在托福阅读的十大题型中，修辞目的题和推断题非常类似。题目的答案都不是那么明显，需要考生进行一定的推测和推理。要解答这类题目，就应该学会把握好文章的主题和内容。接下来，前程百利小编和大家分享托福阅读修辞目的题的题目特点和解题方法。
首先，认识托福阅读修辞目的题
修辞目的题主要考查作者对于文章中出现的具体事物对于行文作用的把握。也就是指一个词汇或者是短语对于文章中具体的某个段落内容的影响。
1)修辞目的题的提问方式有以下四种
1、The author discusses X in paragraph 1 in order to ...
2、Why does the author mention X in paragraph 1 ?
3、In paragraph 1, the author uses X as an example of
4、In paragraph 1, the author explains the concept of it by...
2)常见的修辞和段落的关系
1 Exemplify or support a main idea 作为主要内容的一个例证
2. Clarify an unfamiliar concept that a paragraph discuss说明、解释文章内容
3. Refute or support a certain argument反驳或者支持某个论点
4. Compare or contrasts one thing with another对比、对照两件事情
5. Provide a solution or answer to a problem问题的解决方法
3)选项中常见的用词
To provide an example of：表示提供事例
To identify：表示下定义
To contrast A to/with B To suggest ：A、B之间的对比
To give evidence :作为例证
To show/illustrate/demonstrate：论证
4)修辞目的题典例分析
More than 100,000 wells now tap the Ogallada. Modern irrigation devices, each capable of spraying 4.5 million liters water a day, have produced a landscape dominated by geometric patterns of circular green islands of crops. Ogallada water has enabled the High Plains region to supply significant amounts of the cotton, sorghum, wheat, and corn grown in the United States. In addition, 40 percent of American grain-fed beef cattle are fattened here.
Why does the author provide information that 40 liters of American cattle are fattened in the High Plains?
A To suggest that crop cultivation is not the most important part of the economy of the High Plains
B To indicate that not all economic activity in the High Plains is dependent on irrigation
C To provide another example of how water from the Ogallala has transformed the economy of the High Plains
D To contrast cattle-fattening practices in the High Plains with those used in other region of the United States
根据题干的关键词“40 liters of American cattle are fattened in the High Plains”，可以定位原文信息，段落的的末句提到了这句话。
A在原文中并没有出现比较的部分
B这句话本身是对的，因为主要是说明这个地区的水分还可以用来养牛
C 和原文的意思符合，主要指这个地区的水分的用途
D原文没有出现比较
因此，根据以上几点，我们知道在做修辞目的题的时候，要注意以下几点内容：
①以关键词为中心，读周围：在关键词出现的周围会有和关键词相关的内容，也是答案出没的地方。
②找到关键词与某论点或段落主旨&或文章大意的关系
③利用to后面的动词排除部分选项
以上就是前程百利小编整理的托福阅读修辞目的题的内容，备考托福阅读的考生一定要注意这类问题的解决方法，从而更好地完成托福阅读修辞目的题。
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