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主旨题解题方法及练习
主旨题的考察方法主要有以下三种
1. best title
通常问法:
What’s the best title of the passage?
The best tile for the passage is_____________.
2. main idea
通常问法:
What’s the main idea of the passage?
The main idea of the passage is ______________
What does the passage mainly talk about?
3. structure
通常问法:
What’s the structure of the passage?
Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?
What is the structure of the writing?
4. main purpose
通常问法:
What’s the main purpose of the passage?
The writer writes the passage in order to_____________
Main idea
对于main idea 题来讲,要做对这类题,最重要的方法是抓取文章的主题句,通常主题句会在开头或者结尾,如果是记叙文,需要找到故事书写的核心要点是什么。
例1: 字数: 271 篇章难度: level 7.6
How nice are you? Do you give money to homeless people? Do you offer your seat to someone in need on a bus?
Many people believe that confident people think more highly of themselves, while those who have low self-esteem(自尊) think less of their qualities. However, a new study says it might not be true, reported the Guardian.
The study was done by Jonathan Freeman, a psychologist professor from the University of London, UK. He found that 98 percent of British people consider themselves to be among the nicest 50 percent of the population.
In the study, Freeman first asked some people to rate their own niceness. Then he got people to answer questions like “Do you give directions to strangers?” and “Have you ever donated blood?” The results showed that people are not as nice as they think they are. Two thirds of them seldom helped other carry shopping bags, and only a quarter of them donated blood.
In another study by psychologists from universities in Chicago and Virginia, US, some people were shown pictures of themselves. Some pictures had been slightly changed to make them appear more attractive. When asked to pick the unchanged pictures, people usually choose the more attractive ones.
So, why do we think we’re nicer than we actually are?
There are many theories. A popular one says we unconsciously(无意识地)