阅读理解主旨大意题

阅读理解主旨大意题

). 主题型(topic、subject、main idea、general idea)主旨大意题的题干表现形式:

The main idea of the passage is…The passage is mainly about…

Which of the following statements best expresses the main idea of the passage?

What is the passage mainly about?

2). 目的(purpose)类主旨大意题

The passage is meant to ….The purpose of this article is to …

3). 标题(topic或title)类主旨大意题The best title for the passage might be…

1)If you were planning to buy a television set, the following advertisement would certainly draw your attention: “Color TV. Only ＄79. Two days sale. Hurry.”However, when you go to the store ready to buy. You may discover that they are sold out. But the shop assistant is quick to tell you that he has another model. A much better set which is “just right for you”It costs ＄395. This sales method is called “bait and switch”. Buyers are baited with a sales advertisement, and then they are switched to another more expensive one. Buying things on sale needs careful consideration of the goods and the reason for the sale.

The paragraph could be entitled _________.

A. Buying A TV Set

B. A Selling Method

C. Buyer Beware

D. TV On Sale

2)Tom studied four years at the University of Paris and decided to leave before his graduation. He transferred to the University of Berlin and graduated with honors. Harvard Law School and, later, Boston College provided him with an excellent legal background. He is presently a corporation lawyer in Miami, Florida.

The main idea of this paragraph is that ______.

A. Tom, who had studied at Paris Universities for four years, moved to another university.

B. Tom became a lawyer since his graduation from Harvard Law School and later from Boston College.

C. Tom was an excellent student when he studied at Berlin university.

D. Tom received an excellent education.

干扰项具有如下五个特点：

1. 以偏概全。干扰项只阐述了文章的一部分内容，也就是文章的局部信息。

2. 断章取义。干扰项常常以文章中的个别信息或个别字眼作为选项的设置内容，或者以次要的事实或细节冒充全文的主要观点。

3. 主题扩大。干扰项所归纳、概括的范围过大，超过文章实际所讨论的内容。

4. 张冠李戴。命题者有意地把属于A的特征放在B的身上，构成一个干扰项。考生不注意的情况下，会造成错选答案。

5. 无中生有，似是而非。有的干扰项中的关键词语好似在文章中谈到了，但认真分析之后你会发现这类干扰项的内容与文章的内容毫无联系。

如何做主旨大意题?

做此类题目时，首先要搞清是问某一段还是全文的大意，可利用文中主要信息来把握文

另外，任何一篇文章都是围绕某个主题展开的，因此，许多文章中最明显的特点之一是有一

在做主题型试题时，可先寻找主题句。一般情况下，主题句出现在文章的开头或结尾。但有时也可能不会出现主题句，需要读者自己去概括或归纳。

在确定文章的标题(title)的时候，我们要以文章的中心为依托。但应注意的是，中心大意不完全等同于标题。文章的中心较为详细地陈述文章的内容，而文章的标题则通常情况下较为

简明，而且通常是名词或名词短语

3)Everyone becomes a little more forgetful as they get older, but men's minds decline more than women's, according to the results of a worldwide survey. Certain differences seem to be inherent in male and female brains: Men are better at maintaining and dealing with mental images (useful in mathematical reasoning and spatial skills), while women tend to excel (擅长) at recalling information from their brain's files (helpful with language skills and remembering the locations of objects)....

Q : The author aims to tell us that __________.

A. women’s minds perform better than men’s

B. men’s minds decline more with age

C. everyone becomes a little more forgetful as they get older

D. a survey on human’s mind decline was done recently.

4)It seems that politicians around the world are thinking about the health of their countries. While in China, Chen Zhu has announced his plans for a universal health service and reform across health services. Gordon Brown, the UK Prime Minister, has also announced he is planning to make some changes in our health service.

The crux of Mr. Brown's proposals are related to giving the NHS (National Health Service) a greater focus on prevention, rather than just curing patients.

He is planning to introduce increased screening for common diseases ...

Q: The author of this passage intends to tell us______.

A. the NHS should be reformed right away.

B. more and more people are dying from diseases.

C. the plan to reform the NHS in the UK.

D. the criticism of Mr. Brown's proposals.

5)In the 1930s, a lot of people in the USA were out of work. Among these people was a man named Alfred Butts. He always had an interest in word games and to fill his time he planned a game which he called “Lexico”. However, he was not completely satisfied with the game, so he made a number of changes to it and changed its name from “ Lexico” to “Alph” and then to “Criss Cross”. He wanted to make some money from his new game but he didn’t have any real commercial(商业性的)success.

Q: The text is mainly about________.

A. Lexico

B. Three men C . A word game D. Alfred Butts.

6) Reading is the key to school success and, like any skill it Takes practice. A child learns to walk by practicing until he no longer has to think about how to put one foot in front of

the other. A great athlete practices until he can play quickly, accurately(精确), without thinking. Tennis player s call that“ being” in the zone.” Educators call it “ automaticity’ (自动性). Q: The first paragraph tells us _______.

A. what automaticity is

B. how accuracy is acquired (获得)

C. how a child learns to walk

D. how an athlete is trained.

7)Boston---- Thieves dressed as police entered a museum early Sunday and stole 11 paintings, including major works by Rembrandt,Dagas, Manet and Verme rr, FBI (美国联邦调查局) and the museumofficials said.

The first judgment placed value of at least $100 million on the works stolen from the Isabella Gardener Museum, said Boston police spokes-man Jim Tordan. ………

William Bobinson, of Hardvard Univercity’s Foggel Museum, called the objects stolen