取反是GRE阅读常考技巧之一，在取反中，时间取反又是一类非常重要的题型。
在GRE阅读推断题中，如果出现了时间对立，那我们一般会考虑时间取反的逻辑，那如果时间出现在其它题型中，会怎么设置考点呢？
例
①The United States Civil Rights movement, which began in the 1950s and gained momentum in the 1960s and 1970s, owed a heavy debt to African American newspapers. ②This is not to suggest that the African American press caused the Civil Rights era. ③But its continual push from 1910 to 1950 or more African American rights, using a compelling form of advocacy journalism rather than the standard objective newspaper style, allowed those who in the 1950s began pushing nationally for equality to start at a far higher level than if the African American press had not existed. ④This point has largely been missed by many Americans, who seen to believe the Civil Rights era erupted from a standstill like a dormant geyser. ⑤But that is not how history occurs.
2. According to the passage, African American newspapers contributed to the Civil Rights movement primarily by
A. exposing bias in supposedly objective newspaper accounts
B. connecting the movement's leaders with local communities
C. providing a platform for leaders to be heard by a wide audience
D. laying the groundwork for a later national effort
E. building momentum for efforts that were already in progress
本题作为GRE阅读考试中的基本题型，according to the passage，相信大家已经做过很多了，核心思路：定位 同义替换。
而本题的定位也不难，问非裔美国人的报纸对民权运动的贡献，我们可以定位到第三句。
接下来ABC可以通过以下逻辑排除：
❀ A中exposing bias无中生有，文中说的是没有使用客观新闻的报道方式；
❀ B与C两个选项均无中生有，在定位句中找不到对应的依据。
而本题中，大家真正纠结的其实就是D和E的判定。
非裔美国人报纸的贡献对应第三句中allowed those who in the 1950s began pushing nationally for equality to start at a far higher level than if the African American press had not existed，可知这些报纸让平权运动以更高的起点开始，所以能够对应到D选项，laying the groundwork；
而E选项错就错在，时间上的不对应，E中描述的是为已经开始的运动（already in progress）提供动力，而正如上文提到，报纸的贡献是让运动以更高的起点开始。
总结起来就是，原文和D选项说的都是运动发生前，而E选项说的是运动发生后，所以不对。
真经GRE
总结，阅读中出现时间信息，一定要仔细进行验证。而如果推断题中出现时间，那又是另一个故事了。
