每年一次的硕士研究生考试进入了最紧张的倒计时时刻，在这最后2天的时间里，该如何把自己的分数冲刺一下，达到我们心中想要的分数呢?
在上两次的交流，我们分享了阅读题干给我们带来的信息和做题的效率。所以我们的经验总结是：做题前一定要通读题干，学会抓住题干的信息，为我所用。今天我们接着来说说找文章的中心，该如何在有限的时间里应对?我们继续拿真题说事。还记得不，在题干里信息，之后呢?在文章首段和二段首句，记得不?那么首段万一很长呢，看什么句子呢?找时间词，什么样的时间词呢?过去，还是现在?一般来说，文章中心聚焦于现在。现在，记好了么?请大家继续看2011的试题，第三篇文章，它的题目是这样的:
31.Consumers may create earned media when they are
32.According to Paragraph 2,sold media feature
33.The author indicates in Paragraph 3 that earned media
34.Toyota Motors experience is cited as an example of
35. Which of the following is the text mainly about ?
[A] Alternatives to conventional paid media。
[B] Conflict between hijacked and earned media。
[C] Dominance of hijacked media。
[D] Popularity of owned media。
最后一道题，文章中心，又是一道选标题的试题。这篇文章是说明性质的议论文，首先还是粗略地看一下题干，发现earned media，sold media，满眼都是media，似乎题干里没有透露过多的信息。怎么办?回到原文，看首段：
The rough guide to marketing success used to be that you got what you paid for. No longer. While traditional paid media such as television commercials and print advertisements still play a major role, companies today can exploit many alternative forms of media. Consumers passionate about a product may create earned media by willingly promoting it to friends, and a company may leverage owned media by sending e-mail alerts about products and sales to customers registered with its Web site. In fact，the way consumers now approach the process of making purchase decisions means that marketings impact stems from a broad range of factors beyond conventional paid media。
看哪一句呢?第一句和第二句过去时，并且较短。接着再看，第三句，长难句，时间词都有，而且是today.怎么快速看长难句呢?找主句主干。两个破折号的中间部分不看，While引导的从句不看，只剩下了companies today can exploit many alternative forms of media. 回到题目中，看四个选项，[A] Alternatives to conventional paid media。[B] Conflict between hijacked and earned media。[C] Dominance of hijacked media。[D] Popularity of owned media。选哪一个?对了，A选项就是对这句话的同义改写。仔细看后面三个选项都只是涉及到文中说的一个细节，只有A中的Alternatives 包括了所有文章提到的几种传媒形式。
大家还记得该怎么做题吗?首先，学会看题干。接着，在看完题干后，看首段和二段首句，今天要回忆的是：那些句子是我们的目标呢?长难句，现在时态的句子，时间副词等都是我们关注的焦点。长难句那么长，还有些单词不认识，学会找主句主干。小试牛刀后，是否期待更多这样的题目呢?考研路上有你我，查字典公务员与你同行!
(本文作者为查字典公务员考研英语辅导名师樊晓红)
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