真題舉例：英語四六級(jí)閱讀理解通用高分技能

　　(2) 段落大意的歸納
　　Although most universities in the United States are run on a semester system, which offers classes in the fall and spring, some schools observe a quarter system comprised of fall, winter, spring, and summer quarters. The academic year, September to June, is divided into three quarters of eleven weeks each beginning in September, January, and March, the summer quarter, June to August is composed of shorter sessions of varying length. Students may take advantage of the opportunity to study year around by enrolling in all four quarters, Most students begin their programs in the fall quarter, but they may enter at the beginning of any of the other quarters.
　　A) Universities in the United States
　　B) The Academic Year
　　C) The Quarter System
　　D) The Semester System
　　本段由四個(gè)句子組成，各句大意分別為：1)有些學(xué)校實(shí)行四學(xué)期制； 2)學(xué)年從9月至下年7月，前三個(gè)學(xué)期各長11周，夏季學(xué)期最短；3)學(xué)生可于任何學(xué)期注冊(cè)入學(xué)；4)但大多數(shù)學(xué)生秋季入學(xué)。通過上述四句大意的歸納，可知本段落主要講述美國大學(xué)的一種學(xué)期制，即Quarter System，答案為C。

　　(3) 短文主題的歸納
　�、貾roponents of father-attended childbirth assert that the father’s experience encourages him to develop a closer bond with his child…
　　②As a father of three teenagers from a previous marriage, one man compared his past experience as a new father to being in the delivery room during the birth of his newborn daughter…
　�、� Women report that they are much less anxious and more aware of what is going on when their husbands are with them when they give birth…
　　A) The Father-Daughter Relationship
　　B) Baby’s First View of Life
　　C) Dad in the Delivery Room
　　文章共三段，分別給出了各段的主題句。第一段談贊成女子分娩時(shí)丈夫陪在其身邊的觀點(diǎn)并認(rèn)為這一經(jīng)歷有利于將來父子關(guān)系的發(fā)展；第二段從男子的角度談妻子分娩時(shí)陪在其身邊的感受；第三段則從女子自身的角度提到分娩時(shí)有丈夫在身邊會(huì)感到踏實(shí)、放心。通過對(duì)三段主題句的綜合概括，全文共同討論的是：女子分娩時(shí)要不要未來的父親候在產(chǎn)房，因此答案為C。