職稱英語等級考試的題型設定和考查內容均有自身的特點,考試的部分命題素材取自《職稱英語》(指定用書)和《考試大綱》,因而考生要注重教材的複習。
閱讀理解常用提問方式：
1.有關主旨題的提問方式：
1) The main(主要的)idea(思想，主意)of this passage(文章) is…
2)Which of the following(下列的)statements(句子)best expresses
(表達) the main idea of the passage?
3) The passage mainly discusses(討論)…
4)This passage mainly deals with(涉及)…
5) The author’s purpose(意圖) in writing this passage is…
6)What is the passage mainly about?
2.有關細節題的提問方式：
1)Some people do sth. because ____________?
2)According to the passage, we can know that ___________.
3)What … ? Which … ? Who (Whom) … ? When (What time)…
4)Which of the following statements is true except...??
Which of the following statementsis not mentioned??
Which of the following is mentioned??
Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE??
3.有關詞語釋義題的提問方式：
1) The word “…”in line(行)… refers to(指)…
2) In paragraph 4,“ it ” refer to (means)………
4.有關推理判斷題的.提問方式：
1) It can be inferred(推斷) from the passage that….
2) Which of the following can be inferred?
3) It can be concluded (結論) from the passage that … .
5.有關作者觀點意圖題的提問方式：
1) The author’s main(主要的)purpose(目的) in this passage is….
2) The author’s purpose of writing this passage is….
3) In this passage the author’s attitude(看法)could best..
4) The author’s main thought(思想) is that…
