三、主旨題

　　【解題方法】主題詞+串線法

　　【解題步驟】

　　1. 找出文章的主題詞，通常為名詞。

　　2. 找出文章各個段落的中心句，并將中心句串在一起。

　　3. 宏觀閱讀，匹配選項。正確選項通常體現(xiàn)全局以及概括性信息，因此選項不能選擇局部信息，也不能選擇范圍過寬的信息。

　　【例題】2014年Text 1

　　25. This text mainly discusses how to____.

　　[A] balance feeling good and spending money

　　[B] spend large sums of money won in lotteries

　　[C] obtain lasting satisfaction from money spent

　　[D] become more reasonable in spending on luxuries

　　What would you do with $590m? This is now a question for Gloria Mackenzie, an 84-year-old widow who recently emerged from her small, tin-roofed house in Florida to collect the biggest undivided lottery jackpot in history. If she hopes her new-found fortune will yield lasting feelings of fulfillment, she could do worse than read Happy Money by Elizabeth Dumn and Michael Norton.

　　These two academics use an array of behavioral research to show that the most rewarding ways to spend money can be counterintuitive. Fantasies of great wealth often involve visions of fancy cars and extravagant homes. Yet satisfaction with these material purchases wears off fairly quickly. What was once exciting and new becomes old-hat; regret creeps in. It is far better to spend money on experiences, say Ms. Dumn and Mr. Norton, like interesting trips, unique meals or even going to the cinema. These purchases often become more valuable with time - as stories or memories - particularly if they involve feeling more connected to others.

　　This slim volume is packed with tips to help wage slaves as well as lottery winners get the most "happiness bang for your buck." It seems most people would be better off if they could shorten their commutes to work, spend more time with friends and family and less of it watching television (something the average American spends a whopping two months a year doing, and is hardly jollier for it). Buying gifts or giving to charity is often more pleasurable than purchasing things for oneself, and luxuries are most enjoyable when they are consumed sparingly. This is apparently the reason MacDonald's restricts the availability of its popular McRib - a marketing trick that has turned the pork sandwich into an object of obsession.

　　Readers of Happy Money are clearly a privileged lot, anxious about fulfillment, not hunger. Money may not quite buy happiness, but people in wealthier countries are generally happier than those in poor ones. Yet the link between feeling good and spending money on others can be seen among rich and poor people around the world, and scarcity enhances the pleasure of most things for most people. Not everyone will agree with the authors' policy ideas, which range from mandating more holiday time to reducing tax incentives for American homebuyers. But most people will come away from this book believing it was money well spent.

　　【解題步驟應用】

　　1. 文章主題詞：spending money, happiness

　　2. 各個段落的中心句

　　第一段：最后一句。該句指出如果老婦人希望這筆新得到的財富獲得長期的成就感(lasting feelings of fulfillment)，那么最好讀一下《開心理財》這本書。

　　第二段：第五句。該句指出《開心理財》這本書的兩位作者的觀點，即最好把錢花在一些經歷上，這些經歷會隨著時間的流逝變得更有價值(more valuable with time)。

　　第三段：第一句。該句指出這本書主要涉及的內容是給人們提出了一些"如何從錢財中獲得最大幸福感"(happiness bang for your buck)的建議。

　　第四段：最后一句。該句指出，這本書值得夠買，體現(xiàn)出作者對這本書持肯定態(tài)度，即作者贊同這本書中的觀點。

　　3. 匹配選項

　　[C] obtain lasting satisfaction from money spent

　　文章的主題詞：money spent

　　lasting satisfaction ---- happiness

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