在阅读理解测试中，一般都要求考生理解所读材料的大意，掌握主要事实和有关的具体细节，辨别作者的基本态度和观点，根据有关信息进行一定的推理、判断或引申。这些要求表现在阅读理解的题型上，主要可分为以下四种题型：主旨大意题、词语理解题、事实细节题、推理判断题。下面小编就谈谈如何熟悉主旨大意题。

　　主旨大意题考查的主要内容包括主题思想、写作意图、标题。这类题型中常见的问题方式有：

　　Which of the following is the main idea of the passage?

　　The major point discussed in the passage is___.

　　The best title for this passage would be___.

　　The author's purpose in writing the passage is___.

　　The passage is mainly about___.

　　主旨大意题要求考生超越文字本身的理解，把握文章的结构形式和推理过程。这类题多出现在议论文和说明文中。这就要求考生在复习考试中熟悉议论文和说明文的结构特点，迅速把握文章的主题和脉络。

　　例题：

　　When a teacher or lecturer recommends a student to read a book，it is usually for a particular purpose.In many cases， the teacher doesn't suggest that the whole book should be read.In fact，he may just refer to a few pages which have a direct bearing on the matter being discussed.

　　Unfortunately， when many students pickup a book to read they tend to have no particular purpose in mind other than simply to“read the book”.Often they open the book and start reading， page by page，line by line， word by word； in other words， slowly and in great detail.The result is that students frequently don't have an overall view of what they are reading； also， they tend to forget fairly soon what they've been reading.

　　Students can make their reading much more effective by adopting a strategy aimed at helping them to understand and to remember what they read.Firstly， they should decide precisely why they're reading the book：perhaps it's to find some information that'll answer a question；perhaps it's to understand a diffcult idea or argument，and so on.Then the students should decide exactly what they are going to read，it's seldom necessary to read the whole book.A good staring point is the contents page，the chapter headings，and even the index at the back of the book.They are very useful in helping to pinpoint the exact pages that need to be read carefully for particular pieces of information.

　　The passage is mainly about_B_.

　　A.the importance of reading  B.the effective ways of reading

　　C.the difficulties in reading  D.the incorrect habits of reading

　　【解析】本文第一段讲没有必要通读全书；第二段讲读书慢的结果是对全书内容把握不准；第三段详细讲述了提高阅读效果的方法，即如何提高阅读速度。文章的中心思想应为阅读的有效方法。答案为B。

　　确定文章的主旨大意时，最有效的方法是找出文章的主题句。因而，确定主题句是核心任务。主题句一般出现在文章的开头或结尾处，有时主题句在文章的中间处。在此例中，文章的主题贯穿在全篇文章之中。