阅读能力

1. understanding the meaning of individual words

2. understanding the meaning of individual sentences

3. understanding the meaning of paragraphs and larger bodies of text

4. distinguishing between minor and major points

5. summarizing a passage

6. drawing conclusions from the information provided

7. reasoning from incomplete data, inferring missing information

8. understanding the structure of a text, how the parts relate to one another

9. identifying the author’s perspective

10. identifying the author’s assumptions

11. analyzing a text and reaching conclusions about it

12. identifying strengths and weaknesses

13. developing and considering alternative explanations

中文版

l 理解文章单句内容：能力要求前5条分别要求同学们理解单词、句子、段落、文章大意，简言之就是基础理解的能力。

l 理解内容间的连接：能力要求6、8-11这几条要求同学们分析文章的行文逻辑和句子之间的关系，真正去理解作者到底是如何分析和阐述一些事实或观点的。

l 推测隐藏信息： 7、12、13这几条都需要同学们跳出文章内容本身，根据原文作一些内容上的合理引申，比如作者的言下之意是什么、某个论点是否合理，也就是考察我们的推理能力。