下面我们来看看间接引语。首先我们要知道，在文章中间，间接引语的形式不仅仅局限在say that中，我们还需要注意诸如argue, think, consider, hold, insist, quarrel, feel等词汇。例如在Cet-4 2002.1的一篇阅读中：

　　Some pessimistic experts feel that …. Other authorities, however, think the auto is here to stay. They hold that the car will….

　　What is the author's attitude toward the future autos?

　　A. enthusiastic

　　B. pessimistic

　　C. optimistic

　　D. cautious

　　这里我们可以知道客观事实中，专家对汽车的未来有两种看法，而根据下文的内容，我们发现作者是在谈论未来的汽车的，那么代表作者支持了后一种专家的看法。如Cet-4 2004.6中一篇阅读中：

　　For decades educators fought his idea that …. They assumed language must be based on speech….

　　Most educators objected to Stokoe's idea because they thought ______.

　　A. sign language was not extensively used even by deaf people

　　B. sign language was too artificial to be wide accepted

　　C. a language should be easy to use and understand

　　D. a language could only exist in the form of speech sounds

　　通过文章里他们说的内容，很容易得到正确答案。

　　最近的一次四级考试中，…President Bush certainly thinks so. He has argued that tapping ANWR's oil would help ease California electricity crisis and provide a major boost to the country's energy independence….

　　What does President Bush think of tapping oil in ANWR?

　　A. It will exhaust the nation's oil reserves.

　　B. It will help secure the future of ANWR.

　　C. It will help reduce the nation's oil imports.

　　D. It will increase American's energy consumption.

　　我们通过argued可以定位到布什所讲话的内容，通过分析，可以知道他的观点有两个：一，减轻加州电力危机；二，推进国家能源独立。通过对选项的分析，得出正确选项。

　　加强对间接引语的敏感，可以让我们在进行阅读的过程中，更加容易地对细节题目中题干的有效信息进行定位。