Tham khảo tài liệu 'being structure sound 8', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | FINDING THE IMPLIED MAIN IDEA The correct answer is b Mr. Miller may have left his car door unlocked the day the radio was stolen. How can you tell Because this is the only idea that all of the sentences in the neighbor s statement support. You know that Mr. Miller often doesn t lock his car doors you also know that he often forgets thing. The combination makes it likely that Mr. Miller left his car door unlocked on the day his car radio was stolen. Practice Passage 3 Now look at a paragraph in which the language the writer uses is what enables you to determine meaning. Here is a description of Coach Lerner a college basketball coach written by one of his players. Read the paragraph carefully and see if you can determine the implied main idea of the paragraph. Coach Lerner my basketball coach is six feet ten inches tall with a voice that booms like a foghorn and the haircut of a drill sergeant. Every morning he marches onto the basketball court at precisely 8 00 and dominates the gymnasium for the next three hours. He barks orders at us the entire time and expects that we will respond like troops on a battlefield. And if we fail to obey his commands he makes us spend another 45 minutes under his rule. Before you decide on the implied main idea list your observations. What did you notice about the language in this paragraph An example is provided to get you started. Your Observations Example I noticed that Coach Lerner s voice is compared to a foghorn. 3. Which of the following best expresses the implied message of the passage a. Playing on Coach Lerner s team is difficult. b. Playing on Coach Lerner s team is like being under the command of an army general. c. Coach Lerner is a terrible basketball coach. Answer The correct answer is b Playing on Coach Lerner s team is like being under the command of an army general. There are many clues in the language of this paragraph that lead you to this inference. First you probably noticed that Coach Lerner s voice booms like
