Ⅳ①We should not forget, however, that most New Englanders were less well educated. ②While 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. ③Their thinking often had a traditional superstitions quality. ④A tailor named John Dane, who emigrated in the late 1630s, left an account of his reasons for leaving England that is filled with signs. ⑤Sexual confusion, economic frustrations, and religious hope—all came together in a decisive moment when he opened the Bible, told his father 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.” ⑥One wonders what Dane thought of the careful sermons explaining the Bible that he heard in Puritan churches. 题目 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
题目解析 题干中的the story of John Dane很明显就是一个具体的例子，shows一词表明该题是个例证题，问的正是这个例子所反映的观点。 按照例证题的解题思路，应先回到文章找到John Dane这个例子所出现的位置，再去它的前面寻找观点。根据John Dane，我们可以定位到原文第四段。 在第四段句④，找到了题干关键词John Dane，但我们要找的是例子前面的观点句。故本题对应的答案应该是句③。 该句句首的their按照指代原则指的就是段首句①中的most New Englanders (who) were less well educated ，这一信息对应题干信息。由此可以确定本题正确答案为A选项“受迷信观念影响”。 提醒各位考生，例证题最常见的干扰选项就是来自例子本身的内容。
