若你問(wèn)托兒們“新托福閱讀哪個(gè)題型最難啊?”，多半的學(xué)生會(huì)回答“閱讀是會(huì)呼吸的疼，每個(gè)題型都很難，考個(gè)托福都快趕上背誦百科全書(shū)了”。但是，在眾多題型中，內(nèi)容小結(jié)題和推斷題在難度上仍是會(huì)位居榜首，歸結(jié)原因的，多半是內(nèi)容小結(jié)題涉及文章框架，托兒沒(méi)時(shí)間再回頭整理，而說(shuō)到推斷題，學(xué)生就是一頭霧水，不知道該怎么推，往哪兒推。
　　推斷題其實(shí)沒(méi)有想象中的那么難，因?yàn)橥懈Ｎ恼掠泻芮逦倪壿嫾軜?gòu)，每個(gè)自然段往往是按照TS (Topic Sentence) + SD (Supporting details)展開(kāi)的，而文章多半是按Introduction + Aspects + Attitudes展開(kāi)的。只有明白了文章的寫(xiě)作思路才能更好更快的做對(duì)題目，作者必定是按照一定的行文順序編排段落的，如果畫(huà)一個(gè)水平軸作為事件發(fā)展的順序，推斷題是讓你從這個(gè)軸上的某一個(gè)點(diǎn)去推測(cè)，無(wú)非就兩個(gè)方向，順著軸發(fā)展的方向或者逆著軸發(fā)展的方向，也就是我們接下來(lái)要說(shuō)的用正向和逆向思維去解決推斷題。
　　OG上將推斷題定義為檢查考生對(duì)文章中強(qiáng)烈建議但絕不明說(shuō)觀點(diǎn)(strongly implied but not explicitly stated in the text)的理解程度，屬于理解性題目，題目要求如下：
　　Paragraph 2 suggests which of the following about X?
　　Which of the following can be inferred from paragraph 2 about X?
　　According to paragraph 3, what do Y indicate about X?
　　According to paragraph 4, what does the author imply about X?
　　題干中有出現(xiàn)infer, imply, indicate或suggest這四個(gè)單詞，我們就判定這個(gè)題目為推斷題，那么推斷題應(yīng)該如何解答呢?
　　第一步，判斷題型。我們拿到題目，看到上面四個(gè)單詞中的任何一個(gè)，心中就想著這是推斷題，推斷題的做題宗旨是文章強(qiáng)烈暗示，要通過(guò)文章內(nèi)容進(jìn)行合理推斷。
　　第二步，審清題干，原文定位。仔細(xì)閱讀題干，弄清題干內(nèi)容，推斷方向，帶著題干核心信息到文章中準(zhǔn)確定位。
　　第三步，推測(cè)+判斷。根據(jù)相關(guān)句進(jìn)行正向或逆向的推理，最后擇優(yōu)而選，確定答案。
　　正向推斷：和事實(shí)信息題做題方法一樣，答案就是定位的句子的同義改寫(xiě)。
　　逆向推斷：大致分為兩種，一種是時(shí)間，第二種是兩類事物的對(duì)比。
第一種，題干中往往會(huì)出現(xiàn)表示時(shí)間的信息，比如：after 1932, since early years of the 19th century. 例如TPO 20 Passage 1 Western Migration Q1:
　　Paragraph 1: The story of the westward movement of population in the US is, in the main, the story of the expansion of American agriculture of the development of new areas for the raising of livestock and the cultivation of wheat, corn, tobacco, and cotton. After 1815, improved transportation enabled more and more western farmers to escape a self-sufficient way of life and enter a national market economy during periods when commodity prices were high, the rate of westward migration increased spectacularly.
　　What can be inferred from paragraph 1 about western farmers prior to 1815?
　　m They had limited their crop production to wheat, corn, tobacco and cotton.
　　m They were able to sell their produce at high prices
　　m They had not been successful in raising cattle.
　　m They did not operate in a national market economy.