新托福阅读理解主旨型问题

了解详细的内容。

关于文章的问题有:【1】主旨、【2】决定题目、【3】详细说明、【4】逻辑性结论、【5】推理、应用、【6】词的意义等。一般从中提出2-3个问题，或者全部问题.

1.主旨

主旨也可以说是主题【maintopic/point】,在TOEFL的考题中问及主题都是以Whatisthemaintopic。thispassage?方式提出.主旨与决定题目有关，而主旨并不一定在文章中明自地表示出来.有时需要从文章巾的评论意见来推断。

AfterspendingyearschasingcriminalswhohavebeenburningdowntheSouthBronx,DistrictAttorneyMarioMerolahasconcludedthat'insurancecompaniesarepartandparcelofthearsonproblem.'He'sright.

Insurancecompanies,onthewhole,havedonelittletocombatarsonbecausetheycanpassonthecosttoalltheircustomersinhigherpremiums.

Butnowtheinsuranceindustryhasbegunitsownwaronarson.

Themostpromisingaspectisacomputerizeddatabank,setupbytheAmericanInsuranceAssociation,torecordandevaluateallfireclaimsexceeding$500.Thecomputershouldeventuallybeabletoidentifypropertieswithmultiplecoverageorownerssuspectedofarsonelsewhere.Itwouldalsodiscloseaclaimant'spreviousclaims.Thisprogramalreadyhasthecooperationofcompaniesthatwrite90percentofthenation'sfireinsurance.Severalinsurancecompanies,meanwhile,havesetupspecialarsoninvestigationteams.Moreclaimsarcbeingscrutinizedandquestioned.Adjustersarebeingtaughtmoreaboutdetectingthecrime.Theeffortiswelcomeateverylevel,itwillsavemoney,neighborhoodsandlives.

【1】主题与主旨

a.Whatisthemaintopicofthispassage？

【A】insurance

【B】computer

【C】multiplecoverage

【D】arson

解答：【A】是正确的答案。【B】是insurance的对象；【C】、【D】与要求不符.

b.Whatisthemainideaofthispassage?

【A】theinsuranceindustry'sownprotectionagainstarson

【B】theinsuranceindustryanditscomputer

【C】theAmericanInsuranceAssociationandthearsonproblems

【D】thecosttoallcustomers

解答：答案是【A】.从上面两题可以看出，主旨是主题的内容.

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