考研英語的本質就是考查同學們的英語讀寫能力，其中最考查“讀”的能力的就是考研英語中的閱讀題，閱讀題本身所占分值也體現了閱讀題的重要性?？偨Y歷年考題可以發現無論是英語一還是英語二，考研英語閱讀的題目按照題型進行分類，可以分為六大類：主旨大意題、段落推斷題、例證題、觀點態度題、詞義句意題和細節題。其中對細節題的考查數量最多，其他題型較少，但是也不能被同學們忽視。本篇文章主要講解考研英語閱讀的“例證題”的解題方法，掌握了相應的題型的解題方法，不僅加快做題效率，而且能夠提高同學們答案的爭取率。
做題的第一步就是：識別題型。例證題的題目很有特點，比如：
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2011 |
Toyota Motor's experience is cited as an example of ______. |
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2012 |
The example of the unions in Wisconsin shows that unions ______. |
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2014 |
The discovery of the Higgs boson is a typical case which involves ______. |
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2015 |
Orin Kerr's comparison is quoted to indicate that ______. |
通過觀察可以發現，例證題的題目可以概括為“作者提及一個事例是為了證明什么”或者“一個事例被提及是為了證明什么”。并且其中還有一些提示詞：story/example/case/question/study,show/illustrate/demonstrate/quote/present。
掌握了這些，例證題的識別就不是難事了。
通過對題目的觀察，還可以總結出例證題的一個考察本質就是：論據證明論點。其中論據就是例子，而論據本身就是用來論證論點的，因此例證題的解題關鍵就是找到論點。換句話說，答案就是論點。而論點往往出現在論據前。
那么出現在答案中能夠成為干擾項的就是題干中的“事例”本身的信息，也就是說，例子本身的信息即干擾項，做題時可以排除。
We should not forget, however, that most New Englanders were less well educated. While few craftsmen or farmers, let alone dependents and servants, left literary compositions to be analyzed, it is obvious that their views were less fully intellectualized. Their thinking often had a traditional superstitious quality. A tailor named John Dane, who emigrated in the late 1630s, left an account of his reasons for leaving England that is filled with signs. Sexual confusion, economic frustrations, and religious hope—all came together in a decisive moment when he opened the Bible, told his father that the first line he saw would settle his fate, and read the magical words: “Come out from among them, touch no unclean thing , and I will be your God and you shall be my people.” One wonders what Dane thought of the careful sermons explaining the Bible that he heard in Puritan churches.
39. The story of John Dane shows that less well-educated New Englanders were often ______.
[A] influenced by superstitions
[B] troubled with religious beliefs
[C] puzzled by church sermons
[D] frustrated with family earnings
第一步：識別題干。從提示詞“story”和“show”可以識別題干為例證題。
第二步：找例子。“A tailor… in Puritan churches”。
第三步：找論點。定位到論據前一句，“Their thinking often had a traditional superstitious quality.”。
第四步：對應選項，A選項和找到的論點原詞復現“superstitious”。正確答案為A。
第五步：排除干擾項。B中的religious，C的church和D的frustrated都是原文中的例子本身的信息，因此BCD可以作為干擾項被排除。
