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1、2006年考试新辅导之托福写作题库考试题三语法1 .Among the first plants to grow on the land regions of the Ear t h,which in prehistoric times grew to immense size(A)were horsetail rushes(B)horsetail rushe(Qhorsetail rushes were(D)and horsetail rushes2.Unlike fossil fuels,which can be used only once,wind and solar power of

2、 energy.(A)for renewable sources(B)the sources are renewable(C)are renewable sources-(D)renewable sources3.that the first cheese was probably made more than 4,000years ago by nomadic tribes in Asia.(A)The belief(B)Although they believe(C)lt is believed(D)Believing4.Tod a y of the Earth live on a ver

3、y small percentage of the Earths land surface.(A)about two-thirds populated(B)the population is about two-thirds(C)abouM w hirdM fpopulat ion(D)of about two-thirds the population is5.lt was in the year 1792(A)THAT THE New York StocExchange was founded(B)founding the New York Stock Exchange(C)which y

4、ear the New York Stock Exchange was founded(D)the New York Stock Exchange founded6.Many small birds use new sites for each n e s tin g,la r g e birds often reuse thesame nest.(A)by(B)how(Qwithin(D)whereas,7.Plateaus are often referred to as tablelands essentially flat-topped and stand conspicuously

5、above an adjacent land area.(A)because are(B)because they are(C)because of their加(D)which because they are8.Although many contemporary craft objects are not,they generally have theirroots in function.(A)function(B)functionally(C)as function(D)functional9.hearing aid was a tube called the ear trumpet

6、,a flared tube held up to theear.(A)Frst(B)When the first(C)lt was the first(D)The first,10.Most leaves are coated with a w a te r p r o o f,o r cuticle.(A)that the covering(B)and is covering(Qcovering-(D)by covering11.The first glass factory the North American continent was started in Jamestown,Vir

7、ginia,in 1607.(A)established on(B)being established(C)was established on(D)that established it12.i n the desert is mainly due to the limited supply of desert water.(A)Plants are widely spaced(B)The spacing of plants is wide(C)Plants to be spaced widely(D)The wide spacing of plants13.In addition to p

8、ainting highly acclaimed portraits,Mary Cassatt w as to several major art collectors.(A)to advise(B)an adviser(C)advised(D)advising14.Springwater is clean.since it has been filtered through permeable rocks,but all spring water contains some dissolved minerals.(A)generally fair(B)generally fairly(Qin

9、 general fair(D)general and fair15.All eels spawn in the sea,the eggs hatching into transparent,ribbonlike larvae_,feeding until they metamorphose into small eels.(A)that drift about(B)drift about(C)about drifting(D)drift about them16.Qtrus fruits thrive in quite very tropical climates.A B C D17.Car

10、son McCuIlers was fame for her novels about life in the small towns of theA B C Dsouthern United States.18.Because the atmosphere of Mars is so thin.Wind velocities of several hundredA B Ckilometers per hour are required to raised dust particles during dust storms.D19.Lumbering.The remove of timber

11、from the forest,is a major industry in theA B C DNorthwest region of North America.2O.The asphalt deposits of La Brea Tar Rt in California have yielded fossils ofA Bnumerous animal of the Pleistocene epoch,including the giant ground sloth.C D21.Located in the center of the continental United States

12、and known for its endlessA Bwheat fields,Kansas is one of the nations leading agriculturally states.C D22.An intrinsic part of the sound structure of poet,the repetition of a consonantA Bsound or sounds,may also be exhibited in prose.C D23.People feel uncomfortable when the humidity rises over 60per

13、cent becauseA Bperspiration cannot evaporate quickly enough for the body to rid themselves of excess heat.C D24.While infancy,the period from birth until the age of two.A child grows toA Bapproximately half of his or her adult height.C D25.The Pulitzer Prizes ate annual awards for excellence in Unit

14、ed States journalism,A B Cliterature,and musical.D26.Judgments made in a criminal cases can usually be appealed to a higher countA Bwhich can either overturn or uphold a lower court ruling.C D27.Science fiction is any fiction dealing with the future or with so imaginativeA Bsubjects as interstellar

15、travel,life on other planets,or time travel.C D28.The wingspread of various species of bats range from over five feet to less thantwo inches.A B C D29.The harmonicas tones are made by the vibrations of the feeds created by theA Bblowing and suction to the player.C D30.The constitution of 1897,under

16、which Delaware is now governed,is fourthA B Cconstitution in the history of the state.D31.Because most photographic filters work by subtract portions of visible light fromA B Cthe subject,they decrease the intensity of light that reaches the film.D32.In a vacuum discharge tube at ordinary voltages a

17、nd currents,neon glowsAreddish-orange and is the mostly intense of all the rare gases.B C D33.Although EECummings studied art in Paris,but his writings attracted muchA B Cmore interest than his paintings.D34.Because material organic decays slowly in peat,the remains of prehistoricA Banimals are ofte

18、n found in the depths of peat hogs.C D35.Usually an atom having one,two,or three electrons in its valence band readilyA Bcontributes electrons to and receive electrons from neighboring atoms.C D36.A symbol of freedom,the Statue of Liberty represents a woman has just escapedA Bfrom the chains of slav

19、ery,which lie at her feet.C D37.The southwestern portion of the United States is a land of little rain,and partsofA Bit are too dry that they are called deserts.C D38.Seneca chief Corn-planter helped arrange treaties between many United StatesAsettler and Native American tribes in western Pennsylvan

20、ia after the AmericanB C DFtevolutionary War.39.Mercury is so much close to the Sun that it is usually invisible in the glare of the Suns rays.A B C D40.Pollen can be transferred by the wind or by birds that comes into contact with flowers.A B C D阅读Question1-12The Native Americans of northern Califo

21、rnia were highly skilled at basketry,using thereeds,grasses,bards,and roots they found around them to fashion articles of all sorts and sizes-not only trays,containers,and cooking pots,but hats,boats,fish traps,babycarriers,and ceremonial objects.Of all these experts,none excelled the POmo-a group w

22、ho lived on or near the coast during the 1800s,and whose descendants continue to live in parts of the same region to the same region to this day.They made baskets three feet in diameter andothers no bigger than a thimble.The Pomo people were masters of decoration.Some of their baskets were completel

23、y covered with shell pendants;others with feathersthat made the basketssurfaces as soft as the breasts of birds.Moreover,the Pomopeople made use of more weaving techniques than did their neighbors.Most groupsmade all their basketwork by twining-the twisting of a flexible horizontal material,cailed a

24、 weft,around stiffer vertical strands of material,the warp.Others depended primarily on coiling-a process in which a continuous coil of stiff material is held in the desired shape with tight wrapping of flexible st rands.Only the Pbmo people usedboth processes with equal case and frequency.In additi

25、on,they made use of four distinct variations on the basic twining process,often employing more than one of themin a single article.Although a wide variety of materials was available,the Pomo people used only a few.The warp was always made of willow,and the most commonly used welt was sedge root,a wo

26、ody fiber that could easily be separated into strands no thicker than athread.For color,the Pomo people used the bark of redbud for their twined work and dyed bullrush root for black in coiled work.Though other materials were sometimes used,these four were the staples in their finest basketry.If the

27、 basketry materials used by the Pomo people were limited,the designs were amazingly varied.Every Pomo basket maker knew how to produce from fifteen to twenty distict patterns that could be combined in a number of different ways.I .What best distinguished Pomo baskets from baskets of other groups?(A)

28、The range of sizes,shapes,and designs(B)The unusual geometric(C)The absence of decoration(D)The rare materials used2.The word fashionin line 2is closest in meaning to(A)maintain(B)organize(Qtrade(D)create3.The Pomo people used each of the following materials to decorate baskets EXCEPT(A)shells(B)fea

29、thers(C)leaves(D)bark4.What is the authors main point in the second paragraph?(A)The neighbors of the Pomo people tried to improve on the Pomo basket weavingtechniques.(B)The Pomo people were the most skilled basket weavers in their region.(C)The Pomo people learned their basket weaving techniques f

30、rom other Native Americans.(D)The Pomo baskets have been handed down for generations.5.The word others in line 9refers to(A)masters(B)baskets(C)pendants(D)surf aces6.According to the passage is a(A)tool for separating sedge root(B)process used for coloring baskets(C)pliable maternal woven around the

31、 warp(D)pattern used to decorate baskets7.According to the passage,what did the Pomo people use as the warp in their baskets?(A)Bullrush(B)willow(C)Sedge(D)Redbud8.The word articleln line 17is close in meaning to(A)decoration(B)shape(C)design(D)object9.According to the passage.The relationship betwe

32、en redbud and twining is most similar to the relationship between(A)bullrush and coiling(B)weft and warp(Qwillow and feathers(D)sedge and weaving10.The word staplesin line 23is closest in meaning to(A)combinations(B)limitations(C)accessories(D)basic elements11.The word distincfin lime 26is closest i

33、n meaning to(A)systematic(B)beautiful(Qdifferent(D)compatible12.Which of the following statements about Pomo baskets can be best inferred fromthe passage?(A)Baskets produced by other Native Americans were less varied in design than those of the Pomo people.(B)Baskets produced by Pomo weavers were pr

34、imarily for ceremonial purposes.(C)There was a very limited number of basketmaking materials available to the Pomo people.(D)The basketmaking production of the Pomo people has increased over the years.Questions 13-20Any rock that has cooled and solidified from a molten state is an igneous rock.There

35、forejf the Earth began as a superheated sphere in space,all the rocks making up its crust may well have been igneous and thus the ancestors of all other rocks.B/entoday,approximately 95percent of the entire crust is igneous.Periodically,molten material wells out of the Earths interior to invade the

36、surface layers or to flow onto the surface itself.This material cools into a wide variety of igneous rocks.In the molten state,it is called magma as it pushes into the crust and lava when it runs out onto the surface.All magma consists basically of a variety of silicate minerals(high in silicon-oxyg

37、encompounds),but the chemical composition of any given flow may differ radically from that of any other.The resulting igneous rocks will reflect these differences.Igneous rocks also vary in texture as well as chemistry.Granite,for instancejs a coarse-grained igneous rock whose individual mineral cry

38、stals have formed to a size easily seen by the naked eye.A slow rate of cooling has allowed the crystals to reach this siz.Normally,slow cooling occurs when the crust is invaded by magma that remains buried well below the surface.Granite may be found on the surface of the contemporary landscape,but

39、from its coarse texture we know that it must have formed through slow cooling at a great depth and later been laid bare by erosion.Igneous rockswith this coarse-grained texture that formed at depth are called plutonic.On the other hand,if the same magma flows onto the surface and is quickly cooledby

40、 the atmosphere,the resulting rock will be fine-grained and appear quite differentfrom granite,although the chemical composition will be identical.This kind of rock iscalled rhyolite.The most finely grained igneous rock is volcanic glass or obsidian,which has no crystals.Some researchers believe thi

41、s is because of rapid cooling;othersbelieve it is because of a lack of water vapor and other gases in the lava.The blackobsidian cliffs of Yellowstone National Park are the result of a lava flow of basalt running head on into a glacier.Some of the glacier melted on contact,but suddenly there also ap

42、peared a huge black mass of glassy stone.13.In the first paragraph,the author mentions that(A)the Earth began as a molten mass(B)a thin layer of magma flows beneath the Earth*s crust(C)the minerals found in igneous rock are very common(D)igneous rock is continually being formed14.The word invadein l

43、ine 5is closest in meaning to(A)move into(B)neutralize(C)cover(D)deposit15.The word contemporaryin line 17is closest in meaning to(A)vast(B)natural(Qexisting(D)uneven16.The word itin line 17refers to(A)granite(B)surface(C)landscape(D)texture17.Granite that has been found above ground has been(A)push

44、ed up from below the crust by magma(B)produced during a volcanic explosion(Qgradually exposed due to erosion(D)pushed up by the natural shifting of the Earth18.Which of the following is produced when magma cools rapidly?(A)Granite(B)Plutonic rock(C)Rhyolite(D)Mineral crystals19.The word finelyin lin

45、e 23is closest in meaning to(A)minutely(B)loosely(C)sensitively(D)purely20.Which of the following is another name for volcanic glass?(A)Plutonic rock(B)Crystal(C)Lava(D)ObsidianQuestions 21-33Although only 1 person in 20in the Colonial period lived in a city,the cities had a disproportionate influen

46、ce on the development of North America.They were at the cutting edge of social change.lt was in the cities that the elements that can be associated with modern capitalism first appeared-the use of money and commercial paper in place of barter,open competition in place of social deference and hierarc

47、hy,with an attendant rise in social disorder,and the appearance of factories using coat or water power in place of independent craftspeople working with hand tools.The cities predicted the future,wrote historian Gary.B.Nash,even though they were but overgrown villages compared to the great urban cen

48、ters of Europe,the Middle East and China.nExcept for Boston,whose population stabilized at about 16,000in 1760,cities grew byexponential leaps through the eighteenth century.In the fifteen years prior to the outbreak of the War for independence in 1775,more than 200,000immigrants arrivedon North Ame

49、rican shores This meant that a population the size of Boston was arriving every year,and most of it flowed into the port cities in the Northeast.Philadelphias population nearly doubted in those years,reaching about 30,000in 1774,New York grew at almost the same rate,reaching about 25,000by 1775.The

50、quality of the hinterland dictated the pace of growth of the cities.The land surrounding Boston had always been poor farm country,and by the mid-eighteenth century it was virtually stripped of its timber.The available farmland was occupied,therewas little in the region beyond the city to attract imm