一、Informationand Ideas: The Author's Message (对文本信息的考察)

包括以下题型：

1、文本细节的考查

1)直接信息题(Explicit Meaning)，该类题型能够直接从文本中找到信息，题目中通常出现如下字眼“According to the passage," "states," "indicates,"等。如：The authors indicate that people value gift-giving because they feel it…?

2)隐含信息题(Implicit Meaning)，该类题型需要理解文本的隐含意思，题目中通常出现如下字眼“basedon the passage,” "it can reasonably be inferred,""implies," 等。如：Based on the passage, the author's statement "…" impliesthat…?

3)类比题(Analogy)，考察对文本内容特征的把握及应用，如“Whichof the following situations is most analogous to the relation shipmentioned in line 5 to 10?

2、文本论据的考查

循证题(CitingTextual Evidence)，要求为上一题的答案寻找论据或者为某个结论提供论据。

如：Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previou squestion? (寻找上一题答案论据)，或者Inlines 46-50("Prosecutions…sens")，whatis the most likely reason Jordan draws a distinction between two types of "parties"? (为某个结论提供论据)