实例讲解托福阅读推断题如何解答

托福阅读推断题，在看懂每句话句义的基础上(这一部分工作的精髓karahana版主在上次的句子简化题专题里面已经说过了)，还需要的是明白前后句之间的关系，了解他们在作者的论证或者叙述中所起的作用，在此之后，阅读选项，直接选出正确选项，或者排除所有错误选项得到正确选项就好。

下面，我们用例子说明。

【例1】Paragraph 1: Groundwater is the word used to describe waterthatsaturates the ground, filling all the available spaces. By far themostabundant type of groundwater is meteoric water; this is the groundwaterthatcirculates as part of the water cycle. Ordinary meteoric water is waterthathas soaked into the ground from the surface, from precipitation (rain andsnow)and from lakes and streams. There it remains, sometimes for longperiods,before emerging at the surface again. At first thought it seemsincredible thatthere can be enough space in the ―solid‖ ground underfoot toholdall this water.

1. Which of the following can be inferredfrom paragraph 1 about the groundthat we walk on?

○It cannot hold rainwater for long periodsof time.

○It prevents most groundwater fromcirculating.

○It has the capacity to store large amountsof water.

○It absorbs most of the water it containsfrom rivers.

这个题目其实只需要关注段落中的比较后一句就可以了，因为这是唯一一句据提到了“我们脚下的土地”的，句中说，‘乍一想起来，我们脚下结实的土地居然能有空间容纳这么多的水，这似乎有点不可思议。’这句中透露的一个事实就是，我们脚下的土地就是能容纳这么多水，于是C选项正确。

【例2】Paragraph 1: The transition from forest to treeless tundra on amountainslope is often a dramatic one. Within a vertical distance of just afew tens ofmeters, trees disappear as a life-form and are replaced by lowshrubs, herbs, andgrasses. This rapid zone of transition is called the uppertimberline or treeline. In many semiarid areas there is also a lowertimberline where the forestpasses into steppe or desert at its lower edge,usually because of a lack ofmoisture.