Governor's Island is a national historic landmark district long used for military purposes.

2019年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

However, as Amy Edmondson of Harvard points out, organisations increasingly use "team" as a verb rather than a noun: they form teams for specific purposes and then quickly disband them.

2017年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

In the early 1990s, the World wide Web was developed, in large part, for commercial purposes.

2017年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section A

Former George Washington University president Stephen Trachtenberg estimates that a typical college uses its facilities for academic purposes a little more than half the calendar year.

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A new study from michigan State University, though, argues that all students—including high achievers—see a decline in performance when they browse the Internet during class for non-academic purposes.

2018年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读

But there is also a place in a young life for noble purposes that include a dedication to the broader society, a love of country and an aspiration to make their own leadership contributions.

2016年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

Although birds use their feathers for flight, some of their feathers are for other purposes.

2017年高考英语北京卷 单项填空 原文

In 1963 the UN set up the World Food Programme, one of whose purposes is to relieve worldwide starvation.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 单项填空 原文

In addition, their arms that are unnecessary for moving around are freed for other purposes, like throwing stones or signaling.

2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 任务型阅读 原文

Machines with specific purposes are associated with living things partly because they might be able to prevent themselves from being destroyed.

2017年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 题设

Norbert Wiener, who founded the field of cybernetics, put it this way: if we use, to achieve our purposes, a mechanical agency with whose operation we cannot effectively interfere.

2017年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

One of the purposes of the annual pony drift is to control the number of ponies.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读A 题设

The issue of voluntary part-time relates to Obamacare because one of the main purposes was to allow people to get insurance outside of employment.

2015年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

within the complex social structure of the scientific community, researchers make discoveries; editors and reviewers act as gatekeepers by controlling the publication process; other scientists use the new finding to suit their own purposes; and finally, t

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