“To reduce pain, take two tablets with water, followed by one tablet every eight hours, as required. For night-time and early morning relief take two tablets at bedtime. Do not take more than six tablets in twenty-four hours.
推测作者的写作目的，必须要先了解文章的主 题，然后分析作者的论述方法、论述的重点和 材料的安排。
A young man from a village called Nawalapitiya married a young woman from Maliyuwa, a nearby village. They lived with the man’s big family --- his parents, his brothers their wives and children. The family kept an elephant, in which the young woman soon took a great interest. Every day she fed it with fruit and sugar.
设题形式：
The purpose in writing this text is to _________. The author writes this passage to __________. The author in this passage intends to __________.
二）如何推测文章的观点或结论？
设题形式：
It can be inferred from the passage that ___________.
What conclusion can be drawn from the passage?
From the passage we can conclude that __________.
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推断题常见的提问形式：
第一类：以infer, imply, suggest, conclude, learn, intend, mean, describe, purpose, tone, attitude等词 提问。
The passage suggests that ______________.
It went to the woman’s home. On seeing her, the elephant waved its trunk and touched her with it. The young woman was so moved by the act of the animal that she returned to her husband’s home.
一、简单推理
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Three months later the woman went back to her parents’ home, having quarrelled with her husband. Soon the elephant refused to eat or work. It appeared to be ill and heart-broken. One morning after several weeks the animal disappeared from the house.
This text is most probably taken from _________.
推理方法：
简单推理 复杂推理
以表面文字为前提，以具体 事实为依据进行推理，作出 判断。
不但要以文字为依据，而且 还要以文章的语境、内涵为 前提。考生要推断出文章没 有表明但又合乎逻辑的推理， 就必须由表及里地归纳和演 绎。
Which of the following best describe _________? 第二类：提问中含有表示推测的情态动词，如 can, could, might, would, should等和其它表示可 能性的副词如 probably, most likely等。
What kind of person would you say … was _____?
这类问题问的不一定是全文的中心思想或作者的全 部观点，可能只是文章中的某一观点。但要推测出 文中的某一观点，仍离不开对全文主要观点或中心 思想的把握。
Do you always understand the directions on a bottle of medicine? Do you know what is meant by “Take only as directed?” Read the following directions and see if you understand them.