概括主旨大意

此類題型要求考生對聽到的內容進行整體的把握和全面的領會。任何一段對話或獨白都是圍繞一個中心展開的，有時主旨大意較明顯，有時則需要歸納。

此類題型常見的提問方式有：

What are the two speakers talking about?

What are the two speakers doing?

What is the talk/dialogue about?

What’s the topic of the passage?

主旨大意題

顧名思義，主旨大意題要求考生在聽懂短文的基礎上歸納出短文的主題思想，其中還包括為短文選擇更合適的題目和對作者的結論或意圖進行判斷歸納。這類題目主要著眼于對全篇總體上的理解。此類題常見的提問方式有：

What is the main idea/topic/subject/chief purpose of this passage?

What is the best title for this passage?

What does the passage tell us essentially?

What is the subject they are talking about?

What did the speaker mainly discuss/talk about?