在一篇文章中，不管作者對某一觀點是支持、反對還是中立，是同情、冷漠還是失望，是批評還是贊揚，主觀還是客觀，都表達了作者一定的觀點和態(tài)度。只是這些觀點態(tài)度的提出有的直截了當，有的隱含在字里行間，有的通過所用詞語的褒貶來體現(xiàn)，有的則需要通讀全文，把握主旨才能領會。一般情況下，閱讀理解所選的文章都不會帶有強烈的感情色彩，因此不會引起太大的爭議和分歧。此類題型可細分為作者態(tài)度題（表明作者的好惡）和作者觀點題（表明作者對某事物的觀點）。題干中的關鍵詞或詞組有attitude，opinion，tone等。其命題模式如下：??
1. 作者態(tài)度題??
(1) What is the tone (mood) of the passage?
(2) From the text we can see that the writer seems ___________.? ? ? ? ?
(3) The author’s main thought is that ___________.
(4) Which of the following can best describe the attitude of the author?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
2. 作者觀點題??
(1) What does the writer think of...???
(2) According to the author, ___________.
(3) In the author’s opinion, ___________.??
(4) What is the author’s opinion (idea) about...?
(5) The author thinks (believes, suggests) that ___________.
(6) In the author’s eyes ___________.
