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What function does the third paragraph serve?A
问题详情
What function does the third paragraph serve?
A.It continues the analysis of the problem.
B.It confirms the seriousness of the problem.
C.It further explains the soaring cost.
D.It offers a cause for the rising cost.请帮忙给出正确答案和分析,谢谢!
参考答案
正确答案:A
篇章结构题。直接定位至第三段。首句指出“Asenseofurgencyisjustified:ex-studentshavedebtsapproaching$1trillion.”,这是承接第二段末句“ArneDuncan,thesecretaryofeducation,hasurgeduniversitiestoaddresscostswith‘muchgreaterurgency’.”而来。第三段末句“Andrisingcostsareoftensymptomsofmuchdeeperproblems:problemsthatwereirritatingduringtheyearsofaffluencebutwhicharecancerousinanageofausterity.”和第四段首句“Thefirstproblemistheinabilitytosay‘no’.”又是一个顺承关系,可见第三段是一个承上启下的过渡段,对大学学费增加这一问题进行深入的分析,故[A]为答案。