第二章、中心思想题命题思路透析
Part I、命题规律透析
中心思想题，顾名思义就是考查考生是否能够把握一篇文章的主题和中心思想，是否能够从总体和宏观的角度上把握文章的主旨大意。对于一篇说明文或者议论文来说，中心思想就是文章旨在说明的事物、现象或者进行讨论和论证的问题，因此对这种整体能力的要求使得中心思想题成为命题者每年都会出题的一种重要题型。这种题型一般数量不会很多，每篇文章中至多出现一道题目。在考研阅读理解一篇文章的四道题目中，中心思想题一般都作为第一题或者最后一题出现。当作为第一题时，一般相对应考查的是文章第一段的内容，当然有的时候也有例外情况。当作为最后一题时，有可能考查最后一段的内容、也有可能考查全文的总体情况，要视具体情况而定。这种题型的提问方式多种多样，考生应学会辨认，同时要在平时随时训练自己概括文章中心思想的能力。
一般的中心思想题都要求考生推断全文的大意，或者采取一种迂回的方式，即问从第一段或者最后一段中可以推测出什么。此外，还有一种形式，就是要求考生从答案选项中选出最适合该篇文章的一个标题。这也是中心思想题的一种变化了的问法，因为一般文章标题的功能就在于用比较简洁明了的词组来精确地概括了文章的大意。
中心思想题常见表达方式
We can learn from the last paragraph that the author believes . (2006)
What does the author think of intellect? (2004)
To which of the following is the author likely to agree? (2004)
The text intends to express the idea that . (2003)
We can draw a conclusion from the text that . (2002)
From the first three paragraphs, we can learn that . (2002)
What is the passage mainly about? (2001,1994)
From the last paragraph the conclusion can be drawn that ambition should be maintained . (2000)
The passage is mainly . (2000)
We can learn from the last paragraph that . (1999)
The passage is mainly about . (1998, 1994)
From the passage we learn that . (1997)
The passage mainly deals with . (1994)
其他问法还包括：
The main point the author makes in the passage is .
What does the author intend to convey through the passage?
In this passage the author , writer mainly argues that .
What does this passage mainly discuss?
The general , central , main idea of the passage is .
The passage is primarily concerned with .
The article is written to explain .
The purpose of the passage is .
This passage is intended to .
What's the main topic of the passage?
The central conveyed in the above passage is that .
The passage tells us .
Which of the following best sum up the passage?
Which of the following statements best expresses , summarizes the main idea of the passage?
Which of the following best states the theme of the passage?
关于标题的提问方式
Which of the following is the best title for this text? (2007)
Which of the following proverbs is closest to the message the text tries to convey? (2007)
The best title for the text may be . (2002)
Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? (2000)
What the author tries to suggest may best be interpreted as . (1998)
The best title for this passage could be . (1997)
从以上例子中我们可以看出，中心思想题的提问方式有多种多样，其中我们也可以发现一些规律。
首先，一般中心思想题中不会出现考生不熟悉的内容，只要考生阅读了全文，就能够把握题干的意思。
其次，题干经常会出现mainly about, best statement, central idea, primarily about 等等的字眼。
再次，提问的方式经常以we can learn that, mainly deals with等方式呈现。
最后，有时候题干中会指明提问的对应段落，如from the first paragraph, from the last paragraph等表述。以上的标志性词汇应当引起考生的注意，以便作出迅速的反应。
2、表述不会非常绝对，而都是一些相对的描述，经常用到以下一些词汇，如：may, probably, possible, can, could, some, sometimes, usually, often等。
