托福阅读TPO27句子简化题分析——题1.docx

托福阅读TPO27句子简化题分析——题1 Crafts in the Ancient Near East Paragraph 1 Some of the earliest human civilizations arose in southern Mesopotamia, in what is now southern Iraq, in the fourth millennium B.C.E. In the second half of that millennium, in the south around the city of Uruk, there was an enormous escalation in the area occupied by permanent settlements. A large part of that increase took place in Uruk itself, which became a real urban center surrounded by a set of secondary settlements. While population estimates are notoriously unreliable, scholars assume that Uruk inhabitants were able to support themselves from the agricultural production of the field surrounding the city, which could be reached with a daily commute. But Uruk’s dominant size in the entire region, far surpassing that of other settlements, indicates that it was a regional center and a true city. Indeed, it was the first city in human history. Q1 Which of the sentences below best express the essential information in the highlighted sentence in the passage? Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or leave out essential information. A.Although scholars cannot accurately determine the size of the Uruk population, they know the citizens were not dependent on agriculture. B.Scholars do not have enough evidence to determine whether the agricultural areas just outside of Uruk were large enough to feed the city’s population C.Because city populations cannot feed themselves, scholars think the surrounding farms provided food for the people in Uruk D.Scholars believe that the inhabitants of Uruk were able to support themselves from produce grown in field surrounding the city. 确定句子核心信息 While population estimates are notoriously unreliable, scholars assume that Uruk inhabitants were able to support themselves from the agricultural production of the field surrounding the city, which could be reached with a daily commute. 分析：本句是由while引导的让步状语从句（注：while出现在句中引导对比对照关系的状语从句；如出现在句首则引导让步关系的状语从句，）+主句scholars assume that…the city组成一个虽然…但是…的大结构。

主句句末有一个which引导的非限定性定语从句，该从句意图在于对前面意义完整的主句进行补充说明所以该句最核心的意思就是句中标红的部分 Crafts in the Ancient Near East Paragraph 1 Some of the earliest human civilizations arose in southern Mesopotamia, in what is now southern Iraq, in the fourth millennium B.C.E. In the second half of that millennium, in the south around the city of Uruk, there was an enormous escalation in the area occupied by permanent settlements. A large part of that increase took place in Uruk itself, which became a real urban center surrounded by a set of secondary settlements. While population estimates are notoriously unreliable, scholars assume that Uruk inhabitants were able to support themselves from the agricultural production of the field surrounding the city, which could be reached with a daily commute. But Uruk’s dominant size in the entire region, far surpassing that of other settlements, indicates that it was a regional center and a true city. Indeed, it was the first city in human history. Q1 Which of the sentences below best express the essential information in the highlighted sentence in the passage? Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or leave out essential information. A.Although scholars cannot accurately determine the size of the Uruk population, they know the citizens were not dependent on agriculture. B.Scholars do not have enough evidence to determine whether the agricultural areas just outside of Uruk were large enough to feed the city’s population C.Because city populations cannot feed themselves, scholars think the surrounding farms provided food for the people in Uruk D.Scholars believe that the inhabitants of Uruk were able to support themselves from produce grown in field surrounding the city. 确定句子核心信息 While population estimates are notoriously unreliable, scholars assume that Uruk inhabitants were able to support themselves from the agricultural production of the field surrounding the city, which could be reached with a daily commute. 分析：本句是由while引导的让步状语从句（注：while出现在句中引导对比对照关系的状语从句；如出现在句首则引导让步关系的状语从句，）+主句scholars assume that…the city组成一个虽然…但是…的大结构。

主句句末有一个which引导的非限定性定语从句，该从句意图在于对前面意义完整的主句进行补充说明所以该句最核心的意思就是句中标红的部分。