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.
下面通过具体例子来说明句子简化题做题步骤及新托福阅读技巧。
例1
Perhaps, like many contemporary peoples, Upper Paleolithic men and women believed that the drawing of a human image could cause death of injury, and if that were indeed their belief, it might explain why human figures are rarely depicted in cave art.
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.
Upper Paleolithic people, like many contemporary peoples, believed that if they drew a human image in their cave art, it would cause death or injury.
Many contemporary people believe that the drawing of a human image can cause death or injury, so they, like Upper Paleolithic people, rarely depicted human figures in their cave art.
If Upper Paleolithic people, like many contemporary peoples, believed that the drawing of a human image could cause death or injury, this belief might explain why human figures are rarely depicted in cave art.
Although many contemporary peoples believe that the drawing of a human image can cause death or injury, researchers cannot explain why Upper Paleolithic people rarely depicted human figures in their cave art.
第1步：先看原句
句子成分分析：Perhaps ，副词，like 介词，表对比，Upper Paleolithic men and women，句子的主语，believed 谓语动词，that 引导宾语从句，the drawing of a human image, 做从句的主语，could cause 做从句的谓语动词。and 并列连词，连接另一个复合句，if 引导的状语从句，主句是逗号后面的句子，why 引导宾语从句。
