Reading Comprehension
------How to get the main idea of a paragraph or a passage?
Step 1: Lead-in A mother mouse was out for a walk with her babies when she found a cat behind a bush. She watched the cat, and the cat watched the mice.Mother mouse barked fiercely, "Woof, woof, woof!" The cat was so frightened that it ran for it's life. Mother mouse turned to her babies and said, "Now, do you understand the value of a second language?”
Sample 2 Some students prefer a strict teacher who tells them exactly what to do. Others prefer to be left to work on their own. Still others like a democratic discussion type of class. No one teaching method can be devised to satisfy all students at the same time. （2）主题句也会出现在段尾。 作者先摆出事实依据，层层推理论证，最后自 然得出结论，即段落的主题。本段的中心思 想在结尾句得到体现，它是此段内容的结论。
What is the story mainly about? It is important to learn a foreign language.
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有关阅读理解题目主要有以下几种:
命 题 类
主 事
旨 实
大 细
意 节
词 义 猜 测
推 理 判 断
作者的态度意图
一、设题方式
1) 主题型主旨大意题的题干表现形式 • The main idea of the passage is … • The passage is mainly about … • What is the passage mainly about? • Which of the following statements best expresses the main idea of the passage? 2) 目的类主旨大意题 • The passage is meant to … • The purpose of this article is to … • The author intends to... 3) 标题类主旨大意题 • The best title for the passage might be …
无主题句
• 即主题句隐含在全文中, 没有明确的 主题句. 必须根据文篇中所提供的事 实细节，进行全面考虑，综合分析， 然后找出共同的东西，归纳成一般 概念。必须注意的是，既不能以偏 概全，也不能在概括时过于宽泛， 要恰如其分。
Sample 5 A new eight-kilometer road is under
• Sample 3 Shu Pulong has helped at least 1000 people bitten by snakes, “ It was seeing people with snakes bites that led me to the career.” Shu said…... “The sad story touched me so much that I decided to devote myself to helping people bitten by snakes.” Shu said. （3）首尾呼应 为突出主题, 作者先提出主题, 结尾时再次点出 主题, 这种首尾呼应的写作方式也较为多见. 通 常, 前后表述主题的句子不是简单的重复, 后面 的表述往往有进一步的引申或发展的意味.
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Sample 5 (5) 从段落中寻找高频率词 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个反复出 现的中心词，即高频词，也叫做主题词
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The passage is mainly about _____. A. the construction of a road B. the design of a road C. the construction of two railways D. the design of two tunnels
construction that links the port area with motorway system… As part of the project, two four-kilometer road tunnels are being built below the central area of the city, … The two tunnels are about 20 meters below the surface and are 12 meters wide, providing for two lanes of traffic in each direction. In the upper part of the tunnel two air-conditioning pipes remove the waste gas of trucks and cars and keep the quality of air inside the tunnel. The lighting is at the top of the tunnel, … The wall is made up of four main elements, which include a waterproofing covering and, on the inside of the tunnel, a concrete lining. Each tunnel is roughly round and the lower part of the tunnel is somewhat flat. … along the length of the tunnel. The fire main is at the side of the tunnel and at the level of the road surface. Other systems in the tunnel will include
Sample 4 Nothing is as useful as a flashlight on a dark night if a tire goes flat. Few inventions are so helpful to a child who is afraid of the dark. In fact, the modern flashlight brings light to many dark situations. Finding something in the back of a closet is easy with a flashlight in hand . A camper also needs one after the light of the campfire has been out. • （4）在短文中间 • 当主题句被安排在段中间时, 通常前面只提出 问题， 文中的主题由随之陈述的细节或合乎逻 辑的引申在文中导出, 而后又作进一步的解释, 支撑或发展.
Types Of Paragraph Structures
type The position of the topic
At the beginning At the end In the middle No clear topic sentence
主题句标志性提示
. 1)关注一些表增强转折关系的连词 “but, yet, however, in fact, indeed,”等，这些词后面连 接的通常都是一段话的主题句。 • 2) 关注一些表征总结性，结论性的词： “so,therefore,thus,in brief,in short, above all,in all,after all , all in all,in conclusion, in a word”等，这些词后面连接的通常也都是一段话的主题 句。 • 3) 如果主题句含有show, indicate和suggest等词，重点 看其后的宾语从句。
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Smoking cigarettes is harmful to your health. Experiments show that cigarette smoking can cause cancer. Besides the most serious and terrible disease(illness), cancer, cigarette smoking also can cause other health problems. For example, it can give one a “smoker’s cough”. Finally, studies have shown it is easy for cigarette smokers to catch colds. Whether you get an unimportant cold or terrible killer, cancer, smoking is harmful. Is it worth it?