这类题主要是测试学生对一篇文章或一段文字的深层理解程度及在速读中准确把握文章主旨大意的能力。一般针对某一语段或某一语篇的主题标题或目的设题。常见的设题方式有：
(1) Which of the following best describes the main point of the passage?
(2) What is the writer trying to tell us?
(3) Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
(4) The purpose of the passage is.
