熟练掌握以下连接词与连接语，就能充分把握住作者的意图和考题的出题思路，所以希望考生能对之要牢记在心。了解了这些连接词与连接语的不同功能后，相信你一定会在阅读理解上有所收获。一般把连接词与连接语分为以下三类：

1、表明事件发生的时间顺序：

then, first, at once, next,

after that, previously, while, when, the

following day, etc

2、表明文章的组织结构：

1)Listing: firstly, in the first place,

secondly, thirdly, my next point is,

last/finally, etc。

2)Illustrating: for example/ for instance, to

illustrate, an example/ instance of this is,

let’s take….., take…. for example, etc。

3)Re-stating: in other words, that is to say,

to put it another way, let me put it this way,

or rather, namely, etc。

4)Referring: in this respect, in that

connection, as we said, apart from this, etc。

5)Resuming: to resume, to return to the

previous point, getting back to the argument,

etc。

6)Summarizing: to sum up, in short, it amounts

to this, what I have been saying is this, etc。

7)Emphasizing: it is worth noting, I would

like to direct your attention to, let us

consider, we must now turn to, I shall begin by,

etc。