提问方式 这类试题常见的提问方式有： 1. The writer uses…to (show that)_______. 2. By quoting (引用) …, the author intends to________. 3. By telling the story of…, the author intends to________. 1. 了解常考的作者所用的写作手法及其目的： (1)开头提出问题——让读者关注主题。 (2)简介相关事物——为了引出主题。 (3)列举具体事例——说明文段的主题。 (4)运用比拟比喻——让读者易理解抽象或陌生的事物。 (5)引语——说明或论证某个观点。 2. 运用主旨推断法，因为作者运用某种写作手法的目的或是要引出主题，或是要吸引读者关注主题，或是要把主题说明得更清楚，或是要更加突出主题，等等。 (1)
I sometimes wonder what a being from another planet might report back about our way of life. “The planet Earth is ruled by a mysterious creature that sits or stands in a room and makes a strange ticking sound. It has a face with twelve black marks and two hands. Men can do nothing without its permission, and it fastens its young; round people’s wrists so that everywhere men go they are still under its control. This creature is the real master of Earth and men are its slaves.” (2007广东) 42. By quoting (引用) the remark of a being from another planet, the author intends to _____.
A. suggest human beings are controlled by a clock
B. describe why clocks can rule the planet Earth
C. tell readers what clocks look like
D. compare clocks to human beings A
(2)
“Have you ever been out on a boat and felt it lifted up by a wave? Or have you jumped in the water and felt the rush of energy as waves came over you?” asked Jamie Taylor of the Wave Energy Group at the University of Edinburgh. “There is certainly a lot of energy in waves,” he said. Scientists are working to use that energy to make electricity… (2005年广东) 64. The writer uses the two questions at the beginning of the passage to _______. Ａ.test the readers’ knowledge about waves B. draw the readers’ attention to the topic C. show Jamie Taylor’s importance
D. invite the readers to answer them B (3)
“Millions of animals die each year on U.S. roads,” the Federal Highway Administration reports. In fact, only about 80 ocelots, an endangered wild cat, exist in the U.S. today. The main reason? Roadkill…(浙江) 45. The writer uses the example of “ocelots” to show that ______ . A. wild animals have become more dangerous
B. the driving conditions have improved greatly C. the measure for protecting wildlife fails to work D. an increasing number of animals are killed in road accidents D
(4)
Of course, the course of action chosen by an individual in any situation will be largely determined by the particulars of that situation. An individual who has a strong attitude of obeying laws may drive too fast when he is in a hurry and no police cars in sight. A child who has a strong attitude of honesty may steal a penny when she thinks no one will notice.…（天津） 53. The author uses the examples in this paragraph to show
_____. A. people often make mistakes when they are not noticed B. people with good attitudes may sometimes do bad deeds C. particulars of a situation may influence an individual’s action D. an individual may change his or her attitude fairly easily C (5)
Karen, at the age of 23, married Bill. They were blessed with two children, a boy and a girl. By 1991 their love had deepened, and they were happy. Later that year, Bill developed a white spot on his tongue. He visited a doctor.
One day shortly after that, Bill called Karen to sit beside him. He said with tears in his eyes that he loved her and wanted to live forever with her. The doctor suspected that he had been infected with HIV, the virus that leads to AIDS.
Bill had become infected before he met Karen; then he passed the virus on to Karen. Within three years, Bill was dead. “I don’t know how to express what it is like to watch the once handsome man you love and intend to live with forever dying slowly. I cried many nights. He died three months short of ten years of our marriage,” says Karen.
Karen is but one of about 30 million people now living with HIV/AIDS, a figure larger than the combined populations of Australia, Ireland and Paraguay…
Since the beginning of the spread of AIDS in 1981, about 11.7 million people have died of it. It is roughly calculated that in 1997 alone, about 2.3 million people died of it…(湖北) 61. By telling the story of Karen, the author intends to
. A. warn people against high risk behaviors
B. stress the importance of medical tests C. express sympathy for AIDS victims
D. show the consequences of AIDS D * *