GRE阅读中的送分题你拿捏了嘛?

它的题干标志词有：

The author mentioned … in order to …

类似的题干标志词还有：

serve to/ function/ purpose/ role…

文章：

并不是所有长得帅的男演员都演技差。比如：吴彦祖就演技爆棚。

题目：

作者提到“吴彦祖”的目的是什么？

A.说明吴彦祖帅

B.说明吴彦祖演技好

C.说明长得帅的人可以演技好

大家经常会在句子功能题中碰到一些比较tricky的选项，即：本身表达的含义与原句相符，但依旧不能成为正确答案。原因就是这样的选项太过句子的“细节意思”，而忽略了需要站在“句间关系”的角度来答题。

“让步”就是表达“尽管…”类似含义的句子。其中一种常考功能是“妥协”。

注：有时我们会看到一种迷惑选项：

emphasize the opposing view

这个选项看上去好像也是在表达“对立观点有道理”，但是程度太强了！我们永远都不会强调或者支持对立面，我们将永远支持我们自己的观点，否则就打脸了。所以在选妥协这种功能的时候一定要注意“动词的程度”！

我们所谓的对立观点有道理只能是“承认”它有合理性，我们只能选表达“承认”的这种比较勉强的动词（如：concede/ admit/ accept/ acknowledge等），而不能是“支持或者强调”这种很强的动词。

注：qualify有“to limit”的负向含义，是GRE中的常考词

跟第一种表达类似，我们依旧需要注意动词的程度，只能说 “限制”己方观点，而绝不能说“质疑/反驳”己方观点。因此，qualify跟上述的acknowledge等词一样，应该是同学们碰到让步功能题时首先要锁定的选项。

An influential early view held that ecosystems contain niches for a limited number of species and that competition for resources among species—whether native or nonnative invading ones—determines ecosystems’ species composition. However, factors other than competition often help explain invading species’ success. For example, the American grey squirrel, often cited as a classic example of competitively superior invading species, was introduced in England in 1876 and now thrives, while the native red squirrel population has declined. Although scientists have found gray squirrels to be more efficient foragers than red ones, they also note that even before the gray squirrel’s arrival, Britain’s red squirrel populations had a periodic tendency to die out, only to be subsequently reintroduced. Furthermore, many gray squirrels are silent carriers of a disease fatal to red squirrels.

答案

Ralph Ellison was passionately interested in the visual arts. He immersed himself in Harlem’s art scene in the 1930s, even apprenticing with sculptor Richmond Barthe for a time. Yet he was wary of projects aiming to provide a visual rendering of his novel Invisible Man. He reluctantly allowed Franklin Library to publish two illustrated versions of the novel but found the results disappointing and repeatedly rejected proposed film versions of the book. Despite his involvement in visual arts, Ellison insisted that only language could capture the complexity of American identity. This complexity consisted of the tension arising from the collision of the United States’ written ideals, as outlined in the founding documents, and the historical and contemporary experiences molding the national consciousness.

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