主旨题解题实例：每道题目后面括号里的数字是该题出现的年份和题号。

　　例一：

　　原文：Death is normal; we are genetically programmed to disintegrate and perish, even under ideal conditions. (文章第二段首句)

　　题目：The text intends to express the idea that______

　　A.medicine will further prolong people’s lives.

　　B.life beyond a certain limit is not worth living.

　　C.death should be accepted as a fact of life.

　　D.excessive demands increase the cost of health care. (2003.60)

　　解答：文章第二段首句说“死亡是正常现象，从基因角度而言，即便在理想的环境中我们也要衰老死亡”。C说“死亡应该被当作生活中的现实来接受”。符合原文的说法。A选项说“药物将进一步延长人们的生命”，是文章的枝节，因此排除。B说“生命超过了一定年龄活着就没有意义了”，本身就是谬误，排除。D说“过度需求增加医疗开支”，涵盖内容过宽，排除。

　　例二：

　　原文：Over the past century, all kinds of unfairness and discrimination have been condemned or made illegal. But one insidious form continues to thrive: alphabetism. This, for those as yet unaware of such a disadvantage, refers to discrimination against those whose surnames begin with a letter in the lower half of the alphabet. (文章首段)

　　题目：What can we infer from the first three paragraphs?

　　A.In both East and West, names are essential to success.

　　B.The alphabet is to blame for the failure of Zomel Zysman.

　　C.Customers often pay a lot of attention to companies’ names.

　　D.Some form of discrimination is too subtle to recognize. (2004.47)

　　解答：原文说“在上个世纪所有种类的不公平和歧视都遭到谴责或被定为非法。但是还有一种隐蔽的歧视形式仍在大行其道：字母标主义。那些至今还没有意识到这个劣势的人请注意，只是指对那些姓氏打头字母排在字母表后半部分的人的歧视”。A说“无论东方还是西方，名字对成功至关重要”，明显的绝对话选项，立即排除。B说“Zoe Zysman 的失败要归罪于字母表”，偷换了文章的概念，原文说的是字母表主义，而这里说的是字母表，所以排除。C说“顾客通常非常重视公司的名字”，虽然在首段中还没有提及但是很明显就算在第二、三段提到也是枝节问题，所以要排除。D说“某些形式的歧视太过细微难以让人察觉”，其中“discrimination” 对应原文中的“discrimination”，“subtle to recognize”对应原文中“insidious”和“unaware of”,此外D选项还包含了留有余地的词语“some”所以是正确答案。

　　例三：

　　原文：Why do so many Americans distrust what they read in their newspapers? (首段首句)

　　题目：What is the passage mainly about?

　　A.Need of the readers all over the world.

　　B.Causes of the public disappointment about newspapers.

　　C.Origins of the declining newspaper industry.

　　D.Aims of a journalism credibility projects. (2001.59)

　　解答：文章首句以问句开头说“为什么那么多美国人都不信任他们在报纸中读到的内容”。设问往往就是自问自答，所以文章肯定探讨美国人不信任报纸的原因。选项B说“公众对报纸失望的原因”正好回答开头的设问，所以是正确答案。A、C、D三个选项明显没有回答这个问题，所以排除。

　　例四：

　　原文：While still catching-up to men in some spheres of modern life, women appear to be way ahead in at least one undesirable category. "Women are particularly susceptible to developing depression and anxiety disorders in response to stress compared to men," according to Dr. Yehuda.(原文首段)

　　Not everyone experiences the kinds of severe chronic stresses Adeline Alvarez describes. But most women today are juggling a lot of obligations, with few breaks, and feeling the strain. Alvarez's experience demonstrates the importance of finding ways to diffuse stress before it threatens your health and your ability to function.(原文尾段)

　　题目：Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

　　A.Strain of Stress: No Way Out?

　　B.Responses to Stress: Gender Difference

　　C.Stress Analysis: What Chemicals Say

　　D.Gender Inequality: Women Under Stress

　　解答：文章首尾段不停重复的核心概念词就是两个：stress和women。而选项中只有D包含了这两个核心概念词，因此容易入选。

　　以上探讨了直接考察主旨的主旨题型，下面分析一下利用文章主旨的把握解决其他题型的实例。这里有两个基本思想需要考生掌握，即：第一，一篇文章通常只有一个主旨或核心；第二，多数的文章细节都是为了说明主旨展开的。同时，能够提示文章主旨的句子除了上边提到的文章内的重要位置以外，题目的题干往往也能对我们进行某种提示。凡是能够提示主旨的题干通常带有以下字眼，如：the author believes that ….; the author argues that ….等。现举例如下：

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