专题 04 阅读理解之主旨大意学与练-备战 2021 高考英语复习阅读理解分类练习
Part 1 整体感知
主旨大意题有一个明显的特点:要求学生通读全文,从四个选项中选出最佳标题或能够说明文章或段落大
意的选项。考查对象分为三大类:即篇标题归纳题、文章大意题和段落主旨大意题。篇章主旨是针对全文
主题进行提问,而段落主旨是针对某一段落或几个段落的主题进行提问。主旨大意题考查阅读理解能力,
又考查深层次的推理、概括能力,所以在阅读理解中难度较大。
一、 选项特征
1. 正确选项特征
1. 涵盖性强,覆盖全文或全段。
2. 确定的范围恰当,既不太大,也不太小。
3. 精确性强,不会改变语言表意的程度及色彩。
2. 干扰选项特征
1. 过于笼统,不知所云
所给选项内容概括的范围过大,超出文章所述内容。
2. 以偏概全,主次不分
所给选项只阐述了文章的一部分内容,或以文章中的细节信息或个别词作为选项的设置内容,
或以次要的事实或细节充当全文的主要观点。
3. 移花接木,偷换概念
所给选项被命题者有意识地把本属于 A 的内容放在 B 上,若不留神,极易选错答案。
4. 无中生有,生搬硬套
所给选项的关键词虽然文章中谈到了,但经过仔细阅读分析之后,发现选项的内容与文章的内
容毫无联系。
二、 主旨大意类题目常见的设问方式如下:
1. The main idea/key point of this passage is that _____.
2. The passage is mainly about_____.
3. The best title/headline for this passage is ______.
4. The topic/subject discussed in this passage is ______.
5. From the passage we can learn/conclude that_____.
6. The last paragraph is chiefly concerned with ______.7. Which of the following statements best expresses the main idea of the passage?
8. Which of the following best states the theme of the passage?
Part 2 方法指导
1. 明确一个好的标题应具备三大特点:
1. 概括性——准确而有简短;
2. 针对性——标题外延正好与文章内容相符;
3. 醒目性——能引发读者的阅读欲望。
2. 文章大意题解题方法
1. 掌握寻找主题句,快速确定文章大意
文章是由段落组成的。段落的主题就是段落的中心思想,具体段落的中心思想又是为文章整体中
心思想服务的,理解全文的中心思想的方法是建立在理解具体段落中心思想的基础上的。主题句有
两个功能:一是介绍段落的主题;二是阐述控制概念,控制概念用以控制段落中句子讨论的内容。
主题句通常是段落的第一句或末尾一句,偶尔在段落中间。在非故事性文章中,主题句尤为明显。
有的文章无明显的主题句,二是把主题隐含在段意之中,这就需要进一步加工概括。
用浏览法,快速阅读文首、文尾,或每段的首句和尾句等,搜索主题句。一下是找主题句的四个窍
门。
1. 主题句位于段首
1. 寻找主题句
有些段落明显的引出细节的信息词,常见的信息词有 for example, an example of, the most
important example, first, second, next, then, last, finally, to begin with, also,
besides that 等。
在阅读中应尽量利用上述信息词确定主题句的位置。从段落中的 for example 可以断定前
一句是主题句。如果没有明显的信息词,可先假设第一句为主题句,在第二句前面添加一个
for example,看看第二句是否可以支撑第一句话,如果第二句不能支撑第一菊花,便在其
他地方找出主题句。
2. 选择答案
先彻底弄懂主题句的句意,然后阅读 A、B、C、D 四个选项,选择与主题句句意相吻合的答
案,如主题句的再现,主题句意的复述或推论等,排除与主题句句意无关的答案,如支撑细
节和文章中未曾阐述的事实等。2. 主题句位于段末
主题句位于段末是作者采用了先摆事实,后作结论的手法。这种段落称作归纳型段落。
3. 主题句位于段落的中间
段落中出现表示转折的词语,如 however,but,infact,actually 等时,该句很可能就是主题
句。
4. 表示总结的或结论的句子常包含 therefore,thus,in short,conclude,conclusion 等词。
典题例证(2018.全国卷 I 阅读 C)
Languages have been coming and going for thousands of years, but in recent times there has been less coming
and a lot more going. When the the world was still populated by hunter-gatherers,small, tightly knit (联系)groups
developed their own patterns of speech independent of each other.Some language experts believe that 10,000 years
ago, when the world had just five to ten million people, they spoke perhaps 12,000 languages between them.
Soon afterwards, many of those people started settling down to become farmers, and their languages too
became more settled and fewer in number. In recent centres, trade,industrialisation. the development of the
nation-state and the spread of universal compulsory education. Especially glbalisation and better communications
in the past few decades,all have caused many Languages to disappear, and dominant languages such as
English.Spanish and Chinese are increasingly taking over.
At present, the world has about 6 800 languages. The distribution of these languages is hugely uneven. The
general rule is that mild zones have relatively few languages. Often spoken by many people while hot. wet zones
have lots, often spoken by small numbers.Europe has only around 200 Languages: the Americas about 1,000.
Africa 2 400; and Asia and the Pacific perhaps 3,200, of which Papua New Guinea alone accounts for well over
800. The median number (中位数)of speakers is a mere 6.000, which means that half the worlds languages are
spoken by fewer people than that.
Already well over 400 of the total of, 6,800 languages are close to extinction(消亡), with only a few elderly
speakers left. Pick, at random, Busuu in Cameroon (eight remaining speakers),Chiapaneco in Mexico(150). Lipan
Apache in the United States(two or three)or Wadjigu in Australia (one, with a question-mark): none of these seems
to have much chance of survival.
31. What is the min idea of the text?
A. New languages will be created.
B Peoples lifestyles are reflected in languages
C. Human development results in fewer languages
D. Geography determines language evolution.
第一步: 读文章,理清结构 perhaps 12,000languages
About 68,000 languages
Farmers: Languages
Hunter—getherers
At present
Reasons: trade,
industrialisation,
globalisation and better
communication etc.
Fewer in number
many to disappear
Many languages will be close to extinction第二步:细揣摩,概括文意
段落大意 文意
第一段 在猎人聚集的时代,语言是很多的
第二段 随着人类的定居,语言变得少了一些
第三段 目前,全球大约有 6800 种语言,其中分布及其
不均匀
第四段 一些语言使用的很少,正面临消亡的威胁
本文是一篇说明文。文章
介绍了世界上语言的种类
随着人类社会的发展而逐
渐减少这一现象。
第三步: 分析选项,斟酌判断
A 将会创造新语言。
文章介绍的是语言的减少而不是新语言的创造。
无中生有,生搬硬套
B 人们的生活方式在语言中得以反映。
这种说法过于宽泛。
过于笼统,不知所云
C 人类的发展导致语言的减少。
文章介绍了语言的种类随着人类社会的发展而逐渐减少这
一现象。
涵盖性强,覆盖全文
D 地理决定语言的演变。
文中提到了地理位置对语言分布的影响,但没有说地理决
定语言的演变。
以偏概全,主次不分
2. 段落大意题解题方法
方法 1:概括段落大意
要准确概括某段的大意,务必要知道该段落的行文逻辑结构。如该段是按总分顺序组织,首句做总
的说明,其他句子对其进行具体论述,这种结构的主题句就在段首;如果按分总顺序组织,主题句
就在段尾;如果按分总分的顺序组织,则主题句在这段话的中间;如果对比个事物,那么它们的共
同点或不同点就是该段大意。
方法 2:揣摩段落大意
有时,作者可能不直接写出主题句,二是通过各种方法暗示给读者,这就需要读者充分发挥想象力
与判断力,揣摩段落大意。
典题例证(2017.全国卷 II 阅读 C 节选)
Terrafugia Inc. said Monday that its new flying car has completed its first flight, bringing the company closer to its goal of selling the flying car within the next year. The vehicle-named the Transition – has two seats, four
wheels and wings that fold up so it can be driven like a car. The Transition, which flew at 1,400 feet for eight
minutes last month, can reach around 70 miles per hour on the road and 115 in the air. It flies using a 23-gallon
tank of gas and bums 5 gallons per hour in the air. On the ground, it gets 35 miles per gallon.
28. What is the first paragraph mainly about?
A. The basic data of the Transition. B. The advantages of flying cars.
C. The potential market for flying cars. C. The designers of the Transition.
第一步揣摩,概括段意
根据本段中的“The vehicle-named the Transition – has two seats, four wheels and wings that fold up so it
can be driven like a car. The Transition, which flew at 1,400 feet for eight minutes last month, can reach around 70
miles per hour on the road and 115 in the air. It flies using a 23-gallon tank of gas and bums 5 gallons per hour in
the air. On the ground, it gets 35 miles per gallon.”可知,该断详细介绍了这款飞行汽车:两个座位、四个轮子、
上个月在 1400 英尺的高空飞行了 8 分钟、速度是大约每小时 70 英里、空中速度 115 英里以及油耗。所以
本段主要介绍了这款飞行汽车的基本资料。
第二步:分析选项,斟酌判断
A the transition 的基本数据。
A 项是对本段内容的精炼总结和概括。
涵盖性强,
覆盖全段
B 飞行汽车的优点。
本段最后三句只是列举了这款飞行汽车在路上和在空中行驶
时的一些数据对比,并没有提及其优势。
移花接木,
偷换概念
C 这种飞行汽车的潜在市场。
这段没有提及这款飞行汽车的潜在市场。
无中生有,
生搬硬套
D the Transition 的设计者。
本段没有提到 the Transition 的设计者。
无中生有,
生搬硬套
Part 3 阅读理解仿真组合练
A
More primary care doctors in a community (社区)appear to lead to improved life expectancy for people living
there,though a lack of such physicians across U.S. could be a cause of concern for overall population health in
years to come. For the study, researchers looked at physician counts per 100,000 people in a range covering 2005 to 2015 in
the U. S.,along with life expectancy and specific causes of death. They found that an increase of 10 primary care
physicians per 100,000 population was associated with a 51. 5-day increase in life expectancy, while an increase of
10 specialty physicians per 100, 000 population increased life expectancy by 19. 2 days. An increase in primary
care physicians also was associated with reductions of many deaths including heart diseases and cancers.
Along with those findings, though, the study said many communities did not have primary care physicians in
2015,with the decline in supply more prominent in rural areas than their urban areas. Many believe that a
well-functioning health care system requires a solid foundation of primary care, however, payment difference
between primary care and technical specialties continue to dispirit the U. S. primary care physician workforce.
“Higher pay and lifestyle preferences lead most students to choose non-primary care fields, even when their
hearts say primary care,” the study said. “We must turn this trend around with practical changes in physician
payment policy; no amount of superb primary care training or creative practice reform will prevent further
declines in primary care physician, which will lead to worsening health for the United States. ”
The study’s researchers conclude that future research should focus on the “quality and cover of primary care,
types of primary care physician training and service offerings, and effective access rather than just supply”.
1.What does the author intend to do in Paragraph 2?
A. Provide some data for the readers.
B.Offer some tips on life expectancy.
C. Add some background information.
D.Stress the importance of primary care.
2.Which of the following best explains “prominent ” underlined in Paragraph 3?
A.Adequate. B. Considerate. C. Obvious. D. Reasonable.
3. What discourages young people from taking up the primary care?
A.Primary care is badly paid.
B.They have to work in rural areas,
C.They need to face fierce competition.
D.Primary care lacks superb training
4. What is the main idea of the text?
A. Primary care can lengthen life.B. Primary care needs improving.
C. Primary care physicians are decreasing.
D. Higher pay attracts more primary care physicians.
B
It's not a new phenomenon, but have you noticed how many nouns are being used as verbs? We all use them,
often without noticing what we're doing.
I was arranging to meet someone for dinner last week, and I said “I’ll pencil it in my diary”, and my friend said
“You can ink it in”, meaning that it was a firm arrangement not a tentative one!
Many of these new verbs are linked to new technology. An obvious example is the word fax. We all got used
to sending and receiving faxes, and then soon started talking about faxing something and promising we'd fax it
immediately. Then along came email, and we were soon all emailing each other madly. How did we do without it?
I can hardly imagine life without my daily emails.
Email reminds me, of course, of my computer and its software, which has produced another couple of new
verbs. On my computer I can bookmark those pages from the World Wide Web that I think I'll want to look at
again, thus saving all the effort of remembering their addresses and calling them up from scratch. I can do the same
thing on my PC, but there I don't bookmark; I favorite—coming from “favorite pages”, so the verb comes from an
adjective not a noun.
Now my children bought me a mobile phone, known simply as a mobile and I had to learn yet more new verbs.
I can message someone, that is, I can leave a message for them on their phone. Or I can text them, write a few
words suggesting when and where to meet, for example. How long will it be before I can mobile them, that is,
phone them using my mobile? I haven’t heard that verb yet, but I’m sure I will soon. Perhaps I’ll start using it
myself!
5. “I’ll pencil it in my diary” in the second paragraph probably means .
A. it was a firm arrangement
B. he prefers a pencil to a pen
C. the arrangement should be written as a diary
D. it was an uncertain arrangement
6. A website address can be easily found if it has been______.
A. favorited B. messaged C. emailed D. texted7. Which of the following has not been used as a verb yet?
A. message B. mobile C. email D. page
8. The best title for this passage is____.
A. Technology and Language.
B. Development of the English language
C. New Technology and New words
D. New Verbs from Nouns
C
Debates over the benefits of recycling started in 1996 when a writer called John Tierney said “recycling is
garbage”. According to him, “Recycling programs offer mainly short-term benefits to a few related groups while
diverting money from real social and environmental problems. It doubles energy consumption and pollution while
costing taxpayers more money than dealing with old garbage. Recycling may be the most wasteful activity in
modern America.”
Environmental groups were quick to respond to Tierney by issuing reports detailing the benefits of recycling
and showing how municipal (市政的) recycling programs reduce pollution and the use of resources while
decreasing the amount of garbage and the need for landfill space — all for less, not more, than the cost of regular
garbage collection and disposal(处置).
But in 2002, New York City, an early municipal recycling pioneer, found that its much-praised recycling
program was losing money, so it eliminated glass and plastic recycling. According to the Mayor, the benefits of
recycling plastic and glass were outweighed by the price—-recycling cost twice as much as disposal. Meanwhile,
low demand for the materials meant that much of it was ending up in landfills anyway. NYC closed its last landfill
and brought in a more efficient system, with more famous service providers than it had used previously.
The lessons learned by New York are applicable everywhere. Some early recycling programs waste resources
and lead to new trash. But the situation has improved as cities have gained experience. If managed correctly,
recycling programs should cost cities and taxpayers less than garbage disposal for any given amount of material.
Even though the benefits of recycling over disposal are various, individuals should keep in mind that it better serves
the environment to reduce and reuse materials before recycling even becomes an option.
9. John Tierney thought that recycling ___________.
A. is a waste of moneyB. leads to a lack of employers
C. is beneficial to the environment
D. will become popular in the future
10. What’s the meaning of the underlined word “eliminated” in Paragraph 3?
A. Required. B. Forgot.
C. Encouraged. D. Cancelled.
11.What does the last paragraph imply?
A. We should make recycling an option.
B. Public recycling programs are in a bad situation.
C. We should develop the awareness of resource saving.
D. Cost-saving should be considered first in recycling work.
12. What can be the best title for this passage?
A. The harm of recycling
B. Is recycling really beneficial?
C. The recycling work in New York City
D. Is environmental protection making progress?
D
Experts note that an unhealthy lifestyle can put you at great risk of heart disease and stroke. So doctors urge us
to eat healthy foods, get exercise, stop smoking and limit our alcohol intake. But there is something else you can do.
And it is free and easy. Smile!
Dr. Chockalingam, a heart disease specialist in Columbia, advises his patients to smile. He says a smile may
be one way to help your heart. “When we smile, the brain wiring changes. The chemicals that are released are more
positive.” He says smiling is the first step in fighting physical and emotional stress and its sometimes harmful
effects on human health. This is not just New Age advice. Several studies support his opinion.
When you feel stressed or under pressure, your body releases many natural hormones (荷尔蒙) including
adrenaline and cortisol. Adrenaline increases your heart rate and blood pressure. Cortisol is the body’s main stress
hormone. It increases sugar in the bloodstream. If you are truly in danger, these hormones can help you. They are
part of what we call our fight-or-flight response.
However, when we are stressed for a long period, these stress hormones are ever-present in our bodies. And that, medical researchers warn, may lead to health problems.
Researchers say the connection between stress and heart disease is still unclear. However, they claim that
when people are stressed for long periods of time, they may have an unhealthy lifestyle, which can lead to health
problems.
Dr. Chockalingam says a smile may be one way to help. He tells his patients to smile 20 times an hour. To
some, that might seem like a lot of smiling. Or some might even feel foolish smiling for seemingly no reason. But
a smile does not involve drugs. It is not invasive like a surgical operation. It is free and it has no bad side effects.
“Once people smile, they are relaxing. This relaxation directly lowers blood pressure, improves sugar levels in
the blood. If we are smiling, we are breaking that link between stress and health.” And it just may provide a little
extra protection to everyone’s heart health.
13. Which of the following agrees with Dr. Chockalingam’s opinion?
A. Smile has the same effects as laughter.
B. Smile can be used to take the place of medicine.
C. Smile is better than any healthy lifestyle to health.
D. Smile can make our body produce beneficial chemicals.
14. What can we know about the mentioned stress hormones?
A. They can lower our blood pressure.
B. They will surely lead to heart diseases.
C. They can benefit us when we are in danger.
D. They will make us live an unhealthy lifestyle.
15. Why does Dr. Chockalingam think smiling is helpful to our health?
A. It can make us relax. B. It increases sugar levels.
C. It has little bad side effects. D. It can happen for no reason.
16. What can be the best title for the text?
A. A Thorough Analysis of the Causes of Heart Diseases
B. One Thing You Can Do Right Now to Help Your Heart
C. One Thing That Is Closely Connected with Stress Hormones
D. The Clear Connection Between Unhealthy Lifestyles and Heart Diseases【A 篇大意】
本文是一篇议论文。分析了美国基础保健存在的问题和原因,强调了基础保健的重要性,呼吁改善基础
保健的现状。
1. D【解析】主旨大意题。根据第二段可知,在 10 万人中, 每螬加 10 名基础保健医生,人们的预期寿命
会延长 51.5 天,而每增加 10 名专科医生,预期寿命会延长 19.2 天。通过比较,作者实际是在强调基础保
健的重要性。
2. C【解析】词义猜测题。A 项意为“适当的;合乎需要 的”;B 项意为“体贴的”;C 项意为“显然的;明
显的”;D 项意为“合乎情理的”。根据上下文可知,基础保健医生 数量在减少,结合常理判断,农村地
区的下降比城市地区更为“明显”。
3. A【解析】细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句的 “payment difference…”和第四段开头 “Higher pay
and lifestyle preferences lead most students to choose nonprimary care fields”可知,基础保健
和技术专业之间的 薪酬有差距,较高的收入和生活方式的偏好导致大多数学生选择非初级保健领域,所以
应选 A 项。
4. B【解析】主旨大意题。A 项意为“棊础保健可以延长寿 命”;B 项意为“基础保健需要改善项意为“基
础保 健医生数量在下降”;D 项意为“高薪酬吸引更多的基础 保健医生”。从全文来看,A、C、D 项只是文
章的部分内容,只有 B 项涵盖了全文内容。
B【答案】5. D 6. A 7. B 8. D
【解析】
这是一篇说明文。本文通过多个例子告诉我们很多名词都已经转换成了动词。说明词汇是并不
断的在变化。
【5 题详解】
词句猜测题。根据第二段第 2 行 my friend said “You can ink it in”, meaning that it
was a firm arrangement not a tentative one! 我的朋友说“你可以用墨水写下来”,意思
是这是一个确定的安排,而不是暂时的! 所以通过上下文的语境可以判断出,“I’ll pencil
it in my diary”意思是“这是一个不确定的安排”。故 D 正确。
【6 题详解】
细节理解题。根据第四段最后一行 I favorite—coming from “favorite pages”, so the verb
is derived from an adjective not a noun.说明我把这些网站设置成我最喜欢的网站,通过
这种方法可以让我很快就找到这些网站。故 A 正确。【7 题详解】
细节理解题。根据 and we were soon all emailing each other madly. 和 I favorite—coming
from “favorite pages”, so the verb is derived from an adjective not a noun.以及 I
can message someone, 可知,我们很快就疯狂地给对方发邮件。我最喜欢——来自“最喜欢的
页面”,所以动词是来自形容词而不是名词。我可以给某人发信息。说明 ACD 都可以作为动词,
只有 B 项文章没有提及可以作为动词,故 B 正确。
【8 题详解】
主旨大意题。通读全文尤其是第一段“It's not a new phenomenon, but have you noticed how
many nouns are being used as verbs?”可知,这不是一个新现象,但是你注意到有多少名词被
用作动词了吗? 本文通过多个例子告诉我们很多名词都已经转换成了动词。所以短文的最佳标
题为“来自名词的新动词”。故 D 正确。
C【答案】9. A 10. D 11. C 12. B
【解析】
这是一篇议论文。自从 1996 年作家 John Tierney 说“回收是垃圾”时,关于垃圾回收的好处
的讨论就没有停止过。有人认为回收是现代美国最浪费的活动,而一些环境小组还详细列出了
回收的好处,但是一些早期的回收项目也渐渐暴露出了问题。
【9 题详解】
细节理解题。由第一段中 John Tierney 所说的“Recycling may be the most wasteful activity
in modern America.(回收可能是现代美国最浪费的一项活动)”可知,他认为回收是浪费钱
的。选项 A 中的 waste 与原文中的 wasteful 呼应,故选 A。
【10 题详解】
词义猜测题。由划线单词后 “According to the Mayor, the benefits of recycling plastic
and glass were outweighed by the price—-recycling cost twice as much as disposal.(根据
市长所言,回收塑料和玻璃在价格方面超标了---回收的费用是处理费用的两倍)”可推知,
纽约取消了回收塑料和玻璃。所以根据上下文的语境可以判断出,划线词的意思为“取消”。
故选 D。
【11 题详解】
推理判断题。由文章最后一段中的“Even though the benefits of recycling over disposal
are various, individuals should keep in mind that it better serves the environment
的to reduce and reuse materials before recycling even becomes an option.(尽管回收比
处理的好处有很多,大家应该记住,在回收成为一个选择之前,减少垃圾和反复利用物品对环
境是更有利的。)”
可推知,作者是想提醒大家要有资源节约的意识。故选 C。
【12 题详解】
主旨大意题。由首段的“Debates over the benefits of recycling started in 1996 when a
writer called John Tierney said “recycling is garbage”.(自从 1996 年作家 John
Tierney 说“回收是垃圾”时,关于垃圾回收的好处的讨论就开始了。)”可知,选项 B(回
收真的很有好处吗?)为短文最佳标题,故选 B。
D【答案】13. D 14. C 15. A 16. B
【解析】
这是一篇说明文。哥伦比亚的心脏病专家 Chockalingam 博士建议多保持微笑,他认为微笑可
能是帮助心脏的一种方式。同时说明了微笑有利于健康的原因和人们感到压力时的身体反应等
情况。
【13 题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段中 When we smile, the brain wiring changes. The chemicals that
are released are more positive.可知,当我们微笑时,大脑的线路会发生变化。释放出的化
学物质更积极。由此可知,Chockalingam 博士认为微笑能使我们的身体产生有益的化学物质。
故选 D。
【14 题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段中 If you are truly in danger, these hormones can help you.可知,
如果你真的有危险,这些荷尔蒙会帮助你。由此可知,当我们处于危险中时,压力荷尔蒙可以
帮助我们。故选 C。
【15 题详解】
细节理解题。根据最后一段中 If we are smiling, we are breaking that link between stress
and health. And it just may provide a little extra protection to everyone’s heart
health.可知,如果我们微笑,我们就打破了压力和健康之间的联系。而且它可能会为每个人
的心脏健康提供一点额外的保护。由此可知,Chockalingam 博士认为微笑可以使我们放松,
从而有利于我们的健康。故选 A。【16 题详解】
主旨大意题。根据第二段中 Dr. Chockalingam, a heart disease specialist in Columbia,
advises his patients to smile. He says a smile may be one way to help your heart.可知,哥
伦比亚的心脏病专家 Chockalingam 博士建议他的病人保持微笑。他说,微笑可能是帮助心脏
的一种方式。以及结合文章内容主要介绍了微笑能够让我们放松进而有利于我们的健康,所以
要健康那就要多微笑,所以 B 选项“现在你可以做一件事来帮助你的心脏”符合文章标题。故
选 B。