托福听力备考：总结过程题的答题方法

托福听力考试中，有时会出现让大家总结过程的题型，其实这类题目只要掌握了其共同点，就会变得非常简单。下面为您整理托福听力里“总结过程题型”的常见句型及答题技巧，大家在备考过程中要多总结，多练习。

新托福总结过程题的常见句型：

How to take a photograph How a computer works.

How a plant grows.

How to write a research paper.

What happens during a thunderstorm How television was invented.

总结(summary)是对主要观点或重要事件的简单概括。

总结一个过程就是按照正确的顺序简单说出它的主要步骤。在新托福考试中，考生会听到说话人描述一个过程，然后回答一个与总结过程相关的题目。

形式：

在新托福考试中，总结过程题的形式如下：

The professor briefly explains howSummarize the process by putting the/steps in the correct order.

The speaker describes a sequence of events. Put the events in the correct order.

The professor briefly descri'oes the process of__ . Determine whether the sentences below are steps in the process.

总结过程题有特殊的要求。请看下面这个例子：

One product of a thunderstorm is the onset of a hailstorm. Inside the clouds, violent air drafts cause water droplets to become supercooled. At zero degrees, the waterdroplets tum to ice crystals if there's also a catalyst present, in the form of tiny particles of solid matter. lce forms around the particles, and supercooled water continues to coat them. They grow into rounded icy masses, becoming hailstones when they reach a diameter of 5 millimeters. Hailstones hit the ground with a loud rattle when they hit buildings and roads. Think of a hailstorm as a giant pummeling machine. It can be the most damaging part of a thunderstorm because of the damage it causes to crops.

The professor describes how a hailstorm develops. Sucmnarize the process by putting the steps in the correct order.

顺序如下：

Drag each sentence to the space where it belongs.

Water freezes around particles of solid matter.

Hailstones strike the ground with force.

Rounded icy particles grow into hailstones.

Water droplets in a cloud become supercooled.