四、 時間先后

例詞：firstly, second, next, then, now, later, since, eventually, finally…

考點：Three factors are involved in this change. First is an awareness of the severity of the problem. Second, a number of resources to help tackle bullying have become available in Britain…Third, there is evidence that these materials work, and that schools can achieve something. (C6, P94, T30選標題)

解析：段落結(jié)構(gòu)很清楚，主要是因為有表達順序的信號詞First、second、third，讓我們認識這段是在講，侍強凌弱這種現(xiàn)象已經(jīng)開始改變，主要是從三個方面入手：意識、資源、監(jiān)督。這種發(fā)展讓學(xué)校有了更多的方法和有效途徑解決存在的問題。這里的First、second、third提示我們?nèi)齻€方面，同時也是一個發(fā)展的過程。

五、 排列次序

例詞：another, the second, the most, the best…

考點：Most important of all, the traditional measures of ‘risk’, such as parents’ age and education, or whether they were a single parent, bore little or no relationship to the measures of achievement and language development.(C5, P63, T12判斷題)

解析：most important of all 強調(diào)了最重要的事情，也就是文中比較重要的結(jié)論要出爐了。Single parents是題目中的關(guān)鍵詞，同樣在這一句里出現(xiàn)了，我們可以利用對信號詞的敏感度，快速抓住文章的考點，進行局部精讀。

六、強調(diào)作用

例詞：in fact, in essence, in particular, emphasize…

考點：This, in essence, is the problem of modern sociobiology- to discover the degree to which hard-wired genetic programming dictates…(C5, P21, T18信息包含題)

解析：信息包含題考察細節(jié)是在那個段落出現(xiàn)，在做此類題目時，要注意信號詞與考點的密切相關(guān)性，從而迅速找準答案。這里出現(xiàn)了in essence (實質(zhì)上), 起了一定的強調(diào)作用，迅速掃讀后，發(fā)現(xiàn)同時出現(xiàn)了題目關(guān)鍵詞sociobiology, 破折號后面的介詞to是表目的與題目中的the general aim of一致對應(yīng)。

七、 因果關(guān)系

例詞：as, because, since, lead to, as a result, result in, consequently, therefore, thus, the caused of…

考點：The fourth question concerned the causes of the destruction of rainforests. Perhaps encouragingly, more than half of the pupils (59%) identified that it is human activities, which are destroying rainforests… (C4, P19,T11簡答題)

解析：這道簡答題的文本題就是問the reason for the loss of rainforests， 所以我們可以同通過原因信號詞，判斷考點的方位。

八、 舉例子和說明

例詞：for example, for instance, that is to say, i.e., such as, including…

考點： Other substances were then introduced: including fillers, such as woodflour, asbestos or cotton…(C5, P39, T5流程圖)

解析：我們看到such as后面是舉例子，such as 后面的例子可以作為定位詞，woodflour, asbestos, cotton就是fillers的其中一種。Fillers 在這里就是一個概括性的詞語，常常是考點。

（二）非傳統(tǒng)信號詞

一、表達客觀結(jié)論findings

例詞：indicate that, suggest that, find out, conclude that, point out, report that, demonstrate that…

考點：But Byers points out that the benefits of increased exercise disappear rapidly after training stops, so any improvement in endurance resulting from juvenile play would be lost by adulthood.(C4, P50, T38配對題)

解析：配對題目是典型的人名和成果的配對，我們到文章中定位人名就比較好找到答案，可是人名出現(xiàn)的地方就一定是考點么？不見得。但是一旦表達客觀結(jié)論的信號詞與人名同時出現(xiàn)時，就是考點出沒的地方了。

二、表達主觀觀點statements, opinions

例詞：say, believe, argue that, maintain that, claim…

考點：The UCSF researchers maintain that the simplest and most cost-effective action is to establish smoke-free work places, schools and public places. (C3, P20, T27分類題)

解析：這道分類題考察區(qū)分a finding和an opinion。表達個人觀點(an opinion)帶有一定的主觀性，所用的信號詞顯然與客觀事實發(fā)現(xiàn)(a finding)的有所區(qū)別。

三、特殊符號

例詞: ‘word’, ——, word…

考點：In very significant cases of role change, e.g. from a soldier in the ranks to officer, from bachelor to married man, the change of role has to have a very obvious sign, hence rituals.(C3, P48, T37完成句子)

解析：文中斜體的部分其實就是考察的考點，不知道這個詞語的意思沒有關(guān)系，只要能判斷，需要填寫的單詞是斜體部分，照抄過來就可以輕松拿分。

通過我們上面陳列的兩大類信號詞：傳統(tǒng)的與非傳統(tǒng)的，我相信可以給備戰(zhàn)的烤鴨們一點寶貴的做題技巧，信號詞與考點是一對好朋友，所以常常信號詞出現(xiàn)的地方，考點都會在它的附近埋伏著，要留心哦！同時，要掌握每一類信號詞對文章段落的結(jié)構(gòu)起的作用和意義，這樣有利于我們對段落主旨、上下句關(guān)系快速的判斷，幫助解題。

另外，烤鴨們要通過對劍橋真題的反復(fù)操練，琢磨考點，感悟做題方法，才能得取真經(jīng)??！