代词坑最多，口诀记好：
比较别乱比：“加拿大比亚洲任何国家都大”这种话不能说，中国也在亚洲呢，自己比自己不成立。记住：比的范围包含自己，就用 `any other` 排除自己；不包含自己，直接用 `any`。比如“中国比亚洲任何其他国家大”。
Every 后面跟单数：像“Every boy and girl ______ it”，动词要用单数 `likes`，别看“and”就觉得是复数。
Which 和 What 看范围：二选一或范围明确的选 `which` (比如“I don't know which is better, so I've taken both of them”)；范围大开大合的才用 `what`。
状语从句和时态也有雷：
Before 不止“之前”：`It may be some time before the situation improves` 意思是“得过一阵子情况才会好转”，常考。
Since 从句看动词：`It's three years since I smoked` 意思是“我三年了”，不是“我抽了三年烟”。
情态动词推过去：`couldn't have done` (过去不可能做了)，`might have done` (过去可能做了)，`needn't have done` (过去本不必做但做了)，这几个用法是高频考点。
作文直接套满分的：
标题：夏令营申请邮件
范文：
`Dear Sir or Madam,
My name is Li Hua, a middle school student from China. I've learned on the Internet that your summer camp, which is going to be held in Singapore, is round the corner. I am really interested in it.
I can speak English quite fluently and won first prize in an English speech contest last year. I hope to join not only to introduce China to students from other countries, but also to learn more about their cultures.
I'm looking forward to your reply.
Regards,
Li Hua`
听力现在题型变了，但2012年真题里这俩思路还能用：
男的说“电影7点开始，但咱们7:15到就行”，问题问电影几点开始，答案还是7点，别被后面的时间干扰。
问“对话可能发生在哪”，留心关键词，比如“这本书在哪”、“借书”多半在图书馆。
完形和阅读的真题现在网上还能找到带详解的，重点看答案怎么分析句子和逻辑。语法填空和改错就盯着上面那些代词、从句、时态坑练，刷2012年的题主要就图这个。