快速攻破PETS三級閱讀題

對閱讀理解主旨題的把握能力決定了閱讀這個整體題項的成敗，它也是衡量閱讀水平高低的一個重要標尺。所以，如果我們在這個題上能夠取得突破，就等于是攻克了閱讀當中最頑固的堡壘，其它類型的題也就不在話下了。

所謂主旨大意題指針對段落或短文的subject(主題)、main idea(主題思想)、title(題目)或purpose(目的)擬題。盡管題型或用詞不盡相同，但所針對的都是段落(或短文)的主旨大意。

以下是針對段落(或短文)的主旨大意所設(shè)立的常見題型：

1. What is the main idea of this paragraph(passage)?

2. What is the author′s main point?

3. The main idea (central thought)of the paragraph(passage)is ______

4. Which of the following sentences best expresses the main idea?

5. What does the paragraph (passage)mainly suggest?

6. The main point of the paragraph(passage)is ______

7. The paragraph (passage)centers on the point that ______

8. The author seems to be especially interested in ______

9. The topic sentence of the paragraph(passage)?

10. What topic is treated in this paragraph(passage)?

11. What the paragaph (passage) tells us would be summarized by the sentence ______

12. The best summary of the paragraph (passage)is that ______

13. The paragraph (passage)informs us that ______

14. We can infer from the paragraph (passage)that ______

15. What does this paragraph (passage) imply?

16. What is the subject of this paragraph (passage)?

17. Which of the following can be concluded from the information presented in this paragraph (passage)?

18. What conclusion can be drawn from this paragraph (passage) ?

19. The (main) subject of the paragraph (passage) is ______

20. Which of the following best states the theme of paragraph (passage)?

21. The paragraph (passage) states (illustrates, discusses, deals with, is concerned about, describes) ______

22. The main purpose of this paragraph (passage) is that ______

23. What is discussed (talk about)in this paragraph (passage)?

24.The main (primary)purpose of the paragraph (passage)?

25. What is the author’s main purpose?

26. The primary objective of the paragraph (passage) is ______

27. The paragraph (passage) indicates that ______

28. Which of the following is true?

29. Which of the following would be the best title for this paragraph (passage)?

30. The title of this paragraph (passage) would be ______

31. The title that best expresses the main idea is ______

在各類英語考試閱讀理解題中，推斷主題大意題所占比例較大，幾乎每一文章都設(shè)一個主旨題。出題者意在通過此題考查考生語篇能力。

1. 領(lǐng)會作者的觀點

作者觀點和態(tài)度有時是從作者的直接表達中看出來。有時是從批駁他人的觀點中體現(xiàn)的。有時是以具體事例來表明的。而除了與A節(jié)有一部分相同的解題技巧之外，B節(jié)部分還有它特別要注意的技巧：

（1）把握指示語中包含的信息

指示語(directions)中包含了文章中涉及的主題內(nèi)容?？忌灰鲆暳藢χ甘菊Z的閱讀和其中信息的把握。

（2）把握每段的中心意思和說話人的態(tài)度傾向

由于不同的段落都是關(guān)于同一個話題的不同觀點，首先要找出說話人的基本觀點傾向。不要受段落中的一些次要觀點所干擾。而作者的態(tài)度傾向大多時候是從作者的措辭中體現(xiàn)出來。用褒義詞表明作者是持贊成或喜歡的態(tài)度，貶義詞則表明作者是持否定或討厭的態(tài)度，而使用中性詞則表明作者持不置可否或無所謂的態(tài)度。意不同說話人的觀點的細微區(qū)別，把握他們觀點在程度上的不同。最后，要把握說話人的言外之意。有時說話人用的是諷刺的語氣，那么他/她的言外之意可能與他/她的字面意思是相反的。

（3）利用比較法和排除法

由于B節(jié)是搭配題，因此可聯(lián)系不同選項用排除法進行選擇。先把觀點相對鮮明的段落和選項搭配好，然后把剩下的選項好好進行比較，再到段落中去進一步尋找直接或間接的證據(jù)。