在阅读文章中,中心思想是文眼,是作者在文章中要表达的核心内容,也是作者自始自终要说明的问题。在英语四六级阅读中也不例外。找出主题思想是一项最重要的阅读技能。如何才能快而准的抓住主题思想呢?出国留学网小编收集整理了以下内容,仅供参考!和小编一起来看一下吧!相信你会有所收获!
一、抓主题思想。我们首先要学会识别文章中那些最根本、最具有概括力的信息。这种信息应能归纳和概括文中其它信息所具有的共性。
例一:
Directions: Choose the most general word.
(A) chemist (B) physicist
(C) scientist (D) biologist
该问题要求找出最有概括性的词。(C) scientist 符合题意,因为它包含了chemist, physicist和biologist,而(A),(B)和(D)都指某一具体学科的科学家,不能概括其它的词。因此,scientist最有概括性。
例二:
Directions: Choose the most general sentence.
(A) The hotel offers complimentary coffee from 7 to 10 a.m. daily.
(B) There are many reasons why guests feel at home at the Glorictta Bay Inn.
(C) The coin-operated laundry room has an ironing board.
(D) There are a number of extra services at the Glorictta Bay Inn including babysitting.
(A), (C),(D)都是从不同的侧面说明旅馆的服务情况,相互间并无联系。而(B)却概括了(A),(C)和(D)的共性的东西,即:为什么旅客住在这家旅馆 里有宾至如归的感觉。因此,(B)符合题意。倘若在一段文章中包含了以上(A),(B),(C),(D)几条信息,那末,(B)就是该段中心思想。由于同 样的道理,如果在一篇文章中,作者分段叙述几方面的内容,那末,这些段落所围绕和要说明的问题就是该文的中心思想。
例三:
Directions: Choose the main idea of an article. (Following are the topic sentences of an article.)
1) A mounting body of evidence suggests that fighting violence with violence rarely deters a crime in progress and greatly increases the chances of changing a robbery into a violent attack on the vi...