(一)出題形式:主旨大意題命題形式主要有三大類:一類是概括中心思想(main idea)型;一類是確定文章標題或主題(topic / title / headline)型;還有一類是詢問文章的寫作目的(purpose)。
1) What would be the best title for the text?
2) What is the topic of the text?
3) Which of the following best expresses the main idea?
4) The best title / headline for this passage might be ______.
5) The author’s main purpose in writing the passage is ______.
6) Which of the following statements is best supported by the text?
7) Which of the following best summarizes the passage?
8) The main idea / The general idea / The main theme of this passage is ______.
9) The title that best expresses the main idea of the passage is ______.
(二)答案位置:大部分文章都有主題句(topic sentence),主題句表達了文章的中心思想(main idea),找到了主題句,也就抓住了文章的主旨大意。因此,“主題句定位法”是解答主旨大意題的一種行之有效的方法。主題句呈現(xiàn)形式通常有以下幾種:
1)在開頭出現(xiàn);
2)在結(jié)尾出現(xiàn);
3)在開頭和結(jié)尾同時出現(xiàn),首尾呼應(yīng);
4)有些文章的中心思想貫穿全文,并沒有用一句話明確表達出來,這就要求學(xué)生學(xué)會歸納概括。