導語：GMAT考試每年的閱讀題都是考生們很關心的一個重點，今天應屆畢業生小編為大家整理了做閱讀題的技巧，需要的朋友們可以看看
閱讀題三大難點：
一、時間問題
很多同學在面對GMAT閱讀考試時，都會感嘆時間不夠，常會有考生來不及看完整篇閱讀文章。其中做題速度無法達到要求的原因有很多，詞彙量，閱讀方法，做題技巧無一不是。此外，還有一個很重要的因素：不會取捨，不會衡量做題的優先性。鑑於GMAT考試開弓沒有回頭箭的考試模式，如果在做閱讀題時碰到了難度很高，預計會花費大量時間定位解析也難以保證正確率的題目，建議大家直接猜測答案後進入下一題，不要在這些題目上花費太多時間。學會取捨才能保證後續題目的解題時間，從而彌補損失，取得更好的成績。
二、理解問題
很多考生在平時的練習和考場上面對需要找關鍵詞和中心句的題目時總是跟著感覺走， 完全失了方向和重點，直接導致面對題目時難以回到原文中定位。
所以，考生應學會在閱讀過程中直接發現題目的線索，也就是關鍵詞中心句。
建議大家在平時的課堂和練習中，多加總結考點詞的特點，以達到用一到兩個詞就涵蓋整個題目的效果。利用關鍵詞定位答案，更集中目標，更有方向性。
三、生詞問題
GMAT閱讀考試文章很多來源於國外原版的期刊或雜誌，話題覆蓋面廣，科技，自然，環保，社會，文化，工作，生物，地理等無不涉及，所以遇到生詞在情理之中。
但一部分考生遇到生詞後就信心全失，慌亂至極，打破了自己原有的閱讀節奏和速度，做題時也因為生詞被卡殼，結果題目不僅沒有解出，還影響了後面的做題速度和時間，可謂“一發動而遷全身”。
對此，專家認為，生詞的出現在所難免，只要大家有基本的詞彙量，完全可以將生詞的問題逐一擊破。
1. 有時候生詞屬於比較專業的詞彙，它們的`出現不是為了考察考生的詞彙量，更多的是檢閱大家的應變和判斷能力。尤其在題目中出現的所謂生詞，更是可以壞事變好事，成為考生定位答案的線索詞。
2. 有時候生詞的含義可以在上下文中直接得到。在GMAT閱讀文章時遇到的生詞，有相當一部分的含義可以通過多種猜測單詞的方法得到，所以，在生詞的周圍或上下文尋找其解釋不失為有效途徑。
閱讀練習：
Since Would War II considerable advances have been made in the area of health-care services. These include better access to health care (particularly for the poor and minorities), improvements in physical plants, and increased numbers of physicians and other health personnel. All have played a part in the recent improvement in life expectancy (life expectancy: n.平均壽命(=expectation of life)). But there is mounting criticism of the large remaining gaps in access, unbridled cost inflation, the further fragmentation of service, excessive indulgence in wasteful high-technology “gadgeteering,” and a breakdown in doctor-patient relationships. In recent years (in recent years: 最近幾年中) proposed panaceas and new programs, small and large, have proliferated at a feverish pace and disappointments multiply at almost the same rate. This has led to an increased pessimism—“everything has been tried and nothing works”—which sometimes borders on cynicism or even nihilism.
It is true that the automatic “pass through” of rapidly spiraling costs (spiraling costs: 螺旋式上升的費用) to government and insurance carriers, which was set in a publicized environment of “the richest nation in the world,” produced for a time (for a time: adv.暫時, 一度) a sense of unlimited resources and allowed to develop a mood whereby every practitioner and institution could “do his own thing” without undue concern for the “Medical Commons.” The practice of full-cost reimbursement encouraged capital investment and now the industry is overcapitalized. Many cities have hundreds of excess hospital beds; hospitals have proliferated a superabundance of high-technology equipment; and structural ostentation and luxury were the order of the day (order of the day: 議程,<口>流行的事物,風尚). In any given day, one-fourth of all community beds are vacant; expensive equipment is underused or, worse, used unnecessarily. Capital investment brings rapidly rising operating costs (operating costs: 生產費用,營業成本).
Yet, in part, this pessimism derives from expecting too much of health care. It must be realized that care is, for most people, a painful experience, often accompanied by fear and unwelcome results. Although there is vast room for improvement, health care will always retain some unpleasantness and frustration. Moreover, the capacities of medical science are limited. Humpty Dumpty (一經損壞無法修復的東西) cannot always be put back together again. Too many physicians are reluctant to admit their limitations to patients; too many patients and families are unwilling to accept such realities. Nor is it true that everything has been tried and nothing works, as shown by the prepaid group practice plans of the Kaiser Foundation and at Puget Sound. In the main (in the main: adv.大體上), however, such undertakings have been drowned by a veritable flood of public and private moneys which have supported and encouraged the continuation of conventional practices and subsidized their shortcomings on a massive, almost unrestricted scale. Except for the most idealistic and dedicated, there were no incentives to seek change or to practice self-restraint or frugality. In this atmosphere, it is not fair to condemn as failures all attempted experiments; it may be more accurate to say many never had a fair trial.
1. The author implies that the Kaiser Foundation and Puget Sound plans (lines 47-48) differed from other plans by
(A) encouraging capital investment
(B) requiring physicians to treat the poor
(C) providing incentives for cost control
(D) employing only dedicated and idealistic doctors(C)
(E) relying primarily on public funding
2. The author mentions all of the following as consequences of full-cost reimbursement EXCEPT
(A) rising operating costs
(B) underused hospital facilities
(C) overcapitalization
(D) overreliance on expensive equipment(E)
(E) lack of services for minorities
3. The tone of the passage can best be described as
(A) light-hearted and amused
(B) objective but concerned
(C) detached and unconcerned
(D) cautious but sincere(B)
(E) enthusiastic and enlightened
4. According to the author, the “pessimism” mentioned at line 35 is partly attributable to the fact that
(A) there has been little real improvement in health-care services
(B) expectations about health-care services are sometimes unrealistic
(C) large segments of the population find it impossible to get access to health-care services
(D) advances in technology have made health care service unaffordable(B)
(E) doctors are now less concerned with patient care
5. The author cites the prepaid plans in lines 46-48 as
(A) counterexamples to the claim that nothing has worked
(B) examples of health-care plans that were over-funded
(C) evidence that health-care services are fragmented
(D) proof of the theory that no plan has been successful(A)
(E) experiments that yielded disappointing results
6. It can be inferred that the sentence “Humpty Dumpty cannot always be put back together again” means that
(A) the cost of health-care services will not decline
(B) some people should not become doctors
(C) medical care is not really essential to good health
(D) illness is often unpleasant and even painful(E)
(E) medical science cannot cure every ill
7. With which of the following descriptions of the system for the delivery of health-care services would the author most likely agree?
(A) It is biased in favor of doctors and against patients.
(B) It is highly fragmented and completely ineffective
(C) It has not embraced new technology rapidly enough
(D) It is generally effective but can be improved(D)
(E) It discourages people from seeking medical care
8. Which of the following best describes the logical structure of the selection?
(A) The third paragraph is intended as a refutation of the first and second paragraphs.
(B) The second and third paragraphs explain and put into perspective the points made in the first paragraph.
(C) The second and third paragraphs explain and put into perspective the points made in the first paragraph.
(D) The first paragraph describes a problem, and the second and third paragraphs present two horns of a dilemma.(C)
(E) The first paragraph describes a problem, the second its causes, and the third a possible solution.
9. The author’s primary concern is to
(A) criticize physicians and health-care administrators for investing in technologically advanced equipment
(B) examine some problems affecting delivery of health-care services and assess their severity
(C) defend the medical community from charges that health-care has not improved since World War II
(D) analyze the reasons for the health-care industry’s inability to provide quality care to all segments of the population(B)
(E) describe the peculiar economic features of the health-care industry that are the causes of spiraling medical costs
總而言之，GMAT閱讀提分不易，考生需要解決的難題不少。希望大家能夠重視上文中提到的這些問題，在備考中做好充分的應對工作，努力爭取在GMAT閱讀會考出更為理想的成績。
