TEXT The airport, though, is here to stay. To protect it, the new coastline is being bolstered with a formidable twelve kilometers of sea defences. The brunt of a typhoon will be deflected by the neighbouring island of Lantau (10題考點所在); the sea walls (11題考點所在) should guard against the rest. Gentler but more persistent bad weather – downpours of the summer monsoon (12題考點所在) – is also being taken into account. A mat-like material called geotextile (13題考點所在) is being laid across the island to separate the rock and sand layers. That will stop sand particles from being washed into the rock voids, and so causing further settlement. This island is being built never to be sunk.

這是一組只有四題的Local的Summary，只對應文章中最后一個段落。雖然很斷，但很清楚，原文中所標明的考點位置仍然明確地體現(xiàn)出了原題空與空之間、句與句之間的邏輯關系和順序。這一現(xiàn)象其實在大量的Summary題目中都存在。

二、主旨or細節(jié)？

再說第一要素Gist/Detail。盡管由于近年來Local的Summary比較活躍，題目所考察的信息有時候相當具體。但作為一段連續(xù)文字、完整句子構(gòu)成的段落，語句之間沒有任何關聯(lián)式無論如何讓人難以想象的事情。

應當指出，說Summary是偏Gist的題型，或者體現(xiàn)出對Gist考察的題型，并不等于最后填空的答案就是文章大意。這是兩個概念。和Heading直接以段落主題為主要信息考察點，并且答案常常就是段落TS的改寫不一樣的是，Summary對于主旨性，結(jié)構(gòu)性信息的考察更多體現(xiàn)在過程中。我們用于填寫的或者選擇的答案往往只是單詞或詞組，這意味著他們本身并不足以體現(xiàn)出大意，但一兩個點睛的信號詞（signposts）則可以清楚地表明題目各考察點的邏輯關系在原文中的對應，從而讓我們得以到達最后一步，極大地提高解題過程的速度和準確性。

{結(jié)論}

Summary的考點詞也許是細節(jié)的，但分析定位出這些考點需要的輔助信息往往仍然是結(jié)構(gòu)性的。

我們再次利用上面的例子來進行說明。

Questions 10-13

The island will be partially protected from storms by … (10)… and also by … (11) … Further settlement caused by … (12) … will be prevented by the use of … (13) …

TEXT The airport, though, is here to stay. To protect it, the new coastline is being bolstered with a formidable twelve kilometers of sea defences. The brunt of a typhoon will be deflected by the neighbouring island of Lantau (10題考點所在); the sea walls (11題考點所在) should guard against the rest. Gentler but more persistent bad weather – downpours of the summer monsoon (12題考點所在) – is also being taken into account. A mat-like material called geotextile (13題考點所在) is being laid across the island to separate the rock and sand layers. That will stop sand particles from being washed into the rock voids, and so causing further settlement. This island is being built never to be sunk.