在新东方我是跟着高嵩老师上课，他给我们讲的Sentence simplification题主要抓住逻辑关系，在15秒内解决问题。
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例如OG上的题：
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A. Even though Ambulocetus swam by moving its body up and down, it did not have a backbone.TOEFL,IBT,托福,新托福,机经,小马过河,留学,美国,海外$ O$ a! d/ _: D
B. The backbone of Ambulocetus, which allowed it to swim, provides evidence of its missing fluke.小马过河! I/ R! I8 y9 k* E: V; I2 b
C. Although Ambulocetus had no fluke, its backbone structure shows that it swam like modern whales
; q3 Y, ^+ X; q9 ?D. By moving the rear parts of their bodies up and down, modern whales swim in a different way from the way Ambulocetus swamTOEFL,IBT,托福,新托福,机经,小马过河,留学,美国,海外% e) E# T; b9 d! r) e: S

; ^& g" P/ d5 Q  ]9 aTOEFL,IBT,托福,新托福,机经,小马过河,留学,美国,海外根据高嵩老师的方法，先判断题型，很明显的句子简化。直接找关系词。* i$ ~) d% \; J0 \
虽然这道题目可以找出两个关系词：however, even though，但是很明显主要的关系词是however。所以证明主从句之间是转折的关系，所以从选项当中找表示转折关系的关系词。C选项里的Although表示转折，所以这道题选Cwww.xiaomaguohe.net' T+ a1 J* Z% N5 q1 r; B" B
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2.Highlight部分： He refused to develop projection technology, reasoning that if he made and sold projections, then exhibitors would purchase only one machine--- a projector ---- form him instead of several.
; c2 w  j& }/ O* s9 Q6 v. p, ?www.xiaomaguohe.netA.Edison was more interested in develping a variety of machines than in developing a technology based on only one.
) y' X$ w1 c' K3 V+ {, vB.Edison refused to work on projection technology because he did not think exhibitors would replace their projections with newer machines.
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D.Edison would not develop projection technology unless exhibitors agreed to purchase more than one projector from him.7 E- P8 a# `! c+ r3 m; f# N
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找关系词，不难找到reasoning，表示原因的逻辑关系。所以到选项中找关于原因的关系词。在B和C选项中分别有because表示原因，答案必定在其中，最后经分析，得出答案是B。小马过河-新托福专业备考社区1 u5 r( y& ~+ E; p. Z8 ~9 C

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这是我在OG上找的两个例子。高嵩老师说，他不推荐Delta上的题，因为不是真题，所以不推荐，也不推荐任何题。但是我做了Delta和Lonman上的阅读才发现这个简化句子题问题很大。因为几乎所有题干的句子都没有关系词。按照高嵩老师的讲解，真题上大多数都应该有关系词，只有少数的没有关系词。 [小马过河-新托福专业备考社区]- U8 D6 d9 I, k1 g
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所以我想请问一下Delta和Lonman上面的题诗不是真的和真题相差很大，还是说高嵩老师分析失误了呢？
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$ a8 L" K+ b8 h. G$ j% K4 C  ]小马过河-新托福专业备考社区看在我打了这么多的份上，帮忙解答一下，谢谢

为了解答你的问题我查找了一下ETS的practise online,因为我觉得目前为止这套题目是最接近真实考题的.
; t" t7 t* U* ywww.xiaomaguohe.net第一篇Opportunists and Competitorswww.xiaomaguohe.net! j+ G. ?' s( W; a0 C) M
其中的的句子简化题目是
8 R2 D, E0 ?! C# zwww.xiaomaguohe.netThese plants are termed opportunists because they rely on their seeds’ falling into settings where competing plants have been removed by natural processes, such as along an eroding riverbank, on landslips, or where a tree falls and creates a gap in the forest canopy.TOEFL,IBT,托福,新托福,机经,小马过河,留学,美国,海外4 ~! |& U, J1 `8 s" m. |
有因果关系
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第二篇Lascaux Cave Paintings
# ]$ C. w/ k: h' W, v [小马过河-新托福专业备考社区]很遗憾第二篇中没有句子简化题
) Z: V' u7 l' k. @: d3 }! K [小马过河-新托福专业备考社区]第三篇Electricity from windTOEFL,IBT,托福,新托福,机经,小马过河,留学,美国,海外$ u+ T$ r4 {0 D6 }. G4 V7 d
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/ u, b$ m1 J# b' I. X3 ATOEFL,IBT,托福,新托福,机经,小马过河,留学,美国,海外Large wind farms might also interfere with the flight patterns of migratory birds in certain areas, and they have killed large birds of prey (especially hawks, falcons, and eagles) that prefer to hunt along the same ridge lines that are ideal for wind turbines.
- q5 W1 G( P, O8 `8 B+ f1 Cwww.xiaomaguohe.net我觉得从第三篇的角度看似乎只有顺承逻辑关系

然后分析一下题目
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( }8 u5 V7 |# g1 l; {) tTOEFL,IBT,托福,新托福,机经,小马过河,留学,美国,海外A. Because their seeds grow in places where competing plants are no longer present, dandelions are classified as opportunists. [小马过河-新托福专业备考社区]6 B% }5 e% B. r( J7 Q7 f
B. Dandelions are called opportunists because they contribute to the natural processes of erosion and the creation of gaps in the forest canopy. TOEFL,IBT,托福,新托福,机经,小马过河,留学,美国,海外5 H! ~2 A- r& a/ X/ w0 D9 u
C. The term opportunists applies to plants whose seeds fall in places where they can compete with the seeds of other plants.
1 E3 L5 X9 J- m2 o; {; ^& ]小马过河-新托福专业备考社区D. The term opportunists applies to plants whose falling seeds are removed by natural processes. [小马过河-新托福专业备考社区]% V  ]2 S* c8 Q* k& X. W  q
很明显可以从因果关系得到答案是A小马过河-新托福专业备考社区" H0 s; G, N; ]. j

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A. Hawks, falcons, and eagles prefer to hunt along ridge lines, where wind turbines can kill large numbers of migratory birds.
; B  w+ K7 \1 F8 |! B8 z0 Uwww.xiaomaguohe.netB. Wind turbines occasionally cause migratory birds to change their flight patterns and therefore may interfere with the areas where
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C. Some of the best locations for large wind farms are places that may cause problems for migrating birds and birds of prey. 小马过河-新托福专业备考社区: Z: J* ^# ~* x+ v) _! l0 q
D. Large wind farms in certain areas kill hawks, falcons, and eagles and thus might create a more ideal path for the flight of migratory 小马过河-新托福专业备考社区" Z# v; C! y0 _1 \/ N' d2 H6 J
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+ i* C" j, r) I8 g小马过河-新托福专业备考社区[ 本帖最后由 whereiswc 于 2007-10-17 08:49 编辑 ]

所以我觉得逻辑关系只是一种非常有效的解题的工具,而不是万能的工具
3 A- x( O) G" J8 J. PETS的题目也不是所有都有关系词
: o) ~, l, ^0 i# N  S小马过河至于DELTA和LONGMAN的话,我觉得DELTA更接近ETS的出题思路一点,但是模拟题毕竟是模拟题,更真题的思路总是有或多或少的偏差的,不推荐模拟题其实也是有道理的.小马过河! E2 g; c7 k9 O# d1 ?' u
但是在新托福资料如此稀缺的今天,当OG做完了之后,除了模拟题,我们拿什么练习呢?
$ v5 U2 G1 }1 {# z  |5 s  n1 R. |www.xiaomaguohe.net当然如果复习时间很短的人我当然是建议只做OG了

谢谢楼上了阿！
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thanks