5. 文章中沒有明顯的主題句
有的文章沒有明顯的主題句，如果在閱讀這類文章的時候碰到判斷文章的主題、話題、中心思想之類的題目，我們的注意力主要放在兩個方面：1. 文章的主要內(nèi)容；2. 選項之間的區(qū)別。也就是說能涵蓋文章的全部或主要內(nèi)容的選項才是正確答案。如：(全國高考題)
James Cleveland Owens was the son of a farmer and the grandson of black slaves. His family moved to Cleveland when he was 9. There, a school teacher asked the youth his name.

"J.C.", he replied.

She thought he had said "Jesse", and he had a new name.

Owens ran his first race at age 13. After high school, he went to Ohio State University. He had to work part time so as to pay for his education. As a second-year student, in the Big Ten games in 1935, he set even more records than he would in the Olympic Games a year later.

A week before the Big Ten meet, Owens accidentally fell down a flight of stairs. His back hurt so much that he could not exercise all week, and he had to be helped in and out of the car that drove him to the meet. He refused to listen to the suggestions that he give up and said he would try, event by event. He did try, and the results are in the record book.

The stage was set for Owens' victory at the Olympic Games in Berlin the next year, and his success would come to be regarded as not only athletic(體育的)but also political. Hitler did not congratulate any of the African-American winners.

"It was all right with me," he said years later. "I didn't go to Berlin to shake hands with him, anyway."

Having returned from Berlin. He received no telephone call from the president of his own country, either. In fact, he was not honored by the United States until 1976, four years before his death.

Owens' Olympic victories made little difference to him. He earned his living by looking after a school playground, and accepted money to race against cars, trucks, motorcycles, and dogs.

"Sure, it bothered (煩擾)me," he said later. "But at least it was an honest living. I had to eat."

In time, however, his gold medals (獎牌) changed his life. "They have kept me alive over the years," he once said. "Time has stood still for me. That golden moment dies hard."
Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?
A. Jesse Owens, a Great American Athlete
B. Golden Moment — a Life-time Struggle
C. Making a Living as a Sportsman
D. How to Be a Successful Athlete?
【分析】這篇文章簡明扼要地介紹了奧林匹克金牌得主，美國黑人運動員James Cleveland Owens輝煌而又坎坷的人生，但文章側(cè)重介紹的是他人生的坎坷，而不是他人生的輝煌。B選項側(cè)重的是他人生的輝煌，而不是他人生的坎坷，不能涵蓋文章的主要意思，因而不合題意；C、D選項與文章的內(nèi)容無關(guān)，也不合題意；James Cleveland Owens在獲得奧林匹克金牌后雖然沒有立即得到美國社會的重視，但獲得金牌奠定了他作為一名偉大的運動員在美國田徑運動史上的重要地位卻是不爭的事實，A選項既表達了文章的這一主要意思，也能涵蓋他人生輝煌及坎坷的不同側(cè)面，比較全面地反映了文章的主要內(nèi)容，因而符合題意，是正確答案。
以上從五個方面介紹了判斷文章主題的主要方法，但要真正掌握并熟練運用這些方法也不是能一蹴而就的事情，還需要在大量的閱讀實踐中不斷思考，總結(jié)，得出自己的體會。