举例的目的是对重要的观点进行支持与论证或对难懂的概念或术语进行解释与说明。举例往往会使观点与概念更加清楚、明了、易懂。如在“So they became dynastic names，as Ptolemy was for the ancient Egyptian rulers. One of my names，Chief Buffalo Child，is a dynastic name and title.”一句中，作者要说明的是dynastic names这个概念。从它的构词上我们也可以猜出它的基本意思。但如果从其上下文来理解，意思则更加明显了。as（正如）引出的定语从句说明Ptolemy就是古埃及统治者的名字，即这个名字代表着Ptolemy王朝。因此我们可以推测dynastic意思是“表示朝代的”或“代表王朝的”。所以 dynastic names的意思就是“朝代名称、国号”。那么下文中所说的“对我的一个称谓或我的一个头衔”就是根据Buffalo（这个朝代名）命名的。
例1：Doctors recommend that everyone exercise every day,particularly those who spend many hours doing sedentary activities like reading,typing or sewing.
Q：You can tell that when people are doing a sedentary activity,they must be
[A]sitting[B]learning[C]relaxing[D]running.
「分析」答案为[A]。like reading,typing or sewing（如读书、打字、缝纫）是对sedentary activities的举例说明。这些活动有一个共同点就是坐着不动、缺少运动，所以答案应选[A]。
例2：People wear black clothes at some serious ceremonies,for example at funerals and graduations.
Q：You can tell that a ceremony is
[A]a special occasion[B]a special sport[C]a special holiday[D]a special person
例3：Moreover,demographers see the continuing shift south and west as joined by a related but newer phenomenon:More and more Americans apparently are looking not just for places with more jobs but with fewer people,too.
Q：The word demographers in the last paragraph most probably means
[A]people in favor of the trend democracy[B]advocates of migration between states[C]scientists engaged in the study of population[D]conservatives clinging to old patterns of life
