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第十周 写作意图题
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(对应话题:历史与地理)
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写作意图题要求考生理解作者写作某个段落或部分的目的。常见的提问方式有:
What does the author want to tell us by the examples in paragraph 1? (2020年全国Ⅲ卷)
What does the author intend to do in Paragraph 4? (2018年全国Ⅰ卷)
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What is the purpose of the last part of the text? (2017年全国Ⅰ卷)
Why does the author mention…in the first paragraph? (2016年全国Ⅱ卷)
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作者运用某种写作手法的目的或是要引出主题、突出主题,或是要吸引读者关注主题,或是要把主题说明得更清楚。常用的写作手法的目的有:
⑴ 开头提出问题——让读者关注主题;
⑵ 简介相关事物——为了引出主题;
⑶ 列举具体事例——说明文段的主题;
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⑸ 引语——说明或论证某个观点,或使自己的观点更有说服力。
⑷ 运用比拟或比喻——让读者易理解抽象或陌生的事物;
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解题方法:无论哪种手法, 也不管出于何种目的,都必定与主题相关,为主题服务。因此,解答这类题多用主旨推断法。即用略读法,读首尾段和各段的首尾句,找到主题句,抓住文章主旨,然后由主旨来推断作者的写作目的。议论文、新闻报道、说明文等,其主题句多在文首。
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[典型例题](2017年全国Ⅰ卷·23)
◆ Support Pacific Science Center
Since 1962 Pacific Science Center has been inspiring a passion for discovery and lifelong learning in science, math and technology. Today Pacific Science Center serves more than 1.3 million people a year and brings inquiry-based science education to classrooms and community events all over Washington State.
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It’s an amazing accomplishment and one we cannot
achieve without generous support from individuals,
corporations, and other social organizations. Visit
pacificsciencecenter. org to find various ways you
can support Pacific Science Center.
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A. To encourage donations.
B. To advertise coming events.
C. To introduce special exhibits.
D. To tell about the Center’s history.
◇ What is the purpose of the last part of the text?
点拨:可用主旨推断法。标题Support Pacific Science Center最能体现该段主旨,又由最后一段最后两句可知,该部分的写作目的是希望得到各界人士和组织的捐助,support是关键词,故选A项。
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星期一
A. Environmental adaptation of cattle raisers.
B. New knowledge of human evolution.
C. Recent findings of human origin.
D. Significance of food selection.
1. What does the author want to tell us by the examples
in paragraph 1?
阅读理解
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B 推理判断题题。根据第一段第二句“As scientists look deeper… human evolution in just the past few thousand years.”可知,科学家们进一步研究人类基因时,发现了在过去的几千年里人类仍然在进化的例子。由此可推