主旨大意题技巧点拨

关注主要人物、情节及事件发展；重视文章、题干和选项中的关键词。具体方法如下：

略读法：选读文章标题、首段和末段以及中间段落的首尾句，找出主题句；

归纳法：归纳各段段落大意，把握段落间的逻辑关系，得出文章主旨；

排除法：排除以偏概全，以某段的段落大意或某个细节代替文章主旨的干扰项。

Learning to farm (P3)

Choose the best answer:

1. The article is mainly about ______.

A. life on a farm near Lexington

B. how to look after goats and sheep

C. Mahan’s concern about the land to be sold

D. The Fayette County Livestock Club’s programme

2. Before getting their own animals, the kids have to ______.

A. find a home for them

B. pay for a barn to use

C. take a six-hour cla

D. pay for veterinary care

3. The Fayette County Livestock Club is special in that ______.

A. the kids don’t have to pay for anything

B. most of its members live a long way from the farm

C. both parents and kids can take part in the program

D. the kids have to teach their parents what they learned

4. Carly Playforth has a(n) ______ attitude towards the activity.

A. negative B. critical

C. indifferent D. positive

Go on, try an online dictionary (P4)

阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示，2）首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在短文后相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。

When you do certain research in English on the Internet, new words and phrases often pop up. One choice is, of course, to look them ________ (5) in the dictionary sitting on your desk. But by just clicking your mouse, you will have access ________ (6) other useful ________ (7) (资源) – the online dictionaries.

Online dictionaries are more ________ (8) (方便的) and have more information. For example, log on to http://dictionary.cambridge.org. Just t________ (9) a word in the search box and choose ________ (10) the list of words and phrases ________ (11) (显示). With each entry comes an example written in very simple language.

“The electronic dictionary is more than a reference tool for looking up new words. It also functions as a study book in which users can ________ (12) (练习) how to use the new words,” Patrick Gillard, senior commissioning editor of Cambridge University Press.

Another good online dictionary is http://dictionary.reference.com. A________ (13) from providing word explanations, you can click the “Thesaurus” section on its homepage. It will give you the synonyms and antonyms of a word. It is a useful way to expand your v________ (14).

5. ___________ 6. ___________

7. ___________ 8. ___________

9. ___________ 10. __________

11. __________ 12. __________

13. __________ 14. __________

Waking to orange (P6)

Choose the best answer:

15. The article is about ______.

A. the causes of the major dust storm

B. different reactions to a dust storm

C. the damage caused by the big dust storm

D. the worst dust storm in Australia in the past 70 year

16. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The dust storm didn’t blow up to the coastal regions of Australia.

B. The level of air pollution was very high due to the dust storm.

C. Sydney Opera House and Harbor Bridge could still be seen on September 23.

D. Children and elderly people were told to stay indoors because the transportation system had been affected.

17. The article tells us that ______.

A. Tanya Ferguson lives in the Australian outback

B. a bush fire may have brought the orange dust

C. the sandstorm in the city lasted about 24 hour

D. it has been dry for ten years in the southern Australia hinterland.

18. The tone of the article is ______.

A. worried B. sympathetic

C. objective D. angry

Don’t sell your soul to fit in (P8)

Choose the best answer:

19. The writer felt she fit in when ______.

A. she smiled and joked with her classmate

B. she went to sit with a group of students at the lunch table

C. she became a leader of a student club

D. others cheered for her after she treated Mary Lou badly

20. The writer never again hurt someone for her own gain because she ______.

A. realized it was shameful to make fun of Mary Lou

B. was afraid to be beaten by Mary Lou’s father

C. was impressed by Mary Lou’s calmne

D. was sorry that she had hurt Mary Lou’s knee

21. After he saw what happened to his daughter, Mary Lou’s father _______.

A. felt shame and anger because she was treated unfairly

B. felt sad and proud because she faced it bravely

C. felt it necessary to teach the writer a lesson

D. felt it a pity that his daughter didn’t fight back

22. From the text, we can see that the writer is probably ______.

A. a rude girl who enjoys treating others badly

B. a shy girl who has trouble communicating with other

C. a brave girl who is willing to admit and correct her mistake

D. a cold girl who doesn’t care about others’ feeling

Key:

1—4 DCBD

5. up 6. to 7. resources 8. convenient 9. type 10. from

11. displayed/shown 12. practice 13. Apart 14. vocabulary

15—18 DBDC 19—22 DABC