以下是GRE阅读无忧系列之练习(五)，里面是前程百利小编精心整理的主旨题练习题，每个练习题有答案和解析，希望能够助考生取得GRE阅读高分。
Extended debate concerning the exact point of origin of individualfolktales told by Afro-American slaves has unfortunately taken precedence overanalysis of the tales’ meaning and function. Cultural continuities with Africawere not dependent on importation and perpetuation of specific folktales intheir pristine form. It is in the place that tales occupied in the lives of theslaves and in the meaning slaves derived from them that the clearestresemblances to African tradition can be found. Afro-American slaves did notborrow tales indiscriminately from the Whites among whom they lived. Blackpeople were most influenced by those Euro-American tales whose functionalmeaning and aesthetic appeal had the greatest similarity to the tales with deeproots in their ancestral homeland. Regardless of where slave tales came from,the essential point is that, with respect to language, delivery, details ofcharacterization, and plot, slaves quickly made them their own.
1. The author claims that most studies of folktales told by Afro-American slaves areinadequate because the studies
(A) fail to recognize any possible Euro-American influence on the folktales
(B) do not pay enough attention to the features of a folktale that best reveal an Africaninfluence
(C)overestimate the number of folktales brought from Africa by the slaves
(D) do not consider the fact that a folktale can be changed as it is retold many times
(E)oversimplify the diverse and complex traditions of the slaves ancestral homeland
2. The author’s main purpose is to
(A) create a new field of study
(B) discredit an existing field of study
(C) change the focus of a field of study
(D) transplant scholarly techniques from one field of study to another
(E) restrict the scope of a burgeoning new field of study
3. The passage suggests that the author would regard which of the following areas ofinquiry as most likely to reveal the slaves’ cultural continuities with Africa?
(A) The means by which Blacks disseminated their folktales in nineteenth-century America
(B) Specific regional differences in the styles of delivery used by the slaves in tellingfolktales
(C) The functional meaning of Black folktales in the lives of White children raised byslave
(D) The specific way the slaves used folktales to impart moral teaching to theirchildren
(E) The complexities of plot that appear most frequently in the slaves’ tales
4. Which of the following techniques is used by the author in developing the argument inthe passage?
(A) Giving acliché a new meaning
(B) Pointedly refusing to define key terms
(C) Alternately presenting generalities and concrete details
(D) Concluding the passage with a restatement of the first point made in the passage
(E) Juxtaposing statements of what is not the case and statements of what is the case
关于文章：
Extended debate concerning the exact point of origin of individualfolktales told by Afro-American slaves has unfortunatelytaken precedence over analysis of the tales’meaning and function. // Culturalcontinuities with Africa were not dependent on importation and perpetuation of specificfolktales in their pristine form. It isin the place that tales occupied in the lives of the slaves and in the meaningslaves derived from them thatthe clearest resemblances to African tradition can be found. // Afro-American slaves did not borrow talesindiscriminately fromthe Whites among whom they lived. Black people were most influenced by those Euro-Americantales whose functional meaning and aesthetic appeal had the greatest similarityto the tales with deep roots in their ancestral homeland. // Regardlessof where slave tales came from, the essential point is that, with respect to language,delivery, details of characterization, and plot, slaves quickly made them theirown.
主旨句是第一句话，Extended debate concerning the exact point of origin of individualfolktales told by Afro-American slaves has unfortunatelytaken precedence over analysis of the tales’meaning and function. 最重要的判断依据为：这句话中明确出现了态度词，unfortunately;且非常清楚的表明两个事物的关系，即对origin的研究超过了对meaningand function的分析，对此作者表示不认同。
细节部分紧紧围绕主旨句进行深入探讨。
第一层2-3句：
关键词importation， pristine等提示本句讨论origin; 关键词not dependent on提示origin不重要。
关键词in the place和in the meaning呼应meaning and function。It is…that强调句型提示其重要性。
第二层4-5句：
关键词borrow…from提示本句讨论origin;关键词not提示origin不重要。
关键词functional meaning 和aesthetic appeal呼应meaning and function。关键词most influenced提示其重要性。
第三层6句：
关键词came from提示origin，关键词regardless of提示origin不重要。
关键词language, delivery, details of characterization, and plot提示functionand meaning，slaves quickly made them their own提示这些才是重要的。
关于习题：
第一题：B。本题根据most studies...inadequate，定位在首句作者明确表示的态度上。选项B正确的表达了对本句的呼应。其中features对应meaning and function，从同义改写的角度上看，尺度有些大，大家要注意滴。同时，that best reveal an African influence也是从正文各个层次中可以明显看出来的，但首句没有，因此这道题做题时建议结合排除法，因为其他错误选项可以轻松排除。
第二题：C。本题既然是主旨题，当然定位到主旨句就好了，因此直选C。
第三题：D。本题有些难度，根据关键词cultural continuities定位到第二句。但要明确的是第二句只是帮助排除选项，真正告诉我们答案的是第三句。选项D体现了奴隶认为这些小故事很有意义且从教育孩子可以看出这些小故事在他们生活中地位非常重要，呼应了第三句的 the place和the meaning。
第四题：E。本题根据原文的层次划分和特点观察，可以清晰的发现E选项是最为匹配的。每层都是一方面讲述what is not the case，一方面说明what is the case。 以上就是GRE阅读无忧系列之练习(五)的全部内容，希望对大家的备考有帮助。更多GRE备考信息请登录前程百利GRE考试网站或拨打前程百利GRE考试热线400-890-6000咨询。
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