高考英语阅读专项训练 1.doc

高考阅读专项训练（1）??????Title and Main Idea ???归纳概括中心主旨的题目是高考必考题目，考查考生通过阅读理解,总结归纳，找出文章中心意思的能力。???要做好这类题考生必须区分主要信息和次要信息；既看到树木,?更看到森林；要跳出一词一句，而俯瞰全文；要通读全文，通篇理解。?? 找出主题句(topic sentence) 是一个有用的方法。?? 中心意思(main idea)通常是一个完整的句子，它应能全面准确地概括文章的中心主旨；最佳题目(the best title)可以是一个短语词组，它除能概括文章的中心主旨外，还有吸引读者，引发阅读兴趣的任务。? ? 除常见的提问以外，这种题型的提问方式还有：? The main point of the passage is ...? The passage deals mainly with ...? The passage is about ...? What does the passage mainly discuss?? What is the authors main purpose ?? Paragraph 1What are the tallest plants in the world? Many people would say that giant redwood trees of California. Actually, the tallest plants are in the oceans. These are seaweeds that grow almost seven hundred feet tall. Compared to this height, the giant redwoods are pygmies of only four hundred feet. To get some idea of these heights, consider the Statue of Liberty. This huge figure rises only three hundred feet. 1. The passage can be entitled __________. A. Redwoods in California B. The Statue of Liberty C. Seaweed D. The Tallest PlantsParagraph 2????? We think of a flood or an earthquake as a natural disaster. To many of nature s animals, however, the greatest disaster is the coming of large numbers of humans. When settlers came from the East to America s great western plains, they killed millions of bison, poisoned the prairie dogs, and shot the coyotes. All this upset the areas balance of nature. For the animals, it was worse than a flood or earthquake.2. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?  A. Nature Balance Itself B. Floods and Earthquakes C. American Settlers D. Humans--a Disaster to Nature Paragraph 3????? At this time the state of South Carolina was having hard times. Year after year the soil had been planted to the same crop. It was farmed by uneducated and careless slaves, and the planters knew little about soil conservation. Because the soil was beginning to wear out, crops were smaller. The younger