轉(zhuǎn)折
一些明顯的轉(zhuǎn)折詞包括but、however、yet（謂語(yǔ)句首）、 though、on the contrary； Although/ While/ In spite of/ Despite——，——；等，轉(zhuǎn)折詞前后的意思一般來說都是相反的，而作者往往偏重轉(zhuǎn)折處后面的內(nèi)容。因此，在閱讀過程中看到轉(zhuǎn)折詞，考生能做上標(biāo)志以方便做題時(shí)候的查找。
【真題回放2008-Text3】
The trend in sports， though， may be obscuring an unrecognized reality： Americans have generally stopped growing.
35. The text intends to tell us that
[A] the change of human height follows a cyclic pattern.
[B] human height is becoming even more predictable.
[C] Americans have reached their genetic growth limit.
[D] the genetic pattern of Americans has altered.