在考研英语阅读方面，不少同学在阅读、做题时按照抓主题的方法，著有成效，因此这一系列文章都是有关四个不同文章结构的分析，这一方法，需要多加练习，多分析文章套路。今天文爱语吧考研英语老师就2008年考研英语text3教授大家如何进行主题的把握。

第一段：In the early 1960s Wilt Chamberlain was one of only three players in the National Basketball Association (NBA) listed at over seven feet. If he had played last season, however, he would have been one of 42. The bodies playing major professional sports have changed dramatically over the years, and managers have been more than willing to adjust team uniforms to fit the growing numbers of bigger, longer frames.该段有三句话，一二句话从时间上进行对比，说明现今NBA里个子高的人很多;第三句话是对这一现象的总结，身高变化了，因此想着要改变统一制服的尺寸以适应身高的变化。千万不要被这一段迷惑，主题远不是如此。

第二段首句：The trend in sports, though, may be obscuring an unrecognized reality: Americans have generally stopped growing.该句话一定注意转折词though，上述现象掩盖了一个事实：美国人停止增长了---这才是文章的主旨。

中间各段落(浏览)三：Growth, which rarely continues beyond the age of 20, demands calories and nutrients – notably, protein – to feed expanding tissues.这句话在说人的身体增长考的是一些营养物质。这是属于细节内容。四：Genetically speaking, there are advantages to avoiding substantial height.该段是说长得没有那么高还是有好处的，接下来肯定是具体阐述好处。

末段：Genetic maximums can change, but don't expect this to happen soon. Claire C. Gordon, senior anthropologist at the Army Research Center in Natick, Mass., ensures that 90 percent of the uniforms and workstations fit recruits without alteration. She says that, unlike those for basketball, the length of military uniforms has not changed for some time. And if you need to predict human height in the near future to design a piece of equipment, Gordon says that by and large, "you could use today's data and feel fairly confident." 句首的but表明身高在基因上不会尽快发生变化，因此接下来又接着阐述制服短期内不用改变，总之是在围绕第二段的主题人的身高基本停止增长这一主题在说。

因此，总结来看，这篇文章首先摆出例子(但与主题相反)---though引出主题---论述主题---重申主题。这样在做主题题目时，就会易如反掌。35. The text intends to tell us that----[A] the change of human height follows a cyclic pattern. [B] human height is becoming even more predictable. [C] Americans have reached their genetic growth limit. [D] the genetic pattern of Americans has altered.全文在围绕人身高停止增长，很容易选出C;A选项说到人体身高的变化遵循周期;B在说人的身高是具有可预测性的，涉及到预测的只有末段，而且说得是要想预测参照最近身高标准就行;D说法错误。

阅读文章要注意从整体上把握，这样才能避免读起考研英语文章来一头雾水。在做考研英语真题过程中，要多多总结各个文章的主题出现位置，为未来考试做好准备。祝大家复习顺利，考研顺利。