Reading: hooks, order, and scope
Three task types, three skills
Part 1 is 选词填空: short passages with blanks. Decide by 词性 first (noun, verb, adverb), then 固定搭配, then 语境. Part 2 is 排列顺序: five sentences to order into a paragraph. Part 3 is 阅读理解: several passages testing detail, inference, main idea and attitude.
Traps
In 选词填空, options often share a meaning but differ in collocation or part of speech: 提高 goes with 水平/效率, 改善 with 条件/环境, 丰富 with 内容/经验. In 排列顺序, sentences beginning with 这/那/他/因此/另外 are almost never first; look for 时间词 (起初, 随后, 最终), 关联词 pairs, and pronoun chains. In 阅读理解, wrong options 偷换范围 (some becomes all), 绝对化 (都, 一定, 完全), 因果倒置, or 无中生有 - plausible in real life but absent from the text.
Worked example
Order: ①他每天坚持练习 ②因此进步很快 ③刚学的时候很吃力 ④经过半年的努力 Answer: ③④①②. ③ sets the background, ④ gives a time span, ① states the habit, ② closes with 因此. Starting with ② fails because 因此 needs a stated cause.
Rule of thumb
For every blank or option, find the textual hook - a collocation, a pronoun, or a connector - before trusting general plausibility. The passage, not your own knowledge, decides.