第二讲阅读理解

中心思想题又称为主旨题，

主要考察考生对文章大意的理解。

式一般都可以归于中心思想题：

1

．

What is the main/general idea of the passage?

（文章的主要思想是什么？）

2

．

The passage is mainly about____?

（文章主要关于

_____?

）

3

．

Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

（下面哪个可以作为文章的标题？）

4

．

What is the author’s main point?

（作者主要想表达什么？）

考生一般 会认为必须要通读全文后才能解决这类题目，

其实不然。

英语文 章的中

心思想一般会出现在文章的几个部位，按照出现的频率分列如下：

1

．文首

2

．文末

3

．文中

据 此，

我们的解题办法就是阅读每个段落的第一句话和最后一句话，

这是因为段

落的第一句话和最后一句话往往具有承上启下的作用。

有时候这样读完后还是难

以找到答案，

此时我们可以再读一 读每段的第

2

句话，

以此类推。

下面举个实例：

例题

What will man be like in the future

—

in 5,000 or even 50,000 years from now?

We

can

only

make

guesses,

of

course,

but

we

can

be

sure

that

he

will

be

different

from what he is today, for man is slowly changing all the time.

Let us take an obvious example. Man, even five hundred years ago, was shorter

than

he

is

today.

Now,

on

average,

men

are

about

three

inches

taller.

Five

hundred

years is a relatively short period of time, so we may assume that man will continue to

grow taller. Again in the modern world we use our brains a great deal. Even so, we

still

make

use

of

only

about

20%

of

the

brain’s

capacity

(

容量

).

As

time

goes

on,

however, we shall have to use our brains more and more, and finally we shall need

larger ones! This is likely to bring about a physical change too: the head, in particular

the forehead, will grow larger.

Nowadays our eyes are in constant use. In fact, we use them so much that very

often they become weaker and we have to wear glasses. But over a very long period

of time it is likely that man’s eyes will grow stronger.

On the other hand, we tend to make less use of our arms and legs.

These, as a

result, are likely to

grow weaker. At the same time, however, our fingers will grow

more sensitive because they are used a great deal in modern life.

But

what

about

hair?

It

will

probably

disappear

from

the

body

altogether

in

course of time because it does

not

serve a useful

purpose any longer.

In

the future,

1

then, both sexes are likely to be bald.

Perhaps all this gives the impression that future man will not be a very attractive

creature to look at! This may well be true. All the same, in spite of all these changes,

future man will still have a lot in common with us. He will still be a human being,

with thoughts and emotions similar to our own.

问题是：

The passage mainly tells us that ___________.

A. man’s life will be different in the future

B. man is growing shorter

C. future man will look quite different from us now

D. human beings’ organs will not function properly

[

解析

]C

题目问

“

本文主要告诉我们

_____ _

。

”

这明显是个中心思想题，

我们就按照上面提

到的方法来读一读每个段落的第一句和最后一句。第 一段的第一句大意是

“

在

5000

年甚至是

50000

年以后，

人会是什么样子呢？

”

第一段的最后一句大意是

“

当

然，

我们只能 猜测一番。

但是我们可以肯定的是人类将会和今天不同，

因为人 类

也在不断的慢慢改变。

”

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