97年08月TOFEL全真试题（阅读）
Question 1-9
In the 1600's when the Spanish moved into what later was to become the
southwestern United States, they encountered the ancestors of the modern-day
Pueblo, Hopi, and Zuni peoples. These ancestors, known variously as the Basket
Makers, the Anasazi, or the Ancient Ones, had lived in the area for at least
2,000 years. They were an advanced agricultural people who used irrigation to
help grow their crops. The Anasazi lived in houses constructed of adobe and
wood. Anasazi houses were originally built in pits and were entered from the
roof. But around the year 700 A.D., the Anasazi began to build their homes above
ground and join them together into rambling multistoried complexes, which the
Spanish called pueblos or villages. Separate subterranean rooms in these pueblos
_____ known as kivas or chapels _____ were set aside for religious ceremonials.
Each kiva had a fire pit and a hole that was believed to lead to the underworld.
The largest pueblos had five stories and more than 800 rooms.
The Anasazi family was matrilinear, that is, descent was traced through the
female. The sacred objects of the family were under the control of the oldest
female, but the ritual ceremonies were conducted by her brother or son. Women
owned the rooms in the pueblo and the crops, once they were harvested. While
still growing, crops belonged to the man who, in contrast to most other Native
American groups, planted them. The women made baskets and pottery, the men wove
textile and crafted turpoise jewelry.
Each village had two chiefs. The village chief dealt with land disputes and
religious affairs. The war chief led the men in fighting during occasional
conflicts that broke out with neighboring villages and directed the men in
community building projects. The cohesive political and social organization of
the Anasazi made it almost impossible for other groups to conquer them.
1. The Anasazi people were considered "agriculturally advanced"
because of the way they
(A) stored their crops
(B) fertilized their fields.
(C) watered their crops.
(D) planted their fields.
2. The word "pits" in line 7 is closest in meaning to
(A) stages
(B) scars
(C) seeds
(D) holes.
3. The word "stories" in line 12 is closest in meaning to
(A) articles
(B) tales
(C) levels
(D) rumors
4. Who would have been most likely to control the sacred objects of an
Anasazi family?
(A) A twenty-year-old man
(B) A twenty-year-old woman
(C) A forty-year-old man
(D) A forty-year-old woman
5. The word "they" in line 16 refers to
(A) women
(B) crops
(C) rooms
(D) pueblos
6. The word "disputes" in line 20 is closest in meaning to
(A) discussions
(B) arguments
(C) developments
(D) purchases
7. Which of the following activities was NOT done by Anasazi men?
(A) Making baskets
(B) Planting crops
(C) Building homes
(D) Crafting jewelry.
8. According to the passage, what made it almost impossible for other groups
to conquer the Anasazi?
(A) The political and social organization of the Anasazi
(B) The military tactics employed by the Anasazi
(C) The Anasazi's agricultural technology.
(D) The natural barriers surrounding Anasazi willages.
9. The passage supports which of the following generalizations?
(A) The presence of the Spanish threatened Anasazi society.
(B) The Anasazi benefited from trading relations with the Spanish.
(C) Anasazi society exhibited a well-defined division of labor.
(D) Conflicts between neighboring Anasazi villages were easily resolved.
Question 10-19
Barbed wire, first patented in the United States in 1867, played animportant
part in the development of American farming, as it enabled the settlers to make
effective fencing to enclose their land and keep cattle away from their crops.
This had a considerable effect on cattle ranching, since the herds no longer had
unrestricted use of the plans for grazing, and the fencing led to conflict
between the farmers and the cattle ranchers.
Before barbed wire came into general use, fencing was often made from
serrated wire, which was unsatisfactory because it broke easily when under
strain, and could snap in cold weather due to contraction. The first practical
machine for producing barbed wire was invented in 1874 by an Illinois farmer,
and between then and the end of the century about 400 types of barbed wire were
devised, of which only about a dozen were ever put to practical use. Modern
barbed wire is made from mild steel high-tensile steel, or aluminum. Mild steel
and aluminum barbed wire have two strands twisted together to form a cable which
is stronger than single-strand wire and less affected by temperature changes.
Single-strand wire, round or oval, is made from high-tensile steel with the
barbs crimped or welded on . The steel wires used are galvanized - coated with
zinc to make them rustproof. The two wires that make up the line wire or cable
are fed separately into a machine at one end. They leave it at the other end
twisted-together and barbed. The wire to make the barbs is fed into the machine
from the sides and cut to length by knives that cut diagonally through the wire
to produce a sharp point. This process continues automatically, and the finished
barbed wire is wound onto reels, usually made of wire in length of 400 meters or
in weights of up to 50 kilograms. A variation of barbed wire is also used for
military purposes. It is formed into long cojis or entanglements called
concertina wire. 10. What is the main topic of the passage?
(A) Cattle ranching in the United States.
(B) A type of fencing
(C) Industrial uses of wire
(D) A controversy over land use.
11. The word "unrestricted" in line 4 is closest in meaning to
(A) unsatisfactory
(B) difficult
(C) considerable
(D) unlimited
12. The word "snap" in line 9 could best be replaced by which of
the following?
(A) freeze
(B) click
(C) loosen
(D) break
13. What is the benefit of using two-stranded barbed wire?
(A) Improved rust-resistance
(B) Increased strength
(C) More rapid attachment of barbs
(D) Easier installation.
14. According to the author, the steel wires used to make barbed wire are
specially processed to
(A) protect them against rust
(B) make them more flexible
(C) prevent contraction in cold weather
(D) straighten them.
15. The word "fed" in line 20 is closest in meaning to
(A) put
(B) eaten
(C) bitten
(D) nourished
16. The knives referred to in line 21 are used to
(A) separate double-stranded wire
(B) prevent the reel from advancing too rapidly
(C) twist the wire
(D) cut the wire that becomes barbs
17. What is the author's purpose in the third paragraph?
(A) To explain the importance of the wire.
(B) To outline the difficulty of making the wire
(C) To describe how the wire is made
(D) To suggest several different uses of the wire.
18. According to the passage, concertina wire is used for
(A) livestock management
(B) international communications
(C) prison enclosures
(D) military purposes.
19. Which of the following most closely resembles the fencing described in
the passage?
(A) （图）
(B) （图）
(C) （图）
(D) （图）
Question 20-28
Under certain circumstance the human body must cope with gases at
greater-than-normal atmospheric pressure. For example, gas pressures increase
rapidly during a dive made with scuba gear because the breathing equipment
allows divers to stay underwater longer and dive deeper. The pressure exerted on
the human body increases by 1 atmosphere for every 10 meters of depth in
seawater, so that at 30 meters in seawater a diver is exposed to a pressure of
about 4 atmospheres. The pressure of the gases being breathed must equal the
external pressure applied to the body; otherwise breathing is very difficult.
Therefore all of the gases in the air breathed by a scuba diver at 40 meters are
present at five times their usual pressure. Nitrogen which composes 80 percent
of the air we breathe usually causes a balmy feeling of well-being at this
pressure. At a depth of 5 atmospheres nitrogen causes symptoms resembling
alcohol intoxication known as nitrogen narcosis. Nitrogen narcosis apparently
results from a direct effect on the brain of the large amounts of nitrogen
dissolved in the blood. Deep dives are less dangerous if helium is substituted
for nitrogen, because under these pressures helium does not exert a similar
narcotic effect.
As a scuba diver descends, the pressure of nitrogen in the lungs increases.
Nitrogen then diffuses from the lungs to the blood and from the blood to body
tissues. The reverse occurs when the diver surfaces; the nitrogen pressure in
the lungs falls and the nitrogen diffuses from the tissues into the blood and
from the blood into the lungs. If the return to the surface is too rapid,
nitrogen in the tissues and blood cannot diffuse out rapidly enough and nitrogen
bubbles are formed . They can cause severe pains, particularly around the
joints. Another complication may result if the breath is held during ascent.
During ascent from a depth of 10 meters, the volume of air in the lungs will
double because the air pressure at the surface is only half of what it was at 10
meters. This change in volume may cause the lungs to distend and even rupture.
This condition is called air embolism. To avoid this event, a diver must ascent
slowly, never at a rate exceeding the rise of the exhaled air bubbles, and must
exhale during ascent.
20. What does the passage mainly discuss?
(A) The equipment divers use
(B) The effects of pressure on gases in the human body
(C) How to prepare for a deep dive
(D) The symptoms of nitrogen bubbles in the bloodstream.
21. The word "exposed to" in line 6 are closest in meaning to
(A) leaving behind
(B) prepared for
(C) propelled by
(D) subjected to
22. The word "exert" in line 15 is closest in meaning to
(A) cause
(B) permit
(C) need
(D) change
23. The word "diffuses" in line 19 is closest in meaning to
(A) yields
(B) starts
(C) surfaces
(D) travels
24. What happens to nitrogen in body tissues if a diver ascends too quickly.
(A) It forms bubbles
(B) It goes directly to the brain
(C) It is reabsorbed by the lungs.
(D) It has a narcotic effect.
25. The word "They" in line 21 refers to
(A) joints
(B) pains
(C) bubbles
(D) tissues.
26. The word "rupture" in line 26 is closest in meaning to
(A) hurt
(B) shrink
(C) burst
(D) stop
27. It can be inferred from the passage that which of the following presents
the greatest danger to a diver?
(A) Pressurized helium
(B) Nitrogen diffusion
(C) Nitrogen bubbles
(D) An air embolism
28. What should a diver do when ascending?
(A) Rise slowly
(B) Breathe faster
(C) Relax completely
(D) Breathe helium.
Question 29-38
Each advance in microscopic technique has provided scientists with new
perspectives on the function of living organisms and the nature of matter
itself. The invention of the visible-light microscope late in the ixteenth
century introduced a previously unknown realm of single-celled plants and
animals. In the twentieth century, electron microscopes have provided direct
views of viruses and minuscule surface structures. Now another type of
microscope, one that utilize x-rays rather than light or electrons, offers a
different way of examining tiny details, it should extend human perception still
farther into the natural world.
The dream of building an x-ray microscope dates to 1895, its development,
however, was virtually halted in the 1940's because the development of the
electron microscope was progressing rapidly. During the 1940's electron
microscopes routinely achieved resolution better than that possible with a
visible-light microscope, while the performance of x-ray microscopes resisted
improvement. In recent years, however, interest in x-ray microscopes has
revived, largely because of advances such as the development of new sources of
x-ray illumination. As a result, the brightness available today is millions of
times that of x-ray tubes, which, for most of the century, were the only
available sources of soft x-rays.
The new x-ray microscopes considerably improve on the resolution provided by
optical microscopes. They can also be used to map the distribution of certain
chemical elements. Some can form pictures in extremely short times, others hold
the promise of special capabilities such as three dimensional imaging. Unlike
conventional electron microscopy, x-ray microscopy enables specimens to be kept
in air and in water, which means that biological samples can be studied under
conditions similar to their natural state. The illumination used, so-called soft
x-rays in the wavelength range of twenty to forty angstroms (an angstrom is one
ten-billionth of a meter), is also sufficiently penetrati x-rays used, soft
x-ray microscopes will never match the highest resolution possible with electron
microscopes. Rather, their special properties will make possible investigations
that will complement those performed with light- and electron-based instruments.
29. What does the passage mainly discuss?
(A) The detail seen through a microscope
(B) Sources of illumination for microscopes
(C) A new kind of microscope
(D) Outdated microscopic technique
30. According to the passage, the invention of the visible-light microscope
allowed scientists to
(A) see viruses directly
(B) develop the electron microscope later on
(C) understand more about the distribution of the chemical elements
(D) discover single celled plants and animals they had never seen before.
31. The word "minuscule" in line 5 is closest in meaning to
(A) circular
(B) dangerous
(C) complex
(D) tiny
32. The word "it" in line 7 refers to
(A) a type of microscope
(B) human perception
(C) the natural world
(D) light
33. Why does the another mention me visible light microscope in the first
paragraph?
(A) To begin a discussion of sixteenth century discoveries.
(B) To put the x-ray microscope in historical perspective
(C) To show how limited its uses are
(D) To explain how it functioned
34. Why did it take so long to develop the x-ray microscope?
(A) Funds for research were insufficient.
(B) The source of illumination was not bright enough until recently.
(C) Materials used to manufacture x-ray tubes were difficult to obtain
(D) X-ray microscopes were too complicated to operate.
35. The word "enables" in line 32 is closest in meaning to
(A) constitutes
(B) specifies
(C) expands
(D) allows
36. The word "Rather" in line 28 is closest in meaning to
(A) significantly
(B) preferably
(C) somewhat
(D) instead
37. The word "those" in line 29 refers to
(A) properties
(B) investigations
(C) microscopes
(D) x-rays
38. Based on the information in the passage, what can be inferred about x-ray
microscopes in the future?
(A) They will probably replace electron microscopes altogether.
(B) They will eventually be much cheaper to produce than they are now.
(C) They will provide information not available from other kinds of
microscopes.
(D) They will eventually change the illumination range that they now use.
Question 39-50
Perhaps the most striking quality of satiric literature is its freshness, its
originality of perspective. Satire rarely offers original ideas. Instead it
presents the familiar in a new form. Satirists do not offer the world new
philosophies. What they do is look at familiar conditions from a perspective
that makes these conditions seem foolish, harmful or affected. Satire jars us
out of complacence into a pleasantly shocked realization that many of the values
we unquestioningly accept are false. Don Quixote makes chivalry seem absurd,
Brave New World ridicules the pretensions of science, A Modest proposal
dramatizes starvation by advocating cannibalism. None of these ideas is
original. Chivalry was suspect before Cervantes, humanists objected to the
claims of pure science before Aldous Huxley and people were aware of famine
before Swift. It was not the originality of the idea that made these satires
popular. It was the manner of expression the satiric method that made them
interesting and entertaining. Satires are read because they are aesthetically
satisfying works of art, not because they are morally wholesome or ethically
instructive. They are stimulating and refreshing because with commonsense
briskness they brush away illusions and secondhand opinions. With spontaneous
irreverence, satire rearranges perspectives, scrambles familiar objects into
incongruous juxtaposition and speaks in a personal idiom instead of abstract
platitude. Satire exists because there is need for it. It has lived because
readers appreciate a refreshing stimulus, an irreverent reminder that they lived
in a world of platitudinous thinking, cheap moralizing, and foolish philosophy.
Satire serves to prod people into an awareness of truth though rarely to any
action on behalf of truth. Satire tends to remind people that much of what they
see, hear, and read in popular media is sanctimonious, sentimental, and only
partially true. Life resembles in only a slight degree the popular image of it.
Soldiers rarely hold the ideals that movies attribute to them, nor do ordinary
citizens devote their lives to unselfish service of humanity. Intelligent people
know these things but tend to forget them when they do not hear them expressed.
39. What does the passage mainly discuss?
(A) Difficulties of writing satiric literature.
(B) Popular topics of satire
(C) New philosophies emerging from satiric literature
(D) Reasons for the popularity of satire.
40. The word "realization" in line 6 is closest in meaning to
(A) certainly
(B) awareness
(C) surprise
(D) confusion
41. Why does the author mention Don Quirote, Brave New World and A Modest
Proposal in lines 6-8?
(A) They are famous examples of satiric literature
(B) They present commonsense solutions to problems.
(C) They are appropriate for readers of all ages.
(D) They are books with similar stories.
42. The word "aesthetically" in line 13 is closest in meaning to
(A) artistically
(B) exceptionally
(C) realistically
(D) dependably
43. Which of the following can be found in satire literature?
(A) Newly emerging philosophies
(B) Odd combinations of objects and ideas
(C) Abstract discussion of moral and ethnics
(D) Wholesome characters who are unselfish.
44. According to the passage, there is a need for satire because people need
to be
(A) informed about new scientific developments
(B) exposed to original philosophies when they are formulated
(C) reminded that popular ideas are often inaccurate
(D) told how they can be of service to their communities.
45. The word "refreshing" in line 19 is closest in meaning to
(A) popular
(B) ridiculous
(C) meaningful
(D) unusual
46. The word "they" in line 22 refers to
(A) people
(B) media
(C) ideals
(D) movies
47. The word "devote" in line 25 is closest in meaning to
(A) distinguish
(B) feel affection
(C) prefer
(D) dedicate
48. As a result of reading satiric literature, readers will be most likely to
(A) teach themselves to write fiction
(B) accept conventional points of view
(C) become better informed about current affairs
(D) reexamine their opinions and values
49. The various purposes of satire include all of the following EXCEPT
(A) introducing readers to unfamiliar situations
(B) brushing away illusions
(C) reminding readers of the truth
(D) exposing false values.
50. Why does the author mention "service of humanity" in line 25?
(A) People need to be reminded to take action
(B) Readers appreciate knowing about it
(C) It is an ideal that is rarely achieved.
(D) Popular media often distort such stories.
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