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首先我们要判断出这个题目是个段落推断题，对于该题的识别分为以下三种情况。第一种是比较传统也是比较常见的问法“What can we infer (imply, learn, suggest, indicate, conclude) from paragraph X? It can be inferred from paragraph X that..? What can be concluded from paragraph X?”，归纳起来，就是问我们“从某一段推断出什么”。第二种是是非提问法“Which of the following is true?”但是大家注意，出现这种提问方式时，不能位于最后一题(第五题)，否则它就可能是主旨大意题。近几年还出现了新式的问法“Which of the following best represents author’s view?”，同样，这种提问方式也不能出现在末题。
对于该题型的识别不仅仅局限在上述三种提问方式，还值得大家注意的是它与细节推断题的区分，不妨来观察两个题干：(2008年 text 3)34. We learn from the last paragraph that in the near future ______.(2005年 text 1)25. What can we infer from the last paragraph?第一个题干虽然带有“learn”这样的提示词，但是在题干后边还提到一个细节信息“in the near future”，所以在解这道题时我们需要根据细节信息回到段落中定位，这个题叫做“细节推断题”，我们是以细节题的思路来解题。而对于第二个题干，就是纯粹问“通过最后一段可以推断出什么”，没有拖泥带水，这就是所谓的“段落推断题”。
通过上述讲解，相信大家对于段落推断的识别没有什么问题了，那我再分享一下它的解题思路。以前，很多小伙伴拿到这样的题目后会通读整个段落，浪费时间而且出错率高。对于这类题，我们研究了历年试题后发现，段落推断题的答案往往集中在段落转折、段首或段末的位置。所以以后大家在解题时，先去寻找段落中有没有转折，再去关注首句，其次是末句。接下来通过例题直观感受一下。
(2015年 text 3)The journal Science is adding an extra round of statistical checks to its peer-review process, editor-in-chief Marcia McNutt announced today. The policy follows similar efforts from other journals, after widespread concern that basic mistakes in data analysis are contributing to the irreproducibility of many published research findings.
31. It can be learned from Paragraph 1 that ______.
[A] Science intends to simplify its peer-review process
[B] journals are strengthening their statistical checks
[C] few journals are blamed for mistakes in data analysis
[D] lack of data analysis is common in research projects
解析：B。通过题干识别出这是段落推断题，然后回到文中找定位句，发现没有转折，接下来看首句，其中首句逗号之前的是有用信息“The journal Science is adding an extra round of statistical checks to its peer-review process”，所以同义替换B项。
