如何攻克托福阅读中的指代关系题型

    托福阅读考试中有很多的考点，之前小编为大家介绍了托福阅读的推理题解题技巧，今天小编为大家介绍托福阅读的指代关系解题技巧。这类题型主要考查的是读者认定代词与文章中的其他词语的指代关系。通过一下两个例子的分析，希望同学们在备考中能找到相似的题型加以练习。

 

    例题1：

    Passage： “…These laws are universal in their application， regardless of cultural beliefs， geography， or climate. If pots have no bottoms or have large openings in their sides， they could hardly be considered containers in any traditional sense. Since the laws of physics， not some arbitrary decision， have determined the general form of applied-art objects， they follow basic patterns， so much so that functional forms can vary only within certain limits…”

    The word they in the passage refers to

    A. applied-art objects

    B. the laws of physics

    C. containers

    D. the sides of pots

 

    正确答案是A.

 

    例题2：

    Passage：“…The first weekly newspaper in the colonies was the Boston Gazette，established in 1719， the same year that marked the appearance of Philadelphia‘s first newspaper， the American Mercury， where the young Benjamin Franklin worked. By 1760 Boston had 4 newspapers and 5 other printing establishments; Philadelphia， 2 newspapers and 3 other presses; and New York， 3 newspapers. The distribution， if not the sale， of newspapers was assisted by the establishment of a postal service in 1710， which had a network of some 65 offices by 1770， serving all 13 colonies…”

    The word which in the passage refers to

    A. distribution

    B. sale

    C. newspaper

    D. postal service

 

    正确答案是D.

 

    以上就是新航道小编为大家举的关于指代关系例子，同学们在平时的练习中可以加强这类题型的训练，这样在考试的时候才不容易丢分。