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The Breakthrough in the Main Idea
Task 1：主旨大意题常见的提问形式有？
1. Choose the best answer.
Example 1:
It was a winter morning...Trevor, my husband, had to get up early to ride his bike four kilometers away from home to work. ...he returned to find his bike gone.
The bike, a black Kona 18 speed, was our only transport. Trevor used it to get to work...
I was so sad that someone would steal our bike that I wrote to the newspaper and told them our story. Shortly after that, several people in our area offered to help. One wonderful stranger even bought a bike, then called my husband to pick it up...
People say that a smile can be passed from one person to another, hut acts of kindness from strangers are even more so...
结构：
主题句：
What is the passage mainly about?
A.Strangers are sometimes of great help.
B.One should take care of his belongings.
C.News reports help to make a difference.
D.An act of kindness can mean a lot.
Example 2:
The term “multitasking“ originally referred to a computer's ability to carry out several tasks at one time. For many people, multitasking has become a way of life and even a key to success... However, many times multitasking can make us less productive, rather than more...
In order to multitask, the brain uses an area known as the prefrontal cortex （前额叶脑皮层）.Brain scans of volunteers performing multiple tasks together show that as they shift from task to task, this front part of the brain actually takes a moment of rest between tasks... Research has also shown...
Multitasking is easiest when...However, when two or more attention-requiring （asks are attempted at one lime, people sometimes make mistakes.
We often don't remember things as well when we're trying to manage several details at the same time...Multitasking can also affect our relationships...It can also cause that person to miss or overlook key information being passed on to them.
结构：
主题句：
What is the main idea of the passage?
A.Multitasking has become a way of life.
B.Multitasking often leads to efficiency decline.
C.Multitasking exercises need to be improved.
D.Multitasking enables people to remember things better.
Example 3:
When students and parents arc asked to rate subjects according to their importance, the arts are unavoidably at the bottom of the list. ...Too often it is viewed as mere entertainment, but certainly not an education priority （优先）.This view is shortsighted. In fact, music education is beneficial and important for all students.
Music tells us who we are. Because music is an expression of the beings who create it, it reflects...
Music provides a kind of perception （感知）that cannot be acquired any other way...
The arts are forms of thought as powerful in what they communicate as mathematical and scientific symbols. They arc ways wc human beings "talk" to each other...The arts arc ways we give form to our ideas and imagination so that they can be shared with others.
Science and technology do not tell us what it means to be human. The arts do. Music is an important way...
So music education is far more necessary than people seem to realize.
结构：
主题句：
What is the main idea of the passage?
A.Music education deserves more attention.
B.Music should be of lop education priority.
C.Music is an effective communication tool.
D.Music education makes students more imaginative.
Task 2:主旨段落中哪些词和主题句紧密相关？
Task 3： What kind of passage do example 1-3 belong to individually?
Example 1 _________________
Example 2 _________________ Choose the best answer.
Example 3
NASA's New Horizons probe （宇宙探测器）flew by Pluto （冥王星）this morning, sending back history's first up-close looks a（（he vast freezing-cold world. Closest approach came a（ 7:49 . EDT. To celebrate, NASA gave out ihe latest photo of Pluto. It showed a reddish world with an amazing heart-shaped feature on its surface.
After today's close encounter, all the nine solar system's traditionally recognized planets have now been visited by a spaceship...
That close encounter has been a long time coming....
New Horizons 4t faced a crazy number of challenges, ...
In a coincidence, today's close approach falls on the 50th anniversary of the first flyby of Mars...
体裁：
结构：
主题句：
Which is the best title for the passage?
A. A New Horizons Probe
B. NASA's Huge Project
C. Pluto, a Controversial Planet
D. A Close Approach to Pluto
Example 4
A warm drink of milk before bed has long been the best choice fbr those wanting a good night's sleep. But now a study has found it really does help people nod off-if it is milked from a cow at night.
Researchers have discovered that tk night milk^^ contains more melatonin （褪黑激素），which has been proven to help people feel sleepy and reduce anxiety.
The study, by researchers from Seoul, South Korea, involved mice being fed with dried milk powder made from cows milked both during the day and at night.
Those given night milk, which contained 10 times the amount of melatonin,...
Previous studies have also indicated that milk can be excellent for helping sleep
Milk is also sugar-free and additive-free...
体裁：
结构：
主题句：
What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. Night Milk and Sleep
B. Fat, Sugar and Health
C. An Experiment on Mice
D. Milk Drinking and Health Task 4 A critical thinking:如何选择文章的标题呢？。