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【main topic/point】,在TOEFL的考题中问及主题都是以“What is the main topic。‘this passage?”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。

After spending years chasing criminals who have been burning down the South Bronx, District Attorney Mario Merola has concluded that 'insurance companies are part and parcel of the arson problem.' He's right.

Insurance companies, on the whole, have done little to combat arson because they can pass on the cost to all their customers in higher premiums.

But now the insurance industry has begun its own war on arson.

The most promising aspect is a computerized data bank, set up by the American Insurance Association, to record and evaluate all fire claims exceeding $500. The computer should eventually be able to identify properties with multiple coverage or owners suspected of arson elsewhere. It would also disclose a claimant's previous claims. This program already has the cooperation of companies that write 90 percent of the nation's fire insurance. Several insurance companies, meanwhile, have set up special arson investigation teams. More claims arc being scrutinized and questioned. Adjusters are being taught more about detecting the crime. The effort is welcome at every level, it will save money, neighborhoods and lives.

【1】主题与主旨

a. What is the main topic of this passage？

【A】insurance

【B】computer

【C】multiple coverage

【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. What is the main idea of this passage?

【A】 the insurance industry's own protection against arson

【B】 the insurance industry and its computer

【C】 the American Insurance Association and the arson problems

【D】 the cost to all customers

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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