高考英语阅读理解难点突破 How to choose the main idea or the best title for a passage?The common questions we are asked about the main idea or the best title: 1.The main idea (The general idea) of the passage is _.2.The conclusion we can get from the story is _.3.The main purpose of the story is to tell us _.4.The passage is mainly concerned about _.5.What is the main point made in the passage?6.Which of the following best states/expresses the main idea/the theme of the passage?7.The passage suggests that _.8.In this passage the author discusses primarily _9.Which of the following is the best title?10.The headline for the passage is most likely “_”.11.The passage can be entitled_.12. The passage is focused on_.13.The writer wants to tell us that_.高考英语阅读理解难点突破 How to choose the main idea or the best title for a passage?Where can we find the topic sentence of a passages ?Find out the topic sentence for each of the following passages if there is any and then choose the best answer to the question:Sample 1WASHINGTON: Chinese scientist Yuan Longping and Dr Monty Jones of Sierra Leone were named co-winners of the 2004 world Food Prize here on Monday for their contribution to world food and rice production.President of the World Food Prize Foundation Kenneth Quinn praised both scientists for their “breakthrough scientific achievements” which have greatly increased food security for millions of people from Asia to Africa.Professor Yuan Longping is director general of the China National Hybrid Rice Research and Development Center in Human Province, China. Jones is presently executive secretary of Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa.Yuan, known as Father of Hybrid Rice, developed the worlds first successful and widely grown hybrid rice varieties, revolutionizing rice cultivation(种植) in China.Jones work improved African rice production by combining African and Asian rice species. The world food prize will be formally presented to Professor Yuan and Jones on October 14 this year in Iowa, the United States. Which of the following is the best title?A. Two pioneers of the genetic research into AgricultureB. Yuan Longping Father of Hybrid RiceC. Scientists from China ,Africa share food prizeD.A new discovery in Agriculture draws the worlds attentionCSample 2The Internet is a wonderful world. On the Internet, we can read news at home and abroad and get as much information as we can . We often send e-mails or make telephone calls to our families as well as to our friends by internet. Whats more, we can go to school on the net, read a lot of books and even teach ourselves foreign languages. We also enjoy music, watch ball matches on the net and play computer games. With the help of the net, we can do shopping even without leaving our homes. The internet is playing a more and more important part in our daily life.What is the main idea of the passage?A. The internet does us a lot of good.B. The internet gives us a lot of funC. Surf the internetD. The important part the Internet is playing in our life.DSample 3Mr. and Mrs. Morals were very impressed with the Grand Canyon when they visited it on their vacation trip to Arizona. They thought the observatory in Flagstaff was remarkable. They then went to the Phoenix area and marveled at big surf, the “ocean in the desert,” and also thought that Sun City, the home of many retirees, was quite special and interesting. They also went to the Tucson area and enjoyed visiting Old Tucson , the replica(复制) of a western town where many movies and television scenes are shot. Mr. and Mrs. Morals really enjoyed the sights they saw on their vacation trip in Arizona.Which of the following statements best expresses the main idea of the paragraph?A. The Grand Canyon left a deep impression on Mr. and Mrs. Morals B. The places Mr. and Mrs. Morals went to during his trip to Arizona C. Mr. and Mrs. Morals will go to Sun City when they retire D. Mr. and Mrs. Morals enjoyed their vacation trip to Arizona.DSample 4Lacrosse is a popular sport in Canada. The Indians in Canada invented it. They used it to train for war. They invented this game before Columbus arrived in the new World.People play lacrosse outdoors. The lacrosse field is seven meters long. At each end of the field there is a goal. The goal is a net. There are ten players on each team. Each player has a stick called “cross”. The player hit a ball into the net as many times as possible. Lacrosse is a very fast game because the players can catch and pass the ball at a high speed with their sticks. Players often get great fun in playing lacrosse.There are many lacrosse clubs and lacrosse teams all over Canada. Every night Canadians can watch the lacrosse games on TV or listen to the lacrosse games over the radio. At one time lacrosse was the national summer sport in Canada. Today it is still popular with Canadians.The hea