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1、专题05阅读理解之议论文一、（广东省广州市2021届高三一模）Around200B．C,Aristophanes,anancientGreeklibrarian,developedasystemofmarkstobreakuptexttomakeiteasiertoread.Beforethis,wordswereoftenwritteninonelongsentencewithoutspacesbetweenthewords.Todayinmanylanguages—includingEnglish-thereisasetofru
2、lesonhowtousefullstops,commasandothertextmarks.However,somebelievethisischanging.DrRobertFrost,whostudieslanguage,sayspeoplenolongerusefullstopsandotherpunctuationsymbolsbecausetheyfeeltheirmessagesareclearenoughwithoutthem.So,ispunctuationhelpfulorjusttroublesome?Yes—
3、punctuationisimportantPunctuationisneededinordertomakethemeaningofwrittenwordsclear.Ifaparentmessagedtosay,“It'stimetoeat,children,”thisisdifferentfrom“It'stimetoeatchildren”.Thesecondsentencewouldprobablymakeyouwanttorunintheoppositedirectionbecauseitsoundsasthoughchi
4、ldrenwereonthemenu.TheauthorJonathanPiercearguesthatpunctuationcanbeusedtoadddrama,tobreakupthesequenceofwordsandchangetherhythmofasentence.“Itallowswriterstomakesentencesmoreinterestingsothereadersdonotgetbored,”Pierceclaims.“Otherwise,thewordsrunintoeachotherandloset
5、heirimpact.”Besides,learningthedifferentwayspunctuationmarkscanbeusedisfun.Itcanaddalottothestyleofwritingandmakeitclearer.No—wedon'tneeditPunctuation.Even,ifasentenceisbadlypunctuated,likethisone:Itcanstillbe,understood.Thisshortpieceoftextshowsthatitisthewordsthatare
6、theimportantpartofthesentence,notthesymbolsbetweenthem.Oxford-basedlinguistKellyJonessays,“Itistheorderinwhichthewordsappearthatconveysthemeaning,notthepunctuationmarks.Ifthereisanydoubtinthemeaningofthesentence,peoplearecleverenoughtoworkoutwhatthepersonisreallytrying
7、tosay.Forinstance,whenpeoplespeak,theydonotusepunctuationandyetwecanstillunderstandeachother.”Also,punctuationcanbeconfusing—therearelotsofcomplexrulestoobserve,andifitisusedincorrectlyitcancausemoreproblemsthaniftherewerenone,punctuationsimplyisn'tneeded.8．Whatisthepu
8、rposeofthispassage?A．Todiscussalternativeviewpoints.B．Tosupportoneargumentoveranother.C．Toevaluatethestrengthofcompet
