高考英语阅读-主旨大意题的解题技巧学生版

正确的解答这类题目的关键是准确地找出文章的主题句。那么，主题句通常在哪里呢？ 1. 主题句在____________

Today the problem of environment has become more and more serious. The world population is rising, so quickly that the world has become too crowded. We are using up our natural resources too quickly and at the same time we are polluting our environment with dangerous chemicals.

The main idea of the paragraph is ________.

2. 主题句在____________

Some people like reading, and some people like swimming. I have many hobbies, such as reading, skating, and traveling. In fact, different people have different hobbies. My friend Ann studies very hard. So her hobby is reading all kinds of books. Tony loves working with her hands, and his hobby is gardening.

What does this paragraph mainly talk about?

3. 主题句在____________

When you are poor, you can also say you are very happy, because you have something else that can' t be bought with money. When you meet with difficulties, you can say loudly you are very happy, because you have more chances to challenge yourself. So you should always say you are happy.

What is the passage mainly about?

4. 主题句____________

Smoking cigarettes is harmful to your health. Experiments show that cigarette smoking can cause cancer. Besides the most serious and terrible disease(illness), cancer, cigarette smoking also can cause other health problems. For example, it can give one a “smoker’s cough”. Finally, studies have shown it is easy for cigarette smokers to catch colds. Whether you get an unimportant cold or terrible killer, cancer, smoking is harmful. Is it worth it? What is the main idea ?

A. Smoking can cause cancer. B. Smoking is a terrible killer

C. Smoking is harmful to our health. D. An experiment on smoking 5. 无明显主题句

根据____________概括

Everyone can experience anger sometimes. But not everyone can control it properly. To some people, controlling anger seems like the hardest thing in the world to do.

Control these bytalking to yourself in your own mind, when you experience unwanted feeling. By talking it over in your ownhead you can work out how you will best deal with the situation.

Anger control can also be achieved by communicating with others with honesty. You can effectively train yourself to respond to situations without getting annoyed about things. It is important to remember it is possible for everyone to get angry and therefore,

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controlling it is the real challenge. What is the best title of the passage? A. Not everyone can control anger. B. How to control anger.

C. Communicating with others is helpful. D. Controlling anger is challenging

根据____________概括

Mother’s Day was coming, a man stopped at a flower shop to order some flowers to be wired(电邮给) to his mother who lived two hundred miles away.

As he got out of his car, he noticed a young girl sobbing (啜泣) . He asked her what was wrong with her and she replied, “I wanted to buy a red rose for my mother. But I only have seventy-five cents, and a rose costs two dollars.” The man smiled and said, “Come on in with me. I’ll buy you a rose.” After they went in, he bought a rose for the little girl and ordered flowers for his own mother.

As they were leaving, he offered to ride the girl home. She said, “Yes, please! But can you take me to my mother?” “To your mother?” the man was a little puzzled but didn’t say anything. She directed him to a cemetery(公墓), where she placed the rose on a freshly dug grave (新坟). The man was shocked and returned to the flower shop, canceled(取消) the wire order, picked up a bunch of flowers and drove the two hundred miles to his mother’s house. What is the passage mainly about?

A. Moved by the girl, the man sent his mother the flowers himself on Mother’s Day. B. A man helped a girl to buy a flower for her mother. C. We should often help others. D. We should love our mothers.

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Smoking in indoor public places including public working places, public transport

vehicles and some other special outdoor working places has been banned (禁止) in China since January 2011.Should smoking be banned in public places? Of course, it should be.

First, banning smoking will not only help in saving smokers from health problems and diseases, but will also be good for passive smokers.

Next, banning smoking will put stress on smokers to give up. Since a smoker is prevented from smoking.

At last, smoking cigarettes adds to the pollution of the air, so if it is banned, it will help in saving the environment from further deterioration(恶化). What is the main idea of the passage ? A. Smoking is bad for health. B. Smoking will increase pollution. C. Smoking should be banned. D. Smoking can cause fire.

2. There is a simple economic principle used to determine prices. It is called the law of supply and demand. Supply means the amount of, or access to, certain goods. Demand represents the number of people who want those goods. If there are more goods than wanted, the price of them falls. On the other hand, if the demand for those goods is much greater than the supply,

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then price rises. Of course, manufacturers prefer to sell more goods at increased prices. What is the main idea?

A. Economic Principles B. Law of Supply and Demand

C. More Goods, Lower Prices D. Fewer Goods, Higher Prices

3. Often no one looks more guilty than the innocent. On the other hand, nobody may look more innocent than a professional criminal. And the man who knows “everything” may really only be trying to hide his own weakness. So, it is foolish to try to judge a person only by his appearance

What does the writher want to tell us ? A. The innocent looks more guilty.

B. The professional criminal looks innocent.

C. A man knows everything likes to hide his weekness. D. We shouldn’t judge a person only by his appearance.

4. WeChat(微信) is a mobile text and voice messaging communication service developed by Tencent in China, first released in January 2011. With WeChat, we can communicate with friends by sending text messages, voice messages, we can share our photos or videos, share our location, we can even chat with lots of friends at the same time. More important, it is free for the users. The main idea of this paragraph is that ______. A. The tools of chatting.

B. We can use Wechat to chat with lots of friends. C. The functions of Wechat.

D. We should often communicate with friends.

5. For adults a cold is not that serious. However, this is not the case for children. Cold symptoms in children may be signs of more serious diseases and should be given prompt medical attention.

What does the paragraph mainly talk about? A. Cold is not serious for adults. B. Cold is serious for children. C. Cold has obvious symptoms. D. Cold should be cured at once.

6. Some students prefer a strict teacher who tells them exactly what to do. Others prefer to be left to work on their own. Still others like a democratic discussion type of class. No one teaching method can satisfy all students at the same time. What is the main idea ?

A. Some students prefer a strict teacher.

B. No one teaching method can satisfy all students at the same time. C. Some students prefer to do work on their own. D. Students should respect teachers.

7. Nothing is as useful as a flashlight in a dark night if a tire(轮胎) goes flat. Few inventions are so helpful to a child who is afraid of the dark. In fact, the modern flashlight brings light to many dark situations. Finding something in the back of a closet is easy with a flashlight in hand. A camper(野营者) also needs one after the light of the campfire has been out.

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What is the main idea ?

A. A flashlight is useful every day.

B. A flashlight is useful in dark situations. C. Children are afraind of darkness.

D. A camper needs a flashlight when the campfire is out.

8. Magellan’s(麦哲伦) men were the first to make the trip around the world. It took them more than two years to do so by ship.

Magellan was from Portugal, but he sailed for the King of Spain. On September 20, 1519, he left Spain with five ships and 240 men. After passing the tip of South America, they reached the Pacific Ocean, on which they sailed more than one year. Very often they could not see a piece of land for months and they suffered greatly from the lack of food and fresh water. Many of them died of hunger and diseases. They even had to live on sawdust. Finally, in April 1521, Magellan got to the Philippine Islands, where he was killed. His men fled and continued their voyage across the Indian Ocean. It was with the greatest difficulty that they passed the Cape of Good Hope. By the time they returned to Spain on December 21,1521, seven out of every eight men had died.

Magellan’s voyage proved that men could sail around the world and that our earth is but a huge ball.

Which of the following is the best title for this passage? A. Magellan’s death

B. Going Around the World C. The World Is Round D. Magellan’s Voyage

9. There is a simple economic principle used to determine prices. It is called the law of supply and demand. Supply means the amount of, or access to, certain goods. Demand represents the number of people who want those goods. If there are more goods than wanted, the price of them falls. On the other hand, if the demand for those goods is much greater than the supply, then price rises. Of course, manufacturers prefer to sell more goods at increased prices. What is the main idea?

A. Economic Principles B. Law of Supply and Demand

C. More Goods, Lower Prices D. Fewer Goods, Higher Prices

10. If you are robbed, keep calm. If you cannot cry for help or run away, give the robber your money. Try to remember what the robber looks like and tell the police.

If it is raining hard and there is lightning. Don’t stay in high places and keep away from trees. When there is a fire, get away as fast as you can. Put wet things on your body and try and find an exit. Do not take the lift!

If someone is drowning(溺水), If you can’t swim, don’t get into the water. Cry out for help. Remember that danger is never as far away as you think. We should take care of ourselves. What is the best title? A. Danger everywhere. B. Take care of ourselves. C. How to save others

D. Don’t stay under the tree when raining.

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高考题汇编

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A JINTAN, JIANGSU: The 20 students — 18 boys and 2 girls —had a thousand reasons to be proud of themselves. They had just climbed their way to the top rung(阶梯)out of 4 million students taking part in the Fifth National Hua Luogeng Gold Cup Mathematics Contest (竞赛)on Tuesday evening.

The 20 gold medal winners are all primary and middle school students under the age of 14. \"Many of the problems are of college level and these pupils can figure them out. It is just unbelievable!\" said a teacher from Guangdong province.

Named after China's most famous mathematician, Hua Luogeng, the contest started in 1986, one year after his death. In less than 10 years, it has been recognized by the State Education Commission(国家教委) as the country's biggest and best contest of its kind. This news story is mainly about ______. A. when the contest started B. how the contest got its name

C. the 20 pupils who have won gold medals in the contest

D. the 5th National Hua Luogeng Gold Cup Mathematics Contest

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Fat on human beings is distributed in different ways. Some fat people have a large stomach and no waistline—which makes them look round, rather like apples. Others are fatter below the waist, which makes them appear pear-shaped.

There are two types of fat: external fat (fat under the skin) and internal fat (fat inside the body wall). Doctors, who have been examining the relationship between health and fatness, have found that the 'pears' have less internal fat, but the 'apples' have more internal fat than external fat. This seems to be what causes the health problems.

The best treatment for fatness is to reduce the internal fat. But unfortunately it seems that dieting (节食) simply makes an apple-shaped person into a smaller apple and a pear-shaped person into a smaller pear. At the moment there is no known way of reducing the internal rather than external fat.

The text is mainly about ______.

A. fatness and health B. ways to lose weigh C. people's figures D. distribution of fat

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In 1901, H.G. Wells, an English writer, wrote a book describing a trip to the moon. When the explorers (探险者) landed on the moon, they discovered that the moon was full of underground cities. They expressed their surprise to the \"moon people\" they met. In turn, the \"moon people” expressed their surprise. \"Why,\" they asked, \"are you traveling to outer space when you don't even use your inner space?\"

H.G. Wells could only imagine travel to the moon. In 1969, human beings really did land on the moon. People today know that there are no underground cities on the moon. How ever, the question that the \"moon people\" asked is still an interesting one. A growing number of scientists are seriously thinking about it.

Underground systems are already in place. Many cities have underground car parks. In some cities, such as Tokyo, Seoul and Montreal, there are large underground shopping areas. The

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'Chunnel\隧道) connecting England and France, is now complete.

But what about underground cities? Japan's Taisei Corporation is designing a network of underground system, called \"Alice Cities.\" The designers imagine using surface space for public parks and using underground space for flats, offices, shopping, and so on. A solar dome(太阳能穹顶) would cover the whole city.

Supporters of underground development say that building down rather than building up is a good way to use the earth's space. The surface, they say, can be used for farms, parks, gardens, and wilderness. H.G. Wells' \"moon people\" would agree. Would you? What would be the best title for the text?

A. Alice Cities—cities of the future B. Space travel with H.G. Wells C. Enjoy living underground D. Building down, not up

D

Shu Pulong has helped at least 1000 people bitten by snakes. \"It was seeing people with snake bites that led me to this career,\" he said.

In 1963, after his army service, Shu entered a medical school and later became a doctor of Chinese medicine. As part of his studies he had to work in the mountains. There he often heard of people who had their arms and legs cut off after a snake bite in order to save their lives.

\"I was greatly upset by the story of an old farmer I met. It was a very hot afternoon. The old man was pulling grass in his fields when he felt a pain in his left hand. He at once realized he had been bitten by a poisonous snake. In no time he wrapped a cloth tightly around his arm to stop the poison spreading to his heart. Rushing home he shouted 'Bring me the knife!' Minutes later the man lost his arm forever.\"

\"The sad story touched me so much that I decided to devote myself to helping people bitten by snakes,\"Shu said.

The best headline for this newspaper article is ______.

A. Astonishing Medicine B. Farmer Loses Arms C. Dangerous Bites D. Snake Doctor

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James Cleveland Owens was the son of a farmer and the grandson of black slaves. His family moved to Cleveland when he was 9. There, a school teacher asked the youth his name. \"J.C.\

She thought he had said \"Jesse\

Owens ran his first race at age 13. After high school, he went to Ohio State University. He had to work part time so as to pay for his education. As a second-year student, in the Big Ten games in 1935, he set even more records than he would in the Olympic Games a year later.

A week before the Big Ten meet, Owens accidentally fell down a flight of stairs. His back hurt so much that he could not exercise all week, and he had to be helped in and out of the car that drove him to the meet. He refused to listen to the suggestions that he give up and said he would try, event by event. He did try, and the results are in the record book.

The stage was set for Owens' victory at the Olympic Games in Berlin the next year, and his success would come to be regarded as not only athletic(体育的)but also political. Hitler did not congratulate any of the African-American winners.

\"It was all right with me,\" he said years later. \"I didn't go to Berlin to shake hands with him, anyway.\"

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Having returned from Berlin. He received no telephone call from the president of his own country, either. In fact, he was not honored by the United States until 1976, four years before his death.

Owens' Olympic victories made little difference to him. He earned his living by looking after a school playground, and accepted money to race against cars, trucks, motorcycles, and dogs.

\"Sure, it bothered (烦扰)me,\" he said later. \"But at least it was an honest living. I had to eat.\"

In time, however, his gold medals (奖牌) changed his life. \"They have kept me alive over the years,\" he once said. \"Time has stood still for me. That golden moment dies hard.\" Which of the following is a suitable title for the text? A. Jesse Owens, a Great American Athlete B. Golden Moment — a Life-time Struggle C. Making a Living as a Sportsman D. How to Be a Successful Athlete?

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Modern inventions have speeded up people’s lives amazingly. Motor-cars cover a hundred miles in little more than an hour, aircraft cross the world a day, while computers operate at lightning speed. Indeed, this love of speed seems never-ending. Every year motor-cars are produced which go even faster and each new computer boasts（吹嘘）of saving precious seconds in handling tasks.

All this saves time, but at a price. When we lose or gain half a day in speeding across the world in an airplane, our bodies tell us so. We get the uncomfortable feeling known as jet-lag; our bodies feel that they have been left behind in another time zone. Again, spending too long at computers results in painful wrists and fingers. Mobile phones also have their dangers, according to some scientists; too much use may transmit harmful radiation into our brains, a consequence we do not like to think about.

However, what do we do with the time we have saved? Certainly not relax, or so it seems. We are so accustomed to constant activity that we find it difficult to sit and do nothing, or even just one thing at a time. Perhaps the days are long gone when we might listen quietly to a story on the radio, letting imaginations take us into another world.

There was a time when some people’s lives were devoted simply to the cultivation of the land or the care of cattle. No multi-tasking there; their lives went on at a much gentler pace, and in a familiar pattern. There is much that we might envy about a way of life like this. Yet before we do so, we must think of the hard tasks our ancestors faced: they farmed with bare hands, often lived close to hunger, and had to fashion tools from wood and stone. Modem machinery has freed people from that primitive existence.

71. What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. The present and past times. B. Machinery and human beings.

C. Imaginations and inventions. D. Modem technology and its influence.

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A new eight-kilometre road is under construction that links the port area with the motorway system. It is expected to carry 20,000 trucks and cars a day, which greatly reduces the overcrowded traffic in the center of the city. As part of the project, two four-kilometre road tunnels are being built below the central area of the city, one for traffic to the north and the other for traffic to the south. The two tunnels are about 20 metres below the surface and are 12 metres wide, providing for two lanes of traffic in each direction.

In the upper part of the tunnel two air-conditioning pipes remove the waste gas of trucks and cars and keep the quality of air inside the tunnel. The lighting is at the top of the tunnel, practically at its highest point. There will also be electronic signs at frequent intervals (间隔). They show traffic conditions ahead, and can be seen clearly by drivers. The wall is made up of four main elements, which include a waterproofing covering and, on the inside of the tunnel, a concrete lining (混凝土衬砌).

Each tunnel is roughly round and the lower part of the tunnel is somewhat flat. The surface of the road lies on the base, which is made of concrete and steel. The drainage system (排水系统), just below the road surface on one side, removes any extra liquid, particularly water. In the event of fire, the fire main, which is made of steel, pipes water to many fire hydrant stations at regular intervals along

the length of the tunnel. The fire main is at the side of the tunnel, and at the level of the road surface. Other systems in the tunnel will include emergency phones. 1. Each of the tunnels under construction is _____. A. eight kilometers long and twenty metres wide B. eight kilometers long and six metres wide C. four kilometers long and twenty metres wide D. four kilometers long and six metres wide

2. Which part of the tunnel in the diagram is used to pipe out extra water? A. 1. B. 3. C. 5. D. 6.

3. Driving in the tunnel, one can know the traffic conditions ahead through _____. A. the lights B. the electronic signs C. the trucks and cars D. the emergency phones

4. The passage is mainly about _____. A. the construction of a road B. the design of a road

C. the construction of two tunnels D. the design of two tunnels

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