭找到第一個問題的答案，依此類推。按照這個思路可以減少搜索段落所需的時間，將注意力集中在每個問題上。
這點可注意。
五、識別目的懂邏輯
在閱讀時，要線理解這篇文章的目的是什麼，是涉及因果關係，對比，分類，提出問題及其解決方案，或者是敘述。瞭解這一點可以讓您更輕鬆地遵循通道中的邏輯思維流程，從而簡化快速定位答案的過程。
六、快慢結合切忌太快
很多考生犯的一個常見錯誤就是讀得太快，錯過了問題中“不”或“除外”等關鍵詞。先閱讀問題，然後重新閱讀文章，以避免這些錯誤。忽略過渡詞會導致理解意思上發生大的偏差。
七、最後一題多總結
最後一個問題通常要求你理解這篇文章所傳達的主要思想和總結性的。
託福閱讀材料：Porsche 918 Spyder hybrid supercar to go on sale
Porsche has decided to make a limited number of the new hybrid supercar it's been developing, called the 918 Spyder.
The car is powered by both a petrol engine and electric motor and will be based on a prototype unveiled at this year's Geneva car show.
It can go from 0-62mph in 3.2 seconds, has a top speed of 198mph and will be able to travel up to 16 miles on battery power alone.
The 918 Spyder will effectively replace the company's Carrera GT.
At more than ￡400,000 it'll also be the company's most expensive car ever.
The board of Porsche only agreed to put the 918 Spyder into production if more than 1,000 people signed declarations of interest to buy one.
Nearly double that number put their names down.
Vital stats
One of the car's electric motors will drive the front wheels while the back wheels are powered by both petrol and the remaining electric motor.
The plug-in hybrid needs just under five litres of petrol for every 100 miles driven and emits 70g/km of CO2.
The pair of 160kW electric motors will provide a combined 218bhp with the 3.4 litre V8 engine providing the remaining 500bhp.
The 918 Spyder is around the same length as the Boxster and Cayman but wider than both and weighs just under 1,500kg (3,300lb).
The body and shell are made from carbon-fibre-reinforced plastic.
Porsche says it completed a test lap of the Nürburgring in Germany in less than seven minutes and 30 seconds.
託福閱讀材料：Cooling system fault hits International Space Station
The crew of the International Space Station have been forced to reduce power after half the cooling system suddenly shut down over the weekend.
NASA officials insisted the three Americans and three Russians aboard were not in danger.
Urgent spacewalk repairs are being discussed for this week.
Without thermal controls, temperatures on the ISS's Sun-facing side can soar to 121C (250F), plunging to minus 157C (-250F) on the dark side, Nasa says.
"There might be a comfortable spot somewhere in the middle of the station, but searching for it wouldn't be much fun," a statement on its website adds.
The station is now operating on a single string, the Associated Press reports, and has no safeguard in case of further cooling system failures.
Alarms sound
Trouble arose on Saturday night when one of the two ammonia-fed cooling loops shut down, triggering alarms throughout the ISS
The two ammonia lines ensure that all the station's electronic equipment does not overheat.
Astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson set in motion equipment shutdown procedures and, with crewmate Douglas Wheelock, installed a jumper cable to keep all the rooms cool.
The Global Positioning System circuit, several power converters and a set of devices that route commands to various pieces of equipment were switched off.
Two of the four gyroscopes - part of the space station's pointing and navigating system - were initially shut down but the crew installed a jumper cable to bring up a third gyroscope, leaving the station in a much more stable position, AP says.
Flight controllers tried to restart the disabled ammonia pump early on Sunday but the circuit breaker tripped again.
Any repairs later this week almost certainly will involve replacing the faulty ammonia pump, a difficult job that would require two spacewalks, AP adds.
"It's pretty clear that we're going to want to have a course of action to take as quickly as possible," Nasa spokesman Rob Navias said at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
"This is not something we want to linger over."
Two spare pumps are stored on the outside of the station. Two of the Americans on board are already scheduled to conduct a spacewalk on Thursday for routine maintenance.
No space shuttle visits to the ISS are planned before November.
託福閱讀材料：Busting The Myth That Opposites Attract
Back in college astronomy class, I sat behind a guy who wore a T-shirt with this on the back: The best thing about the opposite sex is just how opposite they are.
It’s not just a rule in physics. There’s a strong cultural expression: opposites attract. Think Harold and Maude, Pretty Woman, It Happened One Night—Hollywood has long known the lure of antitheses in love.
But real research busts this myth.
Psychologists map out such evidence in a new book: 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior.
Psychologist Donn Byrne has found that we are twice as likely to be attracted to someone when we agree on six out of 10 issues than we are with someone who we only agree with on three out of 10 issues.
To be sure, the appeal of shared interests may be specific to long-term relationships.
A 2006 University of Pennsylvania study of speed dating found that daters said they wanted someone who had a similar background in education, religion, economic status and shared personality traits. Yet when they were in the midst of the one-minute date, they made choices based on more immediate cues like physical attraction. In the speed-dating environment—a bar surrounded by singles, under the pressure of a ticking clock—daters made choices based on short-term mating criteria that were more likely to lead to fast hook-ups, not necessarily long-lived love.
So if it’s the long haul you’re searching for, best look beyond the cute face and hot body, and see if you can carry the conversation beyond 60 seconds.
