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考研英語(yǔ)閱讀出題點(diǎn)：首末端首尾句

(1)文章首段首末句往往出“主旨大意題”。因?yàn)?，英語(yǔ)文章的開(kāi)始往往會(huì)采取開(kāi)門見(jiàn)山的形式提出文章的中心思想。有些時(shí)候會(huì)在首段末句出現(xiàn)轉(zhuǎn)折詞but、however、yet，則轉(zhuǎn)折后所要表述的內(nèi)容往往是文章的中心思想，因此通常成為出題人出題點(diǎn)。

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Of all the changes that have taken place in English-language newspapers during the past quarter-century, perhaps the most far-reaching has been the inexorable decline in the scope and seriousness of their arts coverage.

What would be the best title for the text?

[A] Newspapers of the Good Old Days

[B] The Lost Horizon in Newspapers

[C] Mournful Decline of Journalism

[D] Prominent Critics in Memory

(2)末端首末句，通常會(huì)對(duì)全文的說(shuō)明和論證進(jìn)行總結(jié)，由此也會(huì)成為考查點(diǎn)通常會(huì)用一些總括性的標(biāo)志詞如：all in all、in short、to conclude、in consequence、in summary、in a word、as a result、therefore、accordingly、thus等引導(dǎo)。