熟練掌握以下連接詞與連接語，就能充分把握住作者的意圖和考題的出題思路，所以希望考生能對之要牢記在心。了解了這些連接詞與連接語的不同功能后，相信你一定會在閱讀理解上有所收獲。一般把連接詞與連接語分為以下三類：

1。表明事件發生的時間順序：then, first, at once, next,after that, previously, while, when, the following day, etc。

2。表明文章的組織結構：

1)Listing: firstly, in the first place,secondly, thirdly, my next point is,last/finally, etc。

2)Illustrating: for example/ for instance, to illustrate, an example/ instance of this is,let’s take….., take…. for example, etc。

3)Re-stating: in other words, that is to say,to put it another way, let me put it this way, or rather, namely, etc。

4)Referring: in this respect, in that connection, as we said, apart from this, etc。

5)Resuming: to resume, to return to the previous point, getting back to the argument,etc。

6)Summarizing: to sum up, in short, it amounts to this, what I have been saying is this, etc。

7)Emphasizing: it is worth noting, I would like to direct your attention to, let us consider, we must now turn to, I shall begin by,etc。

3。表明作者的觀點、態度

1)Introducing( or emphasizing) further evidence: moreover, furthermore, in addition,what’s more, as well, etc。

2)Cause: because (of)， since, owing to, on account of, due to, as a result of, etc。

3)Effect: as a result, hence, therefore,consequently, thus, so, etc。

4)Contrasting: in / by contrast, on thecontrary, on the other hand, nevertheless, whereas, while, yet, however, but, etc。

5)Comparison: in like manner, likewise, in the same way, similarly, in comparison with, etc。

6)Purpose: to this end, for this purpose, with this in mind, in order to, so that, etc。

7)Intensification: indeed, in fact, in any event / case, at no time, to tell the truth, etc