2011年TOEFL词汇模拟题精选系列八十

391. In 1903 the members of the governing board of the University of Washington, in Seattle, engaged a firm of landscape architects, specialists in the design of outdoor environments --- Olmsted Brothers of Brookline, Massachusetts --- to advise them on an appropriate layout for the university grounds.
The word "engaged" is closest in meaning to which of following?
(A) trained
(B) hired
(C) described
(D) evaluated

392. John Olmsted did the investigation and subsequent report on Seattle's parks.
The word "subsequent" is closest in meaning to which of following?
(A) complicated
(B) alternate
(C) later
(D) detailed

393. With such unparalleled sums at their disposal, with the Olmsted guidelines to follow, and with the added incentive of wanting to have the city at its best for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of 1909, the Parks Board bought aggressively.
The word "sums" is closest in meaning to which of following?
(A) problems
(B) amounts
(C) services
(D) debts

394. Many prehistoric people subsisted as hunters and gatherers. Undoubtedly, game animals, including some very large species, provided major components of human diets.
The word "Undoubtedly" is closest in meaning to which of following?
(A) occasionally
(B) unexpectedly
(C) previously
(D) certainly
The word "components" is closest in meaning to which of following?
(A) parts
(B) problems
(C) changes
(D) varieties

395. Hunter-gatherers may have contributed to Pleistocene extinctions in more indirect ways. Besides overhunting, at least three other kinds of effects have been suggested: direct competition, imbalances between competing species of game animals, and early agricultural practices.
The word "Besides" is closest in meaning to which of following?
(A) caused by
(B) whereas
(C) in addition to
(D) in favor of

391 B

392 C

393 B

394 D

395 C