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HAND-OUTS FOR READING SKILL PRACTICE by J. L. WANG I. HOW TO DETERMINE THE MAIN IDEA Sample 1 Science and technology have come to affect every aspect of our lives and, as a result, society is changing at an accelerated speed which is faster than the one we ever had. There is a great technological explosion around us, generated by science. This explosion is already freeing vast numbers of people from their traditional bondage to nature, and now at last we have it in our power to free mankind once and for all from the fear which is based on want. Now for the first time, man can reasonably begin to think that life can be something more than a struggle for survival. But even today, in spite of the high standard of living which has become general in the more future West, the majority of people in the world still spend all their time and energy in a never-ending struggle with nature to secure the food and shelter they need. Even in this elementary effort millions of human beings die unnecessarily and wastefully from hunger, disease, or flood. 1. The main idea of the passage may be best expressed by the statement that _. A) our lives are rapidly being altered by science and technology. B) hunger, disease, and flood still claim millions of victims. C) science and technology have given man hope that there can be something more to life than just a struggle to survive. D) while living conditions have improved for many, a considerable number of people is still involved in a struggle to survive. 2. A suitable title for this paragraph might be _________________. A) Life An Endless Struggle B) A Hard Struggle for Survival C) The Benefits of Science and Technologythe Privilege of A Few D) Science, Technology and Human Society Sample 2 The solar energy goes in every direction and only a tiny part of it falls on the earth. Even so, it represents power of approximately 5,000,000 horsepower per square mile per day; the sun gives us as mush energy every minute as mankind uti