目录

  • 1 Course Introduction
    • 1.1 Course Introduction
    • 1.2 Classwork Activities
    • 1.3 Short Stories: The Empty Pot
    • 1.4 Homework
  • 2 Unit 1 - University Life
    • 2.1 Introduction
    • 2.2 Word Pretest
    • 2.3 Reading Skill 1
    • 2.4 Text 2
    • 2.5 Conclusion
  • 3 Unit 2 - Culture Shock
    • 3.1 Introduction
    • 3.2 Word Pretest
    • 3.3 Text 1: Making a Cultural Change
    • 3.4 Review: Reading Skill 1
    • 3.5 Short Story 2
  • 4 Unit 3 - Movies
    • 4.1 Unit Introduction
    • 4.2 Word Pretest
    • 4.3 Vocabulary Building
    • 4.4 Text 2: How to Watch a Movie
    • 4.5 Short Films
    • 4.6 Homework
  • 5 Unit 5 - Food
    • 5.1 Introduction
    • 5.2 Word Pretest
    • 5.3 Vocabulary
    • 5.4 Text 1: A Food Tour of the United States
    • 5.5 Reading Skill 2
    • 5.6 Conclusion
  • 6 Textbook
    • 6.1 PDF
  • 7 Unit 6 - Shyness
    • 7.1 Introduction
    • 7.2 Word Pretest
    • 7.3 Text 1: Overcoming Shyness
    • 7.4 Conclusion
  • 8 Unit 7 - Physical Fitness
    • 8.1 Introduction
    • 8.2 Word Pretest
    • 8.3 Text 1: Eight Myths About Physical Fitness
    • 8.4 Conclusion
  • 9 Midterm Review
    • 9.1 Review
    • 9.2 Word Pretest
    • 9.3 Reading Skills
    • 9.4 Exam Information and Rules
  • 10 Unit 8 - Sports
    • 10.1 Introduction
    • 10.2 Word Pretest
    • 10.3 Text
    • 10.4 Conclusion
  • 11 Unit 10 - Psychology
    • 11.1 Introduction
    • 11.2 Word Pretest
    • 11.3 Reading Skill 3
    • 11.4 Text 1: Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
    • 11.5 Conclusion
  • 12 Unit 9 - Festivals & Holidays
    • 12.1 Introduction
    • 12.2 Word Pretest
    • 12.3 Reading Skill 3 More Practice
    • 12.4 Text
    • 12.5 Conclusion
  • 13 Final Review
    • 13.1 Review
    • 13.2 Word Pretest
    • 13.3 Reading Skills
    • 13.4 Practice 1
    • 13.5 Practice 2
    • 13.6 Textbook
    • 13.7 Final Words
  • 14 FINAL EXAM
    • 14.1 Information
  • 15 Holiday English
    • 15.1 Introduction
    • 15.2 Books
    • 15.3 Documents
    • 15.4 Websites
    • 15.5 Movies / TV
Reading Skill 3 More Practice
  • 1 Practice
  • 2 All Passages
  • 3 All Answers


Reading Skill 3


Last week we learned the third reading skill, "Distinguishing Topic from Main Idea."  


You should remember that:



The quiz below is a practice.  Don't worry about getting right or wrong answers.  You will not be scored on whether you are right or wrong, you get points based on completion.  You will be given 6 passages to find the topic and main idea for.  You only need to do 3. 

  1. Read the passage.

  2. Write out the topic. (A few words.)

  3. Write out the main idea. (A full sentence.) 

  4. After you are done, submit the quiz and then you can go back and check the answers. (Don't worry about right or wrong, you are not getting points here.)

  5. Do the second quiz to get your points.

  6. 加油!



After you have completed the quiz above, complete this quiz to get your points.  For this activity, completion is important.  You do not have to have the correct answer.  You just need to make sure you check your answers to see if you were close to right, and if not, how could you improve.

Do not do the quiz below until you have completed the practice above and done at least 3 passages.