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Rhetorical Purpose questions 目的題
目的題的提問方式一般為：
Why does the author mention/include/use …?
The author …in order to …
The author uses the example to ?
…for … purpose?
這種題目一般問的是作者舉某個例子，說某句話的目的是什么，判斷好題干是第一步。一般的閱讀文章的思路，作者在舉例子的時候的主要目的都是為了證明自己的觀點，所以在做這類題目的時候，真正的解題關鍵在于，所問例子前方的觀點，我們來看一道例題：
The first generation to experience these changes did not adopt the new attitudes easily. The factory clock became the symbol of the new work rules. One mill worker who finally quit complained revealingly about "obedience to the ding-dong of the bell-just as though we are so many living machines." With the loss of personal freedom also came the loss of standing in the community. Unlike artisan workshops in which apprentices worked closely with the masters supervising them, factories sharply separated workers from management. Few workers rose through the ranks to supervisory positions, and even fewer could achieve the artisan's dream of setting up one's own business. Even well-paid workers sensed their decline in status.
4. In paragraph 4, the author includes the quotation from a mill worker in order to
○ Support the idea that it was difficult for workers to adjust to working in factories
○ To show that workers sometimes quit because of the loud noise made by factory machinery
○ Argue that clocks did not have a useful function in factories
○ Emphasize that factories were most successful when workers revealed their complaints
題目問，作者為什么引用工人的話。工人的話“One mill worker who finally quit complained revealingly about "obedience to the ding-dong of the bell-just as though we are so many living machines."”在文章的第三句出現(xiàn)，作為和例子一樣的目的，來支持本段的觀點句，即第一句，The first generation to experience these changes did not adopt the new attitudes easily.(第一代經(jīng)歷這些變化的人沒有輕易的適應新的觀點)。所以正確選項應該為觀點句的同義替換。正確答案選擇A，即支持一種觀點，對于工人來說很難調(diào)整在工廠工作。B 選項里面的工人退出(workers sometimes quit)沒有提到，C 選項里面的clocks did not have a useful function(鐘表不能發(fā)揮有效作用)不對，最后D 選項里面說到當工人抱怨的時候工廠最成功，顯然是不正確的。