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We are less credulous than we used to be. In the nineteenth century, a novelist would bring his story to a conclusion by presenting his readers with a series of coincidences -- most of them wildly improbable. Readers happily accepted the fact that an obscure maidservant was really the hero's mother. A long-lost brother, who was presumed dead, was really alive all the time and wickedly plotting to bring about the hero's downfall. And so on. Modern readers would find such naive solutions totally unacceptable. Yet, in real life, circumstances do sometimes conspire to bring about coincidences which anyone but a nineteenth century novelist would find incredible.（转折后）
把握了这几点，找出文章的中心思想就很容易了。例如：
Protected by third-party payers from the cost of our care, we demand everything that can possibly be done for us, even if it's useless. The most obvious example is late-stage cancer care. Physicians --- frustrated by their inability to cure the disease and fearing loss of hope in the patient---- too often offer aggressive treatment far beyond what is scientifically justified. （03考研）
The author uses the example of cancer patients to show that ____
A. medical resources are often wasted.
B. doctors are helpless against fatal disease.
C. some treatments are too aggressive.
D. medical costs are becoming unaffordable.
分析：该题是典型的例证题，例证题答案就是作者观点，也可以认为该题目是主旨题。根据上文"例子前找观点"的方法（因为作者无论给出多少例子始终是想证明自己的观点），结合关键信息 "even if it's useless", 不难看出正确答案应当是A.
此外，识别阅读中的关键词是把握文章观点变化的关键。关键词主要包含"三强词汇"：
强对比： while，unlike, in contrast to, on the other hand, on the contrary, until recently, prior to 1980s 等
强转折：Although/though, despite/in spite of, but/yet, however/nonetheless/nevertheless, in fact/actually, rather/instead, virtually/practically
强因果：conclude, result in/from, lead/contribute to, give rise to, thus/hence/therefore/so, because/as/since/for, due/owing to 等
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