在雅思阅读中，很多同学会遇到这种情况，平时老师讲的大写、数字等定位词在题干中根本找不到，这个时候该怎么办呢？今天就给大家来分享下关于雅思阅读的定位核心技巧——隐性定位词。

一、Proportion=%

题干出现proportion，可以考虑原文是以百分比的形式出现。举个例子，比如C9-2-1的第6题：

Question 1-6

Reading Passage 1 has nine sections,A-l.

Which section contains the following information?

Write the correct letter,A-l,in boxes 1-6 on your answer sheet.

6.the estimated proportion of children in New Zealand with auditory problems

对应原文：

The Impact of Hearing Loss on Young Children

A.Hearing impairment or other auditory function deficit in young children can have a major impact on their development of speech and communication,resulting in a detrimental effect on their ability to leam at school.This is likely to have major consequences for the individual and the population as a whole.The New Zealand Ministry of Health has found from research carried out over two decades that 6-10%of children in that country are affected by hearing loss.

因此第6题选A

二、Payment=?

题干出现payment，可以考虑原文是以货币符号的形式出现。举个例子，比如C5-1-1的第12题：

Question 8-13

Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1?

In boxes 8-J3 on your answer sheet,write

TRUE if the statement agrees with the information

FALSE if the statement contradicts the information

NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

12.Johnson only received payment for his Dictionary on its completion.

对应原文：

E.Johnson signed the contract for the Dictionary with the bookseller Robert Dosley at a breakfast held at the Golden Anchor Inn near Holborn Bar on 18 June 1764.He was to be paid?1,575 in instalments,and from this he took money to rent 17 Gough Square,in which he set up his'dictionary workshop'.James Boswell,his biographer,described the garret where Johnson worked as'fitted up like a counting house'with a long desk running down the middle at which the copying clerks would work standing up.

原文说的是分期in instalments，而题干说的是only...completion，因此是False。

三、Earlier=time

题干出现earlier，可以考虑原文是以时间的形式出现。举个例子，比如C11-1-3的第27题：

Question 27-29

Reading Passage 3 has eight paragraphs A-H.

Which paragraph contains the following information?

Write the correct letter,A-H,in boxes 27-29 on your answer sheet.

27.mention of a geo-engineering project based on an earlier natural phenomenon

对应原文：

D.The concept of releasing aerosol sprays into the stratosphere above the Arctic has been proposed by several scientists.This would involve using sulphur or hydrogen sulphide aerosols so that sulphur dioxide would form clouds,which would,in turn,lead to a global dimming.The idea is modelled on historic volcanic explosions,such as that of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines in 1991,which led to a short-term cooling of global temperatures by 0.5℃.Scientists have also scrutinised whether it's possible to preserve the ice sheets of Greenland with reinforced high-tension cables,preventing icebergs from moving into the sea.

原文出现时间的地方描述historic volcanic explosions,such as that of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines，such as举例子，historic volcanic explosions对应natural phenomenon，因此选D。

四、Refer to as=proper nouns

题干出现refer to as，可以考虑原文是以专有名词的形式出现。举个例子，比如C5-4-3的第35题：

Question 34-40

Complete the sentences.

Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage for each answer.

Write your answers in boxes 34-40 on your answer sheet.

35.Plants which do not respond to light levels are referred to as.

对应原文：

For example,some species of birds'breeding can be induced even in midwinter simply by increasing day length artificially(Wolfson 1964).Other examples of photoperiodism occur in plants.A short-day plant flowers when the day is less than a certain critical length.A long-day plant flowers after a certain critical day length is exceeded.In both cases the critical day length differs from species to species.Plants which flower after a period of vegetative growth,regardless of photoperiod,are known as day-neutral plants.

回原文寻读，找到day-neutral plants是以斜体形式出现，且前面有限定are known as，可以确定是专有名词，do not respond to light levels对应regardless of photoperiod，所以填day-neutral plants。

根据以上的分析，大家不难发现，即使题干没有出现明显定位词，我们也能够通过题干其他提示词，按图索骥找到对应的原文，终确定答案。所以希望大家平时在练习的时候多留心这类的定位词，不断熟练，做到能够定位，准确解题。