在【托福阅读那些“已暴露”的出题点】这篇文章中，托福小编已经为大家分析了八个托福考试阅读题目的常见出题点，其中关于“举例”这一出题点：举例的作用当然是为了论证某些理论和观点，一般情况下托福阅读文章中会出现大段的举例文字。实际上，托福考试很少直接考查这些例子的具体内容，更多考查作者使用这些例子的原因或它们所证明的观点、理论本身。这样，这些例子很可能用在修辞目的题中作题干或者用在文章总结题中作混淆项。
小编马上用例题解析的方式详细说明。
举例一：来自TPO 1The Origins of Theater --第11题
Paragraph 6: But neither the human imitative instinct nor a penchant for fantasy by itself leads to an autonomous theater. Therefore, additional explanations are needed. One necessary condition seems to be a somewhat detached view of human problems. For example, one sign of this condition is the appearance of the comic vision, since comedy requires sufficient detachment to view some deviations from social norms as ridiculous rather than as serious threats to the welfare of the entire group. Another condition that contributes to the development of autonomous theater is the emergence of the aesthetic sense. For example, some early societies ceased to consider certain rites essential to their well-being and abandoned them, nevertheless, they retained as parts of their oral tradition the myths that had grown up around the rites and admired them for their artistic qualities rather than for their religious usefulness.
11. Why does the author mention “comedy”?
○To give an example of early types of theater
○To explain how theater helps a society respond to threats to its welfare
○To help explain why detachment is needed for the development of theater
○To show how theatrical performers become detached from other members of society
解析：答案是C
One necessary condition seems to be a somewhat detached view of human problems. For example, one sign of this condition is the appearance of the comic vision, since comedy requires…首先提问的句子是在一个例子中，所以找例子对应的被论证句One necessary condition seems to be a somewhat detached view of human problems.。而这句本身就是为了说明Therefore, additional explanations are needed.
考察点：举例。
举例二：来自TPO4Petroleum Resources--第8题
Paragraph 4: As oil becomes increasingly difficult to find, the search for it is extended into more-hostile environments. The development of the oil field on the North Slope of Alaska and the construction of the Alaska pipeline are examples of the great expense and difficulty involved in new oil discoveries. Offshore drilling platforms extend the search for oil to the ocean’s continental shelves—those gently sloping submarine regions at the edges of the continents. More than one-quarter of the world’s oil and almost one-fifth of the world’s natural gas come from offshore, even though offshore drilling is six to seven times more expensive than drilling on land. A significant part of this oil and gas comes from under the North Sea between Great Britain and Norway.
8.What does the development of the Alaskan oil field mentioned in paragraph 4 demonstrate?
○More oil is extracted from the sea than from land.
○Drilling for oil requires major financial investments.
○The global demand for oil has increased over the years.
○The North Slope of Alaska has substantial amounts of oil.
解析：答案是B
定位到第二句” The development of the oil field on the North Slope of Alaska and the construction of the Alaska pipeline are examples of the great expense and difficulty involved in new oil discoveries.”， The development of the oil field on the North Slope of Alaska and the construction of the Alaska pipeline是一个例子，由提示“are examples of”可以看出所论证的对象是the great expense and difficulty involved in new oil discoveries。B项正确。
考点：举例
以上就是托福小编关于“举例”这一出题点的详细题目举例，希望大家在做题过程中也能多思考、总结，争取在这类出题点上不会丢分。
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