句子简化题是托福阅读中的一大常考题型，主要考查考生对于英语长难句中句子主干的把握以及各个意群之间的逻辑关系。在解答这类题目的时候，关键点就在于考生是否能够把握句子或者是段落的主要内容，从而提取有效信息来完成托福阅读句子简化题的题目。接下来，前程百利小编和大家分享托福阅读句子简化题的解题方法和技巧。
首先，句子简化题提问方式
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.
从句子简化题的提问方式可以看出，选择答案的依据是“best expresses the essential information”最好地描述和体现主要信息的选项，而不一定是和原文内容一样的内容;其次，错误的答案主要有两种形式，一种是歪曲了原文的含义，一种是遗漏了重点信息。
所以，带着句子简化题的选择依据以及题目特点，我们接下来看一下句子简化题的解题策略。
其次，句子简化题中的逻辑词
在句子简化题中，如果能够找到明显的逻辑结构词，就能够帮助考生更好地分析句子以及段落之间的关系。下面和大家介绍明显逻辑关系词的四种形式;
1)因果关系： lead to, therefore, result from ...
例如：Mr. Jones, departure will lead to the second leadership contest in three years.
Any damage resulting from negligence is not to be compensated.
句子中的lead to表示“导致”，前面是原因，后面是结果。
2)转折关系： but, however …
例如;I'd like to go with you; however, my hands are full.
3)让步关系：despite, though, even though …
例如：But despite the fact that it's modest, if everyone in the US would give according to that scale, it would yield 500 billion dollars.
Despite表示“尽管”的意思，所以通常后面的句子是答题的要点。
4)并列/递进关系： and, moreover, furthermore …
Craft workers such as carpenters, printers, and tailors formed unions, and in 1834 individual unions came together in the National Trades' Union.
最后，句子简化题解题策略
句子简化题解题策略一共分成三步：
第一步 ： interpret, separate 翻译拆句原句
第二步： relate 找到关联内容
第三步： match 匹配选项
1)第一步策略：interpret, separate 翻译拆句原句
例如：The West had plenty of attractions: the alluvial river bottoms, the fecund soils of the rolling forest lands, the black loams of the prairies were tempting to New England farmers working their rocky, sterile land and to southeastern farmers plagued with soil depletion and erosion.
按照以上句子的含义和逻辑结构，可以分成两部分内容：
① The West had plenty of attractions: the alluvial river bottoms, the fecund soils of the rolling forest lands, the black loams of the prairies
② (①)Were tempting to New England farmers working their rocky, sterile land and to southeastern farmers plagued with soil depletion and erosion.
2)第二步策略： relate 找到关联内容
关联的内容主要有两方面：一是逻辑明显，例如我们常见的因果逻辑关系;二是逻辑关系不明显，这时我们要提取主干内容。
还是上面的例子，提取句子主干：
The West soils——tempt—— New England farmers &southeastern farmers
3)第三步策略： match 匹配选项
这是上面例子的选项：
A. Because the West had more rivers and forests than the East, its soil was more productive.
B. The fertile soils of the West drew farmers from regions with barren soils.
C. Farmers living in western areas of the United States more affected by soil erosion than farmers living in i eastern areas.
D. The soil in western areas of the United States was richer than soil in eastern areas.
A选项遗漏信息，没提到土壤的问题;
B选项暂时没有错误;
C选项中more affected by soil erosion没有提到;
D内容正确，但是缺少信息，没有提到farmers相关的信息。
总结以上四个选项可知，B选项正确。
以上就是托福阅读句子简化题的题目特点，关系词介绍以及解题策略的内容，对于句子简化题还不熟悉或者是没有解题方法的考生，一定要特别注意以上小编和大家分享的内容。
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