托福閱讀中有一些題目類型是幾乎每次都會出現(xiàn)的，而對應(yīng)它們都有一些好用的新托福閱讀技巧，下面介紹的就是托福閱讀題型中關(guān)于句子簡化題的一些解題訣竅。

　　托福閱讀題型中中句子簡化題考查的對象是長難句，主要考查考生對句子邏輯關(guān)系的把握及句子基本信息的理解。句子簡化題出題方式：

　　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 or leave out essential information.

　　下面通過具體例子來說明句子簡化題做題步驟及新托福閱讀技巧。

　　舉例說明：

　　Perhaps, like many contemporary peoples, Upper Paleolithic men and women believed that the drawing of a human image could cause death of injury, and if that were indeed their belief, it might explain why human figures are rarely depicted in cave art.

　　1. 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 or leave out essential information.

　　○Upper Paleolithic people, like many contemporary peoples, believed that if they drew a human image in their cave art, it would cause death or injury.

　　○Many contemporary people believe that the drawing of a human image can cause death or injury, so they, like Upper Paleolithic people, rarely depicted human figures in their cave art.

　　○If Upper Paleolithic people, like many contemporary peoples, believed that the drawing of a human image could cause death or injury, this belief might explain why human figures are rarely depicted in cave art.

　　○Although many contemporary peoples believe that the drawing of a human image can cause death or injury, researchers cannot explain why Upper Paleolithic people rarely depicted human figures in their cave art.

　　第1步：先看原句

　　句子成分分析：Perhaps 、副詞、like 介詞、表對比、Upper Paleolithic men and women，句子的主語，believed 謂語動詞，that 引導(dǎo)賓語從句，the drawing of a human image, 做從句的主語，could cause 做從句的謂語動詞。and 并列連詞，連接另一個復(fù)合句，if 引導(dǎo)的狀語從句，主句是逗號后面的句子，why 引導(dǎo)賓語從句。

　　句子翻譯：可能像許多現(xiàn)代人一樣，UP時期的人們認(rèn)為畫人類畫像可能造成死傷，并且如果那確實是他們的想法，那就可以解釋為什么人類的畫像很少在巖洞藝術(shù)里被描繪。

　　第2步：看選項

　　A選項的意思是說UP時期的人們，認(rèn)為如果畫人像，就會造成死傷。原句意思說UP時期的人們，有沒有那個想法是不確定的。所以A本身表達(dá)的意思與原句意思不符。最明顯錯誤就是沒有表達(dá)出原句的第二層意思，如果那個想法是真的，就可以解釋…

　　B說許多當(dāng)代人認(rèn)為畫人像可能會造成死傷，因此他們就像PU時期的人們一樣，很少在巖洞藝術(shù)里畫人像。原句主要在講UP時期的人們，現(xiàn)代人是用來做對比的，而B選項在說現(xiàn)代人，把UP時期的人們用來做對比弄反了。

　　C說如果UP時期的人們，像現(xiàn)代人一樣認(rèn)為畫人像會造成死傷，這種信念就可能解釋為什么人像很少在巖洞藝術(shù)里被描述。這與原句意思相符是正確選項。

　　D說盡管許多現(xiàn)代人認(rèn)為話人像可能造成死傷，研究者們也不能解釋為什么UP時期人們很少在巖洞藝術(shù)里畫人像。原句的意思是如果…，這種現(xiàn)象是可以解釋的。所以D是不對的。

　　托福閱讀句子簡化題的錯誤選項的特點：重要信息缺失，與原句意思相反;邏輯關(guān)系表達(dá)不一致。