前程百利托福小编带来了托福考试阅读老师讲解的如何解决托福阅读修辞目的题内容。老师很细致地把题型的解决方法进行介绍。希望对正在托福备考的考生提供帮助。
修饰目的题问法一般是：why does the author mention X? /in order to ….
修辞目的题的提问方式多半是what，而修饰目的题问的是why。
新TOEFL阅读这种题目不是每篇文章都考，分为如下几类：
一、例子题，一般占出题机会的70%，why does the author mention X? X 本身是段落中出现的一个例子，这类题目是送分题，因为要么是先举例后总结，要么是先概述后举例，所以答案多半是绕过例子看概述，而概述的改写是就本题的答案所在。
如：Male swans will engage in ferocious contests, with their necks entwined as they attempt to cause mortal injure to each other.
The author mentions their necks entwined in paragraph 2 in order to ___
A. to indicate that swans are really rather affectionate
B. to emphasize how long swans’ necks are
C. to make the point that the swans are only pretending to hurt one another
D. to create a mental image for the reader of fighting swans.
从本题来看，总结在前例子在后，本题作者相表达的是：ferocious contest 进一步描画。
A表明天鹅很恩爱。无 B强调天鹅脖子长。 无 C.强调天鹅仅仅想假装伤害对方。无同时加了绝对意义的词成为错误选项的标志。所以正确答案为D
二、下定义式的考题
A, B A---B---C A or B A which B 等形式
此类题目定义的改写就是正确答案
例：In many species, members of the species exhibit aggressive behavior toward one another, often with a focus on territoriality, the fight for exclusive control of a particular area.(在很多物种中，一个物种中成员对另一个产生攻击性行为焦点在地盘性，就是动物在防卫其领土时的打斗行为)
Why does the author include the fight for exclusive control of particular area in paragraph 1?
A. It presents an argument against a previously stated point
B. It provides a definition of a previously stated term.
C. It presents a second area of focus of aggressive behavior.
D. It introduces a new idea to be further developed in the paragraph.
本题很明显就是 territoriality, the fight for exclusive control of a particular area.是一个下定义的标准模式，正确答案： B
三、逻辑关系词
在段落中将某个逻辑关系词划线问why does the author mention “逻辑关系词”?
这种题目的解法关注逻辑关系词所表述的含义如:
转折连词：however but although instead rather than 等词的出现就是表明前后相反含义
因果连词：because result in result from等词的出现就是表明前后因果关系
递进连词：furthermore too also 等
例：The level of violence in territorial aggression varies widely from species to species, though few species fight other members of the species to death and instead rely on non-lethal contests for control of territory that involves noise-making maneuvers such as roaring.
(在领土争夺过程中的暴力水平是物种之间是有区别的，尽管很少有物种把对方打死而是代替的是依赖于非致命性的方式来控制领地包括发出噪音如吼叫)
Why does the author use the word instead in paragraph 2 to show that information that follows
A contradicts what precedes it
B expands upon what precedes it
C provides an example of what precedes it
D explains an effect of what precedes it
Instead显然是一个逻辑关系词表明前后相反含义所以正确答案应该是A
好了，以上就是前程百利托福小编整理的托福阅读修辞目的题的解题方法介绍，希望对正在备考托福考试的考生带来帮助!
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