题干：Although English was then overtaken by German, it developed again in the 19th century as a direct result of the industrial revolution.

　　原文：In the following century much of this momentum was lost as German established itself as the leading European language of science. … However, in the 19th century scientific English again enjoyed substantial lexical growth as the industrial revolution created the need for new technical vocabulary.

　　题干中出现的两种逻辑关系均在原文中对应出现。一是表示转折关系的although, 对应于原文中的however；二是表示因果关系的as a direct result of 对应于原文中表因果的逻辑关系词as。很显然，这对于题干信息的定位意义重大。

　　3.剑5 / P70 / Q25-26

　　题干：To deal with this, Stanley suggests the use of artificial floods in the short term, and increasing the amount of water available through desalination in the longer term.

　　原文：In the immediate future, Stanley believes that one solution would be to make artificial floods to flush out the delta waterways, in the same way that natural floods did before the construction of the dams. He says, however, that in the long term an alternative process such as desalination may have to be used to increase the amount of water available.

　　题干中出现了表示递进的逻辑关系词in the short term … in the longer term …。快速查读原文，可定位于文中相同的逻辑结构in the immediate future … in the long term …。

　　另外，对雅思真题文章进行精读训练的同学会发现，除了以上两大功能之外，逻辑关系词在原文中的位置还常常是命题考点最集中的地方。因此学习和掌握逻辑关系词在阅读中的功能和作用，将对提高答题的速度起关键性的作用。同时，能够熟练运用逻辑关系词对于写出条理清楚，层次分明的雅思作文也大有帮助。

　　附：雅思考试中常见的逻辑关系词

　　1.表示并列关系

　　likewise once again/once more in (much) the same way (manner) similarly/similar to vice versa also/as well as not only … but also … both … and … neither … nor … like/just like as/just as equally namely or and

　　2.表示转折关系

　　but/yet/whereas however otherwise in contrast (to) conversely though/although nevertheless unlike in spite of despite on the contrary even if/even though

　　on the one hand …, on the other hand … instead (of) not as … as … rather than even so vary different from differ from

　　while

　　3.表示举例

　　for example/for instance/e.g. such as that is/namely/i.e.

　　in other words in general/in particular a case in point is especially specifically

　　4.表示因果关系

　　as a result as a consequence consequently so/therefore/thus then for this reason hence accordingly because/because of owing to thanks to on account of

　　since due to …, for as this is why

　　5.表示递进关系

　　and then as well as again another also/too in addition (to) additionally additional besides (that) moreover furthermore not only … but also … what’s more

　　6.表示让步关系

　　though/although while even though/even if nevertheless in spite of/despite admittedly

　　7. 表示总结

　　in a word in brief in short above all all in all on the whole in general to conclude/in conclusion to sum up/to summarize/in summary