中考阅读技能指导之一——概括文段主旨(To get the main idea) Read and choose the best answer. A picture or a story is about something. It has a subject. The main idea tells about the subject. The main idea is the most important point the writer is trying to make. All the other sentences are details. The details make up and support the main idea.The paragraph mainly tells us __________. A. what the main idea is B. what the details are C. both A and B Paragraph 1 It’s a salty world in which we live. There is salt in the ocean. There is salt in the earth. There is salt inside you— in your blood, in your sweat, and even in your tears. It’s a good thing, too. The paragraph mainly tells us ________. A. what salt is like B. why people use salt C. how salty the world is Paragraph 2 We use water for drinking. We also use it for washing ourselves, our clothes, and our dishes. The plants and animals we use as food need water to grow. Water is very important to people.What is the writer trying to tell us with the paragraph? A. How important the water is. B. Why people use water. C. What and who needs water. Paragraph 3 Do you know why snakes stick out their tongues? They use their tongues to pick up smells and to feel things. The snake’s tongue is not a stinger as many people think. The snake is just touching and smelling with it. The main idea of the paragraph is about ________. A. why snakes bite people B. why snakes stick out their tongues C. what snakes eat Paragraph 4 Some people walk or run many miles each day. Others swim or do bodybuilding exercises at a specific time in the morning or evening. Large numbers of people keep themselves fit by playing on an amateur sports team.The paragraph mainly tells us ________. A. how many people swim regularly B. why people exercise in the morning C. how people keep physically fit Match the main ideas with the paragraphs.a.The world before booksb.The invention of printingc. Life on paper and in printd.Technology and bookse.Can books be replaced by computers? Put the paragraphs in the right order to make a passage. 1. ② Every morning my father…2. ④ Paper was first created…3. ③ Then printing was invented…4. ⑤ But will books be needed…5. ① Computers are already used… What would be the best title of the passage? A. Are computers more widely used than books? B. Can books be replaced by computers? C. How are books and computers used? Read and choose the best answer. We can think of a main idea as being like a tree. A tree has many parts. It has a trunk, roots, leaves and branches. All these parts together make a whole tree. They are like the details in a story. The details add up to make the main idea. trunkrootsleavesbranches
