内容正文:
考点8 阅读理解之举例说明
Part 1 题型详解:
举例说明题属于“推理判断”类中的一种,通常是对说明方法之举例的考查,预测2024年高考中仍会出现
Part 2 常见设问方式:
1. The author mentions... to show that....
2. ...are mentioned in the passage to ....
3. Why...is mentioned in the passage?
4. What did the author want to show by mentioning...?
Part 3 解题方法指导:
1. 根据题干关键词定位原文位置,但要注意示例信息和例子所证明信息的区别。
2. 寻找示例前后的关键性、论述性句子
Part 4 真题检测
2023年新课标全国Ⅰ卷英语真题
When John Todd was a child, he loved to explore the woods around his house, observing how nature solved problems. A dirty stream, for example, often became clear after flowing through plants and along rocks where tiny creatures lived. When he got older, John started to wonder if this process could be used to clean up the messes people were making.
After studying agriculture, medicine, and fisheries in college, John went back to observing nature and asking questions. Why can certain plants trap harmful bacteria (细菌)? Which kinds of fish can eat cancer-causing chemicals? With the right combination of animals and plants, he figured, maybe he could clean up waste the way nature did. He decided to build what he would later call an eco-machine.
The task John set for himself was to remove harmful substances from some sludge (污泥). First, he constructed a series of clear fiberglass tanks connected to each other. Then he went around to local ponds and streams and brought back some plants and animals. He placed them in the tanks and waited. Little by little, these different kinds of life got used to one another and formed their own ecosystem. After a few weeks, John added the sludge.
He was amazed at the results. The plants and animals in the eco-machine took the sludge as food and began to eat it! Within weeks, it had all been digested, and all that was left was pure water.
Over the years, John has taken on many big jobs. He developed a greenhouse — like facility that treated sewage (污水) from 1,600 homes in South Burlington. He also designed an eco-machine to clean canal water in Fuzhou, a city in southeast Ch