推理题通常是以下列方式提出问题的。
1．It can be inferred from the passage that ...
2．According to the passage, you can see ...
3．The passage implies, but does not directly state that ...
4．The passage suggests that ...
5．One can conclude from the passage that ...
6．It can be seen from the passage that ...
7．We can see/ infer/ conclude from the passage that ...
要进行正确的推理，首先应对文章的写作特点或推理特点有所了解，掌握文章的推理方式，这进行推理时是大有帮助的。有关推理题得文章通常是以下面三种方式展开的。
第一种是从结果到原因，重点在原因。其推理方式往往是首先提出一个问题或叙述一个事实，然后给予答案或说明原因。
第二种推理方式是从原因到结果，重点在结果。其推理方式是首先在导言中提出问题，然后指出列这个问题可能引起或已经引起的后果。
第三种推理方式是因果连锁反应，即前一个矛盾统一体中的结果又连为后一个矛盾统一体中的原因。如此相互作用，循环往复。
在掌握了推理方式和文章推理特点后，另一个要注意的是：要看清题意和题型要求，还要在读时注意收集各种线索，捕捉与之有关的信息。在答题时，应根据题意要求，选择切合原文内容的一个。
例文：
What has the telephone done to us, or for us, in the hundred years of its existence? A few effects suggest themselves at once. It has saved lives by getting rapid word of illness, injury, or fire from remote places. By joining with the elevator to make possible the multi-story residence or office building, it has made possible-for better or worse-the modern city .By bringing about a great leap in the speed and ease with which information moves from place to place ,it has greatly accelerated the rate of scientific and technological changes and growth in industry. Beyond doubt it has seriouslyweekend if not killed the ancient art of letter writing. It has made living alone possible for persons with normal social impulses; by so doing, it has played a role in one of the greatest social changes of this century, the breakup of the multi-generational house-hold. It has made the war chillingly more efficient than formerly. Perhaps, though not provably(可证实)，it has prevented wars that might have arisen out of internationalmisunderstanding caused by written communication. Or perhaps-again not provably-by magnifying and extending irrational personal conflicts based on voice contact, it has caused wars. Certainly it has extended the scope of human conflicts, since it impartially disseminates(传播) the useful knowledge of scientists and the nonsense of scientists and the nonsense of the ignorant, the affection of the affectionate and the malice(恶意)of the malicious.

Question:
According to the passage, it is the telephone that _______.
A. has made letter writing an art
B. has prevented wars by avoiding written communication
C. has made the world different from what it was
D. has caused wars by magnifying and extending human conflicts.
答案及说明：
本段所提的几个问题都与其前段有关。答案A源自文中：Beyond doubt it has seriously weakened if mot killed the ancient art of letter writing ,但其意与A选择意相反。
答案B，从原文可以推理得到，该项的观点没有得到证明。
答案C，原文没有直接提到。它只是说电话大大提高了科学技术发展变化的速度，加速了工业的增长。
答案D，是正确的。原文" Certainly it has extended the scope of human conflicts..."一句。

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• illness [´ilnis] n.生病，不健康，疾病 (初中英语单词)
• injury [´indʒəri] n.伤害；毁坏；侮辱 (初中英语单词)
• remote [ri´məut] a.遥远的；偏僻的 (初中英语单词)
• residence [´rezidəns] n.居住(期间)；住宅 (初中英语单词)
• scientific [,saiən´tifik] a.科学(上)的 (初中英语单词)
• seriously [´siəriəsli] ad.严肃；严重，重大 (初中英语单词)
• writing [´raitiŋ] n.书写；写作；书法 (初中英语单词)
• normal [´nɔ:məl] a.正规的 n.正常状态 (初中英语单词)
• formerly [´fɔ:məli] ad.从前，以前 (初中英语单词)
• international [,intə´næʃənəl] a.国际的，世界的 (初中英语单词)
• communication [kə,mju:ni´keiʃən] n.通信；通讯联系 (初中英语单词)
• contact [´kɔntækt] n.接触；联系 v.联络 (初中英语单词)
• ignorant [´ignərənt] a.无知的，愚昧的 (初中英语单词)
• affection [ə´fekʃən] n.友爱；慈爱 (初中英语单词)
• elevator [´eliveitə] n.电梯；升降机 (高中英语单词)
• efficient [i´fiʃənt] a.有效的，有能力的 (高中英语单词)
• nonsense [´nɔnsəns] n.胡说 int.胡说!废话 (高中英语单词)
• affectionate [ə´fekʃənit] a.亲爱的 (高中英语单词)
• weekend [´wi:kend, ,wi:k´end] n.周末休假 (英语四级单词)
• arisen [ə´rizn] arise的过去分词 (英语四级单词)
• misunderstanding [,misʌndə´stændiŋ] n.误解；隔阂 (英语六级单词)
• extended [iks´tendid] a.伸长的；广大的 (英语六级单词)