Tham khảo tài liệu 'tài liệu luyện thi đại học - reading comprension skills', tài liệu phổ thông, ôn thi đh-cđ phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Tài liệu luyện thi Đại học READING COMPRENSIONSKILLS. Page 1 READING COMPREHENSION SKILLS Skill 1 MAIN IDEA QUESTIONS Almost every reading passage will have a multiple-choice question about the main idea of a passage. Such a question may be worded in a variety of ways you may for example be asked to identify the topic subject title primary idea or main idea. It is relatively easy to find the main ideas by studying the topic sentences which are most probably found at the beginning of each paragraph. If a passage consists of only one paragraph you should study the beginning of that paragraph to determine the main idea. Example The passage Basketball was invented in 1891 by a physical education instructor in Springfield Massachusetts by the name of James Naismith. Because of terrible weather in winter his physical education students were indoors rather than outdoors. They really did not like the idea of boring repetitive exercises and preferred the excitement and challenge of a game. Naismith figured out a team sport that could be played indoors on a gymnasium floor that involved a lot of running that kept all team members involved and that did not allow the tackling and physical contact of American style football. The question What is the topic of this passage A. The life of James Naismith B. The history of sports C. Physical education and exercise D. The origin of basketball The first sentence of this passage states that basketball was invented so the invention of basketball is probably the topic. A quick check of the rest of the sentences in the passage confirms that the topic is in fact the beginnings of the sport of basketball. Now you should check each of the answers to determine which one comes closest to the topic that you have determined. Answer A. mentions James Naismith but not basketball so it is not the topic. Answer B. is too general it mentions sports but does not mention basketball. Answer C. is also too general it mentions physical education but does
