段間關(guān)系題,，讓人頭疼的閱讀題,。在托福閱讀中，有一類題,，它不是?？碱}型，但是又會時不時的蹦出來刷存在感,，那就是—— 段間關(guān)系題了,。 這類題有個特點：說難不難，說簡單也不簡單,。喜歡這道題的同學(xué)通常是已經(jīng)窺破其中玄機(jī),，而討厭這道題的同學(xué)則是因為很多時候 明明知道兩段關(guān)系卻選不出答案，真是十分頭痛,。要解決一類題,，首先得知道擺在自己面前的已經(jīng)是這類題了。所以,，我們要先認(rèn)識認(rèn)識這道題,。這類題現(xiàn)身的方式通常有以下幾種：
　　① What is the main purpose of paragraph A in the passage,？
　?、?How does paragraph B relate to paragraph A
　　③ Which of the following best describes the relationship between paragraphs A and B
　?、?Paragraph B expands on paragraph A by
　　識破真身,，再來解題。那么,，段間關(guān)系題,，要如何解決呢？ 前面介紹了具備 因果關(guān)系和 舉例關(guān)系的段落,，本文要講的是 并列關(guān)系的段落,。 并列關(guān)系的段落一般會有 明顯的并列邏輯詞如： second/also/another 出現(xiàn)在段落的開頭，所以在判斷段間關(guān)系的時候也是比較容易的一種,，只要我們對并列的邏輯詞夠熟悉即可,。舉個例子
　　例如以下這道題目：【paragraph3】Much population movement involved the opening up of new lands for ricecultivation. Two things made this possible and encouraged it to happen. First, the opening of thekingdom to the full force of international trade by the Bowring Treaty (1855) rapidly encouragedeconomic specialization in the growing of rice, mainly to feed the rice-deficient portions of Asia(India and China in particular). The average annual volume of rice exported from Siam grew fromunder 60 million kilograms per year in the late 1850s to more than 660 million kilograms per yearat the turn of the century; and over the same period the average price per kilogram doubled.During the same period, the area planted in rice increased from about 230,000 acres to morethan350,000 acres. This growth was achieved as the result of the collective decisions of thousandsof peasant’s families to expand the amount of land they cultivated, clear and plant new land, oradopt more intensive methods of agriculture.
　　【paragraph 4】They were able to do so because of our second consideration. They wererelatively freer than they had been half a century earlier. Over the course of the Fifth Reign (1868– 1910), the ties that bound rural people to the aristocracy and local ruling elites were greatlyreduced. Peasants now paid a tax on individuals instead of being required to render labor serviceto the government. Under these conditions, it made good sense to thousands of peasant families toin effect work full-time at what they had been able to do only part-time previously because of therequirement to work for the government: grow rice for the marketplace.
　　8.Which of the following best describes the relationship between paragraphs 3 and 4 in thepassage?
　　A. Paragraph 4 provides further evidence of the economic growth of Siam discussed inparagraph 3.
　　B. Paragraph 4 continues the discussion begun in paragraph 3 of farming improvements thatled to economic growth.
　　C. Paragraph4 examines a particular effect of the Bowring Treaty mentioned in paragraph 3.
　　D. Paragraph 4 discusses the second of two factors that contributed to the expansion of ricefarming mentioned in paragraph 3.
　　解題步驟
　　從題干中讀到題目問的是第三段和第四段的關(guān)系，那么也就是一道 十分典型的段間關(guān)系題了,。 先讀第三段,，在第三段的前三句中讀到“ Much population movement involved the opening up of new lands for rice cultivation. Two things made this possible and encouraged it to happen. First, the opening of the kingdom to the full force of international trade by the Bowring Treaty (1855) rapidly encouraged economic specialization in the growing of rice, mainly to feed the rice-deficient portions of Asia (India and China in particular).” 多數(shù)人口移動涉及新土地開放于大米種植，有兩個原因鼓勵了這件事情的發(fā)生,，一,、就是國家通過鮑林條約面向國際貿(mào)易的全面開放快速鼓勵了經(jīng)濟(jì)在大米種植方面的專業(yè)化，主要是去喂養(yǎng)亞洲缺大米的人口（尤其是在印度和）,。 此時可判斷 第三段是一個總分結(jié)構(gòu)提到了兩個原因之一,。 當(dāng)讀第四段的首句時就讀到“ They were able to do so because of our second consideration.”他們可以這么做是因為我們的第二個考慮,。從這一句中我們可以讀到一個詞“ second”特別明顯的于上一段的“ first”構(gòu)成了并列，那么因此,，兩段之間的關(guān)系就是 并列關(guān)系了,。 此時再看選項，讀到 D 選項：第四段討論了第三段中提及的兩個因素中的第二個因素,，便十分符合兩段的關(guān)系了,，因此答案選項為 D 選項。