例1.The question of whether war is inevitable
is one which has conviced many of the worlds great
writers. Before considering this question,…
Q： The passage is probably intended to answer the
question _____ .
(A) Is war inevitable?
(B) why is there conflict and competition?
(C) Is conflict desirable?
(D) Can competition lead to conflict?
(分析：選A。屬段首主旨大意型。文章開頭一句話即點明了文章中心思想，下面內容均圍繞這一思想展開的。)例2.…"They
think that if you work hard,…"She adds, Most women
and blacks…because of their sex or color that play
down (使…不突出)their visibility."Her advice to those
folk . Learn the ways that white males have
traditionally used to find their way into the
spotlight."
Q：The best title for this passage would be
_________ .(A) Role of women and Minorities in
Management.(B) The Importance of Being Visible(C)
Job Performance and Advancement(D) Sex and Career
Success.
(分析：選B項，屬段尾主旨大意型。文章開頭就指出女人和黑人加入管理階層之后，出現了一些新的觀點。文中又介紹了Coleman觀點及Kaleel
Jamision的評論，最后通過Kaleel Jamision的建議才點出文章中心意思。)
例3.It is natural for yours people to be
critical of their parents at times and to blame
them for most of the misunderstands between them.
They have always complained, more or less justly,
that their parents are out of touch with modern
ways; that they are possessive and dominate; that
they do not trust their children to deal with
crisis; that they talk too much about certain
problems --and that they have no sense of humor,
at least in parent-child relationships. Q：The
first paragraph is mainly about ________.(A) the
teenager's criticism of their parents.(B)
misunderstandings between teenagers and their
parents.(C) the dominance of the parents over
their children.(D) the teenagers' ability to deal
with crisis.
(分析：選12項。屬某一段落段首主旨大意型。此段第一句就指出年輕人批評其父母，認為他們的父母對他們之間的誤解負責，這是很正常的事。然后用五個that引導的賓語從句來闡述他們對父母不滿的原因。段落結構一目了然，故知首句是中心思想。)
例4：…These definition are necessary because it
is important to emphasize that competition between
individuals or groups is inevitable in a world of
limited resources, but conflict is not. Conflict,
nevertheless, is very likely to occur, and is
probably and essential and desirable element of
human societies.
Q：In the first paragraph, the author gives the
definitions of someterms in order to _______ .
(A) argue for the similarities between animal
societies and human societies
(B) smooth out the conflicts in human societies.
(C) distinguish between two kinds of opposition.
(D) summarize the characteristic features of
opposition and cooperation.
(分析：選C項。屬某一段段尾主旨大意型。文章此段給出了conflict
(矛盾)和competition
(競爭)的定義，然后進一步闡述了兩種對抗(opposition)在很多情況下的不同。作者最后兩句又強調了"These
definitions are necessary
because…"。很明顯作者是想通過定義這兩個詞從而區分這兩種對抗。
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