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Sunday, May 15, 2016

Compre Qn Type 2 revisited....

I discussed compre Qn Type 2 in an earlier post: see HERE

Please do NOT confuse these two question types:

(1)Why does Trump use the phrase 'China is raping the US' ?
(2)Why does Trump say that China is raping the US?

(1) is a language qn requiring the effect of the phrase or the writer's intention in using the phrase; whereas (2) is a content/factual qn requiring material from the designated paragraph, or (in the absence of any) your inference using any logical reasons.

Possible answers:
(1) because he wants to emphasise the exploitative behavior of China over the US in trading, make the reader sympathize with the US, as well as register his disapproval towards China over its treatment of the US in trade.....
(2) because under the current trade agreement, China's goods sold in the US enjoy tax reliefs, but many goods from the US are either banned in China or heavily taxed. (NB: this need not be factually correct; I'm just coming up with something to show you how this is a content qn requiring a content answer, which is either culled from the passage or inferred)