首先我们学习如何区分事实和观点：
事实是指那些实际存在的，或者人们普遍承认的东西；
观点则是指特定人或人群对某件事的看法和意见，常常有修饰词，如：best,
bring, great等。下面我们来区分一下下列句子中哪些是事实，哪些是观点：
1. Portsmouth is the best place for a navy base.
2. Water boils at 100℃.
3. The school cafeteria has great food.
4. Ottawa is the capital of Canada.
5. Alfred Nobel was born in Stockholm on October 21, 1833.
6. The first public protests against the low status of women were made in the 1830's.
7. Television commercials are boring.
答案是：1，3，7为观点
2，4，5，6为事实
在阅读理解中，有关观点的问题可能有：
1. What is the author's opinion of ______?
2. The author is of the opinion that _____?
3. The author of this passage seems to believe that _____?
4. What does the author believe about _____?
5. How does the author think of _____?
6. The author believes that _____?
在解决此类问题时，我们可以注意以下几个方法：
1． 首先通读全文，理解主题思想，推断出作者的观点。
2． 注意作者意图的隐含表达，如委婉表达和反义表达。
3． 要区分出哪些是作者引用的他人的观点，哪些是作者自己的观点。
4． 特别注意作者在yet, however, but等词后面表达的内容。
下面看一个练习：
VA
Some people believe that international sport creates good-will between the nations and that if countries play games together they will learn to live together. Others say that the opposite is true: that international
contests encourage false national pride and lead to misunderstanding and hatred. There is probably some true in both arguments, but in recent years the Olympic Games have done little to support the vies that sports
encourages international brotherhood. Not only was there the tragic incident involving the murder of athletes, but the Games were also ruined by lesser incidents caused principally by minor national contests.
According to the author, the international sports _______.
A. creates goodwill between the nations
B. bred only false pride
C. barely showed any international friendship
D. led to more and more misunderstanding and hatred
解决这题时，我们可以综合运用上面提到的方法，第一句和第二句都是观点，但都是作者引用他人的观点，第三句话中出现了一个but, 后面的内容常常是作者要表达的重点，在这儿也正是作者的观点。最后一句作进一步说明。所以答案是C.
第二个练习：
VB
This is not just a sad-but-true story; the boy's experience is horrible
and damaging, yet a sense of love shines through every word.
How does the author of this sentence feel about the story?
A. It transmits a sense of love.
B. It is just sad.
C. It is not true.
D. It is horrible and damaging.
这只有一句话的短文看上去很难判断，但是仔细分析，也能找出蛛丝马迹。Sad-but-
true, 作者显然是想强调true, yet后面a sense of love正是作者的观点。所以答案
是A.
最后一篇供大家练习，答案是C.
VC
Because everyone can be comfortable in them, the blue-jeans invented for the use of workers are now accepted almost anywhere, anytime. This is true not only in the United States, but in many other countries in the world.
I strongly agree with the following statement:" Old or new, glorified or plain, jeans are likely to be around for a long time to come. Already they have succeeded where statesmanship has failed. Although unable to speak
the same language, the inhabitants of this embattled planet have at least agreed to wear the same pants."
The author is of the opinion that ______.
A. jeans are likely to be a short-lived fashion
B. jeans are popular only in the United states
C. jeans are likely to be popular for a long time to come
D. jeans are no longer fashionable
