2012年TOEFL词汇模拟题精选系列六

 The downtown business district did not grow apace with the city as a whole, and the rapid transit system designed to link the center with outlying areas withered away from disuse.
The phrase "apace with" is closest in meaning to which of following?
(A) anew with
(B) apart from
(C) as fast as
(D) at the middle of

 After the 1870's, a number of important authors began to reject the romanticism that had prevailed immediately following the Civil War of 1861-1865 and turned instead to realism.
The word "prevailed" is closest in meaning to which of following?
(A) dominated
(B) transformed
(C) entered
(D) generalized

 Realists such as Joel Chandler Harris and Ellen Glasgow depicted life in the South; Hamlin garland described life on the Great Plains; and Sarah Orne Jewett wrote about everyday life in rural New England.
The word "depicted" in line11 is closest in meaning to which of following?
(A) emphasized
(B) described
(C) criticized
(D) classified

 Theodore Dreiser, the foremost naturalist writer, in novels such as Sister Carrie, grimly portrayed a dark world in which human beings were tossed about by forces beyond their understanding or control.
The word "foremost" is closest in meaning to which of following?
(A) most difficult
(B) interesting
(C) most focused
(D) leading

 Even in this current era of large scale, intensive research and development, the interrelationships involved in this process are frequently misunderstood.
The word "intensive" is closest in meaning to which of following?.
(A) decreased
(B) concentrated
(C) creative
(D) advanced

C

 A

 B

 D

 B