關(guān)于細(xì)節(jié)性問題（suppporting details） 細(xì)節(jié)性問題是關(guān)于supporting details類的問題，通過skimming找出主題后，應(yīng)進(jìn)一步掌握闡述和發(fā)展主題的主要事實(shí)，或按要求找出特定細(xì)節(jié)。 在回答此類問題時(shí)，應(yīng)采用查讀法（scanning），因?yàn)檫@些具體內(nèi)容（detai1s是用來說明、論證或分析文章中心的。這類題目常以"wh-"形式來提問，如who， what， when， where， why及how等形式。這些問題的表達(dá)常不采用文章中的原話提問，而是使用同義詞語(yǔ)等，因此，在選擇答案前應(yīng)首先看準(zhǔn)題于，看清問題所問；

　　究竟；然后，在查讀時(shí)注意尋找與題目相關(guān)的關(guān)鍵詞語(yǔ)；最后，在充分理解原文、原題的基礎(chǔ)上確定正確答案。

　　當(dāng)然，這類細(xì)節(jié)性問題所涉及的面是很廣的。有的涉及數(shù)字計(jì)算，如問時(shí)間、距離、次數(shù)、數(shù)量等，認(rèn)真計(jì)算后方可選定正確答案；有的涉及正誤判斷，要先看選項(xiàng)，根據(jù)選項(xiàng)提供的線索，尋視文中相應(yīng)部分，最后在題中選出肯定答案；還有的尋問事實(shí)、原因、結(jié)果、目的等。總之，做細(xì)節(jié)題切忌通過自己對(duì)某類知識(shí)的主觀了解和認(rèn)識(shí)做出想像判斷，一定要緊扣文章內(nèi)容，不可隨心所欲。
細(xì)節(jié)類問題的命題方式有以下幾種：

(1)which of the following is not true according to the information in the passage?
(2) which of the following is mentioned in the passage?
(3) what is the example of . . . as described in the passage?
(4) the author mentions all of the following except . . .
(5) the reason for . . .is . . .
(6) the author states that . . .
(7) according to the passage, when (where, why, how, who, etc. ) ...
example :
　　 just seven years ago, the jarvik-7 artificial heart was being cheered as the model of human creativeness. the sight of barney clark-alive and conscious after trading his diseased heart for met-al-and-plastic pump -convinced the press, the public and many doctors that the future had arrived. it hadn’t. after monitoring production of the jarvik-7 , and reviewing its effects on the 150 or so patients (most of whom got the device as a temporary measure) the u. s. food and drug administration concluded that the machine was doing more to endanger lives than to save them. last week the agency cancelled its earlier approval , effectively banning ( 禁止 ) the device .　　
　　the recall may hurt symbion inc. , maker of the jarvik-7 , but it won’t end the request for an artificial heart. one problem with the banned model is that the tubes connecting it to an external power source created a passage infection. inventors are now working on new devices that would be fully placed, along with a tiny power pack, in the patient’s chest. the first sample products aren’t expected for another 10 or 20 years. but some people are already worrying that they’11 work- and that amer