雅思閱讀考試中的插入文本題通常也是每篇文章出現(xiàn)一題，但是它和句子簡化題一樣，只要考生的語法夠好，這種題的解答可謂不費(fèi)吹灰之力。因?yàn)檫@種題型主要考查考生對句子和句子之間邏輯關(guān)系的理解。以O(shè)G Practice Set 6 (SWIMMING MACHINES)中的第11題為例：

　　Again, supersonic jets have similar features.

　　■ Because they are always swimming, tunas simply have to open their mouths and water is forced in and over their gills.■ Accordingly, they have lost most of the muscles that other fishes use to suck in water and push it past the gills.■In fact, tunas must swim to breathe.■ They must also keep swimming to keep from sinking, since most have largely or completely lost the swim bladder, the gas-filled sac that helps most other fish remain buoyant.

　　Look at the four squares (■) that indicate where the following sentence can be added to the passage.

　　Consequently, tunas do not need to suck in water.

　　Where could the sentence best fit?

　　分析：首先讀被插入的句子，其句首的“Consequently”一詞表明該句和前一句的內(nèi)容之間的邏輯關(guān)系應(yīng)該是因果關(guān)系，而被插入的句子意為“因此，金槍魚不需要吸入水”。讀原文中的內(nèi)容，原文中對應(yīng)的第一句話翻譯為“因?yàn)榻饦岕~總是在游泳，它們只需要張開嘴，水就會涌入它們的腮”，利用邏輯關(guān)系來判斷，我們便可以確定題目中的句子應(yīng)該插入在第二個(gè)方塊出現(xiàn)的地方。

　　其他題型的考查重點(diǎn)雖然不是語法，但是語法也會嚴(yán)重影響題目的理解和答題。建議考生們把新托福閱讀中常涉及的語法知識掌握好，比如定語從句、狀語從句、賓語從句、主語從句、表語從句、同位語從句、分詞、動名詞、不定式、倒裝、強(qiáng)調(diào)句式等。