选择题是许多考生从学习英语初期就开始接触的题型，与复杂多变的配对题不同，由于做题步骤简单易懂，很多考生都会忽略选择题的学习和复习。但实际上在雅思考试中，选择题常常出现在Passage 2和Passage 3的中，难度实际比较高，其主要难点并不在定位上，而在对于文章信息的理解深度考察上。现在雅思考试的趋势是选择题题干越来越长，选项间相似性也比较高，每一个选项在文中似乎都有对应的信息点，所以从理解程度和阅读速度来说对于考生都是不小的挑战。今天就从这两点来深挖一下考官的出题陷阱以及应对方式。
如何避免掉坑？——识别三大陷阱
我们先来看一道小题：
These conclusions are the result of extensive research carried out over the past 20 years around various countries into the effect of banning tobacco advertising. In Scotland it was found that the incidence of smoking fell by 30% in the 18-24 age group after legislation prohibiting the advertising of tobacco products in all print media was introduced. A separate piece of research in the United States of America found that when tobacco advertising was banned in 34 states, this reduced the level of smoking by 50%.
What were the findings of the research in Scotland:
A. anti-smoking legislation was more effective in the USA
B. advertising of tobacco products had less effect on old than on young people
展开全文C. the legislation was unpopular with the print media
D. almost a third of young people stopped smoking after the legislation
这里由于题干中出现的Scotland直接从本段的第二句话读起即可，这里30%对应D选项中的a third，18-24 age group 对应young people，答案选D即可。但实际上很多同学会被干扰选项迷惑，A选项将Scotland与USA进行比较，但实际上文章中两个国家的戒烟情况给出数据的组别是不对等的。B选项old people在文中没有明确给出，C选项print media虽然在文中提到，但并没有提出unpopular这个特征因此也是无关选项。
从上面的例题中可以总结选择题考试三大常见陷阱：
1. 数字动手脚
2. 比较关系做文章
3. 指示代词易出现
大家在解题的时候要谨防出现包含这样特征的陷阱选项：
1）无：文中没有提及
2）反：跟原文矛盾
3）极：词过于极端
4）斥：跟原文不一致
5）乱：部分同义替换；主谓搭配混乱
如何顺利上岸？——精准定位
雅思考试中选择题的定位实际不是难点，通常题干中就已经给出了很明显的定位词可以帮助我们很快的定位到自然段，但实际上阅读整个自然段信息再去做题会非常耗时。阅读考试争分夺秒，做题耗时过长会直接影响终得分，因此具备精准定位能力是十分必要的。通常建议同学在遇到一组细节选择题考察的时候不要一次阅读过多题目，因为雅思阅读选择题一般情况下是题文同序的，做完一题再找下一题即可。精准定位可以遵循下列几个原则：

1. 实验看结果： discovery, findings, ... found that..., It seems that...
（实验信息相关段落基本都遵循实验目的、参与对象、过程、结论这样的顺序描述，因此解题时可以快速定位到结论部分，通常在段尾）
2. 例子看观点： 重点看例子前后句
3. 人物观点题： 直接引语、间接引语、according to等
请看剑桥11 Test2 Passage3 Neuroaesthetics中的一道选择题
28. Angenlina Hawley-Dolan's fingdings indicate that people
A mostly favour works of art which they know well.
B hold fixed ideas about what makes a good work of art.
C are often misled by their initial expectations of a work of art.
D have the ability to perceive the intention behind works of art.
Angelina Hawley-Dolan, of Boston College, Massachusetts, responded to this debate by asking volunteers to view pairs of paintings - either the creations of famous abstract artists or the doodles of infants, chimps and elephants. They then had to judge which they preferred. A third of the paintings were given no captions, while many were labelled incorrectly -volunteers might think they were viewing a chimp's messy brushstrokes when they were actually seeing an acclaimed masterpiece. In each set of trials, volunteers generally preferred the work of renowned artists, even when they believed it was by an animal or a child. It seems that the viewer can sense the artist's vision in paintings, even if they can't explain why.
本题利用精准定位原则可以很快将目光锁定到后一句话，答案为D。
因此，对于此类题型我们一是要注意好时间分配，尽可能的精准定位到出题点的答案句，除此之外还要利用好排除法和判断题的解题思路，避开迷惑选项的陷阱，争取又快又好的完成此类题型。