這類題在設(shè)題時(shí)常會(huì)用到title, subject, main idea , topic, theme等詞。常見(jiàn)的提問(wèn)形式有以下幾種：

　　What is the main idea of the passage?

　　Which of the following would be the best title?

　　What's the best title for the passage?

　　The main idea of the passage is that _____.

　　This passage tells us _____.

　　Which of the following statements best expresses the main idea of the passage?

　　What does the passage mainly discuss?

　　做這類題時(shí)常用略讀法，把注意力放在抓主要信息上，不去過(guò)分注意細(xì)節(jié)事實(shí)，否則會(huì)造成“只見(jiàn)樹木,不見(jiàn)森林”的結(jié)果。通常的辦法是，快速閱讀文章時(shí)注意找出各段主題句。英文文章各段主題句常放在段首，有時(shí)也放在段尾或段落中間，有時(shí)不明確寫出，通讀文章后把各段主題句聯(lián)系起來(lái)，一般就能得出文章主題。

　　就整篇文章來(lái)講，首段和尾段一般對(duì)于解這類題更為重要。我們以97年統(tǒng)考試卷中閱讀理解部分的第一篇文章為例：

　　How often one hears children wishing they were grown up, and old people wishing they were young again. Each age has its pleasures and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets.

　　Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved ,whatever he may do .It is impossible that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return .In addition ,life is always presenting new things to the child——things that have lost their interest for older people because they are too well-know. But a child has his pains: he is not so free to do what he wishes to do; he is continually being told not to do things, or being punished for what he has done wrong.

　　When the young man starts to earn his own living, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes, and his room, but has to work if he wants to live comfortably. If he spends most of his time playing about in the way that he used to as a child, he will go hungry. And if he breaks the laws of society as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may go to prison. If however, he works hard, keeps out of trouble and has good health, he can have the great happiness of building up for himself his own position in society.

　　文章后面第四個(gè)問(wèn)題是：

　　The main idea of the passage is that _____.

　　A. life is not enjoyable since each age has some pains

　　B. young men can have the greatest happiness if they work hard

　　C. childhood is the most enjoyable time in one's life

　　D. one is the happiest if he can make good use of each age in his life

　　文章的第一段講的是人們常聽(tīng)說(shuō)孩子們盼著長(zhǎng)大成人，老年人則希望返老還童。人生的每個(gè)階段總是歡樂(lè)伴著苦惱，而最幸福的人則是那些既享受人生每一階段所帶來(lái)的歡樂(lè)，又沒(méi)有因虛度年華而終生后悔的人。第二段講述了一個(gè)人兒童時(shí)代的歡樂(lè)與苦惱，第三段則告訴讀者青年人的責(zé)任與義務(wù)，機(jī)遇和挑戰(zhàn)。從以上三段文字來(lái)看，第一段中第二句即是主題句，所以我們應(yīng)選D為正確**。

　　閱讀理解包括三篇短文，總閱讀量不超過(guò)900個(gè)詞。每篇短文后設(shè)5個(gè)問(wèn)題，每題2分，共30分。所選短文內(nèi)容包括人物傳記、熱門話題、社會(huì)、文化、日常知識(shí)、科普常識(shí)等。閱讀理解題要求考生讀后能掌握文章的主旨大意，了解說(shuō)明主旨大意的事實(shí)和細(xì)節(jié)，并根據(jù)所讀內(nèi)容進(jìn)行一定的判斷和推論。

　　閱讀理解題是一種綜合性的技能測(cè)試，它不僅要求考生具有較強(qiáng)的理解能力，還要求考生要有一定的閱讀速度。而通常影響閱讀理解的主要有三大因素：詞匯量、語(yǔ)法知識(shí)、背景知識(shí)。從前些年三級(jí)統(tǒng)考的實(shí)際情況看，考生們反映最困難是詞匯量太小，其直接后果是感覺(jué)時(shí)間太緊，答不完試卷。至于后兩項(xiàng)也是弱項(xiàng)的考生來(lái)說(shuō)就更困難了?？忌谶@一項(xiàng)上取得高分，除了要在詞匯量、語(yǔ)法知識(shí)、背景知識(shí)三個(gè)方面多下功夫外，還必須學(xué)會(huì)掌握一些最基本的閱讀技能，了解這部分試題的基本設(shè)題思路及解題方法和技巧。下面我分“閱讀技巧”和“解題類型及應(yīng)試技巧”兩部分給同學(xué)們做詳細(xì)介紹。

　　(一)閱讀技巧

　　根據(jù)不同的閱讀目的，可以采用不同的閱讀方法，或稱閱讀技巧。一般來(lái)說(shuō)，閱讀方法有略讀、尋讀和細(xì)讀三種。

　　(1)略讀(Skimming)

　　“略讀”又稱“瀏覽”，是指跳過(guò)細(xì)節(jié)，跳過(guò)不重要的描述與例子，進(jìn)行快速閱讀以求抓住文章的大意和主題思想的方法。閱讀時(shí)速度要快，一般來(lái)說(shuō)，250字左右的短文應(yīng)在二、三分鐘之內(nèi)看完。略讀時(shí)精力必須十分集中，不要去記憶細(xì)節(jié)，遇到個(gè)別生詞或難懂的詞句均可略過(guò)，以求對(duì)全文總體意思的了解。為了更好地抓住全文的中心思想，略讀時(shí)要特別注意文章的起始段和結(jié)束段以及文章中每一段的段首句和結(jié)尾句，因?yàn)樗鼈兺菍?duì)文章內(nèi)容最好的概括。

　　(2)尋讀(Scanning)

　　尋讀是快速尋找某一特殊信息的閱讀方法。它的目的非常明確，即找到所需要的信息。日常生活中我們對(duì)這一方法并不陌生。例如從人群中找出你認(rèn)識(shí)的朋友，從貨架上找出你想購(gòu)買的商品，在書架上尋找一本你要找的書，從一本指南中找出某個(gè)單位的地址等，都是利用這種方法。在尋讀時(shí)，目光要自上而下，一目數(shù)行地尋視與答題相關(guān)的詞句，與此無(wú)關(guān)的內(nèi)容要很快掠過(guò)。當(dāng)回答who, when, where等有關(guān)文章細(xì)節(jié)時(shí)，我們用這種方法很快就能找到**。

　　(3)細(xì)讀(Reading for full understanding)

　　細(xì)讀是在找到文章中的有關(guān)部分以后，在此范圍內(nèi)逐句閱讀，特別要對(duì)關(guān)鍵詞、句仔細(xì)琢磨，以便對(duì)其有比較深刻、準(zhǔn)確的理解。不僅要理解其字面意思，還要通過(guò)推理和判斷，弄清文章中字里行間所隱含的意思。在細(xì)讀的過(guò)程中，對(duì)沒(méi)有學(xué)過(guò)的生詞，可根據(jù)上下文的背景知識(shí)來(lái)推測(cè)其詞義；對(duì)難以看懂的長(zhǎng)句，可借助語(yǔ)法手段，對(duì)其加以分析，以達(dá)到正確理解的目的。

　　總之，在閱讀一篇文章的過(guò)程中，我們應(yīng)根據(jù)不同的要求，采用不同的閱讀方法，對(duì)有些閱讀理解問(wèn)題知其大意即可，另一些需要尋讀，而少數(shù)則需要細(xì)心推敲。在三級(jí)統(tǒng)考中我們應(yīng)當(dāng)充分利用以上三種閱讀方法，即用“略讀”法瀏覽全文，以求抓住文章的大意和主題思想。在此基礎(chǔ)上根據(jù)問(wèn)題的要求，采用尋讀或細(xì)讀的方法來(lái)解答問(wèn)題。

　　(二)解題類型及應(yīng)試技巧

　　(1) 主題思想常見(jiàn)提問(wèn)方式及答題技巧

　　主題思想題在考試中出現(xiàn)的頻率較高，因?yàn)檫@類題可考查考生抓主要信息的能力，而能夠抓住文章的主要信息又是閱讀能力的一個(gè)極為重要的方面。

　　這類題在設(shè)題時(shí)常會(huì)用到title, subject, main idea , topic, theme等詞。常見(jiàn)的

　　提問(wèn)形式有以下幾種：

　　What is the main idea of the passage?

　　Which of the following would be the best title?

　　What's the best title for the passage?

　　The main idea of the passage is that _____.

　　This passage tells us _____.

　　Which of the following statements best expresses the main idea of the passage?

　　What does the passage mainly discuss?

　　做這類題時(shí)常用略讀法，把注意力放在抓主要信息上，不去過(guò)分注意細(xì)節(jié)事實(shí)，否則會(huì)造成“只見(jiàn)樹木,不見(jiàn)森林”的結(jié)果。通常的辦法是，快速閱讀文章時(shí)注意找出各段主題句。英文文章各段主題句常放在段首，有時(shí)也放在段尾或段落中間，有時(shí)不明確寫出，通讀文章后把各段主題句聯(lián)系起來(lái)，一般就能得出文章主題。

　　就整篇文章來(lái)講，首段和尾段一般對(duì)于解這類題更為重要。我們以97年統(tǒng)考試卷中閱讀理解部分的第一篇文章為例：

　　How often one hears children wishing they were grown up, and old people wishing they were young again. Each age has its pleasures and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets.

　　Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved ,whatever he may do .It is impossible that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return .In addition ,life is always presenting new things to the child——things that have lost their interest for older people because they are too well-know. But a child has his pains: he is not so free to do what he wishes to do; he is continually being told not to do things, or being punished for what he has done wrong.

　　When the young man starts to earn his own living, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes, and his room, but has to work if he wants to