概要信息：

1．题型特征 
⑴The best topic / title of this passage is ______.  
⑵What is the main idea of the passage?  
⑶The passage mainly tells us that______  
⑷The main purpose of the passage is to ______.  
2．考察目的：把握文章的主题、主要思想、核心观点。 
3．难度级别：  ★★★★  
4．分值比重：10%  
5．答案出处： 
通过中考阅读真题讲解 
阅读文章的主旨题型 
首尾段(Passage 2，3)  
首尾句(Passage 2，3)  
转折处(but, yet, however 之后的句子)(Passage 4)  
中心词(重复次数最多的名词)(Passage 1)  
问题与回答(Passage 5) 
答案的出处可以同时满足以上原则。  
6．干扰项特征 
⑴细节性的描述 
⑵范围扩大 
⑶带有新出现的名词的选项 
⑷带有“绝对、唯一”含义的选项 
 
Passage 1 
  In the UK, most children have their lunches at school, but in some 
schools, parents can choose what their children eat. The children can 
have a school dinner—a hot, cooked meal; or they can take a 
packed(包装的) lunch with them, which usually includes cold food like 
sandwiches.  
  Often parents know what their children want. Cathy, a mother of 
three children, told us, "My children have packed lunches because 
they say they hate school dinners. So I make three packed lunches 
every morning."  
However, another mother, Susan, made a different choice. She said, 
"My daughters have always had school dinners. I think they probably 
get healthier food at school than a few sandwiches I make for them."  
  But how healthy are school dinners? Kaz, a father, thought poorly 
of them. He said, "Fizzy (起泡的) drinks were offered and I think 
there were a lot of chips.” 
  Jamie Oliver spent a year working in a school kitchen. He was 
worried about the unhealthy food which included burgers, pizzas and 
chips. So he tried to cook healthy food such as good stews and curries 
for the children instead.  
So Jamie improved the school dinners, and trained the dinner 
ladies to cook healthy food in that school. Then he advised the 
government to improve school food across the country. And it seems 
that the changes have begun.  
Anna, a pupil, told us, "We used to have a fast food window where you 
got chips and coke, but they stopped that this year. There's a salad 
restaurant, which is good, so it's healthier than it was."  
(09 河南省中考英语试题 B 篇-55)  
1．What is the best title for this text? (中心词)  
A．Healthy Food           B．Unhealthy Food  
C．Packed Lunches        D．School Dinners  
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Passage 2 
  Music is an international language. Popular music in America is 
what every student likes. Students carry small radios with earphones 
and listen to music before class, after class, and at lunch. Students with 
cars buy large speakers and play the music loudly as they drive on the 
street. Adult drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to 
work. They also listen to the news about sports, the weather, politics, 
and activities of the American people. Most of the radio broadcast is 
music.  
  Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make a 
CD or tape which radio stations use in every state. Once the popular 
singer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tapes. 
Some of the money from these tapes comes to the singer. Wherever the 
singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the 
singer has become a national star.  
There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans. 
One is called folk music. It has stories about the common life of 
Americans. Another is called western or country music. This was 
started by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they were 
watching. Today, any music about country life and the love between a 
country boy and his girl is called western or country music. Serious 
music for the concert halls is called classical music. Music for 
instruments is called orchestra music, such as the symphonies of 
Beethoven.  
(09 山西省中考英语试题 C 篇-65)  
2．What may be the best title for this passage?(首尾段，首尾句)  
A．Popular Music in America         
B．Kinds of Music in America  
C．How to Be Famous Singers  
 
Passage 3 
  We moved to a new area when our son was in Grade Five. Before 
we moved, we took him to spend half a day at his new school. There he 
saw his new classmates and teachers. He enjoyed the visit. During the 
almost 150 - kilometer drive home, he told us that he had told some of 
the students the date when we would move there. And he had also 
invited them to visit us.  
  The moving day, a Saturday, was a busy day. But we arrived at 
our new house at noon. About an hour later, kids began to come and 
soon one of them invited our son to his house to play for the afternoon.  
  By the time he returned, he knew where most of the kids lived and 
all of their family histories. 
  On Monday morning, the door bell rang just before the time he 
would leave for school. Then it rang again and again.  
By the time he was ready, we had eight young boys waiting to walk to 
school with him on his first day. They all lived near us.  
  I asked them if their parents had sent them. The answers 
surprised and pleased me, "No, we just came so that he would have 
people to walk with." and "It is the right thing to do."  
  The startings of lasting (持续的) friendships were formed (形成) 
that day. We have lived here for nearly six years and the same group of 
kids still plays together, goes to parties on weekends together, and 
surfs together.  
I still get thinking how welcoming and kind those kids were. And 
how lucky my son is to have them as friends! 
 (09 陕西省中考英语试题 C 篇-55)  
3．The passage shows us that __________. (首尾段，首尾句)  
A．it's easy to move to a new place            
B．it's kind of people to help a new comer  
C．it's difficult to make new friends           
D．it's better to live in the same place  
 
Passage 4 
  Birthdays are celebrated all over the world. Some traditions are 
rather similar from country to country: candles, cakes, and birthday 
wishes. But there are also different ways to celebrate birthdays. Here 
are a few.  
  Argentina---In Argentina, as in many Latin American countries, 
one of the most important birthday parties is a girl's fifteenth. When 
girls turn 15, they have a huge party and dance first with their father, 
and then the boys at the party.  
  China---The birthday child receives presents from the parents. 
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Friends and family members are invited to dinner, and noodles are 
served to wish the birthday child a long life.  
  Denmark---A flag is flown outside a window to show that someone 
who lives in that house is having a birthday. Presents are placed 
around the child's bed while he is sleeping so he will see them 
immediately when he wakes up.  
  Holland---The birthday child receives an especially large present. 
The family also put flowers or balloons on the birthday child's chair to 
make it beautiful.  
  India---Usually Indian children wear white to school. However, on 
their birthday children wear coloured clothes to school and give out 
chocolates to everyone in the class. Their best friend helps them to do 
this.  
Japan---The birthday child wears new clothes to mark the special 
time. Certain birthdays are more important than others and these are 
celebrated with a visit to the shrine (神殿). These are the third and 
seventh birthdays for girls and the fifth for boys.  
(09 安徽省中考英语试题 A 篇-80)  
4．The passage is mainly about _________. (转折处)  
A．the importance of children's birthdays  
B．birthday traditions in different countries  
C．children's birthdays in western countries  
D．similar birthday traditions in some countries  
 
Passage 5 
  Try to imagine what life would be like if there were no electric 
lights, no television or no cars. What if you had no running water to 
take a shower and no refrigerator to keep your food cold? Life would 
be hard without these great inventions.  
  Since ancient times, people have been inventing new machines, 
materials, and ways of doing things. The people who come up with 
new things are called inventors. Sometimes an inventor makes an 
invention to solve a problem. Sometimes an inventor discovers 
something new by accident.  
  Everyone probably has his or her favorite inventions. One great 
invention was the printing press. A German named Johannes 
Gutenberg in the 1400s invented a press that made it easy to print 
books. Books became much more common after the invention of the 
printing press. The books helped other inventors make new things.  
  The invention of the steam engine around 1700 led to the 
Industrial Revolution (工业革命). Inventors made many new machines 
that were powered by steam engines. They invented locomotives (机车), 
steamboats, and all kinds of factory machines.  
  Another great invention, the internal engine, led to the invention 
of automobiles in the late 1800s. Inventors made better and better 
internal engines. These are the engines we use today in cars, trucks, 
buses, and airplanes.  
  The discovery of electricity led to many wonderful inventions. 
Many scientists studied electricity. An American inventor named 
Thomas A. Edison invented the electric lamp, phonograph (留声机), 
and other things that ran on electricity in the late 1800s.  
  New things are invented today faster than ever before. Inventors 
are making new kitchen tools, toys, computers, video games, 
telephones, and all kinds of other things.  
The ways people invent things have changed over time. No one 
knows the names of the earliest inventors. Until the 1900s, most 
inventors worked alone. Some of them became well-known for their 
inventions all around the world. Today, most inventions come from 
scientists and engineers who work in teams. The teams work in big 
research labs. Most of today's inventors work for universities, 
government agencies, or big companies.  
(07 崇文二模 C 篇-58)  
5．Which will be the best title for the passage?(问题与回答)  
A．Great Inventions Change Our Lives  
B．The Most Important Inventions  
C．New Inventions Become Faster  
D．Different Kinds of Inventions  
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