在雅思閱讀中，很多同學會遇到這種情況，平時老師講的大寫、數字等定位詞在題幹中根本找不到，這個時候該怎麼辦呢？今天武漢環球教育吳雲老師就給大家來分享下關於雅思閱讀的定位核心技巧——隱性定位詞。
那麼有哪些隱性定位詞呢？下面吳雲老師給大家總結高頻隱性定位詞。
一、Proportion=%
題幹出現proportion，可以考慮原文是以百分比的形式出現。舉個例子，比如C9-2-1的第6題：
Question 1-6
Reading Passage 1 has nine sections, A-l.
Which section contains the following information?
Write the correct letter, A-l, in boxes 1-6 on your answer sheet.
6.the estimated proportion of children in New Zealand with auditory problems
對應原文：
The Impact of Hearing Loss on Young Children
A. Hearing impairment or other auditory function deficit in young children can have a major impact on their development of speech and communication, resulting in a detrimental effect on their ability to leam at school. This is likely to have major consequences for the individual and the population as a whole. The New Zealand Ministry of Health has found from research carried out over two decades that 6-10% of children in that country are affected by hearing loss.
因此第6題選A
二、Payment=?
題幹出現payment，可以考慮原文是以貨幣符號的形式出現。舉個例子，比如 C5-1-1的第12題：
Question 8-13
Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1?
In boxes 8-J3 on your answer sheet, write
TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this
12.Johnson only received payment for his Dictionary on its completion.
對應原文：
E.Johnson signed the contract for the Dictionary with the bookseller Robert Dosley at a breakfast held at the Golden Anchor Inn near Holborn Bar on 18 June 1764. He was to be paid ?1,575 in instalments, and from this he took money to rent 17 Gough Square, in which he set up his 'dictionary workshop'. James Boswell, his biographer, described the garret where Johnson worked as 'fitted up like a counting house' with a long desk running down the middle at which the copying clerks would work standing up.
原文說的是分期in instalments，而題幹說的是only...completion，因此是False。
三、Earlier=time
題幹出現earlier，可以考慮原文是以時間的形式出現。舉個例子，比如 C11-1-3的第27題：
Question 27-29
Reading Passage 3 has eight paragraphs A-H.
Which paragraph contains the following information?
Write the correct letter, A-H, in boxes 27-29 on your answer sheet.
27.mention of a geo-engineering project based on an earlier natural phenomenon
對應原文：
D.The concept of releasing aerosol sprays into the stratosphere above the Arctic has been proposed by several scientists. This would involve using sulphur or hydrogen sulphide aerosols so that sulphur dioxide would form clouds, which would, in turn, lead to a global dimming. The idea is modelled on historic volcanic explosions, such as that of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines in 1991, which led to a short-term cooling of global temperatures by 0.5℃.Scientists have also scrutinised whether it's possible to preserve the ice sheets of Greenland with reinforced high-tension cables, preventing icebergs from moving into the sea.
原文出現時間的地方描述historic volcanic explosions, such as that of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines，such as舉例子，historic volcanic explosions對應 natural phenomenon，因此選D。
四、Refer to as=proper nouns
題幹出現refer to as，可以考慮原文是以專有名詞的形式出現。舉個例子，比如 C5-4-3的第35題：
Question 34-40
Complete the sentences.
Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 34-40 on your answer sheet.
35.Plants which do not respond to light levels are referred to as .
對應原文：
For example, some species of birds' breeding can be induced even in midwinter simply by increasing day length artificially (Wolfson 1964). Other examples of photoperiodism occur in plants. A short-day plant flowers when the day is less than a certain critical length. A long-day plant flowers after a certain critical day length is exceeded. In both cases the critical day length differs from species to species. Plants which flower after a period of vegetative growth, regardless of photoperiod, are known as day-neutral plants.
回原文尋讀，找到day-neutral plants是以斜體形式出現，且前面有限定are known as，可以確定是專有名詞，do not respond to light levels 對應regardless of photoperiod，所以填day-neutral plants。
根據以上的分析，大家不難發現，即使題乾沒有出現明顯定位詞，我們也能夠通過題幹其他提示詞，按圖索驥找到對應的原文，最終確定答案。所以希望大家平時在練習的時候多留心這類的定位詞，不斷熟練，做到能夠快速定位，準確解題。最後，祝大家屠鴨成功！
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