主旨题可分为文章主旨和段落主旨两种。该类题型在历年题型中出现的频率极高,每年必出。它考查了考生综合、概括、归纳和分析问题的能力,要求考生通过对文章的阅读,迅速把握文章或段落的中心。命题模式如下:
1. 文章主旨题
(1) What is the main idea of this passage?
(2) This passage is mainly about ___________?
(3) What is the best title of this passage?
(4) What is the author’s main purpose in the passage?
(5) The passage was written to explain ___________.
2. 段落主旨题
(1) What does the first (second/third...) paragraph mainly discuss?
(2) From the first (2nd, 3rd, 4th,etc) paragraph, we can learn that ___________.
3. 主旨题的特点
无论是在段落中还是在文章中,是明显还是隐蔽,主旨的提出主要有四种情况:
(1) 首段或首句开门见山指出中心或讨论的问题。
(2) 文章中间或段落中间给出中心。
(3) 文章末段或段落末句对全文或全段进行总结归纳,得出中心思想。
(4) 文章或段落中不明确给出中心,考生要根据各段中心或各句的内容进行总结,自己推出主旨。