【正文】 m excited 39。m rich 39。m on high. What did Cory Luxmoore mean when he said I39。ve felt sick since then,Luxmoore told reporters. According to one has yet learned how the diary came to the office building . Tom Brennan received a reward(勵(lì) )of1,000,Philadelphia gained another treasure for its history,and Luxmoore told reporters,It39。TIPS ?As a rule, reading work should begin with a general or global understanding of the text, and then move to smaller units such as paragraphs, sentences and words. Eddio Williams ?主旨概括 ?細(xì)節(jié)理解 ?語意猜測 ?推理判斷 ?文章體裁 Main Idea/Best Title ? Tips: Not too general, not too specific ! ? Question forms: 1. The main idea/key point/purpose/subject matter of this passage is that _________. 2. From the passage we learn/can conclude that ________. 3. The last paragraph is chiefly concerned with _________. 4. What’s the best title/headline for the passage? 5. Which of the following statements best expresses the main idea of the passage? ? Sometimes the first sentence of a passage is the topic(key) sentence ? Sometimes the last sentence is the topic (key) sentence ? Sometimes the topic(key) sentence is in the middle of a passage ? Sometimes you have to put several key sentences together to get the main idea ? Sometimes you can’t find the topic(key) sentence in the passage. You have to sum it up yourself. ?Skills: Find out topic/key sentences // High frequency words Read the following passage quickly to determine its main idea. Like every big city, New York has its own traffic system. Traffic jams can be terrible. It’s usually quickest to go by subway. The New York subway is easy to use and quite cheap. The subway goes to almost every corner of Manhattan. But it is not safe to take the subway late at night because in some places you could get robbed. New York buses are also easy to use. You see more if you go by bus. There are more than 30,000 taxis in New York. They are easy to see, because they are bright yellow and carry Large TAXI signs. Taxis do not go outside the city. However, they will go to the airports. In addition to the taxi fare, people give the taxi driver a tip of 15 percent of the fare’s value. We think of a flood or an earthquake as a natural disaster. To many of nature’s animals, however, the greatest disaster is the ing 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 area’s balance of nature. For the animals, it was worse than a flood or earthquake. topic sentence Rats are still almost as big a danger to people as they were long ago. They still spread disease and eat crops. Much of the hunger we have today is caused by rats. They eat half of the grain harvested in the world. topic sentence ________________________________________________ ____________________________________ On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room playing his violin. Everyone was astonished to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates. He rolled on and on. Suddenly, he ran into a huge mirror that was hanging on the wall. Down fell the mirror, breaking to pieces. Nobody fot Merlin’s grand entrance for a long time! topic sentence When you throw a ball up into the air as fast as you can, the ball reaches a point where it seems to pause for a moment, and then it es down. When a bullet is shot straight up, it will travel much faster and higher than a ball, but it, too, will e down. Whatever goes up must e down. We have always thought this to be true. An airplane may climb to a height of seventeen miles and then travel far and long. Yet it does not stay up forever. Finally, like everything else, the plane must e down. topic sentence The states in the northeast are known as New England. They are small in area. Even so, several of these states have many people. Most of the people live in southern New England. Many live along the Atlantic Coast. Brief introduction to New England. topic sentence Asian countries continue to find better ways to solve their pollution problems. Singapore introduced a Corrective Work Order campaign. . requires those people who like to throw waste materials in a public place to do public service. They must clean beaches, parks and housing developments. As a result, rubbish has decreased. Thailand uses fear to control throwing away rubbish. A rich Thai woman designed “magic eyes” to encourage people to protect the surroundings. The eyes were put up in schools and on every street corner. Certainly the most expensive plan is Japan’s large vacuum. This vacuum will operate along Osaka’s dirtiest road. The vacuum sucks up the air and makes it clean. The best tile for this passage is ________. A. Asian plans for pollution B. Air pollution in Asia C. How to solve the problem of air pollution D. How to make the air clean 利用 What, who , how,when, where how many, how much等提出問題 細(xì)節(jié)理解題 ?Read the questions and find out key words ?Find out related sentences ?Compare the sentence with the choices and find the match one. Indians likes to eat buffalo meat which has a strong taste. Today most people say that the taste of buffalo