对于PETS1考试来说，考题大部分都是考细节问题，包括数字题、推理题、因果题、例证题、指代题等类型。解题的关键是在原文中找到于题目对应的句子，然后一般从原句中就可以找到答案(直接从原文内容或者进行一定的计算推理)。当然这些只是一些阅读的技巧，最根本的方法仍然是提高阅读能力。

一般说来，英语阅读有精读(intensive reading)、泛读(extensive reading)和快读(fast reading)三种形式。

精读的任务在于传授系统的基础语言知识(语音、语法、词汇、篇章 结构、语言功能意念等)，训练基本语言技能(听、说、读、写、译)，培养初步运用英语进行交际的能力。

泛读的任务在于着重提高阅读理解能力;培养细致观察语言以及假设、判断、分析、归纳、推理论证等逻辑思维能力;培养速读能力以及阅读的兴趣，扩大词汇量，增强文化背景知识。从用途上看，泛读的实用性最广。在实际生活里80% ～90%的阅读都是泛读。只有具有较强的、适应实际需要的泛读能力的人，才可以说具有阅读能力。

快速阅读则要求读者在非常有限的时间内迅速完成读者与作者书面交际的任务。在阅读过程中，略过无关信息，筛选有关信息，利用标题、段落、主题句和关键词语，辨认要点，迅速有效地获取重要信息。提高阅读速度，进行快速阅读也有一些具体方法和技巧问题，如快速泛读、计时阅读、略读和寻读等。

以上只是英语阅读方法的介绍，最重要的还是实践。一个人的阅读速度是由各种因素决定的，如知识的多少、语言水平的高低、视域的大小、阅读的习惯、精神集中的程度，等等。但只要下定决心，掌握各种阅读技巧，注意平时知识的积累，改进阅读方法，克服在阅读理解和阅读速度方面存在的障碍，进行大量的阅读实践，就一定能把阅读理解率和阅读速度提

1. Why do most visitors come to Cambridge?

[A] To see Cambridge University. [B] To study in the colleges in Cambridge.

[C] To use the libraries of the university.

2. What does "its" refer to (指的是??) in "... most of its members are ..."?

[A] The museum or office. [B] The people in Cambridge.

[C] The University of Cambridge

3. Around what time did the university begin to appear?

[A] In the 9th century. [B] In the 13th century.

[C] In the 15th century.

4. Why did people name the city Cambridge?

[A] Because there is a bridge over the Cam.

[B] Because the river was very well known.

[C] Because there is a river named Granta.

5. After which year did the town really begin to develop?

[A] After 800. [B] After 875. [C] After 1845.

6. From what we read, we know that now Cambridge is ________.

[A] visited by international tourists [B] a city of growing population [C] may have a wall around it

【名师精解】本题的正确答案是：[A],[C],[B],[A],[B].可以肯出这六道题目都属于细节判断的题目，在解答这类题目时，我们应该找到原文中相应的句子。第一道小题的答案可以从下面的句子得出：Thousands of people from all over the world come to visit the university town.. It has become a famous place all around the world.我们从常识可以判断作为一个旅游胜地，从绝对人数上说，到剑桥旅游的人必然多于到剑桥求学的学;第二小题可以从以下句子得出：The university is the city. You can find the classroom buildings, libraries, museums and offices of the university all over the city. And most of its members are the students and teachers or professors of the thirty-one colleges. 从常识判断the member of museum or office不会是学生和教授,这样就排除了[A]，因此我们可以把中间的句子抽出来，这样从句子结构中可以明显的看出its指代的是the University of Cambridge;第三小题可以从以下句子判断：Cambridge was already a developing town long before the first students and teachers arrived 800 years ago.理解了句子意思，考生只需做一个简单的减法运算就可以得出正确答案;第四小题可以从以下句子判断：It grew up by the river Granta, as the Cam was once called. A bridge was built over the river as early as 875.In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries more and more land was used for college buildings.这道题目的答案不在原文中，需要考生做一些推理。既然学校一度被叫过the river 的名字Granta，从学校现在的名字the university of Cambridge以及文中的信息A bridge was built over the river as early as 875.不难推断出剑桥名字的由来;第五小题It grew up by the river Granta , as the Cam was once called. A bridge was built over the river as early as 875. 只要理解了这个句子的意义，相信不难得出正确答案;第六小题可以从以下句子中判断：The town grew much faster in the nineteenth century after the opening of the railway in 1845. Cambridge became a city in 1951 and now it has a population (人口) of over 100,000.从这些句子的意义可以看出，剑桥的人口是不断增加的。从Thousands of people from all over the world come to visit the university town.一句中可以看出到剑桥旅游的人不只是国外的人，肯定也会有国内的人。从no one can give them a clear answer for there is no wall to be found around the university.中可以看出剑桥一向没有围墙，从整体的文意看，也不会有建造围墙的计划。