以主题为导向：有的直截了当，有的含而不露，有的通过所用词语的褒贬来体现，有的则需要通读全文。
(一)命题模式
1.作者观点态度题
(1)According to the author,---
(2)In the author’s opinion,---
2.文章中某人的观点态度题
(1)What is the tone (mood) of the ……?
(2)The …’s attitude towards…might be summarized as (seems to be)---
(二)解题技巧
1.精读题干，定位原文。
2. 根据作者的语言的褒贬去判断作者的态度，如，wonderfully, successfully, unfortunately, doubtfully, strong, complete, entire, enthusiastic 等。
3.以主旨为导向：作者的态度一般与文章主旨有很大关系; 切勿主观判断。
4.作者态度一般都很明确：支持或反对或客观医学全在线,搜集整,理www.lindalemus.com。既然作者写了文章，他的态度就不可能是漠不关心的，因此见到indifferent, uninterested 可以首先排除。
25. The author suggests in the last paragraph that the effect of peer pressure is（)2012text1
[A] harmful
[B] desirable
[C] profound
[D] questionable
Far less certain, however, is how successfully experts and bureaucrats can select our peer groups and steer their activities in virtuous directions. It’s like the teacher who breaks up the troublemakers in the back row by pairing them with better-behaved classmates. The tactic never really works. And that’s the problem with a social cure engineered from the outside: in the real world, as in school, we insist on choosing our own friends.
解析：选D，从红色字体我们可以知道，作者对同伴压力的影响力是持有怀疑态度的。harmful是大多数人的观点，desirable是Rosenberg的观点，影响是微小的并不是深远的profound。所以可以排除Ａ，Ｂ，Ｃ。
