考生对这两个句子进行巧妙裁剪、嫁接，就能做许多满意答案，如(1)Vehicle theft and security systme in U.S. (2) Car thefts in the U.S.A. (3)Theft of Car. (4) Stolen-vehicle phonomenon and solution等。这些答案中关键词都可以在主题句或原文中找到，考生的技巧是如何把它们很好地结合起来。一些考生不擅此道，而在那苦思冥想，总想找个新鲜词或另外的短语来表达，结果浪费时间，甚至表达错误。
例(2) Apart from personal preferences, what determines one’s choice of the media and media content? (1998年6月六级题S4)
(分析：文中第三段首句即点明主旨：Quite a different sort of factor that affects your media experiences is the social context of exposure. 故答案为the social context of exposure)
2、 事实细节题
此类题型是简答题考查最多题型，考查形式多样，下面一一剖析。
(1)描述性题目能直接从原文中找到答案。此类细节题答案一般是句子谓语或宾语等主干成分，考生略做变化即能写出答案。
例(1)How serious did the author predict the annual vehicle theft could be in the United States in 1989? (1997年1月六有题73)
(分析:答好此题的关键，是考生一定要看到课文中的一句话，即：
In 1987, ……If current trends continue, experts predict annual vehicle thefts could exceed two million by the end of the decade.
前面提到了1987，可知the end of the decade指80年代末，即1989年；exceed two million 是关键词。因此答案可以为：Over two million vehicles could be stolen.)
例(2) What belief about pet behavior was unacceptable to experts of animals behavior? (1997年7月六级简答题S4)
(分析：此题答案在短文最后一段第二、第三句话中就能直接找到。In short, do household pets really have a mental and emotional life? Their owners think so, but until recently, animal-behavior experts would have gone mad on hearing such a question. 此两句话中，前一句"have a mental and emotional life"是关键词句，后一句话："have gone mad"表示动物专家的态度，"such a question"指前一句话内容。考生找到这些关键词句，答案就出来了：That animals have a mental and emotional life.)
