修辞题也是听力考试的必考题，主要是让考生结合上下对话的环境，来理解对话人真正所表达的意思，所以下面就让我们一起来看看。
一、托福听力考试中修辞题常出现的位置：
IBT听力中的修辞题通常出现在课堂演讲(lectures)部分，在2个长对话，4个课堂演讲中，一般占5至6题。
二、托福听力考试中修辞题的出题形式：
修辞题通常都是以特殊疑问词开头的特殊疑问句，例如：
Why does the professor say this?(询问使用了何种修辞手段)
A: To encourage the students to think about the issue under a bigger context.
B: To elicit an answer from the students.
C: To compare two different things figuratively to engage his students.
D: To describe an imaginative situation.
How dies the professor illustrate his point about ___? (询问谈话人是如何创造了某种修辞手段的)
A: by comparing X to Y
B: by giving an example of X
Why does the professor say so? (节选了演讲中某一带有修辞用法的部分，让考生回答为什么谈话人用此修辞)
A: To point out a flaw
B: To repeat a point
C: To define an important term
D: To exemplify a key point
三、托福听力考试中关于修辞题的解题技巧：
1. 熟悉常用修辞手段，如比喻(又分明喻，暗喻等)，夸张，比拟，例证，借代，反问，反复，设问等等。
2. 听原文时即可适时判断谈话人的真实意图，谈话人某句讲话修辞手法运用明显之时，往往就是考点出现之处。
3. 注意根据上线问和谈话气氛来综合回答问题，不要脱离主题凭空猜测谈话人的修辞意图。
四、举一些托福听力考试中常见的修辞题例子说明：
Professor: Through much of the last century, America’s faith in freedom and democracy was a rock in a raging sea. Now it is a seed upon the wind, taking root in many nations.
Narrator:Listen again to a part of the lecture. Then answer the question.
Professor: …Now it is a seed upon the wind, taking root in many nations.
Why does the professor say this?
A: To encourage the students to think about the issue under a bigger context.
B: To elicit an answer from the students.
C: To compare two different things figuratively to engage his students.
D: To describe an imaginative situation.
解析：
该题是询问为何使用某种修辞手法。
从谈话节选段落中我们很容易看出，教授使用的是暗喻的方法。
该段落大概的意思是：在上个世纪的大部分时间里，美国式民主和自由的信仰如石沉大海，波澜不惊;而今，却如清风拂絮，撒落人间。
暗喻的方式是为了形成对比，从而激起听者的想象力，活跃课堂谈话的气氛。
综上所述正确答案为C。
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