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初中英语阅读理解主旨大意专题☆主旨大意题主要涉及到文章的主题（中心思想）、标题、写作目的、以及文章的写作结构等。
技巧：1）找主题句。
主题句是归纳文章中心的句子。
主题句在文章中的位置通常有五种：句首，句尾，首尾呼应式，隐含式。
主题句在句首和句尾相对来说比较容易找到。
首尾呼应式，往往是在文章开头提出主题，接着在进行阐述或论证，在结尾时再次点出主题，进一步深化主题。
隐含式主题在文章没有明确的位置，阅读这样的文章，要求考生根据文章的细节来分析、概括推导出文章的主题。
2）注意首段和各段第一句话,将其含义连接成一个整体3）小心“首段陷阱”,不要一看开头就选择答案常见提问方式：1. What is the main idea of this passage?2. What is the author’s main point?3. What is the subject of this passage?4.The main purpose of the passage?5. The title of this passage would be ____.※Now many young people are traveling around the world on their own, not because they have no one to, travel with, but because they prefer to go alone.What is the best title for the passage?A. Travel in Foreign CountriesB. Travel AloneC. Travel EarlyD. Travel Far答案 B 句中反复出现travel on their own，go alone 等高频词。
※People in many countries learn English and they learn it in different ways. Some learn it at school. Some learn it by themselves. Others learn English by radio, on TV or in films.The main idea of the passage is _________.A. People in many countries learn English in many waysB. Some learn English at schoolC. Some learn English by themselvesD. Others learn English by radio, on TV or in films.（答案：A，根据段首句可知。
主旨大意题解题指导主旨大意题是中考阅读理解的主要题型之一,旨在考查考生对段落大意或者文章中心思想的把握和归纳能力。
该题也是中考阅读中的重点和难点，这类题往往针对段落或短文的subject（主题)、main idea （中心思想）、title（题目）或purpose（目的）来命题.因为词汇、句式、文化背景等原因,有相当一部分同学对文章的理解会出现一定偏差，从而不能很好地解答这类题目。
这类题的解题关键是采用快速阅读法浏览全文，寻找文章的关键词或中心句。
关键词即在文中频繁出现的词；中心句通常出现在文章的开头、结尾部分和各个段落的首尾。
因为考生需要读完全文才能把握文章主旨,解答此类题时，不妨把它作为最后一道来做。
主旨大意题常见的提问方式有下列几种：1. What's the topic of the article?2。
What is the passage mainly about?3。
What’s the main idea of the passage？4。
What can we learn from the passage?5. What is the best title/headline for this passage?6. The writer’s purpose in writing this story is ______.7. In the passage the author wants to tell ______.那么如何解这类题呢？下面，结合今年中考试题以及多年的教学经验，提供一些基本的方法来帮助大家.一、设问方式有哪些?大意类：1. What is the passage mainly about？2。
The main idea of the passage is _____.3。
The first/second/last ... paragraph is mainly about _____。
2012中考英语最新阅读理解（回答问题式阅读理解）回答问题式阅读理解Have you ever heard of a girl of 15, who set up a company of her own? Wendy W ong is the girl. She started the business two years ago. She has already written several su ccessful computer games. They are so popular that over half a million games are sold eve ry year. Now all of her family work in her business, and she is still at school.She gets up early in the morning, and then she talks with her family about the busin ess over breakfast. Every day she goes to school in her own car with a driver, for she is not old enough.She enjoys her school, but some of the work is too easy for her to feel interested. S he usually gets ‘A’ grades in all her subjects, so the other students often ask her for help.She finished her homework in half an hour after her driver takes her home. After di nner, she goes to her office and goes on working on her computer, writing games until 2 am. She does not usually need so much sleep as other children.根据短文内容，回答问题。
主旨大意题(I)本期话题:Health 健康一、主旨大意题常见的提问方式：主旨大意题考查的内容包括文章标题、中心话题、段落大意、写作目的等。
一般而言,文章或段落的开头或结尾有一个主题句,表达一个中心或主题。
其它内容都是针对这一主题句的拓展或说明。
做主旨大意题的关键是找到主题句并进行高度的概括。
常见主旨大意题的提问方式有三种:1. 标题类主旨大意题。
这类题目在选项中给出不同的标题,要求学生根据文章内容选出最适合的一项。
(1) The best title for this passage might be_____________.(2) The text (passage) could be entitled ______________.(3) What is the best title for the passage?(4) Which of the following would be suitable as a title for the passage?2. 主题类主旨大意题。
这类题目要求学生在把握全文的基础上选出最能表现文章中心思想的一项。
(1) This passage mainly deals with _____.(2) What is the topic of the article?(3) What is the subject discussed in the text?(4) What is the main idea of this passage?(5) What does the writer mainly tell us?3. 目的类主旨大意题。
这类题目要求学生在理解全文的基础上推断出作者写文章的目的。
(1) The passage is meant to _____. (2) The purpose of this article is _______.二、主旨大意题的解题技巧主旨大意题作为一种中考常见题型,我们要如何应对呢？做此类题目时,首先要明确是针对某一段还是全文提问,可利用文中主要信息来把握文脉,进行综合归纳,概括文章的主题。
2011-2012北京中考英语阅读理解主旨大意专项在处理文章标题的选择时要避免下列三种错误概括不够多表现为部分代整体从而导致范围太小过度概括多表现为人为扩大范围以事实或细节代替抽象具体的大意Why play games Because they are fun and we can learn even more while playing Following the rules planning your next move acting as a team member tthese are all game ideas that you will come across all through your life They can help you in different ways Think about some of the games you played as a young child such as rope-jumping and hide-and-seek Such games are very interesting But perhaps more importantly they translate part of life into exciting games that teach children some of the basic rules they will be expected to follow the rest of their lives such as taking turns and cooperating 合作Many childrens games have a practical side Children around the world play games that prepare them for work they will do as grown-ups For example some Saudi Arabian children play a game called bones which improves the hand-eye coordination 协调needed in fishingThe most famous games of all the Olympic Games bring athletes from around the world together to take part in friendly competitions People who watch the event 比赛项目 know that a gold medal is a win for thewhole country not just the athlete who got it For countries experiencing natural disasters 灾害 or wars an Olympic win can mean so much Sports games are also an event that unites 团结 people Football is the most popular sport in the world People all over the world play it some for fun and some for a living Nicolette Iribarne a Californian football player has discovered a way to spread hope through football He created a foundation 基金会 to provide poor children with not only soccer balls but also a bright futureNext time you play your favorite game or sport think about why you enjoy it what skills are needed and whether these skills will help you in other parts of your life55．s the main idea of the passageA Games can help people in different waysB People are advised to play games for funC An Olympic win means a lot to every countryD Sports can get people all over the world together22012朝阳期末Ask someone what they have done to help the environment recently and they will almost mention recycling which is the process 过程of treating used things such as paper or steel so that they can be used again Recycling in the home is very important of course However being forced to recycle often means we already have more things than we need We arenow dealing with the results of that over-consumption in the possible greenest way but it would be far better if we did not bring so many things home in the first placeHere is an example In the UK the total of packaging increased by 12 between 1999 and 2005 It now makes up a third of a households waste In many supermarkets foods are packaged twice with plastic and cardboard Too much packaging causes serious environmental problems The UK is running out of different kinds of ways for dealing with this unnecessary waste If such packaging is burnt it gives off greenhouse gases which go on to cause the greenhouse effect 效果 Recycling helps but the process itself uses energy The best way of avoiding this problem is to stop producing such unnecessary things in the first place Food waste is another serious problem too Too many supermarkets encourage customers 消费者to buy more than they need They seldom encourage customers to reuse their plastic bags for example However a few of them are coming round to the idea that this cannot continueBut this is not just about supermarkets It is about all of us We have learned to connect packaging with quality 质量 We have learned to think that something unpackaged is of poor quality Is it true for all the products In fact more and more companies realized the importance of protecting the environment They try to package what really should be packaged including products in good qualityAs more of us recycle we are beginning to realize how many unnecessary things are being collected We need to face the waste of our daily life Although many people have taken action to recycle we have a high mountain to climb57 What is the main purpose of the second paragraphA To show the facts of over-used packagingB To talk about the possible greenest waysC To teach people how to do recycling at homeD To express worries about environmental problems59 What does the passage mainly talk aboutA Supermarkets should recycle firstB Packaging causes serious problemsC Needless things are mostly recycledD Recycling should be done in the first place32012西城期末The secret in re-remembering is to allow the full power of your memory to flow freely without trying to remember any one specific 特定的 thingI recently sat down to a relaxed and enjoyable dinner with some friends At the beginning of the meal a friend told us that his car had just been broken into and his briefcase 公文包 had been stolen He was frustrated 懊恼的 because his diary and a number of other items 物品 important to him were in the briefcase He said he could remember only four itemsthat were in his stolen briefcase that he knew there were many more that he had to give a full report to the police within two hours and that the more he tried to remember the more blocked he becameSeveral of us at the table who were familiar with Memory Principles 规则 then took him through the following exercise instead of continuing to allow him to think of what he could not remember we asked him when he had last had his briefcase open It turned out that it was at the office just before he left work at which point he suddenly remembered that he had put two important magazine articles in the briefcase We then asked him when he had last had the briefcase open before leaving home for work It turned out to have been the night before and he remembered having put in two more articles as well as a tape recorder in preparation for the following morning Finally we asked him to describe the inner 内部的design of his briefcase and as he went through a detailed description he remembered pens pencils letters and a number of other items that he had completely forgotten beforeWithin 20 minutes he remembered 18 additional itemsThe secret is to forget about whatever you are trying to remember and relive all experiences that connect in any way with the item you are trying to remember This method works at once almost in all cases and takes the form of a created Mind Map around the missing centerThis memory method like the others improves your memory as well asyour creativity and in addition gives you confidence when you realize that no matter what you have forgotten there is still a chance to solve any memory mystery 谜团60 What can be the best title for the passageA Forgetting You can never really forgetB Drawing The better way to remember thingsC Re-remembering Remember what you have forgottenD Replacing Forgetting something instead of remembering42012 东城期末James Naismith a physical education teacher in Massachusetts invented basketball in 1891 Naismiths boss asked him to invent a game that students could play indoors during bad weather He wanted to find a game that wasnt as rough as soccer or footballNaismith tied apple baskets to a railing 铁棍 ten feet above the floor at either end of the gym The players used a soccer ballA person sat on a ladder next to each basket at either end of the gym and threw out the balls that landed in the baskets To keep the game from getting too rough Naismith decided each team would have only five players and that the players could not play the ball with their feet Two years later net bags were used instead of baskets In 1894 Naismith added the backboard behind each net and changed to a larger ball In 1913 people began using the bottomless nets that are used todayDuring a basketball game two teams of five players each throw the ball into two baskets at opposite ends of a court Players bounce or dribble the ball to the basket or pass the ball to teammates A team scores points by getting the ball into their teams basket The team with the highest score winsBy the 1900s basketball was the most popular indoor sport People in nearly 130 countries play the game Basketball is especially popular in the United States China and Puerto Rico56 Which of the following can be the best title of the passageA The Invention of a Popular GameB The Rules of the Old BasketballC What Naismith Found IndoorsD Why People Loved Sports52012 东城期末If you get a chance to check out some railroad tracks notice the gaps or separations between the rails Dont get run over by a train Thermal expansion and contraction is why those gaps are placed there that way and why expansion joints are placed in long highway bridges Youve probably felt expansion joints on old concrete highways Remember the thump–thump sound as you rode over them60 What is the last paragraph mainly aboutA Why thermal expansion is on the tracks and highwaysB How to check railroad tracks and concrete highwaysC Why railroads and highways are built that wayD How to remember the thump–thump sound62012 房山期末There are about 80000000 mines 地雷 under the ground in more than 60 countries It is difficult and dangerous to clear these mines About 50 people including many children were killed or hurt each day In 2003 APOPO a Dutch research company that trains the animals came up with the idea of using rats to search for the minesThe animal trainers found that a kind of rats from Africa were clever and had a sharp sense of smell The rats were about 75 cm long and weighed about 135kg light enough to run across a minefield without setting off the minesIn January 2004 the APOPO started this project First the trainers let the 4-week-old baby rats get familiar with humans A few weeks later the rats were no longer afraid of people and the things around them Then they were trained to connect a click sound with food After the rats had learned that the trainers then taught them to tell the difference between the smell of mines and other smells When the rats could do it the click was sounded and they were given a bit of banana The method was called clicker training The training isnt easy said trainer Abdullah Mchomvu You have to be patient Sometimes I get angry but then again I tell myself theseare animalsAfter nine months training the rats were taken to a minefield They ran across the minefield stopped sat and searched the ground to tell the domineers 排雷员 that they smelt out a mine Then the mine was cleared It had taken two domineers a day to clear a 200㎡ minfield but with the help of two rats they could finish it in two hoursThe rats and the domineers saved thousands of lives The rats did this job much better than we expected So far they have helped to make almost 2000000㎡They are heroes Said Bart Weetjens the head of the APOPO56 What does the passage mainly tell us aboutA Mines are all over the world and very dangerousB Rats are very clever and usefulC It is very difficult for people to find out the minesD People can train the rats to help them clear mines72012密云期末The teacher stood before his class of 30 students and was going to hand out the final exam papers．I know how hard you have all worked to get ready for this test． he said．And because I know you are all able to understand these questions．I am ready to offer a B to anyone who would prefer not to take the test．A number of students jumped up to thank the teacher and left the classroom．The teacher looked at the rest students and said．Does anyoneelse want to get a B This is your last chance．Two more students decided to go．Seven students stayed．The teacher then handed out the papers．There were only three sentences on the paper Congratulations You have received an A in this class．Keep believing in yourself．I never had a teacher who gave a test like thatbut I think that it is a test that any teacher could and should give．Students who do not have confidence in what they have learned are B students at most． The same is true for students in real life．The A students are those who believe in what they are doing because they have learned from both successes and failures．They have learned lifes lessons．whether from school education or from events in their livesand have become better people．Scientists say that by the age of eight80 of what we believe about ourselves has already been formed．You are a big kid now and you realize that you have some limits 局限．Howeverthere is nothing you cant do or learn to be．Sir Edmund Hillary the first person to reach the top of Mount Qomolangma 珠穆朗玛峰 saidWe do not conquer the mountainbut ourselves 57．What does the writer want to tell us in the passage A．To know what our limits are． B To learn to believe in ourselves．C．To receive school education． D．To1earn from B students．For hundreds Of years scientists have been trying to answer what things have an effect on peoples emotions 情感How you feel is controlled by many things Your emotions can be affected by yourpersonality by the actions of others and by events around you Perhaps you dont know your emotions can be influenced by the weather as well People often say they feel good when the sun is shining and sad when it is cloudy In fact sunlight makes us feel good When sunlight hits our skins our bodies produce a vitamin Vitamins are natural chemicals 化学物质 which we all need to stay healthy Sunlight helps our bodies produce vitamin D Vitamin D helps our bodies make a special chemical This special chemical affects our brains 大脑 and makes us feel happy For example there are long dark winters of little sunlight in Sweden and Norway so many people in these countries often feel sad Without much sunlight their bodies produce less vitamin D Without enough vitamin D their bodies make less of this special chemical which makes them feel good To help the people in these countries feel better special sunrooms with artificial 人造的 lights have been built People can go there and get sunlight for an hour or twoThe weather can also affect peoples emotions in other ways Hot weather can make people angry because people feel uncomfortable when they are hot In the same way rain can make people angry because being wet can be unpleasant As you can see the weather can have an effect on the chemicals which control our brains Through these ways the weather can influence our emotions Sadly while the weather can change us we can hardly change the weather60 What may be the best title for this passageA Why Do We Feel SadB The Weather Influences Peoples EmotionsC People Need More Vitamin DD We Can Hardly Change the Weather92011海淀一摸"You dont have to be great to get started but you have to get started to be great I believe it is thought normal in todays society to just let life happen to us I also believe that we sometimes damage our well-planned thoughts about success because it is easier to just carry on as usual rather than try with the possibility of failure in mindThe main reason why most people never get moving is because they have no real idea about what they want Without a certain result already set in your mind it is really difficult to get going and even if you do your motivation 动力 may soon disappear and you give up before too long Why not consider what is really important in your life Write down what excites you what would truly make you happy and what problems you have At the end of the week take a careful look at the notes you have taken You will soon begin to see a clearer picture of what direction you should be headingKnowledge is useless without action You can read every book on any subject but your life will stay the same if you do not use thatknowledge This may seem clear but the reason why the self-help industry is thriving 繁荣的 is because people read and read and read but never use the information providedKnowledge is fantastic but it is not life changing until used I love to read personal development material to keep a positive attitude towards my life but l also realize that if I dont set goals to achieve then l will always be a talk the talk person who is great at giving advice but useless at realizing it If you have no plans of practicing what you say then it may he best to keep your mouth closedDo yon want to know who you are Dont ask Act Action will explain you Whatever excuses we have for not living up to our talent the fact is that time will always move forward Be whatever yon want to be and whatever you can be Always remember the only limits we have are the ones we create for ourselves Life is not what we think it is what we experience when we act upon the thoughts we entertain60 What is the best title for the passageA See a Clear Picture of LifeB Get Started to Be GreatC Set Goals to AchieveD Act upon Thoughts102011东城一模It was a Sunday and the heavy storm had lasted all night The morning after the storm though was beautiful blue skies warm air and a calm invitingseaMy father realized it was a good day for fishing and invited my sister and me to go with him I was only 14 and fishing had never been my thing but I decided to go all the same Im so glad I didBeing on the boat we found there was something meters away When moving nearer we saw it was a mother whale with her baby We couldnt believe it there arent any whales along the coast The storm must have driven them there where the sea water was so dirty that nothing could live in it The little baby whaleactually as big as our boatwas stuck and could not move The mother went down into the water and came up suddenly making big waves Shes trying to help her baby but on the wrong side my father said At this point my father moved our boat to the other side and heading the boat towards the baby whale pushed it gently With our several gentle pushes the baby whale turned over and disappeared under water Then it swam up right beside its mum They made great efforts to swim towards the deep sea but failed and started heading in the wrong direction We hurried up to the whales and tried to lead them to the sea Slowly they let us lead them sometimes rising from the water right beside us to breathe and to give us a trusting look with those huge eyes Once they hit their first part of clean water from the sea the mum gave us a wave with her tail and off they swam into the deep seaIn the excitement it had felt like only a few minutes but we hadbeen with those wonderful animals for almost an hour and a half That was the simple and lasting beauty of the day Today I still look back to that golden day at sea57 By telling the story the writer wants to tell us thatA saving lives makes people happyB its a good experience to go fishingC we should live with animals happilyD keeping sea water clean is important112011海淀二模Many people think sports are just for winning and honor but there is a lot more you can gain from get out of them I have learned over the past years that sometimes when I lose I get a lot more out of it than winning Also I find a lot of times in sports people are getting too caught up in the game instead of just having fun The real purpose of sports is to have fun and learn life lessons along the wayI greatly encourage you to be a part of the school sports Even if you are not the best you can still have fun Sports give people a great and healthy way of spending an afternoon instead of lying around playing video games or even getting into bad things Sports also give us a sense of achievement There isnt a better feeling than to have done something fun and productive for my dayI think that we all need sports to give us courage If we try hard insports we usually do well If we did the same in study we would all be champions Another reason why I encourage you to play sperms is that its just fun Without sports our lives would just be boring So as you may be able to tell sports are amazingOur coaches not only teach us to play sports but show class and good sportsmanship while playing them Its never fun when you lose to have the competitor rub it in your face Thats why our coaches teach us to show class when we lose also when coaches get onto you dont get down They only want to see you improve and learn from what they say When you do badly and they dont shout loudly is when you should start worrying because they are giving up on youOverall sports are great They bring out the best and worst of a lot of us However we cant let sports get too serious to where it brings down all the fun So to have the most fun in sports you just need try your best and not worry so much about the winning or losingB60 What is the best title of this passageA AM we too caught upB To win or to gainC Are sports really greatD For honor or for health122011东城二模As many as one in five US teenagers have some degree of hearing loss 丧失 according to researchers They say the problem is growingTeenagers really dont pay attention to how much noise they are exposed to 接触 Josef Shargorodsky of Brigham and Womens Hospital in Boston told Reuters Often people wont notice it but even very little hearing loss may influence language development said Shargorodsky one of the researchers The study compared surveys from the early 1990s and the mid-2000s Each included a few thousand teenagers In the first survey about 15 percent of teenagers had some degree of hearing loss Some 15 years later that number had risen by a third to nearly 20 percentThis certainly is big news said Alison Grimes an ear doctor Hearing loss is very common in old people Grimes said but she added that it was worrying to see it happen in the younger age groupIn babies and young children hearing problems are known to slow language development The science is less clear for teenagers but it is easy to imagine how being hard of hearing could influence learning said Grimes [来源ZxxkCom]The reasons for the rise are still unclear When researchers asked teenagers about noise exposure –on the job at school or from activities for example –the teenagers didnt report any change But Shargorodsky said that might not be true We know from before that it is difficult to ask this age group about noise exposure – they underestimate it Few people would call it noise when they listen to music on their MP3 player for example There is a difference between what we think is loud and what isharmful to the ear said GrimesAlthough its not clear that the MP3 players cause teenagers hearing loss Grimes said it was still a good idea to turn down the sound and take short breaks from listening60．What is the best title for the passageC A message loud and clearD A letter from MP3 users132011大兴二模If the rose can be said to be a special flower then the apple can be said to be a special fruit It is very important in American culture American stories speak of Johnny Appleseed who went throughout America collecting apple seeds and planting apple trees He had a great love for nature and went through fields and farms adding richness and beauty to the countryOne of the first sayings taught to school children is "An apple a day keeps the doctor away" This short saying encourages children to eat fresh fruit to keep healthy If someone always says good words to a person people will call him an "apple polisher" This however is not a good name If someone is very dear to us we say that he or she is the "apple of our eye"Most people believe that the fruit which Eve gave to Adam was an apple even though the Bible 圣经 never says so The apple therefore is a deep part of the language and stories of AmericaAn apple is also delicious Apples can be cooked in many ways used as a dessert 甜点 and made into sweet juiceIn many parts of the country during the harvest season a popular activity is to go into an apple garden to pick apples Washington D C and New York are both famous for their applesFinally when its time to take a vacation to American cities one can always visit New York which is "the biggest apple" of all the American cities60 The passage is mainly about______A stories about the appleB apples in American cultureC some famous sayings of the appleD big cities that is famous for apples1-5AADCA C 6-10DBBDA 11-13BCB。
主旨(zhǔzhǐ)大意题所谓主旨大意题，就是指那些针对文章的主要内容、主题、标题或者写作目的所设置的问题。
这类题主要考察同学们在理解全文的根底上运用概括、判断、归纳、推理等逻辑思维方法对文章进展高度概括或者总结的才能。
通过研究近两年各地的中考题我们发现，如今的阅读题远非停留在理解词句和看懂内容上。
为了增加阅读理解题的区分度，考察学生的综合理解才能，拉开差距，阅读题中主旨大意题和推断题明显增加。
这里，我们主要来讨论主旨大意题的解题方法。
一、主旨大意题的题干表现形式1. 主要内容型:What is the passage / text / article mainly about? What is the main / general idea of this passage? This passage mainly tells us about / that ______.2. 主题型:What is the topic / subject of the article? Which subject is discussed in the text?3. 最正确标题型:What is the best title for this text / passage / article? Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?4. 写作目的型:The purpose of this article / passage / text is to_______. The author’s main purpose of writing the passage is ______.What is thewrit er’s purpose of writing this passage? The article has been written to explain _______.二、主旨(zhǔzhǐ)大意题的解答在做主旨大意题时,不管是哪一种题型,关键的一步是要找出主题句或者和主题有关的关键词,从而把握文章的主旨(main idea)。
中考英语阅读理解主旨大意题50题1. What is the main idea of the passage?A. To introduce a famous person.B. To describe a beautiful place.C. To tell a funny story.D. To explain a scientific concept.答案：B。
解析：文章主要内容是对一个美丽地方的描述，A 选项介绍一个名人不符合文章主旨，C 选项讲一个有趣的故事也不恰当，D 选项解释一个科学概念在文章中未体现。
2. The passage is mainly about _.A. a kind of animalB. a special eventC. a popular gameD. a traditional festival答案：D。
解析：文章围绕一个传统节日展开，A 选项一种动物不是文章重点，B 选项一个特殊事件与文章不符，C 选项一个流行游戏也不是文章主要内容。
3. What can we know from the passage?A. The main character is very brave.B. The story happened in a modern city.C. The weather is very good in the story.D. The ending of the story is very sad.答案：A。
解析：文章中能明确体现出主角很勇敢，B 选项故事发生在现代城市文章未提及，C 选项天气情况文章未描述，D 选项故事结局悲伤文章也未体现。
4. The main purpose of the passage is _.A. to teach people how to do somethingB. to make people laughC. to give information about somethingD. to persuade people to do something答案：C。
阅读训练：主旨大意（1）（总词汇量：312words）Look at the light and beautiful snowflakes (雪花) falling. Ever wants to hold them in your hands? They are always lost when they meet your hands.Well, this wasn’t just a problem for you. It was a problem for Wilson Bentley, too.In the 1870s, Wilson Bentley was just a teenager. His family lived in a small town in northeast of America. Winters there were long and hard. Bentley’s mother was once a school teacher. She taught him at home. Bentley di dn’t go to school until he was 14. He was a quiet boy, and loved reading his mother’s books.But it was his mother’s microscope (显微镜) that interested him. When the other boys were playing with balls, little Bentley was studying things like drops of water, flowers and snowflakes. Bentley loved watching snowflakes. For the next two years young Bentley spent many winter days in a cold room watching these ice crystals under his microscope.The boy thought they were so beautiful that he started to draw pictures of them. But there were so many snowflakes that he couldn’t draw them all.How could he keep their beauty forever? Bentley thought of buying a camera.The boy and his mother asked his father to buy one. But, his father didn’t agree. He thought the whole thing was a bad idea. He thought the only thing a farmer should do was farming.But finally Bentley did get a camera. For more than a year he tried to take pictures of snowflakes. On January 15, 1885, during a snowstorm, Bentley took the first ever photo of an ice crystal with his camera. “It was the greatest moment of my life,” Bentley said later.For 13 years, Bentley worked quietly and took thousands of photos of ice crystals. Later he became known as “Snowflake” Bentley.Snowflake PhotosSnowflake BoyLong and Hard WintersTeenage Photographer（2）(总词汇量：262words)Computers are very important to modern (现代的) life. Many people think that in the future computers will be used in everyday life. It is thought that we won’t have to go shopping because we will be able to get most things which are sold in shops on the Internet. There will be no more books because we will be able to get all the texts from computers. The Internet will be used to play games, see the films and buy food. Most telephone calls will be made by computers.Some people are glad about these new ways of shopping and communicating Others do not think that computers will replace (取代) our old ways.Let’s look at books, for example. Some people think that one day we will not read books made of paper. Instead, we will buy and read books using computers. We will read texts on small pocket computers. The computers will keep many diffe rent books in them at the same time. We won’t need to turn lots of pages and paper will be saved. Computerized (计算机化的) books will be used more and more.Is Internet shopping such a pleasure as going to the shop? Many people say it is not. It is a pleasure to go into shops and look at things you want to buy. Also probably people won’t like to read large texts on ourcomputers. Because paper books seem to be more friendly. Maybe computers won’t change these two habits (习惯).Computers Will Replace Shops and BooksComputers Will Do Everything for ManComputers Are the FutureHow Computers Change Our Habits（3）(总词汇量：148words)Scientists are trying to make the deserts into good land again. They want to bring water to the deserts, so people can live and grow food. They are learning a lot about the deserts. But more and more of the earth is becoming desert all the time. Scientists may not be able to theme the desert. Scientists think that people make deserts. People are doing bad things to the earth.Some places on the earth don’t get much rain. But they still don’t become deserts. This is because some green plants are growing there. Small green plants and grass are very important to dry places. Plants don’t let the hot sun make the earth even drier. Plants don’t let the wind blow the earth away. When a little bit of rain falls, the plants hold the water. Without plants, the land can become a desert much more easily.Scientists know how to change desert, into good land.Land is becoming desert faster than scientists can change it back intogood land.If scientists can bring water to desert, people can live and grow food there.More and more places are becoming deserts all the time.（4）(总词汇量：127words)A dog has a piece of meat in his mouth. He’s going to eat it at home. As he is walking on a bridge (桥), he looks down and sees himself in the river. That dog looks like him and he has a piece of meat in his mouth, too. The dog thinks it’s another dog. So he says to himself, “I want to eat more meat. I must make him run away from here and get the meat in his mouth. Then I can have two pieces.” He opens his mouth to bark (吠). That dog in the water barks at him. Suddenly, his meat goes down into the water. The dog is so angry, he jumps into the water to catch the other dog.The greedy (贪心的) dog gets nothing at last.The dog is a clever one.A dog always wants two pieces of meat.The dog can get two pieces of meat（5）(总词汇量：178 words)We were going to play against a team from a country school. They didn’t come until the last minute. They looked worse than we had thought. They were wearing dirty blue trousers and looked like farm boys.We sat down for a rest. We felt that we didn’t need any practice against a team like that.The game began. One of us got the ball and he shot a long pass to our forward (前锋). From out of nowhere a boy in an old T-shirt stopped the ball and with beautiful style (姿势) he shot and got two points. Then another two points in a minute. Soon the game was all over. We were beaten by the country team.After that, we thought a lot. We certainly learned that even though a team is very good, there is usually another team better than yours. You can not be always the best. And the most important lesson we learned was: One can’t judge(判断) a person or a team only by their clothes.learn from othersfight against the country boysplay against a weak teamjudge a man or a team（6）(总词汇量：143words)There were many mice in a house. The man of the house got a cat. The cat killed many of the mice.Then the oldest mouse said, “All mice must come to my hole tonight, and we will think what we can do about this cat.”All the mice came. Many mice spoke, but none knew what to do. At last a young mouse stood up and said, “We must put a bell on the cat. Then, when the cat comes near, we shall hear the bell and run away and hide. So the cat will not catch any more of us.”Then the old mouse asked, “who will put the bell on the cat?”No mouse answered. He waited; but still no one answered.At last he said, “it is not hard to say things; but it is harder to do them.”the mice must put a bell on the catit is easier to say than to dothe young mouse is not afraid of the catthe cat will meet a big trouble答案：B（7）(总词汇量：234words)There are some easy things you can do to protect the environment and the earth. Choose ideas from the list or come up with a few of your own.●Plant flowers, grass or trees.●Whenever you visit a park or beach, take away what you bring there—keep rubbish in a bag until you can put it in a dustbin.●Turn off the lights, TV sets when you leave the room. This can savea lot of electricity (电).●Turn off the tap (水龙头) when you brush your teeth. You can save some water by not letting it run. Also, use a glass cup instead of a paper cup because this saves paper.●Keep the doors and windows closed in winter to deep warm air in.●Give your old books and magazines to a library instead of throwing them away.●Give your old clothes to poor children you know instead of throwing them away.●Use both sides of paper.●Stop pouring dirty water into the rivers or lakes nearby.●Encourage all your friends to do the same things you do to help protect th e earth. You don’t have to wait until Earth Day to do these things. Make every day Earth Day. If everyone makes a contribution to protecting the environment, the world will become much more beautiful.Protect the EarthSave Water and ElectricityMake Better Use of Old ThingsSave Money答案：A（8）(总词汇量：399words)Who hasn’t enjoyed eating peanuts? Did you know that although peanuts look like nuts and taste like nuts, they aren’t nuts at all? They belong to the pea family, so they are called peanuts. The peanut grows flowers above ground, but its “fruit” grows underground. It grows in more countries than most other “nuts”.The peanut is a native South American plant. Scientists believe that it grew wild in Brazil long ago. They think that for several thousand years the early peoples of South America made it a part of their diet. These peoples were nomads (游牧民族) who moved on when a natural food could no longer be found in one area. Along the way they probably let fall some peanuts, which got into the ground and grew. This is believed to be the way the plant reached the place where the Incas (印加人) lived. The Incas, from about 1,100 to 1,532, thought highly of peanuts. The peanuts were eaten in several forms and used as sacrificial offerings (祭品) to the Incan Sun God. Later in the 16th century, European soldiers had brought peanuts to other parts of the world, including North America, Africa, Asia, Europe, and Pacific Islands.Although peanuts were found native in South America, they are now grown in almost every country that has warm weather. India produces the most peanuts. China’s production is next, follow ed by the United States.The peanut is special in more ways than one. It can be eaten raw, boiled, roasted, or fried. Hundreds of widely different products have been made from it. Carver, an American scientist, set himself the task of discovering new uses for eating and for many other products.Peanuts are very highly nutritious and are also high in protein (蛋白质). Americans use about seven-tenths of their protein in the form of meat. In India, where the poor can’t pay for meat or milk, peanut meal and peanut milk have been produced. These have been a great help to the poor.New products are continually being made from peanuts, among them peanut cheese and a powder that becomes peanut butter when water is added. Thefact is that peanuts are so healthy that they were used by astronauts. The unusual nut that isn’t a nut is one of nature’s most amazing gifts.The countries growing peanuts.The ways of using peanuts.The history of the peanut.The origin of the peanut.(9)(总词汇量：233words)Everybody has different hobbies that he or she would like to do for fun or relaxation. They can be either physical activities like football, swimming, skateboarding, or mental activities like reading, writing, playing computers. For me, soccer is my hobby because it’s a part of my life and it means a lot to me. I cannot live without it.Living in country like Vietnam, soccer is the king of sport. My mom told me that I liked kicking the ball around and had so much fun with it when I was only about two years old. Since then, playing soccer is my favorite sport and it is my hobby whenever I have free time. It is interesting and amazing, especially when I score a goal or my teammates do it.Moreover, soccer is not only about passing and kicking the ball but also requires a lot of thought and some basic skills. So I often practice it and of course, I feel healthy and strong. Besides, soccer has also taught me the spirit of teamwork and created a strong sportsmanship in me.That is why I have grown up with the soccer’s ball until today. Now I am studying at De Anza in the US but I still join in a soccer club toplay for fun every weekend. It is so much fun to play with the ball. I love soccer so much.Soccer.My Childhood.My Life.My Hobby.答案：A(10)(总词汇量：288words)Different weather makes people feel different. It influences (影响) health, intelligence (智力) and feelings.In August, it is very hot and wet in the southern part of the United States. People there have heart trouble and other kinds of health problems during this month. In the northeast and the Middle West, it is very hot at some times and very cold at other times. People in these states have more heart trouble after the weather changes in February or March.The weather can also influence intelligence. For example, in a 1983 report by scientists, IQ (智商) of a group of students was very high when a very strong wind came, but after the strong wind, their IQ was 10% below. The wind can help people have more intelligence. Very hot weather, on the other hand (另一方面), can make it lower. Students in many schools of the United States often get worse on exams in the hot months of the year (July and August).Weather also has a strong influence on people’s feelings. Winter maybe a bad time for thin people. They usually feel cold during these months. They might feel unhappy during cold weather. But fat people may have a hard time in hot summer. At about 18 centigrade, people become stronger.Low air pressure (气压) may make people forgetful. People leave more bags on buses and in shops on low-pressure days. There is “good weather” for work and health. People feel best at a temperature of about 18 centigrade (摄氏度).Are you feeling sad, tired, forgetful, or unhappy today? It may be the weather’s problem.hot and cold weather influences all people in the same wayweather influences people’s livesIQ never changes when weather changesthere is a good kind of weather for people’s work and healthKey: B(11)(总词汇量：148words)A man had two dogs: a Hound and a Housedog. The hound was trained to assist (帮助) him in his sports, and the housedog was taught to watch the house. When he returned home after a good day’s sport, he always gave the Housedog a large share of his spoil (猎物). The Hound felt much sad at this and scolded (责备) his friend, saying, “It is very hard to have all this labor, while you do not help in the hunting, but you get the fruits (成果) of my labor.” The Housedog answered, “Do not blame me, my friend, but find fault with (找茬) the master, he did not teach me to labor, but to depend on the labor of others.”Children are not to be blamed for the faults of their parents.The housedog shouldn’t get the large share.The hound should get the large share.Parents should be just and fair to their children.Children are not to be blamed.Key:C(12)(总词汇量：200 words)When you send a letter or a postcard, you have to put stamps on the envelope(信封) or on the card. When did people first begin to use stamps? Who was the first to think of this idea?In the early nineteenth century, people did not use stamps. They had to pay postage(邮资)when they received let ters. Sometimes they didn’t want to receive a letter at all, but they had to pay money for it. They were unhappy about this. The postage was high at that time, because the post offices had to send many people to get the postage.Rowland Hill was a school teacher in England. He was the first to think of using stamps in 1850s. He thought it would be much easier for people to use stamps. They could go to the post office to buy stamps and put them on envelopes before they sent the letters. The post office could just put seals (印记) on the stamps so that people could not use the stamps again. In this way, the post office did not need to send postmen to get postage. It only needed fewer postmen to send letters.How did stamps begin to be used?Why were postmen sent to get postage?When did people first begin to use stamps?Who was the first to think of using stamps?Key: A(总词汇量：107 words)Food is very important to our health. Everyone needs to eat well if he or she wants to have a strong body.Our minds, like our bodies, always need the best food. This kind of food is knowledge. We start getting knowledge when we are very young.Studying on our own brings us the most knowledge. When we get older, we should enjoy reading and learning about all kinds of things. If we just accept answers without thinking about them, we never learn well. When we study in the right way and get knowledge on our own, we enjoy learning. We also learn more and understand better.we are youngerwe are olderit will bring us the most knowledge and make us learn more and understand bettersomeone is always telling us answersKey : C(14)(总词汇量：168 words)Until a few years ago, only boys could become students at the university of Puritanical (布鲁里坦尼亚大学). Later the university decided to take girls in. But one of the teachers, Mr. Golfer, was not pleased at all. He had not wanted to let girl students in.Mr. Golfer always began his lessons with the word “Gentlemen!” What could he do now? Well, when the girl students came to his lessons for the first time, he still began with the word. For him the girls were just not there. Then one day there was only one boy in his class among a lot of girls. For a moment, Mr. Golfer didn't know what to do. Then he began, “Sir!”Finally a terrible day came when there were no boys in his class. He came into the room, looked at the girls and said, “Oh, nobody’s here today!” He turned and went out without giving his lessons.SirGood morningGentlemenHello(15)(总词汇量：87words)This is my school. There are many trees and flowers in it. The class building is big and high, but it is not new. There is a big playgroundin our school. Many students come to the playground to play football and ping pong after 4:30 in the afternoon.There are 1,200 students in 25 classes and 100 teachers in our school. The students all like to study. The teachers in our school are very good. They help the students to study and the students like them, too.45251,200100(16)(总词汇量：145words)Teenagers who listen to the same music often have a common “look”. One hot style in music and fashion is hip-hop. Hip-hop is a type of urban music with a heavy beat. The lyrics are very important in this music, so teenagers like to sing them to the music. Hip-hop fashions are large or loose-fitting clothes. African American kids in Detroit and Chicago first made hip-hop fashions popular. Then North American and European bands also began wearing this style. These bands influenced one another’s music and clothing. This mixture made hip-hop into an international fashion sensation (感觉). The style includes baggy jeans, sweatshirts, hiking boots, and baseball caps (usually worn backwards). However, teens add other clothing items like flannel (法兰绒) shirts, jackets with sports logos, and athletic shoes. In the hip-hop style, boys and girls dress the same.North American bands.European bands.American kids.African American kids. Key : D。
