2001年1月TOEFL试题
Section One: Listening Comprehension
1. (A) He can have more than
four guests at his graduation.
(B) His brother isn’t going
to graduate this semester.
(C) He didn’t know that Jane
wanted to be invited.
(D) He’s going to invite Jane.
2. (A) Listen
to the traffic report on the
radio
(B) Take a later train.
(C) Ron to catch the next train.
(D) Check the weekend schedule.
3. (A) Pelivet
the notebook to Kathy.
(B) Pind out where Kathy put
the notebook.
(C) Ask Kathy to explain the
chemistry notes.
(D) Ask Kathy for the man’s
notebook.
4. (A) The walk
is shorter than the woman thinks
it is.
(B) The lecture has already
started.
(C) They won’t have a problem
getting seats.
(D) The lecture may be canceled.
5. (A) The woman
should have studied French in
Paris.
(B) He didn’t study French in
high school.
(C) Living in Paris helped improve
the woman’s language skills.
(D) The woman must have had
a good French teacher.
6. (A) Apologize
to his roommate.
(B) Give the notes to the woman.
(C) Call the woman tonight.
(D) Take the woman’s notes to
his roommate.
7. (A) She doesn’t have time
to talk to Dr. Foster.
(B) She needs the additional
time to finish her paper.
(C) Dr. Foster hasn’t finished
grading the papers.
(D) She wants the man to help
her with her paper.
8. (A) Phone
the Cliffside Inn for a reservation.
(B) Ask her parents to come
a different weekend.
(C) Call local hotels again
in a few days.
(D) Find a hotel again in a
few days.
9. (A) Main
her some information about the
conference.
(B) Drive her to the conference.
(C) Attend the conference in
her place.
(D) Collect her main while she’s
at the conference.
10. (A)The man
should stop by the bookstore
on the way to class.
(B) The man can return the books
he doesn’t need.
(C) The man should have bought
his books earlier.
(D) The man won’t need books
on the first day of class.
11. (A) Help
the man with his essay.
(B) Ask Sue to rehearse with
her.
(C) Wait to rehearse until the
man has finished his essay.
(D) Meinerize her lines by herself.
12. (A) Show
her the newspaper that he’s
talking about.
(B) Think about getting an internship
at another place.
(C) Sign up for more than one
journalism class.
(D) Call The Times about the
internship.
13. (A)He isn’t
as good a tennis player as he
used to be.
(B) He hasn’t had time to play
tennis recently.
(C) He caught a cold shortly
after the tournament.
(D) He think he’s more important
than he is.
14. (A)He’ll
graduate before the woman.
(B) He hopes to graduate before
the summer.
(C) He doesn’t want to attend
school year-round.
(D) The woman won’t be able
to keep up the pace.
15. (A) It’s
too late to buy the morning
newspaper.
(B) He doesn’t want to go to
the concert.
(C) The box office is closed
today.
(D) All of the tickets have
been sold.
16. (A) The
woman swims as well as he does.
(B) He doesn’t have time to
teach the woman to swim.
(C) He doesn’t enjoy swimming.
(D) He learned to swim at a
young age.
17. (A) She
has already started working
on her research project.
(B) She can’t decide on a research
topic.
(C) She’d like to discuss her
research with the man.
(D) She has to change the subject
of her research.
18. (A) Introduce
the woman to his neighbor.
(B) Get a key from his neighbor.
(C) Study in his neighbor’s
apartment.
(D) Borrow some books from his
neighbor.
19. (A) The
man shouldn’t hire the same
tutor that she had.
(B) She isn’t prepared for the
midterm exam either.
(C) It’s too late to find a
tutor.
(D) The man should hire a tutor
before the midterm exam
20. (A) Stay
in the hotel for at least two
nights.
(B) Leave the hotel the next
morning.
(C) Ask the hotel clerk for
her room key.
(D) Complain to the manager
about the extra charges.
21. (A) He doesn’t
recommend going to Central Mountain.
(B) He doesn’t plan to go skiing
during spring break.
(C) He has never been to Central
Mountain.
(D) He isn’t an experienced
skier.
22. (A) She
knows who the top history student
is.
(B) She hasn’t read the campus
newspaper today.
(C) The man is mistaken.
(D) It’s surprising that her
roommate likes history.
23. (A) He’s
not qualified to proofread the
woman’s report.
(B) He’ll be able to talk to
the woman in a few minutes.
(C) He hadn’t noticed a lot
of the woman’s mistakes.
(D) He thinks the woman should
have asked him sooner.
24. (A) Practice
her presentation in front of
him.
(B) Find out who her audience
will be tomorrow.
(C) Try not to think about her
audience.
(D) Watch him make his presentation.
25. (A) She’s
also curious about who won the
game.
(B) She didn’t go to the game.
(C) She was sitting right behind
the man at the game.
(D) She also left the game early.
26. (A) Make
a shopping list.
(B) Buy some groceries.
(C) Finish making the salad.
(D) Wait for the woman to return.
27. (A) He finds
the dictionary very useful.
(B) He knows where the woman
put the dictionary.
(C) he doesn’t expect the woman
to replace the dictionary.
(D) The woman should buy her
own dictionary.
28. (A) She
plans to miss soccer practice.
(B) She’ll arrive at the party
after
(C) Soccer practice will end
later than usual.
(D) She’ll go to soccer practice
after the party.
29. (A) Dr.
Smith told her something important.
(B) Dr. Smith didn’t understand
what she said.
(C) She wanted to protect Dr.
Smith’s feelings.
(D) She didn’t intend to say
what she said.
30. (A) He sells
paint supplies.
(B) He plans to take an art
class with the woman.
(C) He works as an artist.
(D)He works in an art museum.
31. (A) The
cost of meals in the cafeteria.
(B) The size of the cafeteria.
(C) Career opportunities in
cafeterias.
(D) The food served in the cafeteria.
32. (A) Giving
advice on nutrition.
(B) Cooking food for the students.
(C) Listening to complaints
about service.
(D) Serving food to the students.
33. (A) Find
other students who will work
in the cafeteria.
(B) Collect students’ opinions
about meals.
(C) As students to try a new
dish he has made.
(D) Teach students about the
disadvantages of frying food.
34. (A) Stop
serving hamburgers and fried
chicken.
(B) Use less sauce on the food.
(C) Make some of the meals less
fattening.
(D) Buy less expensive food.
35. (A) Somewhat
curious.
(B) Very skeptical.
(C) Quite irritated.
(D) Not at all interested.
36. (A) That
he’ll be performing in a concert.
(B) That he had a conversation
with the director of a choir.
(C) That he heard a new musical
composition by Barbara Johnson.
(D) That he’s been translating
some Latin poems for a class.
37. (A) They’re
members of the Latin club on
campus.
(B) They work as editors.
(C) They attended the same concert.
(D) Music is their major field
of study.
38. (A) She
was upset.
(B) She was confused.
(C) She was amused.
(D) She was grateful.
39. (A) Some
photographs that he took of
her during the concert.
(B) A tape recording that he
made of the concert.
(C) A review of the concert
that he wrote for the campus
paper.
(D) The corrected text from
the program of the concert.
40. (A) The
skills cowboys learned on the
range.
(B) The evolution of rodeos.
(C) The recent decline in the
popularity of rodeos.
(D) The growth of the cattle
industry.
41. (A) They
were small informal events.
(B) Competitors were awarded
large prizes.
(C) Large audiences attended
them.
(D) There were standard rules
for judging events.
42. (A) It is
the only traveling rodeo.
(B) it is the largest agricultural
fair.
(C) It is the oldest annual
rodeo.
(D) It was the first rodeo to
charge admission.
43. (A) How
animals react to frightening
situations.
(B) Why mice are particularly
fearful animals.
(C) Whether fearfulness is a
genetic trait.
(D) Why certain animals are
feared by humans.
44. (A) They
fought with the other mice.
(B) They stayed close to their
mothers.
(C) They ran back and forth
constantly.
(D) They remained close to one
wall.
45. (A) The
extent of damage to the nervous
system.
(B) The presence or absence
of certain nerve-cell receptors.
(C) The size of nerve-cell receptors
in the brain.
(D) The level of danger in the
mammal’s environment.
46. (A) To show
the relationship between fearfulness
and environment.
(B) To give examples of animals
that aren’t fearful.
(C) To compare fear in mammals
to fear in other animals.
(D) To identify the nerves that
control fear in certain animals.
47. (A) Why
water flows from artesian springs.
(B) How artesian wells are drilled.
(C) Why artesian springs are
important to geologic research.
(D) How aquifers are formed.
48. (A)They
pump water from the aquifer.
(B) They purify the water in
the aquifer.
(C) They store excess water
from the aquifer.
(D) They trap water in the aquifer.
49. (A)By eroding
layers of sediment above it.
(B) By traveling through cracks
in layers of rock.
(C) By reversing its flow down
the aquicludes.
(D) By boiling up through pores
in the aquifer.
50. (A) It pushes
the water upward.
(B) It keeps the water cool.
(C) It holds the water underground.
(D) It creates holes in the
aquiclude.
Section Two:
Structure and Written Expression
1. A three-foot octopus can
crawl through a hole ------
in diameter.
(A) than one inch less
(B) less than one inch
(C) one less inch than
(D) tan less one inch
2. ------adopted
the decimal system of coinage
in 1867.
(A) Canada
(B) When Canada
(C) Canada, which
(D) There was Canada
3. Generally,
the representatives ------ a
legislature are constitutionally
elected by a broad spectrum
of the population.
(A) who they compose
(B) who compose
(C) ad compose
(D) compose
4. The Actor’s
Studio, a professional actors’
workshop in New York City, provides
-----where actors can work together
without the pressure of commercial
production.
(A) a place and
(B) a place
(C) so that a place
(D) a place is
5. ------ that
life began billions of years
ago in the water.
(A) It is believed
(B) In the belief
(C) The belief
(D) Believing
6. by 1872 the
United States had 70 engineering
colleges, ------ astonishing
expansion credited
largely to the Morrill Act of
1862.
(A) because
(B) an
(C) to which
(D) was
7. The artist
Romare Bcarden was ------ whose
yellows, deep blues, and fuchsias
contrasted
strongly with photographic gray
in his bright collages.
(A) with a gift for color
(B) a gifted colorist
(C) a gift with colorful
(D) gifted with coloring
8. The most
important chemical catalyst
on this planet is chlorophyll,
-------carbon dioxide and water
react to form carbohydrates.
(A) whose presence
(B) which is present
(C) presenting
(D) in the presence of which
9. One theory
of the origin of the universe
is-------from the explosion
of a tiny, extremely dense fireball
several billion years ago.
(A) because what formed
(B) the formation that
(C) that it formed
(D) when forming
10. Roads in
the United States remained crude,
------- with graved or wood
planks, until the
beginning of the twentieth century.
(A) were unsurefaced or they
covered them
(B) which unsureface or covered
(C) unsurfaced or covered them
(D) unsurfaced or covered
11. portrait
prints were the first reproductions
of American paintings -------
widely distributed in the United
States.
(A) were
(B) that which
(C) that being
(D) to be
12. Abigail
Adams was prodigious letter
writer, ------- many editions
of her letters have been
published.
(A) who
(B) and
(C) in addition to
(D) due to
13. In geometry,
an ellipse may be defined as
the locus of all points -------distances
from two fixed points is constant.
(A) which as the sum of
(B) of the sum which
(C) whose sum of whose
(D) whose sum that the
14. -------at
the site of a fort established
by the Northwest Mounted Police,
Calgary is now one of Canada’s
fastest growing cities.
(A) Built
(B) It is built
(C) To build
(D) Having built
15. An image
on a national flag can symbolize
political ideals that -------express.
(A) take many words to otherwise
would.
(B) would take to many otherwise
words
(C) many words to take would
otherwise
(D) would otherwise take many
words to
16. A variation of collodion
photography was the tintype,
which captured images on a black
or
A B C
dark brown metal plate instead
from on glass.
D
17. In cases of minor injury
to the brain. Amnesia is likely
to be a temporarily condition.
A B C D
18. The system of chemical symbols,
first devised about 1800. gives
a concise and instantly
A B
recognizable description of
a element or compound.
C D
19. The fact that white light
is light composed of various
wavelengths may be demonstrating
by
A B C
dispersing a beam of such light
through a prism.
D
20. Over the course of history,
much civilizations developed
their own number systems.
A B C D
21. In the United States during
the Second World War, each trade
unions and employers avoided
A B
federal limits on wages by offering
employees nontaxable medical
benefits.
C D
22. Philosophy is the study
of the nature of reality, knowledge,
existent, and ethics by means
of
A B C D
rational inquiry.
23. Poems vary in length from
brief lyric poems to narrative
or epic poems, which can be
as broad
A B C
in scope than a novel.
D
24. The population of California
more than doubled during the
period 1940-1960, creating
A B
problems in road-building and
provide water for its arid southern
section.
C D
25. Although based it on feudal
models, the colony of Pennsylvania
developed a reputation for a
A B C
progressive political and social
outlook.
D
26. Hard and resistant to corrosion,
bronze is traditionally used
in bell casting and is the material
A B
used widely most for metal sculpture.
C D
27. The Appalachian Mountains
formation a natural barrier
between the eastern seaboard
and the
A B
vast lowlands of the continental
interior of North America.
C D
28. The United States census
for 1970 showed that the French-speaking
residents of Louisiana
A B
were one of the country’s most
compact regional linguistic
minority.
C D
29. When used as food additives,
antioxidants prevent fats and
oils from become rancid when
A B C
exposed to air, and thus extend
their shelf life.
D
31. Copper was the first metallic
used by humans and is second
only to iron in its utility
through
A B C
the ages.
D
32. Despite the fact that lemurs
are general nocturnal, the ring-tailed
lemur travels by day in bands
A B C
of four to twelve individuals.
D
33. The Western world is beset
with the range of problem that
characterize mature, postindustrial
A B C
societies.
D
34. Acrylic paints are either
applied using a knife or diluted
and spreading with a paintbrush.
A B C D
35. Some marine invertebrates,
such as the sea urchin and the
starfish, migrates from deep
water
A B
to shallow during spring and
early summer to spawn.
C D
36. Marshes, wetland areas characterized
by plant grassy growth, are
distinguished from swamps,
A B C
wetlands where trees grown.
D
37. Wampum, beads used as a
form of exchange by some Native
Americans, was made of bits
of
A B C
seashells cut, drill, and strung
into belts.
C
38. Kangaroos use their long
and powerful tails for balance
themselves when sitting upright
or
A B C D
jumping.
39. Proper city planning provides
for the distribution of public
utilities, public buildings,
parks,
A B
and recreation centers, and
for adequate and the inexpensive
housing.
C D
40. Most traditional dances
are made up of a prearranged
series of steps and movements,
but
A B
modern dancers are generally
free to move as they choice.
C D
Section Three:
Reading Comprehension
Questions 1-9
In 1972, a century after the
first national park in the United
States was established at
Yellowstone, legislation was
passed to create the National
Marine Sanctuaries Program.
The intent of this legislation
was to provide protection to
selected coastal habitats similar
To that existing for land areas
designated as national parks.
The designation of an areas
5) a marine sanctuary indicates
that it is a protected area,
just as a national park is.
People
are permitted to visit and observe
there, but living organisms
and their environments may
not be harmed or removed.
The National Marine Sanctuaries
Program is administered by the
National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration,
a branch of the United States
Department of Commerce.
10) Initially, 70 sites were
proposed as candidates for sanctuary
status. Two and a half decades
later, only fifteen sanctuaries
had been designated, with half
of these established after
1978. They range in size from
the very small (less than I
square kilometer) Fagatele Bay
National Marine Sanctuary in
American Samoa to the Monterey
Bay National Marine
Sanctuary in California, extending
over 15,744 square kilometers.
15) The National Marine Sanctuaries
Program is a crucial part of
new management
practices in which whole communities
of species, and not just individual
species, are
offered some degree of protection
from habitat degradation and
overexploitation. Only
in this way can a reasonable
degree of marine species diversity
be maintained in a setting
that also maintains the natural
interrelationships that exist
among these species.
20) Several other types of marine
protected areas exist in the
United States and other
countries. The National Estuarine
Research Reserve System, managed
by the United
States government, includes
23 designated and protected
estuaries. Outside the United
States, marine protected-area
programs exist as marine parks,
reserves, and preserves.
Over 100 designated areas exist
around the periphery of the
Carbbean Sea. Others range
25) from the well-known Australian
Great Barrer Reef Marine Park
to lesser-known parks
in countries such as Thailand
and Indonesia, where tourism
is placing growing pressures
on fragile coral reef systems.
As state, national, and international
agencies come to
recognize the importance of
conserving marine biodiversity,
marine projected areas.
whether as sanctuaries, parks,
or estuarine reserves, will
play an increasingly important
role in preserving that diversity.
1. What does the passage mainly
discuss?
(A) Differences among marine
parks, sanctuaries, and reserves
(B) Various marine conservation
programs
(C) International agreements
on coastal protection
(D) Similarities between land
and sea protected environments
2. The word
“intent” in line 3 is closest
in meaning to
(A) repetition
(B) approval
(C) goal
(D) revision
3. The word
“administered” in line 8 is
closest in meaning to
(A) managed
(B) recognized
(C) opposed
(D) justified
4. The word
“these” in line 11 refers to
(A) sites
(B) candidates
(C) decades
(D) sanctuaries
5. The passage
mentions the Monterey Bay National
Marine Sanctuary (lines 13-14)
as an example of a sanctuary
that
(A) is not well know
(B) covers a large area
(C) is smaller than the Fagatele
Bay National Marine Sanctuary
(D) was not originally proposed
for sanctuary status
6. According
to the passage, when was the
National Marine Sanctuaries
Program established?
(A) Before 1972
(B) After 1987
(C) One hundred years before
national parks were established
(D) One hundred years after
Yellowstone National Park was
established
7. According
to the passage, all of the following
are achievements of the National
Marine Sanctuaries Program EXCEPT
(A) the discovery of several
new marine organisms
(B) the preservation of connections
between individual marine species
(C) the protection of coastal
habitats
(D) the establishment of areas
where the public can observe
marine life
8. The word
“periphery” in line 24 is closest
in meaning to
(A) depth
(B) landmass
(C) warm habitat
(D) outer edge
9. The passage
mentions which of the following
as a threat to marine areas
outside the United States?
(A) Limitations in financial
support
(B) The use of marine species
as food
(C) Variability of the climate
(D) Increases in tourism
Questions 10-17
From their inception, most rural
neighborhoods in colonial North
America included
at least one carpenter, joiner,
sawyer, and cooper in woodworking;
a weaver and a tailor
for clothing production; a tanner,
currier, and cordwainer (shoemaker)
for fabricating leather
objects; and a blacksmith for
metalwork, Where stone was the
local building material, a
5) mason was sure to appear
on the list of people who paid
taxes. With only an apprentice
as
an assistant, the rural artisan
provided the neighborhood with
common goods from furniture
to shoes to farm equipment in
exchange for cash or for “goods
in kind” from the customer’s
field, pasture, or dairy. Sometimes
artisans transformed material
provided by the customer
wove cloth of yam spun at the
farm from the wool of the family
sheep; made chairs or tables
10) from wood cut in the customer’s
own woodlot; produced shoes
or leather breeches from
cow, deer, or sheepskin tanned
on the farm.
Like their farming neighbors,
rural artisans were part of
an economy seen, by one
historian, as “an orchestra
conducted by nature.” Some tasks
could not be done in the winter,
other had to be put off during
harvest time, and still others
waited on raw materials that
were
15) only produced seasonally.
As the days grew shorter, shop
hours kept pace, since few artisans
could afford enough artificial
light to continue work when
the Sun went down. To the best
of their ability, colonial artisans
tried to keep their shops as
efficient as possible and to
regularize their schedules and
methods of production for the
best return on their investment
in time, tools, and materials,
While it is pleasant to imagine
a woodworker, for example,
20) carefully matching lumber,
joining a chest together without
resort to nails or glue, and
applying all thought and energy
to carving beautiful designs
on the finished piece, the time
required was not justified unless
the customer was willing to
pay extra for the quality—
and few in rural areas were,
Artisans, therefore, often found
it necessary to employ as
many shortcuts and economics
as possible while still producing
satisfactory products.
10. What aspect of rural colonial
North America does the passage
mainly discuss?
(A) Farming practices
(B) The work of artisans
(C) The character of rural neighborhoods
(D) Types of furniture that
were popular
11. The word
“inception” in line 1 is closest
in meaning to
(A) investigation
(B) location
(C) beginning
(D) records
12. The word
“fabricating” in line 3 is closest
in meaning to
(A) constructing
(B) altering
(C) selecting
(D) demonstrating
13. It can be
inferied from the from the passage
that the use of artificial light
in colonial times was
(A) especially helpful to woodworkers
(B) popular in rural areas
(C) continuous in winter
(D) expensive
14. Why did
colonial artisans want to “regularize
their schedules their schedules”
(line 18)?
(A) To enable them to produce
high quality products
(B) To enable them to duplicate
an item many times
(C) To impress their customers
(D) To keep expenses low
15. The phrase
“resort to” in line 20 is closest
in meaning to
(A) protecting with
(B) moving toward
(C) manufacturing
(D) using
16. The word “few’ in lines
23 refers to
(A) woodworkers
(B) finished pieces
(C) customers
(D) chests
17. It can inferred
that the artisans referred to
in the passage usually produced
products that were
(A) simple
(B) delicate
(C) beautifully decorated
(D) exceptionally long-lasting
Questions 18-28
Cities develop as a result of
functions that they can perform.
Some functions result
directly from the ingenuity
of the citizenry, but most functions
result from the needs of
the local area and of the surrounding
hinterland (the region that
supplies goods to the
city and to which the city furnishes
services and other goods). Geographers
often make
5) a distinction between the
situation and the site of a
city. Situation refers to the
general
position in relation to the
surrounding region, whereas
site involves physical
characteristics of the specific
location. Situation is normally
much more important to
the continuing prosperity of
a city. if a city is well situated
in regard to its hinterland,
its
development is much more likely
to continue. Chicago, for example,
possesses an almost
10) unparalleled situation:
it is located at the southern
end of a huge lake that forces
east-west
transportation lines to be compressed
into its vicinity, and at a
meeting of significant land
and water transport routes.
It also overlooks what is one
of the world’s finest large
farming regions. These factors
ensured that Chicago would become
a great city regardless
of the disadvantageous characteristics
of the available site, such
as being prone to flooding
15) during thunderstorm activity.
Similarly, it can be argued
that much of New York City’s
importance stems from its
early and continuing advantage
of situation. Philadephia and
Boston both originated at
about the same time as New York
and shared New York’s location
at the western end of
one of the world’s most important
oceanic trade routes, but only
New York possesses an
20) easy-access functional connection
(the Hudson-Mohawk lowland)
to the vast Midwestern
hinterland. This account does
not alone explain New York’s
primacy, but it does include
several important factors. Among
the many aspects of situation
that help to explain why
some cities grow and others
do not, original location on
a navigable waterway seems
particularly applicable. Of
course, such characteristic
as slope, drainage, power
25) resources, river crossings,
coastal shapes, and other physical
characteristics help to
determine city location, but
such factors are normally more
significant in early stages
of city development than later.
18. What does the passage mainly
discuss?
(A) The development of trade
routes through United States
cities
(B) Contrasts in settlement
patterns in United States
(C) Historical differences among
three large United States cities
(D) The importance of geographical
situation in the growth of United
States cities
19. The word “ingenuity” in
line 2. is closest in meaning
to
(A) wealth
(B) resourcefulness
(C) traditions
(D) organization
20. The passage
suggests that a geographer would
consider a city’s soil type
part of its
(A) hinterland
(B) situation
(C) site
(D) function
21. According to the passage,
a city’s situation is more important
than its site in regard to the
city’s.
(A) long-term growth and prosperity
(B) ability to protect its citizenry
(C) possession of favorable
weather conditions
(D) need to import food supplies
22. The author
mentions each of the following
as an advantage of Chicago’s
location EXCEPT its.
(A) hinterland
(B) nearness to a large lake
(C) position in regard to transport
routes
(D) flat terrain
23. The word “characteristics”
in line 14 is closest in meaning
to
(A) choices
(B) attitudes
(C) qualities
(D) inhabitants
24. The primary
purpose of paragraph 1 is to
(A) summarize past research
and introduce anew study
(B) describe a historical period
(C) emphasize the advantages
of one theory over another
(D) define a term and illustrate
it with an example
25. According
to the passage, Philadelphia
and Boston are similar to New
York City in
(A) size of population
(B) age
(C) site
(D) availability of rail transportation
26. The word
“functional” in line 20 is closest
in meaning to
(A) alternate
(B) unknown
(C) original
(D) usable
27. The word
“it” in line 21 refers to
(A) account
(B) primacy
(C) connection
(D) hinterland
28. The word
“significant” in line 26 is
closest in meaning to
(A) threatening
(B) meaningful
(C) obvious
(D) available
Questions 29-10
The largest of the giant gas
planets, Jupiter, with a volume
1,300 times greater than
Earth’s, contains more than
twice the mass of all the other
planets combined. It is thought
to be a gaseous and fluid planet
without solid surfaces, Had
it been somewhat more massive,
Jupiter might have attained
internal temperatures as high
as the ignition point for nuclear
5) reactions, and it would have
flamed as a star in its own
right. Jupiter and the other
giant
planets are of a low-density
type quite distinct from the
terrestrial planets: they are
composed predominantly of such
substances as hydrogen, helium,
ammonia, and methane,
unlike terrestrial planets.
Much of Jupiter’s interior might
be in the form of liquid, metallic
hydrogen, Normally, hydrogen
is a gas, but under pressures
of millions of kilograms per
10) square centimeter, which
exist in the deep interior of
Jupiter, the hydrogen atoms
might
lock together to form a liquid
with the properties of a metal.
Some scientists believe that
the innermost core of Jupiter
might be rocky, or metallic
like the core of Earth.
Jupiter rotates very fast, once
every 9.8 hours. As a result,
its clouds, which are composed
largely of frozen and liquid
ammonia, have been whipped into
alternating dark and bright
15) bands that circle the planet
at different speeds in different
latitudes. Jupiter’s puzzling
Great Red Spot changes size
as it hovers in the Southern
Hemisphere. Scientists speculate
it might be a gigantic hurricane,
which because of its large size
(the Earth could easily fit
inside it), lasts for hundreds
of years.
Jupiter gives off twice as much
heat as it receives from the
Sun. Perhaps this is primeval
20) heat or beat generated by
the continued gravitational
contraction of the planet. Another
starlike characteristic of Jupiter
is its sixteen natural satellites,
which, like a miniature model
of the Solar System, decrease
in density with distance—from
rocky moons close to Jupiter
to icy moons farther away. If
Jupiter were about 70 times
more massive, it would have
become a star, Jupiter is the
best-preserved sample of the
early solar nebula, and with
its
satellites, might contain the
most important clues about the
origin of the Solar System.
29. The word “attained” in line
4 is closest in meaning to
(A) attempted
(B) changed
(C) lost
(D) reached
30. The word
“flamed” in line 5 is closest
in meaning to
(A) burned
(B) divided
(C) fallen
(D) grown
31. The word
“they” in line 6 refers to
(A) nuclear reactions
(B) giant planets
(C) terrestrial
(D) substances
32. According
to the passage, hydrogen can
become a metallic-like liquid
when it is
(A) extremely hot
(B) combined with helium
(C) similar atmospheres
(D) metallic cores
33. According
to the passage, some scientists
believe Jupiter and Earth are
similar in that they both have
(A) solid surfaces
(B) similar masses
(C) similar atmospheres
(D) metallic cores
34. The clouds
surrounding Jupiter are mostly
composed of
(A) ammonia
(B) helium
(C) hydrogen
(D) methane
35. It can be
inferred from the passage that
the appearance of alternating
bands circling Jupiter is caused
by
(A) the Great Red Spot
(B) heat from the Sun
(C) the planet’s fast rotation
(D) Storms from the planet’s
Southern Hemisphere
36. The author
uses the word “puzzling” in
line 15 to suggest that the
Great Red Spot is
(A) the only spot of its kind
(B) not well understood
(C) among the largest of such
spots
(D) a problem for the planet’s
continued existence
37. Paragraph
3 supports which of the following
conclusions?
(A) Jupiter gives off twice
as much heat as the Sun.
(B) Jupiter has a weaker gravitational
force than the other planets.
(C) Scientists believe that
Jupiter was once a star.
(D) Scientists might learn about
the beginning of the Solar System
by Studying Jupiter.
38. Why does
the author mention primeval
heat (lines 19-20) ?
(A) To provide evidence that
Jupiter is older than the Sun
(B) To provide evidence that
Jupiter is older than the other
planets
(C) To suggest a possible explanation
for the number of satellites
that Jupiter has
(D) To suggest a possible source
of the quantity of heat that
Jupiter gives off
39. According
to the passage, Jupiter’s most
distant moon is
(A) the least dense
(B) the largest
(C) warm on the surface
(D) very rocky on the surface
40. Which of
the following statements is
supported by the passage?
(A) If Jupiter had fewer satellites,
it would be easier for scientists
to study the planet itself.
(B) If Jupiter had had more
mass, it would have developed
internal nuclear reactions.
(C) If Jupiter had been smaller,
it would have become a terrestrial
planet.
(D) if Jupiter were larger,
it would give off much less
heat
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