GRE短阅读内容的预测讲解 GRE报名

2019年6月2日场次GRE短篇阅读预测发布，本文包括对6月2日GRE阅读三大题型中的短阅读内容的预测讲解，帮助大家提升短阅读正确率，避免在简单题目中意外扣分，考生不可不看！

短篇阅读WhiletheinfluenceofBritishmagazinesinshapingpublicopinionpredatesthenineteenthcentury,itwasduringthe1800sthatmassdistributionbecamepossibleandanexplosioninperiodicalreadershipoccurred,vastlyincreasingmagazines’opinion-shapingpowers.Theroleofmagazinesasarbitersofnineteenth-centurytasteisseenintheirdepictionsoftheLondonTheater.ThemagazinesaccordedsomelegitimacytoEastEndworking-classtheatersthatmirroredtheformatofthefashionableWestEndtheatersservingmiddle-andupper-classaudiences.However,themagazinesalsodepictedmusichalls—whichcompetedforpatronagewithalltheaters—asplaceswherecrassentertainmentcorruptedspectators’tasteandmorals.Finally,theysuggestedthatpopulardemandforsubstandardfarecreatedamarketunfriendlytohigherexpressionsofdramaticart.

TheauthorofthepassagementionsEastEndworking-classtheatersprimarilyinorderto

A.illustrateapointabouttheabilityofmagazinestoswaypublicopinion

B.contrastthekindsofentertainmentpresentedinEastEndandWestEndtheaters

C.makeapointabouthowspectators’tastesinfluencedtheofferingsatdifferentkindsoftheaters

D.explainhowmagazineschosewhichkindsofentertainmenttocover

E.identifyfactorsthathelpedmakecertaintheatersfashionable

答案：A解析：首先简化题干。题干问的是：提到"某件事"的目的是什么?那么，"某件事"的具体内容是什么，立刻想到应该是不太重要的，重点是举例的目的。对应到文章中第二句："Theroleofmagazinesasarbitersofnineteenth-centurytasteisseenintheirdepictionsoftheLondonTheater.Themagazinesaccorded…"很明显"Theroleof…"这句话表明了目的"杂志是19世纪品位的仲裁者"，即杂志体现了19世纪的品味。所以具体例子内容即便看不懂，也可知道，举例是为了论证杂志对19世纪群众的影响力。即选项A。