提问方式 要求考生在把握文章中心的基础上给文章选择一个合适的标题。与主旨要义题相比，具有三个特性：概括性、针对性、醒目性。常见的题干形式有： (1) The best title /headline for the passage might/would be ______. (2) Which of the following titles best summarize the?main?idea?of the passage? (3) Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? (4) What is the best title of the article /passage?

　　(5) The passage can be entitled ______. (1)了解结构特点，迅速掌握文章主旨。此类题的阅读文章多属于议论文和说明文，其结构特点常表现为：提出问题——论述问题——得出结论或者阐明观点。根据这一特点，我们可以迅速把握文章的脉络，从而快捷而又准确地抓住文章或段落的中心思想。 (2)根据主题句的特点或位置规律，找准主题句。 主题句的特点：主题句所表达的意思具有明显的概括性；句子结构简单精炼；文章或段落中的其他句子都是对主题句的进一步解释、说明、论证或扩展。 主题句的位置：文首；文尾；首尾呼应；文中；没有主题句。 找主题句的方法：用浏览法（skimming），即只需选读文首、文尾，或每段的首句和尾句等，重点搜索主题线索和主题信息。 (3)以表示主题的词为核心，与表示控制概念的词按一定的语法浓缩为能高度概括主题句句意或中心思想的词组。 (1)

　　Do you want to live with a strong sense of peacefulness, happiness, goodness, and self-respect? The collection of happiness actions broadly categorized as “honor” help you create this life of good feelings. Here’s an example to show how honorable actions create happiness. ...

　　There is a beautiful positive cycle that is created by living a life of honorable actions. Honorable thoughts lead to honorable actions. Honorable actions lead us to a happier existence. And it's easy to think and act honorably again when we’re happy. While the positive cycle can be difficult to start, once it's started, it's easy to continue. Keeping on doing good deeds brings us peace of mind, which is important for our happiness. (2007广东B) 50. Which of the following can be the best title of this passage?

　　A. How to Live Truthfully

　　B. Importance of Peacefulness

　　C. Ways of Gaining Self-respect

　　D. Happiness through Honorable Actions D

　　(2)

　　How many people have I met who have told me about the book they have been planning to write but have never yet found the time? Far too many. This is Life…

　　We take jobs to stay alive and provide homes for our families always making ourselves believe that this style of life is merely a temporary state of affairs along the road to what we really want to do. Then, at 60 or 65, we are suddenly presented with a clock and several grandchildren and we look back and realize that all those years waiting for Real Life to come along were in fact real life.

　　In America they have a saying much laughed at by the English：“Have a nice day” they speak slowly and seriously in their shops, hotels and sandwich bars. I think it is a wonderful phrase, reminding us, in effect, to enjoy the moment: to value this very day. How often do we say to ourselves, “I’ll take up horse-riding (or golf or sailing) as soon as I get a higher position,” only to do none of those things when I do get the higher position… 71. What is probably the best title for the passage? (2006年广东阅读D71) A. Provide Homes For Our Family

　　B. Take Up Horse-riding C. Value This Very Day

　　D. Stay Alive

　　C

　　(3)

　　Being considered a leader in our society is indeed of high praise. Leadership means power, commands respect and, most important, encourages achievement. Unlike vitamin C, leadership skills can’t be easily swallowed down. They must be carefully cultivated.

　　Different from popular belief, most good leaders are made, not born. They learn their skills in their everyday lives. But which do they develop? How do they (and how can you) get others to follow?

　　Always give credit….Giving public credit to someone who has earned it is the best leadership technique in the world… “Catch people doing something right!” he says. Then tell everyone about it.

　　Take informed risks. “The best leaders know that taking a risk is not a thoughtless exercise,” …But if you want to be a leader, you must learn to fail…

　　Encourage enthusiasm (热情)….Be enthusiastic yourself --You will be followed by everyone. (2005年广东 B 63) 63. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

　　A. Leadership Is of Skills and Techniques B. Leadership Is Very Important C. Not Many Can Be Leaders

　　D. How to Be a Leader D

　　(4)

　　Shopping is not as simple as you may think! There are all sorts of tricks at play each time we reach out for that particular brand of product on the shelf.

　　Colouring, for example, varies according to what the producers are trying to sell. Health foods are packaged in greens, yellows or browns because we think of these as healthy colours. Ice cream packets are often blue and expensive goods, like chocolates, are gold or silver. …

　　The size of a product can attract a shopper. But quite often a bottle doesn’t contain as much as it appears to.

　　It is believed that the better-known companies spend, on average, 70 per cent of the total cost of the product itself on packaging! … (2004广东阅读C67) 67. Which of the following would be the best title for this text?

　　A. Choice of Good Products

　　B. Disadvantages of Products

　　C. Effect of Packaging on Shopping

　　D. Brand Names and Shopping Tricks C

　　(5)

　　Different cultures emphasize (强调) the importance of relationship building to a greater or lesser degree. For example, business in some countries is not possible until there is a relationship of trust…

　　Talk and silence may also be different in some cultures. I once made a speech in Thailand. I had expected my speech to be a success and start a lively discussion; instead there was an uncomfortable silence. In my own culture, we express meaning mainly through words, but people there sometimes feel too many words are unnecessary.

　　Even within Northern Europe, cultural differences can cause serious problems… People from different parts of the world have different values, and sometimes these values are quite against each other…(安徽) 75. What would be the best title for the text? A. Multicultural Environment.

　　B. Cross-Cultural Differences. C. How to Understand Each Other.

　　D. How to Build Up a Relationship.

　　B * * * * * * * * * *

　　提问方式 要求考生在把握文章中心的基础上给文章选择一个合适的标题。与主旨要义题相比，具有三个特性：概括性、针对性、醒目性。常见的题干形式有： (1) The best title /headline for the passage might/would be ______. (2) Which of the following titles best summarize the?main?idea?of the passage? (3) Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? (4) What is the best title of the article /passage?

　　(5) The passage can be entitled ______. (1)了解结构特点，迅速掌握文章主旨。此类题的阅读文章多属于议论文和说明文，其结构特点常表现为：提出问题——论述问题——得出结论或者阐明观点。根据这一特点，我们可以迅速把握文章的脉络，从而快捷而又准确地抓住文章或段落的中心思想。 (2)根据主题句的特点或位置规律，找准主题句。 主题句的特点：主题句所表达的意思具有明显的概括性；句子结构简单精炼；文章或段落中的其他句子都是对主题句的进一步解释、说明、论证或扩展。 主题句的位置：文首；文尾；首尾呼应；文中；没有主题句。 找主题句的方法：用浏览法（skimming），即只需选读文首、文尾，或每段的首句和尾句等，重点搜索主题线索和主题信息。 (3)以表示主题的词为核心，与表示控制概念的词按一定的语法浓缩为能高度概括主题句句意或中心思想的词组。 (1)

　　Do you want to live with a strong sense of peacefulness, happiness, goodness, and self-respect? The collection of happiness actions broadly categorized as “honor” help you create this life of good feelings. Here’s an example to show how honorable actions create happiness. ...

　　There is a beautiful positive cycle that is created by living a life of honorable actions. Honorable thoughts lead to honorable actions. Honorable actions lead us to a happier existence. And it's easy to think and act honorably again when we’re happy. While the positive cycle can be difficult to start, once it's started, it's easy to continue. Keeping on doing good deeds brings us peace of mind, which is important for our happiness. (2007广东B) 50. Which of the following can be the best title of this passage?

　　A. How to Live Truthfully

　　B. Importance of Peacefulness

　　C. Ways of Gaining Self-respect

　　D. Happiness through Honorable Actions D

　　(2)

　　How many people have I met who have told me about the book they have been planning to write but have never yet found the time? Far too many. This is Life…

　　We take jobs to stay alive and provide homes for our families always making ourselves believe that this style of life is merely a temporary state of affairs along the road to what we really want to do. Then, at 60 or 65, we are suddenly presented with a clock and several grandchildren and we look back and realize that all those years waiting for Real Life to come along were in fact real life.

　　In America they have a saying much laughed at by the English：“Have a nice day” they speak slowly and seriously in their shops, hotels and sandwich bars. I think it is a wonderful phrase, reminding us, in effect, to enjoy the moment: to value this very day. How often do we say to ourselves, “I’ll take up horse-riding (or golf or sailing) as soon as I get a higher position,” only to do none of those things when I do get the higher position… 71. What is probably the best title for the passage? (2006年广东阅读D71) A. Provide Homes For Our Family

　　B. Take Up Horse-riding C. Value This Very Day

　　D. Stay Alive

　　C

　　(3)

　　Being considered a leader in our society is indeed of high praise. Leadership means power, commands respect and, most important, encourages achievement. Unlike vitamin C, leadership skills can’t be easily swallowed down. They must be carefully cultivated.

　　Different from popular belief, most good leaders are made, not born. They learn their skills in their everyday lives. But which do they develop? How do they (and how can you) get others to follow?

　　Always give credit….Giving public credit to someone who has earned it is the best leadership technique in the world… “Catch people doing something right!” he says. Then tell everyone about it.

　　Take informed risks. “The best leaders know that taking a risk is not a thoughtless exercise,” …But if you want to be a leader, you must learn to fail…

　　Encourage enthusiasm (热情)….Be enthusiastic yourself --You will be followed by everyone. (2005年广东 B 63) 63. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

　　A. Leadership Is of Skills and Techniques B. Leadership Is Very Important C. Not Many Can Be Leaders

　　D. How to Be a Leader D

　　(4)

　　Shopping is not as simple as you may think! There are all sorts of tricks at play each time we reach out for that particular brand of product on the shelf.

　　Colouring, for example, varies according to what the producers are trying to sell. Health foods are packaged in greens, yellows or browns because we think of these as healthy colours. Ice cream packets are often blue and expensive goods, like chocolates, are gold or silver. …

　　The size of a product can attract a shopper. But quite often a bottle doesn’t contain as much as it appears to.

　　It is believed that the better-known companies spend, on average, 70 per cent of the total cost of the product itself on packaging! … (2004广东阅读C67) 67. Which of the following would be the best title for this text?

　　A. Choice of Good Products

　　B. Disadvantages of Products

　　C. Effect of Packaging on Shopping

　　D. Brand Names and Shopping Tricks C

　　(5)

　　Different cultures emphasize (强调) the importance of relationship building to a greater or lesser degree. For example, business in some countries is not possible until there is a relationship of trust…

　　Talk and silence may also be different in some cultures. I once made a speech in Thailand. I had expected my speech to be a success and start a lively discussion; instead there was an uncomfortable silence. In my own culture, we express meaning mainly through words, but people there sometimes feel too many words are unnecessary.

　　Even within Northern Europe, cultural differences can cause serious problems… People from different parts of the world have different values, and sometimes these values are quite against each other…(安徽) 75. What would be the best title for the text? A. Multicultural Environment.

　　B. Cross-Cultural Differences. C. How to Understand Each Other.

　　D. How to Build Up a Relationship.

　　B * * * * * * * * * *