summary題也是雅思閱讀中較常見(jiàn)的一種題目。關(guān)于它的做題技巧很多，從介詞的角度討論summary題的做題技巧。做summary題時(shí)，在根據(jù)數(shù)字時(shí)間等關(guān)鍵詞定位原文以后，還要根據(jù)空格前后的詞匯確定答案，巧妙運(yùn)用介詞是一個(gè)很好的方法。

　　一、基本方法

　　如果空格前后為介詞結(jié)構(gòu)，回原文找介詞結(jié)構(gòu)。

　　二、出題形式

　　介詞在原文可能是題目中的原詞，也可能是題目中介詞的同義結(jié)構(gòu)。

　　例一(原文介詞為題目中的原詞)，

　　……This was followed by a lull, but in early May the top of the mountain rose by ……People were evacuated from around the mountain. Finally, on May 18th at……, Mount St. Helens exploded.(雅思樣題)

　　Then, in early May, the northern flank of the mountain bulged, and the summit rose by 500 feet.

　　……On May 18, at 8.32 in the morning, Mount St. Helens blew its top, literally.

　　對(duì)于第一空，根據(jù)early May定位原文，再根據(jù)介詞by確定答案之一為500 feet;對(duì)于第二空，根據(jù)May 18定位原文，再根據(jù)介詞at確定答案之一為8.32.

　　例二(原文介詞為題目中介詞的同義結(jié)構(gòu))

　　According to his biographer, James Boswell, Johnson‘s principal achievement was to bring……to the English language. As a reward for his hard work, he was granted a pension by the king. (劍5 Test 1 Reading Passage 1)

　　It is the cornerstone of Standard English, an achievement which, in James Boswell‘s words, ‘conferred stability on the language of his country‘.

　　根據(jù)James Boswell、achievement等定位原文，再根據(jù)介詞結(jié)構(gòu)bring……to找介詞結(jié)構(gòu)：conferred stability on……，由于兩個(gè)介詞結(jié)構(gòu)屬于同義結(jié)構(gòu)，那么題目中介詞to之前的答案應(yīng)為原文介詞on之前的部分：stability.