阅读理解训练Finding the Main Idea

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1、FindingtheMainIdea:theauthor'smessageaboutthetopic.Wherearethemainideasfound?Itiseasytoidentifyamainideathatisdirectlyexpressedinthetext.·Mainideasareoftenfoundatthebeginningofparagraphs.Thefirstsentenceoftenexplainsthesubjectbeingdiscussedinthepassage.·Mainideasar

2、ealsofoundintheconcludingsentencesofaparagraph.Themainideacanbeexpressedasasummationoftheinformationintheparagraphaswellasalinktotheinformationinthenextparagraph.Themainideaisnotalwaysclearlystated.Itismoredifficulttoidentifyamainideawhenitisinferredorimplied.Itcan

3、beimpliedthroughotherwordsintheparagraph.Animpliedmainideacanbefoundinseveralways.·Severalsentencesinaparagraphcanimplythemainideabyintroducingfactsaboutthetopicbeforeactuallystatingthetopic.·Impliedideascanbedrawnfromfacts,reasons,orexamplesthatgivehintsorsuggesti

4、onsconcerningthemainidea.Thesehintswillbecluesleadingyoutodiscoverthemainideaintheselectedtext.·Trythepassagebelowtoseeifyoucanpickoutthemainidea."Tomanyparents,theinfant'scryingmaybemainlyanirritation,especiallyifitcontinuesforlongperiods.Butcryingservesimportantf

5、unctionsforthechildaswellasfortheparents.Forthechild,cryinghelpsimprovelungcapacityandtherespiratorysystem.Perhapsmoreimportant,thecryservesasasignalofdistress.Whenbabiescry,theyindicatethattheyarehungryorinpain,andthisisimportantinformationforparents."Usethehintsb

6、elowtodeterminethecorrectmainideaofthisparagraph.Afterreadingaparagraphask,"Whatpointistheauthormakinginthispassage?"Askthefollowingquestions:·Who-Doesthispassagediscussapersonorgroupofpeople?·When-Doestheinformationcontainareferencetotime?·Where-Doesthetextnameapl

7、ace?·Why-Doyoufindareasonorexplanationforsomethingthathappened?·How-Doesthisinformationindicateamethodoratheory?HowcanIdetermineifIhaveselectedthecorrectmainideaofaparagraph?Ifyouareabletosummarizetheinformationinthepassageinyourownwords,youhaveabsorbedthecorrectma

8、inidea.Toaccomplishthisgoal,trythestepslistedbelowafterreadingashortsectionofyourtextbook.·Writeashortsummaryinyourownwordsaboutwhatyouhaveread.·