Abstract:A lot of people like reading, but they do not know how to use the useful methods to read. In fact, the right method is important and necessary. This paper will introduce four skills of reading: previewing, skimming, scanning and inferring and discuss how they will be applied in an examination. I hope the skills will help English learners improve their reading abilities.

Key words: previewing; skimming; scanning; inferring

中文摘要:许多人都喜欢阅读，却苦于找不到有效的方法。事实上，正确的方法能起到事半功倍的作用。在这，我向大家介绍四种快速阅读的方法：预览，略读，查读，研读以及这四种阅读技巧在考试中的阅读部分的运用。希望对英语学习者的阅读能力的提高能有所帮助， 让学生在考试中取得好成绩。

关键词 预览; 略读; 查读; 研读