托福阅读句子简化题的核心在于抓住题干的要求:Which of the sentences below best expresses the essential information in the highlighted sentence in the passage? Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways to leave out essential information.
正确选项能够表达原句最核心的意思(essential information),一些细节信息可能会被删除。
错误选项有两个特点,一是对原句的意思做出重大改变(change the meaning in important ways),比如添加了原句没有的信息或逻辑关系;二是遗漏重要信息(leave out essential information) 如原句包含两个要点,选项中只保留了一个。
句子简化题一般的步骤是:
1. 划分原句的句子成分,提取句子主干
2. 看原句包含几个要点,几个要点之间的逻辑关系是什么 (例如并列,因果,让步等)
3. 对比选项,选择表达原句核心含义的答案,同时排除错误选项。
平常不限时练习的可以按照上面的步骤,多做长难句的拆解分析和翻译,这样能很好地提升我们的阅读能力。限时练习或者考试的时候可以根据题目的特点快速解题,节省时间。例如下面两个例题。
TPO9 Colonizing the Americas via the Northwest Coat
Fladmark s hypothesis received additional support from the fact that the greatest diversity in native American languages occurs along the west coast of the Americas, suggesting that this region has been settled the longest.
Which of the sentences below best expresses the essential information in the highlighted sentence in the passage? Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways to leave out essential information.
A.Because this region has been settled the longest, it also displays the greatest diversity in Native American languages.
B.Fladmark s hypothesis states that the west coast of the Americas has been settled longer than any other region.
C.The fact that the greatest diversity of Native American languages occurs along the west coast of the Americans lends strength to Fladmark’s hypothesis.
D.According to Fladmark, Native American languages have survived the longest along the west coast of the Americas.
2 TPO 32 Distributions of Tropical Bee Colonies
The number of colonies in the study area was not limited by availability of suitable trees, and a clumped or regular distribution of colonies was not due to an underlying clumped or regular distribution of potential nest sites.
Which of the sentences below best expresses the essential information in the highlighted sentence in the passage? Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways to leave out essential information.
A.The limited number of colonies was not due to the distribution or availability of potential nesting sites.
B.There was no lack of suitable trees or potential nesting sites in the study area.
C.The number of nests was directly related to the number or the distribution of suitable trees.
D.Neither the number nor the distribution of colonies could be explained by the availability of suitable nest sites.