海口朗阁英语2014-01-02浅谈新托福阅读的修辞目的题.docVIP

海口朗阁英语2014-01-02浅谈新托福阅读的修辞目的题 海口朗阁英语培训中心预祝2014参加新托福考试的学生取得高分，顺利出国。 修辞目的题（Rhetorical Purpose Questions），为新托福必考题型，每篇文章考0-2题。朗阁海外考试研究中心分析认为，它主要考查考生们理解作者为什么在文章中某个特别位置或者以某种特殊的方式陈述一个特别的信息。 1） 2） 注意：此类题目不考查整篇文章的结构，只考查句子或段落之间的逻辑关系。 问题形式 ?The author discusses X in paragraph 2 in order to… ?Why does the author mention X? ?The author uses X as an example of… 答题技巧 修辞目的题一般可分为以下几类： 一、例子题 例子题一般占修辞目的题出题机会的70%, 题干中出现的X 如：OG Title: ARTISANS AND INDUSTRIALIZATION Paragraph 4 The first generation to experience these changes did not adopt the new attitudes easily. The factory clock became the symbol of the new work rules. One mill worker who finally quit complained revealingly about “obedience to the ding-dong of the bell——just as though we are so many living machines.” With the loss of personal freedom also came the loss of standing in the community… 4. In paragraph 4, the author includes the quotation from a mill worker in order to ○ support the idea that it was difficult for workers to adjust to working in factories ○ to show that workers sometimes quit because of the loud noise made by factory machinery ○ argue that clocks did not have a useful function in factories ○ emphasize that factories were most successful when workers revealed their complaints 分析：此题中我们根据mill worker定位，能定位到原文对应内容为One mill worker who finally quit complained revealingly about “obedience to the ding-dong of the bell——just as though we are so many living machines”, 绕过例子读理论，理论“The first generation to experience these changes did not adopt the new attitudes easily. The factory clock became the symbol of the new work rules.”在例子前面，根据此理论，我们即可以选出正确答案为 如：OG Title: AGGRESSION Paragraph 5 The Psychodynamic Approach. Theorists adopting the psychodynamic approach hold that inner conflicts are crucial for understanding human behavior, including … The Freudian perspective, in a sense, see us as “steam engines.” By holding in rather than venting “steam,” we set the stage for future explosions. Pent-up aggressive impulses