2.题干预测
但是，无论是先看题干，还是先看题支，都必须对题干或题支进行积极的思考和预测，这是看题支或题干的根本目的和用意，否则定位法就变得毫无意义了。对于题干的思考，可从宏观和微观两个角度来着手。对于宏观性的题目，比如：段落大意、文章主旨、作者的观点和态度、事例对观点的论证等等，需要根据全文的基调或段落的中心来定位;对于微观性的题目，比如：词义、句义以及某人的认识等等，则需要根据其所在句的句义或与前后句的关系来定位，有时也需要顾及文章的整体内容。例如：
Educating girls quite possibly yields a higher rate of return than any other investment available in the developing world. Women’s education may be unusual territory for economists, but enhancing women’s contribution to development is actually as much an economic as a social issue. And economics, with its emphasis on incentives (激励), provides guideposts that point to an explanation for why so many girls are deprived of an education.
Parents in low-income countries fail to invest in their daughters because they do not expect them to make an economic contribution to the family: girls grow up only to marry into somebody else’s family and bear children. Girls are thus seen as less valuable than boys and are kept at home to do housework while their brothers are sent to school—the prophecy (预言) becomes self-fulfilling, trapping women in a vicious circle (恶性循环) of neglect.
An educated mother, on the other hand, has greater earning abilities outside the home and faces an entirely different set of choices. She is likely to have fewer but healthier children and can insist on the development of all her children, ensuring that her daughters are given a fair chance. The education of her daughters then makes it much more likely that the next generation of girls, as well as of boys, will be educated and healthy. The vicious circle is thus transformed into a virtuous circle.
Few will dispute that educating women has great social benefits. But it has enormous economic advantages as well. Most obviously, there is the direct effect of education on the wages of female workers. Wages rise by 10 to 20 percent for each additional year of schooling. Such big returns are impressive by the standard of other available investments, but they are just the beginning. Educating women also has a significant impact on health practices, including family planning. (06年6月快速阅读)
21.The author argues that educating girls in developing countries is .(微观题目)
A)troublesome B)labor-saving C) rewarding D)expensive
【预测】本题考查作者对于某种情况(发展中国家女性教育)的看法，属于细节性题干，可初步猜测其中的关键词为in developing countries或关键信息为educating girls in developing countries，而且根据题目的顺序，可以初步定位于文章的开始部分。
22.By saying “…the prophecy becomes selffulfilling…” (Lines 4, Para. 2) the author means that .(微观题目)
A) girls will turn out to be less valuable than boys
B) girls will be capable of realizing their own dreams
C) girls will eventually find their goals in life beyond reach
D) girls will be increasingly discontented with their life at home
【预测】本题考查句子的意思，属于微观题目。根据句中的the prophecy，可以猜测需要结合其前面的句子，即这个预言的具体内容来进行判断。
23. The author believes that a vicious circle can turn into a virtuous circle when.(微观题目)
A) women care more about education
B) girls can gain equal access to education
C) a family has fewer but healthier children
D) parents can afford their daughters education
【预测】根据连词when，可以初步判断该题是考查时间或条件情况的，属于细节性题目。题干中的vicious和virtuous是关键词，a vicious circle can turn into a virtuous circle是关键信息，可以由此来定位。
24. What does the author say about women’s education?(宏观题目)
A) It deserves greater attention than other social issues.
B) It is now given top priority in many developing countries.
C) It will yield greater returns than other known investments.
D) It has aroused the interest of a growing number of economists.
【预测】该题干考查作者的态度，属于宏观题目。结合上面的几个题干，可猜测本文应该是关于女性教育的文章，该题干中的womens education是关键词，本题基本上可确定用排除法来解答。
另外，根据题干的长短程度也可以来确定题目考查的宏观或者微观内容，可以帮助考生迅速定位。一般而言，题干较长的为微观题目，题干较短的为宏观题目;题干中的关键词多为具体意义的属于微观题目，题干中的关键词为抽象意义的属于宏观题目。
3.题支预测(略)
4.其他预测(略)
(二)阅读原文进行定位寻找答案
在对问题有了初步的印象、思考和预测之后，接下来就应该带着问题阅读或倾听文章的内容，定位寻找并初步确定相关试题的答案。这是定位法最关键的一步，既涉及到对文章内容的总体把握，也关系到对某些细节的理解;既需要对正确答案做出初步的定位，也需要对干扰项做出初步的排除;既需要从宏观上来思维和解答问题，也需要从微观上对所选答案进行论证，是一个极其复杂的思维过程。这一步主要可以运用两种定位法：关键词定位和关键信息定位。
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