以12月大学英语四级和六级的真题为例，为大家分析一下备考英语四级和六级，应该选择外刊上什么类型的文章看比较合适09年12月大学英语四级真题中文章来源如下（除听力）： 快速阅读：Colleges taking another look at value of merit-based aid 出自USA Today 选词填空：Childhood: Fathers Influence a Child’s Language Development 出自NY Times 传统阅读一：What Michelle Can Teach Us出自Newsweek 传统阅读二：A Global Headhunt出自Newsweek 完形填空：Older people's education 'neglected' 出自卫报http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/jan/20/furthereducation-longtermcare 09年12月英语六级真题中文章来源如下（除听力）： 快速阅读：Bosses say 'yes' to home work 出自卫报http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2005/may/26/businesssolutionssupplement3 简短回答：Driving and mobile phones : Just shut up, will you 出自经济学人 传统阅读一：Shortage of primary care threatens health care system 出自USA Today 传统阅读二：The Toxic Paradox 出自NY Times 完形填空： Fast food firms taken to task after survey of street litter 出自卫报http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jan/13/fast-food-litter-mcdonalds-greggs 从中我们可以看出，大学英语四六级阅读选材的外刊还是国外比较主流的媒体。
所不同的是：四级文章选材偏教育，六级文章选材偏向生活建议：经常阅读以下国外报刊专栏对通过大学英语四六级考试有利1. USA Today 2. NY Times 3. Newsweek 4. Guardianhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/education2010年6月四级：快速阅读： 听写部分来自美国上世纪杰出报刊 Saturday Evening Post Almost every child, on the first day he sets foot in a school building, is smarter, more (36) , less afraid of what he doesn't know, better at finding and (37) things out, more confident, resourceful (机敏的), persistent and (38) than he will ever be again in his schooling – or, unless he is very (39) and very lucky, for the rest of his life. 3. Part IV Reading Comprehension 阅读理解 第一题来自美国时代周刊 When we think of green buildings, we tend to think of new ones – the kind of high-tech, solar-paneled masterpieces that make the covers of architecture magazines. 第二题来自美国时代周刊 第三题：The $11 billion self-help industry is built on the idea that you should turn negative thoughts like "I never do anything right" into positive ones like "I can succeed." 来自美国时代周刊 Part V Cloze 完型填空部分来自Google Books ,但实际上是2000年Economist 上的一篇文章 The Internet book: everything you need to know about computer networking .hk/search?tbs=bks%3A1&tbo=1&hl=zh-CN&q=The+term+ecommerce+refers+to+all+commercial+transactions+conducted+over++the+Internet2C+including+transactions+by+consumers+and+business-to-business+transactions.+Conceptually%2C+e-commerce+does+not&btnG=%E6%90%9C%E7%B4%A2%E5%9B%BE%E4%B9%A6 这些报纸期刊都是2003-2010年大学生英语四六级考试阅读题目、完型填空、复合听写等题目的重要出处。
1. 美国华盛顿邮报 时代周刊 英国卫报http://www.guardian.co.uk/5.美国洛杉矶时报 美国国家地理 美国读者文摘 美国经济学家。