how to grasp the main idea

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1、PARTONEHOWTOGRASPTHEMAINIDEAI.Thecomprehensionquestionsdirectedtowardsthemainidea(thequestionpatterns)1.Themainidea(centralthought)ofthepassageis2.Whatistheauthor’smainpoint?3.Whichofthefollowingsentencesbestexpressesthemainidea?4.Thetopicsentenceofthispassageis5.Whatthepassagetell

2、suswouldbesummarizedbythesentence6.Thebestsummaryofthepassageisthat7.Themainpurposeofthepassageis8.Whatistheauthor’smainpurposeinthepassage?9.Theprimaryobjectiveofthepassageis10.Thetitleofthispassagewouldbe11.Thetitlethatbestexpressesthemainideaofthepassage?12.Whichofthefollowingis

3、thebesttitleforthepassage?13.The(main)subjectofthepassageis14.Whichofthefollowingbestthethemeofthepassage?15.Whattopicistreatedinthispassage?16.Thepassagestates(illustrates,discusses,dealswith,isconcernedabout,describes…)II.Tograspthemainideaidentifyingthetopicsentence(Justremember

4、this:thetopicsentenceshouldstatethemainideaoftheparagraph,andeveryidea,everydetail,intheparagraphshouldrelatetotheideasetforthinthetopicsentence.)PARTTWOHOWTOFINDSPECIFICDETAILSIThecomprehensionquestionsdirectedtowardsthespecificdetails(supportingidea)1.Whichofthefollowingstatement

5、siscorrect(true),accordingtothepassage?2.Whichofthefollowingstatttementsistrue?…3.Thestatementsmadebythewriter(author)arebasedonevidence(example,fact…)4.Whichofthefollowingstatementsisfalse(notcorrect,nottrue),accordingtothepassage?5.AllthefollowingstatementsaretrueEXCEPT…6.Theauth

6、or(writer)mentionalloftheitemslistedbelowEXCEPT7.Inthispassage,wefindsupportforallofthefollowingstatementsEXCEPT…8.Theauthor(passage)states(informsus)that9.Whatdoesthepassagesayabout…II.TofindawordorsentenceorgroupofsentencesinthereadingpassagewhichjustifiestheChoice(Note:(1)Theque

7、stionsmostfrequentlyfoundinthereadingtestsmerelyrequireyoutoidentifyoneof25thesestatement,oftenexpressedindifferentwords.(2)Theanswertoquestionsofspecificdetailmustbeinthepassage,Youmustbeabletofindawordorsentenceorgroupofsentenceswhichjustifiesthechoice.)PARTTHREEHOWTOANSWERTHEWOR

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