托福阅读考试并不像考生想象的那么简单，很多考生在这个题目中取得的分数并没有理想中的那么高，所以如果考生想要在考试中取得高分，就一定要重视托福阅读的备考!前程百利小编认为，考生在备考的过程中，应该特别注意简化句子题，本次小编就来和大家分享一下关于这个题目的一些基础知识，希望可以帮助考生在考试中取得高分!
一.基本信息
Sentence Simplification question即简化句子题，在托福阅读考试中，每篇文章之后大约会出现0-1个这样的题目，出现的频次比较少，主要考察的是长难句。在托福阅读考试中出现的需要考生简化的句子往往本身就是非常长的句子，句子的结构复杂。所以如果考生想要在这个题目中取得高分，就一定要提升自己分析句子的能力。
二.解题技巧
很多考生在回答这个题目的时候，遇到的问题往往就是找不到句子的主干，分不清主谓宾和定状补的成分，找不到这个句子中的主次关系。小编认为，考生如果想在这个题目中取得高分，就应该学会同义改写，在改写的时候一方面尽可能的保留句子的原意，另一方面学会简化，在保留文章中逻辑的主要成分的基础上，简化句型，把主要信息留下来，把次要信息丢掉，需要考生注意的是，在简化句型的过程中一定要注意句子和句子之间的逻辑关系。比如考生在回答TPO26PASSAGE311题的时候就可以这样做。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.
○ Also around 3000 B.C.E., it was discovered that mixing copper, known from about 3500 B.C.E., with tin would create a much harder metal known as bronze.
○ Although copper had been known since 3500 B.C.E in Mesopotamia, the discovery of bronze did not occur until around 3000 B.C.E.
○ Another major development around 3000 B.C.E. was the discovery that copper could be mixed with a much harder metal known as tin.
○ The development of bronze by mixing copper and tin probably occurred around 3000 B.C.E. but may have happened as early as 3500 B.C.E.
首先，可以定位到原句，A major development was the discovery, again about 3000 B.C.E., that if copper, which had been known in Mesopotamia since about 3500 B.C.E., was mixed with tin, a much harder metal, bronze, would result.，把原句中去掉插入，保持文章的逻辑和主句之后，整句话就可以这样简化。A major development was the discover that if copper was mixed with tin ,a much harder metal, bronze, would result. A 选项中包含了逻辑关系和比较级，以及主句的核心意思，即为正确的答案。B中出现了让步，整个句子的逻辑是错误的，C中缺少主句核心的bronze所以错误。D中增加了逻辑but所以错误。所以选项A正确.
托福阅读考试中的简化句子题并不像考生想象的那么简单，因此建议考生在掌握以上信息的基础上，不断利用历年真题进行练习，争取在考试中取得高分!
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