2001年10月TOEFL试题
Section One: Listening Comprehension
1. (A) He's disappointed with
his interview.
(B) He had to cancel his interview.
(C) He doesn't want to discuss
the interview now.
(D) He shouldn't have applied
for the job.
2 . (A) Have
a cookie.
(B) Make cookies with the woman.
(C) Give the woman a cookie.
(D) Take a cookie for his roommate.
3. (A) He felt
better an hour ago,
(B) His headache should be gone
in an hour,
(C) He forgot to take the medicine
for his headache.
(D) His head still hurts.
4. (A) She hasn't
spoken to her friend in a long
time.
(B) She intends to visit her
friend in Texas.
(C) She sometimes travels abroad
for her job.
(D) Her friend has never been
to Texas before.
5. (A) Meet
at the bus stop.
(B) Finish their candy bars.
(C) Get off the bus at the next
stop.
(D) Meet in front of the rest
rooms.
6. (A) He won't
be able to repair the briefcase.
(B) The repair shop is closed
until Tuesday.
(C) The woman should buy a smaller
briefcase.
(D) The briefcase will be ready
before Tuesday.
7. (A) Find
out how much work will be required
for the class.
(B) Take another class instead
of creative writing
(C) Ask his advisor about the
instructor in the Wednesday
class.
(D) Sign up for the Wednesday
class.
8. (A) He'll
take his friends to Florida.
(B) He's not sure what he'll
do.
(C) He planned his trip a long
time ago.
(D) He'd rather not travel during
spring break.
9. (A) He thinks
clothing prices will decrease
even further.
(B) He's going to go shopping
soon.
(C) He didn't know that stores
were having sales now.
(D) He wants to see what the
woman bought.
10. (A) She's
glad the man waited for her.
(B) She'd like to reschedule
the meeting.
(C) She wasn't very late for
the meeting.
(D) She's sorry that she missed
the meeting.
11. (A) She'11
play chess with the man this
afternoon.
(B) She doesn't know how to
play chess.
(C) She'll wear a warm jacket
to the match.
(D) She'd rather not go out
with the man.
12. (A) She
originally proposed it.
(B) She doesn't think it's a
good idea.
(C) She's quite sure it will
take place.
(D) Its success depends on the
weather.
13. (A) Not
all of the advertised books
were on sale.
(B) Some of the books were still
packed.
(C) The store was too crowded
for him to enter.
(D) He had to work at the bookstore
this morning.
14. (A)She's
not sure she wants to go to
the party.
(B) She just returned from a
visit to the Andersons.
(C) She may not be able to give
the man a ride.
(D) The party isn't on Friday.
15. (A) She'll
continue to use the Laundromat
near the dorms.
(B) She recently switched Laundromats.
(C) She doesn't use the same
Laundromat the man uses.
(D) The Laundromat near the
dorms isn't converunent for
her.
16.(A) Try to
change his reservations to a
different time.
(B) Travel by train instead
of by plane.
(C) Continue trying to get a
ticket.
(D) Cancel his travel plans.
17. (A) They
should wait for him.
(B) They should go without him.
(C) He'll try to join them later.
(D) They should bring him some
pizza.
18. (A) The
jobs have already been filled.
(B) The man should hand in his
application very soon.
(C) The man can start work today.
(D) The man isn't qualified
for any of the jobs.
19. (A) She
read only half of the book.
(B) The man should choose a
different book to read
(C) The man will enjoy the book
eventually. enter.
(D) The main characters in the
hook aren't interesting.
20. (A) He can't
get a room at the hotel.
(B) He didn't get the type of
room he wanted.
(C) He expected the room to
be more expensive.
(D) He thought he had already
made a reservation.
21. (A) If he
can help her fill out a job
application.
(B) If he knows of any job openings
with his former employer.
(C) If he'11 be returning to
the camp where he worked last
year.
(D) If he enjoyed the job he
had last summer.
22. (A) Susan
might not be a member of the
debate team.
(B) Susan often wears purple
shirts.
(C) He doesn't want to go to
the debate.
(D) He didn't notice what Susan
was wearing.
23. (A) She's
rarely home.
(B) She spends a lot of time
on the phone.
(C) She's been away for several
days.
(D) She makes calls only when
necessary.
24. (A) Visit
her more often.
(B) Stop arguing in front of
other people.
(C) Call her if they need her
help.
(D) Give her their new address.
25. (A) Give
the woman more time to write
her paper.
(B) Visit the woman in the hospital.
(C) Refuse to accept the woman's
paper.
(D) Let the woman change the
topic of her paper.
26. (A) He doesn't
like wearing one.
(B) He doesn't feel professional
wearing one.
(C) He doesn't wear one in his
department.
(D) He doesn't want to pay for
one.
27. (A) She
saw a nail in the man's tire.
(B) The man shouldn't drive
on the tire.
(C) The man may not need a new
tire.
(D) She also needs air in her
tires.
28. (A) She'll
be on the same airplane as the
man.
(B) She doesn't take very good
n o t e .
(C) She's looking for a ride
to the airport.
(D) She can't help the man.
29. (A) The
woman looks tired.
(B) He doesn't want to move.
(C) Richardson Dormitory is
particularly noisy.
(D) Richardson Dormitory is
boring.
30. (A) It wasn't
open on Mondays.
(B) Its opening had been postponed.
(C) It was going to close before
Monday.
(D) It didn't deserve the praise
I received.
31. (A) The
strength of ocean currents.
(B) The movement of sediment
deep in the ocean.
(C) The best methods for studying
deep ocean processes.
(D) A new way of measuring the
depth of the ocean.
32. (A) Why the book talks about
turbidity currents.
(B) How winds can affect some
ocean currents.
(C) The causes of underwater
earthquakes.
(D) What a turbidity current
is.
33. (A) It's
cleaner.
(B) it's heavier.
(C) It's warmer.
(D) It moves more slowly.
34. (A) By greatly
increasing the ocean's depth
in some areas.
(B) By creating large waves
on the surface of the ocean.
(C) By causing mud or sand to
mix with ocean water
(D) By crushing large amounts
of stone.
35. (A) To explain
how winds cause turbidity currents.
(B) To remind the student where
ocean sediments originate.
(C) To explain the effects of
turbidity currents.
(D) To remind the student about
the next assignment.
36. (A) To convince
him to go on a canoe trip.
(B) To invite him to a cookout.
(C) To ask if she can borrow
his car.
(D) To tell him about a trip
she took.
37. (A) A lunch.
(B) A sleeping bag.
(C) A canoe.
(D) A lent.
38. (A) Swimming.
(B) Driving.
(C) Sleeping outdoors.
(D) Canoeing.
39. (A) To find
out whether he wants to go canoeing.
(B) To tell him whether her
car is repaired.
(C) To find out what kind of
food he is bringing.
(D) To tell him what time they
are leaving.
40. (A) Competition
in business.
(B) Government grants.
(C) A type of economic policy.
(D) International transportation
practices.
41. (A) American
industrialists.
(B) French economists.
(C) International leaders.
(D) Civil War veterans.
42. (A) The
rights of private business owners
should be protected.
(B) The government shouldn't
interfere in private business.
(C) Politicians should support
industrial growth.
(D) Competition among companies
should be restricted.
43. (A) The
impact of enzymes on chemical
reactions.
(B) The way the body produces
enzymes.
(C) The structure of enzymes.
(D) Types of chemical products
created with enzymes.
44. (A) It divides
into Two different parts.
(B) It keeps the same chemical
structure.
(C) It becomes part of a new
chemical compound.
(D) It produces more of the
enzyme.
45. (A) Provide
extra energy to start the reaction.
(B) Raise the temperature of
the chemicals.
(C) Release a chemical needed
to start the reaction.
(D) Lower the amount of energy
needed to start the reaction.
46. (A) To show
that enzymes are very effective.
(B) To point out that enzymes
can sometimes fail to work.
(C) To explain what enzymes
are made of.
(D) To describe different types
of enzymes.
47. (A) The
relationship between painting
and sculpture.
(B) The ideas behind an artist's
work.
(C) The practical value of a
work of art.
(D) The way the eye perceives
shape in sculpture.
48. (A) It is
often displayed outdoors.
(B) It does not always represent
an object.
(C) It is three-dimensional.
(D) It is done by relatively
few artists.
49. (A) To give
an example of natural shapes.
(B) To describe early sculpture.
(C) To illustrate their use
as tools.
(D) To demonstrate their role
as decorative objects.
50. (A) They
are always made of stone.
(B) They are painted in bright
colors.
(C) They contain moving parts.
(D) They make use of holes.
Section Two: Structure and Written
Expression
1. Most geologists believe—from
the remains of tiny marine plants
and animals that died
millions of years ago.
(A) what was formed petroleum
(B) that petroleum was formed
(C) when petroleum formed
(D) petroleum that formed
2. The seat
of France's North American holdings
in the eighteenth century was
Quebec, and the
French heritage—dominant there.
(A) to remain
(B) remaining
(C) by remaining
(D) has remained
3. If Earth
did not rotate, differences
in air pressure would be —,
with winds blowing
from high-pressure to low-pressure
areas.
(A) primary air flow to cause
(B) the primary cause of air
flow
(C) they primarily cause air
flow
(D) air flow has a primary cause
4. A mobile
is a sculpture constructed of
pans so delicately connected
and balanced—the entire
suspended structure may be moved
by vibration or manual manipulation.
(A) in order
(B) making
(C) with
(D) that
5. The ice of
a glacier that reaches the sea
breaks off—.
(A) and forming icebergs
(B) to form icebergs
(C) icebergs have-formed
(D) when the formation of icebergs
6. Migraine
headaches are more frequent
among women— among men.
(A) than
(B) however
(C) except for
(D) as air
7. South American
flamingos can survive in temperatures—above
the freeing point.
(A) that fewer degrees
(B) if few degrees
(C) only a few degrees
(D) when fewer degrees
8. Made of hard
wood, the boomerang is roughly
V-shaped, with arms— skewed
(A) of slightly
(B) are slightly
(C) slightly
(D) that those are slightly
9. Not until
the late nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries—as a unified
science.
(A) did ecology emerge
(B) when ecology emerged
(C) ecology emerged
(D) when did ecology emerge
10. The ancient
Egyptian water clock required
sophisticated calibration, since
water dripped
faster from its bowl when —
and the pressure was greater.
(A) the full bowl
(B) was the bowl full
(C) bowl full
(D) the bowl was full
11. Enid, Oklahoma,
—a stopping place on die Chisholm
Trail in the 1800's, is now
the site
of the fourth largest wheat
storage space in the world
(A) originally
(B) which originally
(C) was originally
(D) originally where
12. The common
barn owl, one of ten species
of barn owls found in North
America, is also
called the monkey-faced owl
because its heart-shaped face
looks — of a monkey.
(A) like much that
(B) like that much
(C) much like that
(D) that much like
13. All the
planets in the solar system
except Mercury and Venus have
natural satellites,
— objects that revolve around
the planets.
(A) which
(B) which are
(C) of which
(D) and which
14. Some subsistence
activities such as hunting large
animals or netting fish require
— to
work together.
(A) goups are
(B) groups which
(C) groups
(D) that groups
15. The Expressionistic
artist was concerned not with
the reality of the subject matter
but with
— inner nature and the emotions
that it aroused
(A) it has
(B) its
(C) what its
(D) is it whether
16.By the end
of the nineteenth century, organic
chemistry had develop new methods
for the
A B C
synthesis of dyes, perfumes,
explosives, and medicines.
D
17.The Dinee, a Native American
people of the southwestern United
States, were once
A B
seminomadic hunters who practiced
a few agriculture.
C D
18.The earliest successful sewing
machines were powered by turn
a hand crank.
A B C D
19.Early signs characteristic
of the acute phase of viral
hepatitis in adults are abdominal
A B C
pain, nausea, and feverish often
accompanied by chills.
D
20.The Guggenheim Museum in
New York City is one of the
major center for the collection
A B
and display of works of abstract
art in the United State.
C D
21.With the discovery of gold
in the Klondike in Canada’s
Yukon Territory in 1896, people
A B
flocked soon there from all
parts of the world.
C D
22.The right side of the brain
is mostly concerned with pictorial,
intuitive, musically and
A B C
spatial ablilities.
D
23.A uniform mingling of molecules,
which it occurs in homogeneous
chemical compounds,
A
results from the chemical constituents
melting, dissolving, or diffusing
into one another.
B C D
24.Many dinosaurs were so much
heavy that they spent most of
their lives in swamps and
A B
shallow lakes where water could
support them.
C D
25.With little nor no mass and
no electric charge, neutrinos
can penetrate a solid object
A B
such as the Earth as if it were
not there.
C D
26.Georgia O’Keeffe is known
for hers use of organic, abstract
forms painted in clear,
A B C
strong colors.
D
27.Until the George Washington
Bridge was built, modern suspension
bridges were stiffened
A B
with steel trusses and beams
to limited their motion in traffic
and wind.
C D
28.First reported by Spanish
explorers in 1796, the asphalt
in California’s La Brea Tar
Pit
A B
was mined commercial for many
years.
C D
29.Independence political of
newspapers became a common feature
of journalism in the
A B C D
United States of the 1840’s
and 1850’s.
30.Transistors exhibit a high
amplification factor, operate
without distorted over a wide
A B C
frequency range, and can be
made extremely small.
D
31.In most cases of epilepsy,
cerebral electrical activity,
also known as brain waves,
A
demonstrates a characteristically
abnormal rhythms.
B C D
32.New York City’s theatrical
district was concentrated the
Bowery from 1860 to 1875, and
A B
around 1900 the avenue became
a center for the Yiddish theater.
C D
33.Most female lizards lay eggs,
but the females of a number
of lizard species bear her
A B C D
young alive.
34.Recently archaeologists have
strived to develop theories,
based on archaeological evident,
A B C
that explain societal changes
such as the development of farming..
D
35. One of the most impressive
cultural achievements of the
United State during the 1920’s
A B
was a vastly outpouring of serious
literature.
C D
36.The chemical element chlorine
is a corrosive, greenish-yellow
gas that has sharp odor
A B C
and has 21/2 times heavier than
air.
D
37.Hair grows more quickly in
summer than in winter and more
slowly at the night than
A B C
during the day.
D
38.Different fourteen crops
were being grown 8,600 years
ago by some of the world’s
A B C
earliest farmers.
D
39.Between 1905 and 1907, floodwaters
from the Colorado River poured
into a
A B C
salt-covered depression and
creating the Salton Sea.
D
40.Saturn takes almost 30 Earth
years to make one trip around
the Sun, during Jupiter
A B
takes about twelve Earth years
to complete one solar revolution.
C D
Section Three:
Reading Comprehension
Question 1-9
Composers today use a wider
variety of sounds than ever
before, including many
that were once considered undesirable
noises. Composer Edgard Varese
(1883-1965)
called thus the "liberation
of sound...the right to make
music with any and all sounds."
Line Electronic music, for example—made
with the aid of computers, synthesizers,
and
(5) electronic instruments—may
include sounds that in the past
would not have been
considered musical. Environmental
sounds, such as thunder, and
electronically generated
hisses and blips can be recorded,
manipulated, and then incorporated
into a musical
composition. But composers also
draw novel sounds from voices
and nonelectronic
instruments. Singers may be
asked to scream, laugh, groan,
sneeze, or to sing phonetic
(10) sounds rather than words.
Wind and string players may
lap or scrape their instruments.
A brass or woodwind player may
hum while playing, to produce
two pitches at once;a
pianist may reach inside the
piano to pluck a string and
then run a metal blade along
it. In
the music of the Western world,
the greatest expansion and experimentation
have involved
percussion instruments, which
outnumber strings and winds
in many recent compositions.
(15) Traditional percussion
instruments are struck with
new types of beaters; and instruments
that used to be couriered unconvennonal
in Western music—tom-toms, bongos,
slapsticks, maracas—are widelv
used.
In the search for novel sounds,
increased use has been made
in Western music of
Microtones.Non-Western music
typically divides and interval
between two pitches more
(20) finely than Western music
does, thereby producing a greter
number of distinct tones,
or micro tones, within the same
interval. Composers such as
Krzysztof Pmderecki create
sound that borders on electronic
noise through tone clusters—closely
spaced tones played
together and heard as a mass,
block, or band of sound. The
directional aspect of sound
has
taken on new importance as well
Loudspeakers or groups of instruments
may be placed
(25) at opposite ends of the
stage, in the balcony, or at
the back and sides of the auditorium.
Because standard music notation
makes no provision for many
of these innovations,
recent music scores may contain
graphlike diagrams, new note
shapes and symbols, and
novel ways of arranging notation
on the page.
1. What does the passage mainly
discuss?
(A) The use of nontraditional
sounds in contemporary music
(B) How sounds are produced
electronically
(C) How standard musical notation
has beer, adapted for nontraditional
sounds
(D) Several composers who have
experimented with the electronic
production of sound
2. The word
"wider" in one 1 is
closest in meaning to
(A) more impressive
(B) more distinctivc
(C) more controversial
(D) more extensive
3. The passage
suggests that Edgard Varese
is an example of a composer
who
(A) criticized eletronic music
as too noiselike
(B) modified sonic of the electronic
instruments he used in his music
(C) believed that any sound
could be used in music
(D) wrote music with environmental
themes
4. The word
"it" in line 12 refers
to
(A) piano
(B)string
(C) blade
(D) music
5. According
to the passage, which of the
following types of instruments
has played a role in much of
the innovation in Western music?
(A)String
(B) Percussion
(C) Woodwind
(D) Brass
6. The word
"thereby" m line 20
is closest in meaning to
(A) in return for
(B) in spite of
(C) by the way
(D) by that means
7. According
to the passage, Krzysziof Pendereckj
is known for which of the
following practices?
(A) Using tones that are clumped
together
(B) Combining traditional and
nontradinonal instruments
(C) Seating musicians in unusual
areas of an auditorium
(D) Playing Western music for
non-Western audiences
8. According
to the passage, which of the
following would be considered
traditional
elements of Western music?
(A) Microtones
(B) Tom-toms and bongos
(C) Pianos
(D) Hisses
9. In paragraph
3, the author mentions diagrams
as an example of a new way to
(A) chart the history of innovation
in musical notation
(B) explain the logic of standard
musical notation
(C) design and develop electronic
instruments
(D) indicate how particular
sounds should be produced
Questions 10-19
What unusual or unique biological
train led to the remarkable
diversification and
unchallenged success of the
ants for ever 50 million years?
The answer appears to be
that they were the first group
of predatory ensocial insects
that both lived and foraged
Line primarily in the soil and
in rotting vegetation on the
ground. Eusocial refers tc a
form
(5) of insect society characterized
by specialization of tasks and
cooperative care of the
young; it is rare among insects.
Richly organized colonies of
the land made possible
by eusociality enjoy several
key advantages over solitary
individuals.
Under most circumstances groups
of workers arc better able to
forage for food and
defend the nest, because they
can switch from individual to
group response and back
(10) again swiftly and according
to need. When a food object
or nest intruder is too large
for
one individual to handle, nestmates
can be quickly assembled by
alarm or recruitment
signals. Equally important is
the fact that the execution
of multiple-step tasks is
accomplished in a series-parallel
sequence. That is, individual
ants can specialize in
particular steps, moving from
one object (such as a larva
to be fed) to another (a second
(15) larva to be fed). They
do not need to carry each task
to completion from start to
finish—.
for example, to check the larva
first, then collect the food,
then feed the larva. Hence,
if
each link in the chain has many
workers in attendance, a senes
directed at any particular
object is less likely to fail.
Moreover, ants specializing
in particular labor categories
typically constitute a caste
specialized by age or body form
or both. There has bees some
(20) documentation of the superiority
in performance and net energetic
yield of various castes
for their modal tasks, although
careful experimental studies
are still relatively few.
What makes ants unusual in the
company of eusocial insects
is the fact that they are
the only eusocial predators
(predators are animals that
capture and feed on other animals)
occupying the soil and ground
litter. The eusocial termites
live in the same places as ants
and also have wingless workers,
but they feed almost exclusively
on dead vegetation.
l0. Which of the following questions
does the passage primarily answer?
(A) How do individual ants adapt
to specialized tasks?
(B) What are the differences
between social and solitary
insects?
(C) Why are ants predators?
(D) Why have ants been able
to thrive for such a long time?
11. The word
"unique" in line 1
is closest in meaning to
(A) inherited
(B) habitual
(C) singular
(D) natural
12. The word
"rotting" in line
4 is closest in meaning to
(A) decaying
(B) collected
(C) expanding
(D) cultivated
13. The word
"key" in line 7 is
closest in meaning to
(A) uncommon
(B) important
(C) incidental
(D) temporary
14. According
to the passage, one thing eusocial
insects can do is rapidly switch
from
(A) one type of food consumption
to another
(B) one environment to another
(C) a solitary task to a group
task
(D) a defensive to an offensive
stance
15. The task
of feeding larvae is mentioned
in thepassage to demonstrate
(A) the advantages of specialization
(B) the type of food that larvae
are fed
(C) the ways ant colonies train
their young for adult tasks
(D) the different stages of
ant development
16. The author
uses the word "Hence"
in line 16 to indicate
(A) a logical conclusion
(B) the next step in a senes
of steps
(C) a reason for further study
(D) the relationship among ants
17. All of the
following terms art defined
in the passage EXCEPT
(A) eusocial (line 3)
(B) series-parallel sequence
(line 13)
(C) caste (line 19)
(D) predators (line 23)
18. The word
"they" in line 25
refers to
(A) termites
(B)ants
(C) places
(D) predators
19. It can be
inferred from the passage that
one main difference between
termites and ants is that termites
(A) live above ground
(B) are eusocial
(C) protect their nests
(D) eat almost no animal substances
Questions 20-29
Glaciers are large masses of
ice on land that show evidence
of past or present
movement. They grow by the gradual
transformation of snow into
glacier ice.
A fresh snowfall is a fluffy
mass of loosely packed snowflakes,
small delicate ice
constals grown in the atmosphere.
As the snow ages on the ground
for weeks or months,
(5) the crystals shrink and
become more compact, and the
whole mass becomes squeezed
together into a more dense form,
granular snow. As new snow falls
and buries the older
snow, the layers of granular
snow further compact to form
firm, a much denser kind of
snow, usually a year or more
old, which has little pore space.
Further burial and slow
cementation—a process by which
crystals become bound together
in a mosaic of
(10) intergrown ice crystals—finally
produce solid glacial ice. In
this process of
recrystallization, the growth
of new crystals at the expense
of old ones, the percentage
of
air is reduced from about 90
percent for snowflakes to less
than 20 percent for glacier
ice.
The whole process may take as
little as a few years, but more
likely ten or twenty years or
longer. The snow is usually
many meters deep by the time
the lower layers art convened
(15) into ice.
In cold glaciers those formed
in the coldest regions of the
Earth, the entire mass of ice
is at temperatures below the
melting point and no free water
exists. In temperate glaciers,
the ice is at the melting point
at every pressure level within
the glacier, and free water
is
present as small drops or as
larger accumulations in tunnels
within or beneath the ice.
(20) Formation of a glacier
is complete when ice has accumulated
to a thickness (and thus
weight) sufficient to make it
move slowly under pressure,
in much the same way that solid
rock deep within the Earth can
change shape without breaking.
Once that point is reached,
the ice flows downhill, either
as a tongue of ice filling a
valley or as thick ice cap that
flows out in directions from
the highest central area where
the most snow accumulates.
The up down leads to the eventual
melting of ice.
20. Which of the following does
the passage mainly discuss?
(A) The effect of glaciers on
climate
(B) Damage from glaciers
(C) Glacier formation
(D) The location of glaciers
21. Which of
the following will cause density
within the glacier to increase?
(A) Increased water and air
content
(B) Pressure from the weight
of new snow
(C) Long periods of darkness
and temperature variations
(D) Movement of the glacier
22. The word
"bound" in line 9
is closest in meaning to
(A) covered
(B) chosen
(C) planned
(D) held
23. Which of
the following will be lost is
a glacier forms?
(A) Air
(B) Pressure
(C) Weight
(D) Rocks
24. According
to the passage, which of the
following is the LEAST amount
of time necessary for glacial
ice to form?
(A) Several months
(B) Several years
(C) At least fifty years
(D) A century
25. The word
"converted" in line
14 is closest in meaning to
(A) changed
(B) delayed
(C) promoted
(D) dissolved
26. What is
the purpose of the material
in paragraph three (lines 16-19)
(A) To define two types of glaciers
(B) To contrast glacier ice
with non-glacier ice
(C) To present theories of glacier
formation
(D) To discuss the similarities
between glacial types
27. In temperate
glaciers, where is water found?
(A) Only near the surface
(B) In pools a: various depths
(C) In a thin layer below the
firm
(D) In tunnels
28. The word
"it" in line 21 refers
to
(A) formation
(B) ice
(C) thickcess
(D) weight
29. It can be
inferred from the last paragraph
that a glacier
(A) can revert to a fluffy mass
(B) maintains the same shape
throuthout the glacial process
(C) is too cold to be thoroughly
studied
(D) can contribute water to
lakes, rivers, or oceans
Questions 30-39
The lack of printing regulations
and the unenforceabiliy of British
copyright law
in the American colonies made
it possible for colonial printers
occasionally to act as
publishers. Although they rarely
undertook major publishing project
because it was
difficult to sell books as cheaply
as they could be imported from
Europe, printers in
(5) Philadelphia did publish
work that required only small
amounts of capital, paper, and
type. Broadsides could be published
with minimal financial risk.
Consisting of only one
sheet of paper and requiring
small amounts of type, broadsides
involved lower investments
of capital than longer works.
Furthermore, the broadside format
lent itselt to subjects of
high, if temporary, interest,
enabling them to meet with ready
sale. If the broadside printer
(10) miscalculated, however,
and produced a sheet that did
not sell, it was not likely
to be a
major loss, and the printer
would know this immediately,
There would be no agonizing
wait with large amounts of capital
tied up, books gathering dust
on the shelves, and creditors
impatient for payment
In addition to broadsides, books
and pamphlets, consisting mainly
of political tracts,
(15) catechisms, primers, and
chapbooks were relatively inexpensive
to print and to buy.
Chapbook were pamphlet-sized
books, usually containing popular
tales, ballads, poems,
short plays, and jokes, small,
both in formal and number of
pages, they were generally
bound simply, in boards (a form
of cardboard) or merely stitched
in paper wrappers (a
sewn antecedent of modern-day
paperbacks). Pamphlets and chapbooks
did not require
(20) fine paper or a great deal
of type to produce they could
thus be printed in large, costeffective
editions and sold cheaply.
By far, the most appealing publishing
investments were to be found
in small books that
had proven to be steady sellers,
providing a reasonably reliable
source of income for the
publisher. They would not, by
nature, be highly topical or
political, as such publications
(25) would prove of fleeting
interest. Almanacs, annual publications
that contained information
on astronomy and weather patterns
arranged according to the days,
week, and months of
a given year, provided the perfect
steady seller because their
information pertained to the
locale in which they would be
used
30. Which aspect of colonial
printing does the passage mainly
discuss?
(A) Laws governing the printing
industry.
(B) Competition among printers
(C) Types of publications produced
(D) Advances in printing technology
31.According
to the passage, why did colonial
printers avoid major publishing
projects?
(A) Few colonial printers owned
printing machinery tha was large
enough to handle major projects.
(B) There was inadequate shipping
available in the colonies.
(C) Colonial printers could
not sell their work for a competitive
price.
(D) Colonial printers did not
have the skills necessary to
undertake large publishing projects.
32.Broadsides
could be published with little
risk to colonial printers because
they
(A) required a small financial
investment and sold quickly
(B) were in great demand in
European markets
(C) were more popular with colonists
than chapbooks and pamphlets
(D) generally dealt with topics
of long-term interest to many
colonists
33.The word
"they" in line 17
refers to
(A) chapbooks
(B) tales
(C) jokes
(D) pages
34.The word
"antecedent" in line
19 is closest in meaning to
(A) predecessor
(B)format
(C) imitation
(D) compontent
35. Chapbooks
produced in colonial America
were characterized by
(A) fine paper
(B) cardboard covers
(C) elaborate decoration
(D) a large number of pages
36. Thc word
"appealing" in line
22 is closest in meaning to
(A) dependable
(B) respectable
(C) enduring
(D) attractive
37. What were
"steady sellers" (line
23) ?
(A) Printers whose incomes were
quite large
(B) People who traveled from
town to town selling Books and
pamphlets
(C) Investors who provided reliable
financial Support for new printers
(D) Publications whose sales
were usually consistent from
year to year
38. The word
"locale" in line 28
is closest in meaning to
(A) topic
(B) season
(C) interest
(D) place
39. All of the
following are defined in the
passage EXCEPT
(A) "Broadsides" (line
6)
(B) "catechisms" (line
15)
(C) "chapbooks"(linel6)
(D) "Almanacs" (line
25)
Questions 40-50
Industrialization came to the
United State after 1790 as North
American entrepreneurs
increased producuvity by reorganizing
work and building factories.
These innovations
in manufacturing boosted output
and living standards to an unprecedented
extent; the
average per capita wealth increased
by nearly 1 percent per year—30
percent over
(5) the course of a generation.
Goods that had once been luxury
items became part of
everyday life.
The impressive gain in output
stemmed primarily from the way
in which workers made
goods, since the 1790's, North
American entrepreneurs—even
without technological
improvements—had broadened the
scope of the outwork system
that mace manufacturing
(10) more efficient by distributing
materials to a succession of
workers who each performed a
single step of the production
process. For example, during
the 1820's and 1830's the shoe
industry greatly expanded the
scale and extend of me outwork
system. Tens of thousands
of rural women, paid according
to the amount they produced,
fabricated the "uppers"
of
shoes, which were bound to the
soles by wage-earning journeymen
shoemakers in dozens
(15) of massachusetts towns,
whereas previously journeymen
would have made the enure
shoe. This system of production
made the employer a powerful
"shoe boss" and eroded
workers' control over the pace
and conditions of labor. However,
it also dramatically
increased the output of shoes
while cutting their price.
For tasks that were not suited
to the outwork system, entrepreneurs
created an even
(20) more important new organization,
the modem factory, which used
power-driven machines
and assembly-line techniques
to turn out large quantities
of well-made goods. As early
as 1782 the prolific Delaware
inventor Oliver Evans had buiit
a highly automated,
laborsaving flour mill driven
by water power. His machinery
lifted the grain to the top
of
the mill, cleaned it as it fell
into containers known as hoppers,
ground the grain into flour,
(25) and then conveyed the flour
back to the top of the mill
to allow it to cool as it desended
into barrels. Subsequently,
manufacturers made use of new
improved stationary steam
engines to power their mills.
This new technology enabled
them to build factories in the
nation's largest cities, taking
advantage of urban concentrations
of inexpensive labor,
good transportation networks,
and eager customers.
40. What is the passage mainly
about?
(A)The difficulties of industrialization
in North America
(B)The influence of changes
in manufacturing on the growth
of urban centers
(C) The rapid speed of industrialization
in North America
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