公共英語(yǔ)三級(jí)考試中，主旨推斷題不僅頻繁出現(xiàn)在閱讀測(cè)試中，還專門設(shè)有一個(gè)大題(61-65)全部是有關(guān)主旨的。主旨推斷題要求考生具有很強(qiáng)的話語(yǔ)篇章把握能力和分析能力，能夠從全局的角度對(duì)文章括以總領(lǐng)，梳清脈絡(luò)?？梢哉f(shuō)，對(duì)閱讀理解主旨題的把握能力決定了閱讀這個(gè)整體題項(xiàng)的成敗，它也是衡量閱讀水平高低的一個(gè)重要標(biāo)尺。所以，如果我們?cè)谶@個(gè)題上能夠取得突破，就等于是攻克了閱讀當(dāng)中最頑固的堡壘，其它類型的題也就不在話下了。

所謂主旨大意題指針對(duì)段落或短文的subject(主題)、main idea(主題思想)、title(題目)或purpose(目的)擬題。盡管題型或用詞不盡相同，但所針對(duì)的都是段落(或短文)的主旨大意。

以下是針對(duì)段落(或短文)的主旨大意所設(shè)立的常見(jiàn)題型：
1. What is the main idea of this paragraph(passage)?
2. What is the author′s main point?
3. The main idea (central thought)of the paragraph(passage)is ______
4. Which of the following sentences best expresses the main idea?
5. What does the paragraph (passage)mainly suggest?
6. The main point of the paragraph(passage)is ______
7. The paragraph (passage)centers on the point that ______
8. The author seems to be especially interested in ______
9. The topic sentence of the paragraph(passage)?
10. What topic is treated in this paragraph(passage)?
11. What the paragaph (passage) tells us would be summarized by the sentence ______
12. The best summary of the paragraph (passage)is that ______
13. The paragraph (passage)informs us that ______
14. We can infer from the paragraph (passage)that ______
15. What does this paragraph (passage) imply?
16. What is the subject of this paragraph (passage)?
17. Which of the following can be concluded from the information presented in this paragraph (passage)?
18. What conclusion can be drawn from this paragraph (passage) ?
19. The (main) subject of the paragraph (passage) is ______
20. Which of the following best states the theme of paragraph (passage)?
21. The paragraph (passage) states (illustrates, discusses, deals with, is concerned about, describes) ______
22. The main purpose of this paragraph (passage) is that ______
23. What is discussed (talk about)in this paragraph (passage)?
24.The main (primary)purpose of the paragraph (passage)?
25. What is the author’s main purpose?
26. The primary objective of the paragraph (passage) is ______
27. The paragraph (passage) indicates that ______
28. Which of the following is true?
29. Which of the following would be the best title for this paragraph (passage)?
30. The title of this paragraph (passage) would be ______
31. The title that best expresses the main idea is ______
在各類英語(yǔ)考試閱讀理解題中，推斷主題大意題所占比例較大，幾乎每一文章都設(shè)一個(gè)主旨題。出題者意在通過(guò)此題考查考生語(yǔ)篇能力。

1.?領(lǐng)會(huì)作者的觀點(diǎn)
作者觀點(diǎn)和態(tài)度有時(shí)是從作者的直接表達(dá)中看出來(lái)。有時(shí)是從批駁他人的觀點(diǎn)中體現(xiàn)的。有時(shí)是以具體事例來(lái)表明的。而除了與A節(jié)有一部分相同的解題技巧之外，B節(jié)部分還有它特別要注意的技巧：

（1）把握指示語(yǔ)中包含的信息

指示語(yǔ)(directions)中包含了文章中涉及的主題內(nèi)容?？忌灰鲆暳藢?duì)指示語(yǔ)的閱讀和其中信息的把握。

（2）把握每段的中心意思和說(shuō)話人的態(tài)度傾向

由于不同的段落都是關(guān)于同一個(gè)話題的不同觀點(diǎn)，首先要找出說(shuō)話人的基本觀點(diǎn)傾向。不要受段落中的一些次要觀點(diǎn)所干擾。而作者的態(tài)度傾向大多時(shí)候是從作者的措辭中體現(xiàn)出來(lái)。用褒義詞表明作者是持贊成或喜歡的態(tài)度，貶義詞則表明作者是持否定或討厭的態(tài)度，而使用中性詞則表明作者持不置可否或無(wú)所謂的態(tài)度。意不同說(shuō)話人的觀點(diǎn)的細(xì)微區(qū)別，把握他們觀點(diǎn)在程度上的不同。最后，要把握說(shuō)話人的言外之意。有時(shí)說(shuō)話人用的是諷刺的語(yǔ)氣，那么他/她的言外之意可能與他/她的字面意思是相反的。

（3）利用比較法和排除法

由于B節(jié)是搭配題，因此可聯(lián)系不同選項(xiàng)用排除法進(jìn)行選擇。先把觀點(diǎn)相對(duì)鮮明的段落和選項(xiàng)搭配好，然后把剩下的選項(xiàng)好好進(jìn)行比較，再到段落中去進(jìn)一步尋找直接或間接的證據(jù)。