做GRE阅读，先读文章还是先读题?-金吉列留学官网

很多同学在备考gre阅读的时候，可能都曾经困惑于一个问题：gre阅读到底是先读文章还是先看题呢？

对于这个问题来说，其实没有所谓的标准答案，因为这本身就是两个平行、不矛盾的做题逻辑，只不过每种方法对大家的要求不一样。

所以说，这个问题就没有一个绝对的答案，但是我们也要通过阅读技巧去判断这个题我到底应该选择什么样的方式，比如我以下题为例来做一个示范。

【文章选自《真经gre阅读机经350篇》】early life insurers in the unite states foun themselves facing the problem of obtaining reliable information, as they neee to rely on applicants themselves to provie truthful, complete answers to a stanar set of questions. in an attempt to personalize the relationship between insurers an their iniviual applicants, firms selecte highly respecte local citizens to act as their agents. these agents were expecte to evaluate the appearance of caniates, unearth evience of unhealthy family histories or questionable habits, an attest to the respectability of the people writing testimonial letters on an applicant＇s behalf. in short, the initial purpose of the agency system was not to actively solicit customers, but, rather, to recreate the glass-bowl mentality associate with small towns or city neighborhoos.

2. the author suggests which of the following about “city neighborhoos”?

a. they were places where family histories were ifficult to establish.

b. they were places where unhealthy behaviors ha been successfully aresse.

c. they were locations that were well suite for recruiting insurance agents.

. they offere a high egree of transparency about a resient＇s personal history an character.

e. they offere potentially fruitful markets for the life insurance inustry

本题我们就可以从先读题或者先读文章进行

先读题目

第一，如果先读题，利用引号的定位词直接定位到原文第四句，

然后直接盯着定位句利用排除法做题，然后就会发现abce中提到的信息在定位句都找不到对应，

只有选项中的transparency（透明）与定位句的glass-bowl mentality（玻璃碗的清晰度）稍微有点对应，而具体是怎么对应的，也没看出来，那没办法，单选选最优，也只能选了。

先读文章

第二个思路，那就是读了全文以后，对文章的内容有以下认识：原文第三句提到招聘代理商的目的就是为了unearth evience of unhealthy family histories or questionable habits，

也就是文章开头提到的obtaining reliable information；

同时，第四句提到找代理商的目的不是为了招揽顾客，而是为了recreate “city neighborhoos”的透明度，那就是说“city neighborhoos”能够对a resient＇s personal history an character提供reliable information，

所以，才让代理商去重现recreate这种透明度，从而完整对应选项。

所以大家在准备gre阅读的时候，结合自身情况和做题逻辑，如果先读题，做得更快更好，那就先读题；

如果理解文章没什么难度，阅读速度也跟得上，也可以完全先读文章。总之，没有最好的方法，只有最适合你的方法，一切都得从实践去检验。