應屆畢業生托福考試網訊 托福句子簡化題主要考察我們的paraphrase（在此可以簡單理解為用比原文簡單的語言來替換原文）的能力。因此原文句式結構往往比較復雜，詞匯相對比較高級，而且需要我們有比較強的邏輯分析能力。正確選項往往會在句子結構，語法以及詞匯上做改動，比如主動變被動，復合句變成簡單句，同義詞改寫。但是我們也不要被它嚇到，只要我們有一定詞匯基礎（四級就可以），并掌握其解題技巧，正確解答此題還是不難的。
句子簡化題的主要解題步驟是：
1.分析原句的邏輯關系，比如：轉折，讓步，遞進，對比，等等。
2.掃描選項是否有對應的邏輯關系，如果不一樣，立即排除該選項。
3.劃出原句的核心詞匯及概念，這些詞往往是動作的發出者：主語，動作：謂語，以及動作的接受者：賓語。
4.把剩下的選項和原文進行快速比對，作出正確選擇。
例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.
? Some people have argued that the Pacific was settled by traders who became lost while transporting domesticated plants and animals.
? The original Polynesian settlers were probably marooned on the islands, but they may have been joined later by carefully prepared colonization expeditions.
? Although it seems reasonable to believe that colonization expeditions would set out fully stocked, this is contradicted by much of the evidence.
? The settlement of the Pacific islands was probably intentional and well planned rather than accidental as some people have proposed.
Contrary to the arguments of some that much of the pacific was settled by Polynesians accidentally marooned after being lost and adrift, it seems reasonable that this feat was accomplished by deliberate colonization expeditions that set out fully stocked with food and domesticated plants and animals.
首先我們分析原句：Contrary to是一個明顯的對比，掃描選項我們發現選項2有明顯的轉折和選項3是讓步關系，和原文邏輯不符，因此我們可以快速排除選項2和3. 接下來我們開始劃出原文的核心詞匯，也就是這句話的主旨：Contrary to the arguments of some that much of the pacific was settled by Polynesians accidentally marooned after being lost and adrift, it seems reasonable that this feat was accomplished by deliberate colonization expeditions that set out fully stocked with food and domesticated plants and animals. 比對選項， The settlement of the Pacific islands was probably intentional and well planned rather than accidental as some people have proposed 我們發現colonization換成了settltement, deliberate換成了intentional, contrary to 換成了rather than, 由此我們可以確定答案為選項4。
備考階段建議考生在解答句子簡化題的時候要學會抓邏輯關系詞，分析句子主干成分。我們可以通過平時多分析長句難句，增強對句法結構的敏感度，便能在有限的時間內解決這種相對比較費時和有難度的題型。
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