First, a brief analysis of the stylistic types of college entrance examination English reading: narrative, argumentative, explanatory and practical. [1] narrative. English narrative mainly describes people, events, places or processes. The characteristic is that its theme often lurks between the lines and is not directly expressed; The main idea of the article should be refined by observing the people and things revealed. Descriptive techniques are mostly developed according to time span, spatial order and up-and-down order. Reading narrative style should adopt skimming and scanning methods, quickly grasp the main content described in the article, grasp the coherence of the article as a whole, and then roughly guess the author's writing intention and emotional main line. Most narrative questions in college entrance examination reading are based on detailed understanding. [2] Argumentative paper. English argumentative writing usually consists of three parts: argument, argument and conclusion. Firstly, the argument is drawn with the help of a certain phenomenon, and then it is reasoned and demonstrated from all levels through certain arguments, and finally a conclusion is drawn. Argumentative writing mainly examines students' grasp of arguments and arguments. Therefore, when encountering argumentative writing style, we should grasp the main idea of the article and find out the author's point of view by grasping the topic sentence. Generally speaking, the author's argument is usually led out in the first paragraph of the article, followed by logical reasoning and demonstration of this argument, and finally the conclusion. It should also be noted that in the process of argumentation, the first sentence of each paragraph is the topic sentence of that paragraph. Grasping the full-text argument, clarifying the topic sentence of each paragraph, understanding the level of the article and finding the position of the central argument are the keys to understanding the argumentative essay. As far as argumentative writing is concerned, the common structural patterns of argumentative writing are: 1, total score-total score; Subtotal; Total-Points-Total; 2. There is an equal relationship between several parallel arguments; 3. There is a progressive relationship between several progressive arguments; 4. Contrast two things and highlight one of them. [3] Description text. The overall structure of English expository writing usually consists of three parts, namely, object, process and abstract. Common interpretation methods: 1, definition and explanation; 2. Examples and quotations; 3. Classification and chart description; 4. Comparison and metaphor; 5. Analysis and comprehensive explanation; As far as the reading of English expository articles in NMET is concerned, we should first grasp the main points of the article, that is, grasp the substantive characteristics of the explained object; Find out from which angle and level the author began to elaborate; And understand the conclusion at the end of the article. Explanatory reading materials for college entrance examination usually introduce the latest technology, great achievements, lifestyles and popular phenomena. The key to answering questions is to understand the writing skills and methods of explanatory writing, and to clarify the structure of the essay and the central idea of the paragraph [4] practical writing. English practical writing belongs to the applied style, such as letters, notices, diaries and advertisements. When reading practical writing, we should pay attention to grasping and understanding the specific details of the text, and make clear the actual information conveyed by the author and the specific content expressed. When reading, take the method of combining fast reading with intensive reading, and strive to find out the key content of the test questions quickly and accurately. Second, English reading comprehension answering skills The common forms of reading comprehension in the college entrance examination are: guessing the meaning, the general idea, knowing the details, and reasoning. Different types of questions have different answering skills. Let's briefly analyze the answering skills of different types of questions. 1, which means guessing skills. This type of question requires guessing the meaning of the underlined new words in the article. This type of question requires not only a certain word formation, but also a comprehensive understanding of the context. When guessing the meaning of words, we should pay attention to underline the attributive clauses and appositive clauses behind new words. Attributive clauses and appositive clauses are usually used to explain the meaning of new words. In addition, we should also pay attention to punctuation marks after new words, such as commas, dashes, quotation marks, brackets, etc., which can be used to prompt the meaning of words. Sometimes, the meaning of a word is hidden in the whole article or a paragraph, and it is necessary to grasp the artistic conception of the paragraph to fully understand the meaning of the word. 2. Skills to grasp the main idea. Generally speaking, the central idea of an argumentative paper is either in the first paragraph or in the last paragraph. When the main idea of the article is in the first paragraph, the following paragraphs are usually the process of deductive argument; At the end of a paragraph, it is usually the previous paragraph that tells the truth and makes sense, and finally summarizes the main idea of the full text. The main idea of explanatory text is usually located in the first paragraph; Some narrative themes are located in the opening paragraph (such as news reports, current affairs latitude and longitude, etc.) , in the opening position, to achieve the effect of straight to the point), but the narrative theme is mostly hidden in the article, so it is necessary to sort out the context of the article, dig out the connotation of the article and grasp the author's intention. 3. Inference of question and answer skills. Inference is based on the existing information to get the connotation meaning that conforms to the content of the article, that is, a question or an idea is not directly expressed, but is hidden between the lines of the article, which requires that some connotation meanings that conform to the author's thoughts and the logic of the article are deduced through the information analysis in the article. Inference refers to the logical comprehensive analysis of the article and the meaning that is not directly stated in the article. Whether the inference is correct or not depends largely on whether the author can correctly grasp the tone and viewpoint hidden between the lines. 4. Answer skills for detailed questions. The answers to detailed questions are usually solved by searching for specific information in the text. When answering questions, we should skim, scan, analyze and read intensively to find out the answers from the text. Detailed questions often ask about time, place, people, quantity, characteristics, etc. Expand reading: 1. Reading can adopt the following methods: (1) Skipping reading: it is a quick one-step reading method. In fact, there is a choice between reading and finding keywords. It is the most effective way to answer questions such as who, what, when and where. (2) Skimming: refers to a two-step reading method that is slower than skipping. That is, read quickly and roughly, in order to understand the general idea of the article and have a general concept of the article. This reading method can answer questions such as why and how. (3) Intensive reading: that is, the most meticulous and slowest in-depth reading method, with the purpose of understanding and mastering all the meanings of the articles read. 2. Try to do the following when using reading skills: (1) Read the passage with questions. (2) Find out the topic sentences and determine the central idea. (3) Inferring the meaning of words, sentences and articles. (4) Choose the answer as soon as possible. Second, the characteristics of different genres of articles 1, narrative narrative can be divided into biography and story. Time is the key to reading the full text of biographical articles. According to the time, you can find relevant events and grasp the main content of the article. Story articles have strong plots. When reading, pay attention to the time, place, people and events in the story. These are the main contents and information in the article, which is very important for understanding the article accurately. 2. Explanatory text is an article that introduces, explains or expounds the shape, nature, characteristics, achievements or functions of things. Grasping the characteristics and essence of things to be explained is the key to understanding expository texts. There are many ways to explain the characteristics of things, mainly including definition, explanation, comparison, analogy, figures, charts, quotations, examples and so on. (1) digital explanatory text When reading digital explanatory text, we should pay special attention to the meaning of numbers in the text, from which we can find the main content of the article. (2) Explain, explain and explain the essence, characteristics and functions of things. Many popular science articles fall into this category. When reading this kind of article, you should learn to solve such problems as what, how and why. They are the key to the article. If you can read with these questions, you will grasp the theme of the article faster. (3) Comparative expository writing is to explain the problem by comparison. When reading this kind of article, we should be good at grasping the basic tendency of the whole sentence. When talking about a controversial issue, the author always considers all aspects of the dispute. However, on the whole, the author's statement always tends to a certain point of view. 3. Practical writing covers a wide range, including advertisements, notices and letters. The general language of practical writing is concise, with many omitted and irregular sentences. When reading, candidates are generally required to fully grasp the information provided by the article and use this information to solve problems. Therefore, the understanding of the stem is particularly important. Reading comprehension questions are divided into objective comprehension questions (referring to the facts that exist objectively in a short passage, and the answers to objective information can generally be found in the original text. That is, to understand the specific facts or abstract concepts in the article) and subjective understanding questions (it is impossible to find the answer directly from the original text, so we must have a deeper understanding of the main idea and deep meaning of the article by reading it, and judge and reason accordingly). Among them, understanding the details and guessing the meaning of words are objective problems; Theme questions and reasoning questions belong to subjective questions. According to different types of questions, students are guided and explained in the usual practice process, combined with specific types of questions. For objective questions, remind them to pay attention to the details of the article when reading, such as time, place or some specific figures. When choosing an answer, you must find the exact basis from the original text.