（三）解题策略
此类试题一般不会是时间顺序、逻辑顺序很强的说明文，而是以议论文为主。位置已经确定的段落一般在文章的首段、尾段或中间段。解题关键在于阅读各个段落时要把握它们的中心大意，并将各段的大意整合，理清它们之间的逻辑顺序。
具体而言，解题步骤如下：
1.精读已定段落，猜测主题
由于排序题逻辑严密性较强，一般来说所谈内容的中心单一，一旦通过已经确定位置的段落判定出文章的主题，那么在下一步的通读选项中，就会有意识地确定每个选项内容与中心的关系。
2.浏览选项，明确各段大意
一边浏览各段内容，一边圈定主题词及主题句，结合上一步中已经猜测到的主题，从中归纳各段的主题思想，同时注意各段尾句可能出现的拓展信息。
3.以已定段落为轴心，寻找相邻段落
各段主题思想确定，全文的主题也明确后，集中分析题中给出的已经被确定位置的段落，利用前面所讲过的结构一致、语篇连续、衔接技巧寻找线索，考虑其可能承接或被承接的段落，依次确定邻近的段落。
4.重新整合文章，确定排序是否正确
根据前三个步骤，大体确定各段顺序后，再次回过头来按照排好的顺序快速阅读文章，体会全文的脉络是否通畅，检查各个段落之间是否有脱节现象。
【真题回放】
Directions: The following paragraphs are given in a wrong order. For Questions 41-45, you are required to reorganize these paragraphs into a coherent article by choosing from the list A-G to fill in each numbered box. The first and the last paragraphs have been placed for you in boxes.
[A]I just don't know how to motivate them to do a better job. We're in a budget crunch and I have absolutely no financial rewards at my disposal. In fact, we'll probably have to lay some people off in the near future. It’s hard for me to make the job interesting and challenging because it isn’t—it’s boring, routine paperwork, and there isn’t much you can do about it.
[B]Finally, I can't say to them that their promotions will hinge on the excellence of their paperwork. First of all, they know it's not true. If their performance is adequate, most are more likely to get promoted just by staying on the force a certain number of years than for some specific outstanding act. Second, they were trained to do the job they do out in the streets, not to fill out forms. All through their career it is the arrests and interventions that get noticed.
[C]I've got a real problem with my officers. They come on the force as young, inexperienced men, and we send them out on the street, either in cars or on a beat. They seem to like the contact they have with the public, the action involved in crime prevention, and the apprehension of criminals. They also like helping people out at fires, accidents, and other emergencies.
[D]Some people have suggested a number of things like using conviction records as a performance criterion. However, we know that's not fair—too many other things are involved. Bad paperwork increases the chance that you lose in court, but good paperwork doesn't necessarily mean you'll win. We tried setting up team competitions based on the excellence of the reports, but the guys caught on to that pretty quickly. No one was getting any type of reward for winning the competition, and they figured why should they labor when there was no payoff.
[E]The problem occurs when they get back to the station. They hate to do the paperwork, and because they dislike it, the job is frequently put off or done inadequately. This lack of attention hurts us later on when we get to court. We need clear, factual reports. They must be highly detailed and unambiguous. As soon as one part of a report is shown to be inadequate or incorrect, the rest of the report is suspect. Poor reporting probably causes us to lose more cases than any other factor.
[F]So I just don't know what to do. I've been groping in the dark in a number of years. And I hope that this seminar will shed some light on this problem of mine and help me out in my future work.(https://www.daowen.com)
[G]A large metropolitan city government was putting on a number of seminars for administrators, managers and/or executives of various departments throughout the city. At one of these sessions the topic to be discussed was motivation—how we can get public servants motivated to do a good job.
The difficulty of a police captain became the central focus of the discussion.
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【策略应用】
◆精读已定段落，猜测主题
[G]段，即首段，第1句主要谈到了a number of seminars（一系列的研讨会），其中一个研讨会的主题是如何激励公务员做好工作，最后一句说警察局长的难题（the difficulty of a police captain）成了讨论的焦点。
[F]段，即尾段，根据其中出现的So I just don’t know what to do……I hope……shed some light on this problem……（尤其是so和this problem）推断，本文前面的内容是在解释“不知道该怎么做”的原因，而problem和首段中的difficulty为近义复现的关系。
结合首尾两段，我们可以猜测出文章的主题是警察局长所面临的难题。
◆浏览选项，明确各段大意
浏览[A]到[E]段，注意每段的主题词及主题句。[A]段谈到I just don’t know how to motivate them……（我只是不知道如何激励他们……）；[B]段谈到Finally, I can’t say to them……（最后，我不能对他们说……）；[C]段主题句为I’ve got a real problem……（我遇到了一个真正的难题）；[D]段是关于建议的；而[E]段是关于该难题的具体内容。
◆以已定段落为轴心，寻找相邻段落
首段末尾提到了警察局长所面临的难题，而本文就是围绕这一难题展开的，那么接下来一段应当具体指出难题到底是什么。在浏览过每段的第1句话后，考生会发现[C]段第1句话直截了当地点出话题：I’ve got a real problem with my officers，这与首段的最后一句连接自然，所以可以断定第41题答案为[C]。
[C]段的第1句话后提到，警长开始评价他的警员，表扬他们对公众的事积极、热心，由此看出这一段的内容较为正面，未涉及problem（难题）。按逻辑顺序，下一个段落应该出现转折，提出警员中存在的问题。浏览选项，[E]谈到一回到警局问题就出现了，此外该项的back to the station与[C]段中的on the street, either in cars or on a beat也构成了对比的关系。因此[E]段与上文连接最自然，为第42题答案。
[E]段在提出了警员中的问题并进一步说明了这个问题带来的麻烦之后，警长又是怎么去解决的呢？他的解决方式是否奏效？顺着这个思路，我们可以找出下两段应该是[A]和[B]，[B]的finally提示了[A]在前，[B]在后的顺序。因此第43题答案为[A]，第44题答案为[B]。
[A]和[B]提到警长毫无办法。难道就一点办法都没有吗？其他人是怎么看的？在[D]段中提到，有人建议通过判罪记录来评价，他们也进行过小组之间的比赛，但是没有什么效果。所以，警长殷切地希望能在研讨会上得到启发和帮助。由此看出，[D]与前后均衔接紧密，故为第45题的答案。
◆重新整合文章，确定排序是否正确
快速重读文章，看思路是否顺畅：首段提出了警察局长面临的问题；[C]段第1句话自然衔接，但只提及警员们的好的方面；由此[E]段在意思上出现转折，指出警察局长面临的问题具体是什么；在发现问题后，警察局长想要解决，却无能为力；于是他人提出建议，但也没有什么效果；最后一段警察局长希望研讨会能帮他走出困境。检验过后，发现这些段落组成了一篇通顺、完整的文章。