快速閱讀有兩個變化：一是位置發生了變化，由原來的Part II調至Part III里的Section B, 即由原來的單獨部分，變成了與其他的閱讀理解放在一起;另一個變化就是題目形式的變化，由原來的多項選擇題變成了段落信息匹配題。這一變化更挑戰考生對于文章的理解程度和信息定位的能力，應該說是加大了難度。

　　四級考試中快速閱讀調整為長篇閱讀順應了時代發展的要求。該題型主要考查段落信息匹配。在篩選信息的過程中，要求考生在把握文章整體的基礎上，對文章的一些細節進行整理、歸納以及同義轉換。這意味著考生不僅要讀懂文章，還要對所掌握的信息進行加工處理。

　　(二)文章特點

　　通過試卷可知，長篇閱讀的文章長度、難度、體裁、題材、題目數量、考試時間、所占分值等都不變。

　　(三)試題特點

　　1.題干中的細節信息往往反映文章的主旨和段落主題。通過快速地閱讀題干中的若干細節信息，考生可以迅速了解原文的主旨大意。

　　2.題干提供的細節信息中往往暗含一些說明文或議論文所必需的邏輯關系，考生可以利用這種關系預先對一些表達進行排序，這對于解答信息匹配題有著非常重要的意義。

　　3.提干提供的信息表達中通常包括如下三類：能夠指示開頭段的詞，如overview, introduction,initiation, main idea, definition 等;能夠指示結尾段的詞，如future, solution, conclusion,suggestion, summary 等;能夠幫助考生回原文定位的特殊詞，如rate, ration, proportion,percentage, number, figure, statistical demographics 等。

　　4.有些試題題干中的細節信息往往會和原文的其他某一題目聯系密切，考生可通過先解答原文的其他題目來獲得解答題目的線索和提示性信息。

　　樣題分析：

　　Section B

　　Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached toit. Each statement contains in information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify theparagraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once.Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the correspondingletter on Answer Sheet 2.

　　文章大意：本文主要講述大學在增強國家實力和促進國際化交流等方面的巨大作用。A段總括全文，指出當代大學對國家強盛和世界和平起著至關重要的作用。B-E段講述各個大學自覺走上全球化道路。F-I段講研究型大學促成了美國的騰飛，但仍有諸多因素制約這種大學的發展。

　　46. American universities prepare their undergraduates for global careers by giving themchances for international study or internship.

　　解析：定位到D段第3、4句：And in the United States, institutions are helping place students insummer internships(實習) abroad to prepare them for global careers. Yale and Harvard have ledthe way, offering every undergraduate at least one international study or internshipopportunity—and providing the financial resources to make it possible.

　　47. Since the mid-1970s, the enrollment of overseas students has increased at an annualrate of 3.9 percent.

　　解析：定位到C段第2句：Over the past three decades the number of students leaving homeeach year to study abroad has grown at an annual rate of 3.9 percent, from 800,000 in 1975 to2.5 million in 2004.

　　48. The enrollment of international students will have a positive impact on America ratherthan threaten its competitiveness.

　　解析：定位到I段第1句：Most Americans recognize that universities contribute to thenation’s well-being through their scientific research, but many fear that foreign studentsthreaten American competitiveness by taking their knowledge and skills back home. They failto grasp that welcoming foreign students to the United States has two important positiveeffects: first, the very best of them stay in the States and—like immigrants throughout history—strengthen the nation;

　　49. The way research is carried out in universities has changed as a result of globalization.

　　解析：定位到E段：Globalization is also reshaping the way research is done.

　　50. Of the newly hired professors in science and engineering in the United States, twentypercent come from foreign countries.

　　解析：定位到C段末句：In the United States, 20 percent of the newly hired professors inscience and engineering are foreign-born, and in China many newly hired faculty members at thetop research universities received their graduate education abroad.

　　51. The number of foreign students applying to U.S. universities decreased sharply afterSeptember 11 due to changes in the visa process.

　　解析：定位到H段第3句：In the wake of September 11, changes in the visa process caused adramatic decline in the number of foreign students seeking admission to U.S. universities, anda corresponding surge in enrollments in Australia, Singapore and the U.K.

　　52. The U.S. federal funding for research has been unsteady for years.

　　解析：定位到G段第2句：Most politicians recognize the link between investment in science andnational economic strength, but support for research funding has been unsteady.

　　53. Around the world, governments encourage the model of linking university-basedscience and industrial application.

　　解析：定位到F段第2、3句：The link between university-based science and industrialapplication is often indirect but sometimes highly visible: …. Around the world, governmentshave 　　encouraged copying of this model, perhaps most successfully in Cambridge, England,where Microsoft and scores of other leading software and biotechnology companies have set upshop around the university.

　　54. Present-day universities have become a powerful force for global integration.

　　解析：定位到A段第末句：But at same time, the opening of national borders to the flow ofgoods, services, information and especially people has made universities a powerful force forglobal integration, mutual understanding and geopolitical stability.

　　55. When foreign students leave America, they will bring American values back to theirhome countries.

　　解析：定位到I段第3句：…and second, foreign students who study in the United Statesbecome ambassadors for many of its most cherished values when they return home.

　　根據四級樣卷可知，全文共計9個段落，對應10題，這意味著必有一段對應兩題。事實上，從答案來看，其中有兩個段落分別對應了兩道題，有一個段落不對應任何題。

　　原快速閱讀的考試時間是15分鐘，原深度閱讀(含選詞填空+仔細閱讀)的考試時間是25分鐘，而調整后的閱讀理解(含選詞填空+長篇閱讀+仔細閱讀)考試時間是40分鐘，由此可推出新題型長篇閱讀的考試時間基本不變，大概15分鐘。

　　從樣卷來看，長篇閱讀主要考查段落信息匹配題。段落信息匹配題有4個特點：

　　1.絕對亂序：如第一個題干對應的并不是原文的第一段，而是第四段。

　　2.絕對同義轉換：如第49題題干中的“change”為E段首句中 “reshape”的同義轉換。

　　3.通常超細節：如第47題題干中的 “since the mid-1970s”, “3.9 percent”, 第50題題干中的 “twentypercent” 都是考查學生對數字這一小細節是否注意。

　　4.通常無特殊印刷體。

　　從這4大特點我們足以看出這類題的難度：絕對亂序意味著考生不能按“題文同序”原則逐一解題;同義轉換、超細節及無特殊印刷體意味著考生要費大量腦細胞去理解所讀到的每個信息，無法快速地定位!

　　答題技巧

　　1.整體把握文章的脈絡至關重要。

　　段落信息匹配題的題目的順序與文章的行文順序完全不符，這就要求考生在閱讀文章時整體把握文章的結構和脈絡，熟悉文章的寫作思路，基本能做到理解每題的中心思想后，能大體定位到文章的相應部分，而不是漫無目的地在全文的每個段落里搜尋。如樣題中的