概括主旨大意

此类题型要求考生对听到的内容进行整体的把握和全面的领会。任何一段对话或独白都是围绕一个中心展开的，有时主旨大意较明显，有时则需要归纳。

此类题型常见的提问方式有：

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?

主旨大意题

顾名思义，主旨大意题要求考生在听懂短文的基础上归纳出短文的主题思想，其中还包括为短文选择更合适的题目和对作者的结论或意图进行判断归纳。这类题目主要着眼于对全篇总体上的理解。此类题常见的提问方式有：

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?