托福阅读中很多句型都让考生觉得头疼。今天我们就来谈谈遇到托福阅读句子简化题，该怎么办?我们先来了解一下句子简化题。
题干：Which of the following best expresses the essential information in the highlighted sentence? Incorrect answer choices change the meaning in important ways or leave out essential information.
通过题干，我们了解到句子简化题的正确答案是最好地表达了核心信息的表述，而错误答案往往是改变或者忽略了原文的核心信息。
那托福阅读句子简化题解法是什么呢?
首先，我们要寻找句子的逻辑关系。常见的逻辑关系有：因果，转折，让步，比较等。这些逻辑关系可以帮助我们排除部分选项。
例子：原句—Perhaps, like many contemporary peoples, Upper Paleolithic men and women believed that the drawing of a human image could cause death or injury, and if that were indeed their belief, it might explain why human figures are rarely depicted in cave art。
原句中出现了：“like : 类比，cause：因果，if：让步”这几个逻辑关系词。可见原文里存在“类比，因果，让步”三个逻辑关系。
选项：
A—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.
A选项中出现了类比，让步和因果关系。
B—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.
B选项中有因果关系和类比关系，但缺少了让步关系。故排除。
C—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.
C选项中出现了类比，让步和因果关系。
D—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.
D选项中出现了转折关系，肯定不对。D排除。
我们通过分析原句中的逻辑关系排除掉了BD选项。现在我们要了解原句的意思来对应AC选项选出正确答案。
原句—Perhaps, like many contemporary peoples, Upper Paleolithic men and women believed that the drawing of a human image could cause death or injury, and if that were indeed their belief, it might explain why human figures are rarely depicted in cave art。
或许，像很多当代人一样，旧石器时代晚期的人都相信人类的肖像画会导致死亡或伤害，如果这确实是他们的信仰的话，这可能解释了为什么洞穴壁画里很少描绘人物。
我们再来看选项：
A—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.
旧石器时代晚期的人，像很多当代人一样，相信如果他们画人类的肖像画会导致死亡或伤害。
A选项表述的让步关系的内容是错误的，而且忽略了：“这可能解释了为什么洞穴壁画里很少描绘人物。”
C—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.
如果旧石器时代晚期的人，像很多当代人一样，相信他们画人类的肖像画会导致死亡或伤害，这可能解释了为什么洞穴壁画里很少描绘人物。
最后，我们再来总结一下托福阅读句子简化题的解题方法：1、我们要寻找句子的逻辑关系。2、提取句子主干，了解具体意思。希望以上的方法为广大的托福考生带来帮助，前程百利祝大家都能取得理想的托福考试成绩。
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