原则之三：文章主旨为关键，以主题(TS)领全篇
任何一篇GMAT文章不管看上去多么支离破碎，都会有一个引领全篇的思路，在这里我所讲的文章思路也就是文章主旨，通常文章会给出TS(主题句)作为读者领会文章的线索，TS可以作为文章的明线，而有时候作者又会在文章中穿插暗线。领悟文章主旨会让考生在解题时轻松自如。
As the economic role of multinational, global corporations expands, the international economic environment will be shaped increasingly not by governments or international institutions, but by the interaction between governments and global corporations, especially in the United States, Europe, and Japan. A significant factor in this shifting world economy is the trend toward regional trading blocs of nations, which has a potentially large effect on the evolution of the world trading system. Two examples of this trend are the United States-Canada Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and Europe 1992, the move by the European Community (EC) to dismantle impediments to the free flow of goods, services, capital, and labor among member states by the end of 1992. However, although numerous political and economic factors were operative in launching the move to integrate the EC‘s markets, concern about protectionism within the EC does not appear to have been a major consideration. This is in sharp contrast to the FTA; the overwhelming reason for that bilateral initiative was fear of increasing United States protectionism. Nonetheless, although markedly different in origin and nature, both regional developments are highly significant in that they will foster integration in the two largest and richest markets of the world, as well as provoke questions about the future direction of the world trading system.
上述文章第一句话开宗明义，统领全篇：随着全球跨国大企业经济角色的不断扩大，国际经济环境将日益不受各个国家政府或国际机构的影响，而是将不断受到来自政府间和跨国企业间的互动影响。作者紧接着通过对全球两大市场——北美市场(北美自由贸易协定)和欧洲市场(欧盟协议)——进行比较分析，得出两大地区尽管在某些方面差异巨大，但两个地区的区域经济发展显的极为重要，作者紧接着提出两点理由：一，两者在两个市场内将会推进市场体系的一体化;二，经济的一体化将关系到有关世贸制度的未来方向。
在实际阅读时，为了提升阅读的速度，建议考生应避开那些无关紧要的举例，只要考生在GMAT阅读中将上述三原则使用得当，其他一些细支末节也就迎刃而解，阅读文章时如能能根据以上三原则抓住文章的核心，这就意味着基本突破了阅读的瓶颈。
以上就是GMAT阅读的三大解题原则的详细内容，考生可针对文中介绍的方法进行有针对性的备考。
