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Main idea

　　The main idea of a paragraph is what all the sentences are about. Read the paragraph and ask, “What's your point?” That will help you zero in on the main idea.

　　Read each paragraph carefully. Choose the best answer to the following questions.

　　1．John loves to play games. His favorite game is chess because it requires a great deal of thought. John also likes to play less demanding board games that are based mostly on luck. He prefers Monopoly because it requires luck and skill. If he's alone, John likes to play action video games as long as they aren't too violent.

　　2．Maria is watching too much television. A toddler shouldn't be spending hours staring blankly at a screen. Worse yet, some of her wild behavior has been inspired by those awful cartoons she watches. We need to spend more time reading books with her and pull the plug on the TV!

　　3．Samantha, I can't eat or sleep when you are gone. I need to hear your scratchy voice and see your lovely toothless smile. I miss that special way that you eat soup with your fingers. Please come home soon!

　　4．Someday we will all have robots that will be our personal servants. They will look and behave much like real humans. We will be able to talk to these mechanical helpers and they will be able to respond in kind. Amazingly, the robots of the future will be able to learn from experience. They will be smart, strong, and untiring workers whose only goal will be to make our lives easier.

1．What is the main idea of Paragraph 1?

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A．John dislikes violence.

B．John likes to think.

C．John enjoys Monopoly.

D．John enjoys playing games.

2．What is the main idea of Paragraph 2?

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A．Watching a lot of television isn't good for Maria.

B．Books are good.

C．All cartoons are bad.

D．Some cartoons are bad for Maria.

3．What is the main idea of Paragraph 3?

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A．Samantha, you have bad manners.

B．Samantha, you should see a dentist.

C．Samantha, I miss you.

D．Samantha, I have lost my appetite.

4．Which sentence from the Paragraph 4 expresses the main idea?

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A．Someday we will all have robots that will be our personal servants.

B．We will be able to talk to these mechanical helpers and they will be able to respond in kind.

C．They will look and behave much like real humans.

D．Amazingly, the robots of the future will be able to learn from experience.

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    閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

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Different from their elder generations, a swarm of teenagers play skateboard or roller-skating shuttle among groups of strollers on the squares in front of the Potala Palace and Norbulingka, the Dalai Lama's permanent residence.

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