2000年10月TOEFL机经

　　1. (A) She has had the man's calculator since
　　Thursday.
　　(B) The man's calculator is broken.
　　(C) The man may use her calculator.
　　(D) She'll return the man's calculator on
　　Thursday.
　　2. (A) Buy a different kind of medicine.
　　(B) See a doctor.
　　(C) Take a second pill.
　　(D) Avoid taking any medication.
　　3. (A) He'll go running after his study group
　　meeting.
　　(B) He doesn't agree with the woman
　　about the weather.
　　(C) He doesn't like to go running.
　　(D) He'll go with the woman this
　　afternoon.
　　4. (A) Another friend commented on his
　　haircut too.
　　(B) The woman has mistaken him for
　　another person.
　　(C) He decided to try a new barbershop.
　　(D) A different person cut his hair this
　　time.
　　5. (A) The man shouldn't be surprised at how
　　busy he is.
　　(B) The man should leave more time for
　　his studies.
　　(C) The man should try to find a different
　　job.
　　(D) The bookstore will be hiring more
　　people.
　　6. (A) The woman should get more sleep.
　　(B) The woman may be sicker than she
　　realizes.
　　(C) He isn't sick.
　　(D) He doesn't think the woman is sick.
　　7. (A) The art museum isn't open today.
　　(B) The number 42 bus doesn't run on
　　Mondays.
　　(C) The man should wait for the number'
　　42 bus.
　　(D) She has never taken the bus to the art
　　museum.
　　8. (A) The man should buy a jacket instead
　　of a suit.
　　(B) The green jacket doesn't fit as well as
　　the blue one.
　　(C) The style of clothing is more
　　important than the color.
　　(D) The man looks better in blue.
　　9. (A) The woman will get to her class on
　　time.
　　(B) The woman should go to a different
　　counter.
　　(C) He doesn't like sandwiches very
　　much.
　　(D) He's having trouble deciding what to
　　eat.
　　10. (A) Her sister's train is late.
　　(B) Her sister will visit in three months.
　　(C) She'll have to leave without her
　　sister.
　　(D) She's eager to see her sister.
　　11. (A) She's pleased they were invited.
　　(B) Susan gave them the wrong
　　directions.
　　(C) They'll probably be late for dinner.
　　(D) Susan's house is probably nearby.
　　12. (A) Buy some orange juice for the woman.
　　(B) Borrow some money from the
　　woman.
　　(C) Drive the woman to the store.
　　(D) Pay back money the woman lent
　　him.
　　13. (A) She hasn't worn the dress in a long time.
　　(B) She doesn't like the dress very much.
　　(C) She intends to give the dress to her
　　sister.
　　(D) She doesn't remember where her
　　sister bought the dress.
　　14. (A) She never cleans the apartment.
　　(B) She's doing a report with her
　　roommate.
　　(C) She's too busy to clean the
　　apartment.
　　(D) She doesn't like sharing an
　　apartment.
　　15. (A) He'll try to finish the novel tonight.
　　(B) He liked the novel very much.
　　(C) He doesn't remember where he put
　　the novel.
　　(D) He's looking forward to the next
　　literature assignment.
　　16. (A) He doesn't like to wake up early in
　　the morning.
　　(B) The woman seems unusually sad.
　　(C) There's no special reason for his
　　good mood.
　　(D) He wasn't in a good mood when he
　　woke up.
　　17. (A) Get a ride to the station with the
　　woman.
　　(B) Take the woman to the station.
　　(C) Borrow the woman's car to go to the
　　station.
　　(D) Drive his car instead of taking the
　　train.
　　18. (A) Review the assignment by himself.
　　(B) Wait a few minutes before trying to
　　phone John again.
　　(C) Ask one of John's housemates about
　　the assignment.
　　(D) Go over to John's house.
　　19. (A) He won't vote for the woman.
　　(B) He may also run for class president.
　　(C) The woman already asked him for
　　his vote.
　　(D) The woman should ask his
　　roommate to vote for her.
　　20. (A) She isn't sure that the author's ideas
　　would work.
　　(B) The author isn't an expert in
　　economics.
　　(C) She has a better theory about the
　　economy.
　　(D) The author spends too much time
　　arguing about details.
　　21. (A) She doesn't agree with the man.
　　(B) The man doesn't need an official
　　grade report.
　　(C) Official copies of grades used to be
　　cheaper.
　　(D) The man should go to a different
　　office.
　　22. (A) Take her bicycle to the repair shop.
　　(B) Leave her bicycle outside.
　　(C) Go to work when it stops raining.
　　(D) Check to make sure the garage is
　　dry.
　　23. (A) Others should hear about the man's
　　accomplishment.
　　(B) The man should avoid talking about
　　his accomplishment.
　　(C) The man's parents helped him gel
　　the scholarship.
　　(D) The man's parents already told her
　　about his scholarship.
　　24. (A) The course is too difficult,
　　(B) The professor changed his mind.
　　(C) The final exam was cancelled.
　　(D) The woman misunderstood the
　　professor.
　　25. (A) The coffee used to taste better.
　　(B) He's surprised that the woman drinks
　　coffee.
　　(C) He'd rather drink something other
　　than coffee.
　　(D) The coffee tastes the same as before.
　　26. (A) Come back later in the day.
　　(B) Join the staff meeting. .
　　(C) Wait for the pool to open.
　　(D) Wait for the competition to begin.
　　27. (A) He'd like to go to the theater Friday
　　night.
　　(B) He already has a ticket for the
　　Friday night performance.
　　(C) He doesn't think he can exchange his
　　ticket.
　　(D) He rarely goes to the movies.
　　28. (A) She took a history class last year.
　　(B) She doesn't trust the man's opinion.
　　(C) She probably won't take any history
　　classes.
　　(D) She didn't like her sociology
　　professor.
　　29, (A) The other job wouldn't have paid for
　　her tuition.
　　(B) The woman should have taken the
　　other job offer.
　　(C) The woman should get an advanced
　　degree.
　　(D) Paid tuition is only a small benefit.
　　30. (A) The man should have signed her up
　　for the class.
　　(B) The man needs to pay more
　　attention in class.
　　(C) She warned the man not to take an
　　early morning class.
　　(D) She thought the chemistry class was
　　difficult.
　　PartB
　　31. (A) To return some business books.
　　(B) To apply for a new library card.
　　(C) To check out some books from the
　　library
　　(D) To find out where the art books are
　　located.
　　32. (A) The library assistant thinks he has an
　　overdue book.
　　(B) The books he needs have been
　　checked out by someone else.
　　(C) The library assistant is unable to
　　locate the books that he needs.
　　(D) A library notice was sent to him at
　　his previous address.
　　33. (A) To explain why he had difficulty finding the library.
　　(B) To explain why he couldn't have
　　borrowed library books in June.
　　(C) To explain why he doesn't yet have a
　　library card,
　　(D) To explain why he needs assistance
　　in locating a book.
　　34. (A) The man has mistakenly received someone else's books.
　　(B) The man changed his major from art
　　to business.
　　(C) The man recently moved off campus.
　　(D) There are two students named
　　Robert Smith.
　　35. (A) See if he is related to any of the students.
　　(B) Apply for a job as a library assistant.
　　(C) Use his middle name.
　　(D) Use a different library.
　　36. (A) Its similarities to previous
　　architecture.
　　(B) Its impressive and distinctive
　　features.
　　(C) Methods used in its construction.
　　(D) How it was preserved for later
　　generations.
　　37. (A) Public market days.
　　(B) Races and sporting events.
　　(C) Processions of priests.
　　(D) Speeches by politicians.
　　38. (A) It was removed by an invading army.
　　(B) It broke off when part of the hall
　　collapsed.
　　(C) It was cut away to let banners pass
　　through the entrance.
　　(D) It was later used in building another
　　temple.
　　39. (A) Its lighting.
　　(B) Its sound quality.
　　(C) Its air circulation.
　　(D) Its stability in an earthquake.
　　Part C
　　40. (A) The relationship between physics
　　and philosophy.
　　(B) Ancient Greek beliefs about matter
　　and motion.
　　(C) The effects of Aristotle's philosophy
　　on current theories of physics.
　　(D) Aristotle's use of fire in scientific
　　experiments.
　　41. (A) Earth.
　　(B) Water.
　　(C) Air.
　　(D) Fire.
　　42. (A) Pulling and pushing motions.
　　(B) Throwing motions.
　　(C) Planetary motions.
　　(D) Natural downward or upward
　　motions.
　　43. (A) It's pushed away from Earth by fire.
　　(B) It's trying to return to its natural
　　resting place.
　　(C) It's attracted to other planets.
　　(D) Its main substance is water.
　　44. (A) To solicit volunteers for Turtle
　　Watch.
　　(B) To give an assignment to a biology
　　class.
　　(C) To warn students not to hurt green
　　turtles.
　　(D) To describe the nesting and hatching
　　activities of the green turtle.
　　45. (A) The lights attract predators.
　　(B) They need to save electricity.
　　(C) The baby turtles are attracted to
　　light.
　　(D) The volunteers use lights for signals.
　　46. (A) Write a report about their activities.
　　(B) Attend make-up classes with Dr.
　　Webster.
　　(C) Help find turtle eggs before they
　　hatch.
　　(D) Spend two hours working for the
　　project.
　　47. (A) How people in rural areas preserved
　　food.
　　(B) The construction of icehouses.
　　(C) An important industry in the
　　nineteenth century.
　　(D) How improvements in transportation
　　affected industry.
　　48. (A) Modem technology for the kitchen.
　　(B) Improved transportation systems.
　　(C) Industrial use of streams and rivers.
　　(D) Increased temperatures in many
　　areas.
　　49. (A) Only wealthy families had them.
　　(B) They were important to the ice
　　industry.
　　(C) They were built mostly on the east
　　coast.
　　(D) They are no longer in common use.
　　50. (A) To keep train engines cool.
　　(B) To preserve perishable food.
　　(C) To store ice while it was being
　　transported.
　　(D) To lift blocks of ice from frozen
　　lakes and ponds.
　　Section Two: Structure and Written Expression
　　1. The role of the ear is acoustic
　　disturbances into neural signals suitable for transmission to the brain.
　　(A) to code
　　(B) so that coded
　　(C) coded
　　(D) it coding
　　2. The imagist movement in poetry arose
　　during the second decade of the twentieth
　　century against romanticism,
　　(A) when a revolt
　　(B) as a revolt
　　(C) a revolt was
　　(D) that a revolt
　　3. Virtually species have biological
　　clocks that regulate their metabolism over a 24-hour period.
　　(A) all there are
　　(B) all
　　(C) all are
　　(D) they all
　　4. According to United States criminal law,
　　insanity may relieve a person from the
　　usual legal consequences
　　(A) what his or her acts have
　　(B) of his or her acts are
　　(C) of his or her acts
　　(D) what of his or her acts
　　5. In addition to a place where
　　business deals are made, a stock exchange collects statistics, publishes price quotations, and sets rules and standards for trading.
　　(A) being
　　(B) it is
　　(C) that which
　　(D) where is
　　6. The first inhabitants of the territories
　　Canada came across the Bering
　　Strait and along the edge of the Arctic ice.
　　(A) make up that now
　　(B) make up now that
　　(C) that make up now
　　(D) that now make up
　　7. need for new schools following the
　　Second World War that provided the sustained thrust for the architectural program in Columbus, Indiana.
　　(A) Since the
　　(B) To be the
　　(C) The
　　(D) It was the
　　8. The soybean contains vitamins, essential
　　minerals, high percentage of
　　protein.
　　(A) a
　　(B) and a
　　(C) since a
　　(D) of which a
　　9. Hail is formed when a drop of rain is
　　carried by an updraft to an altitude where
　　to freeze it.
　　(A) is the air cold enough
　　(B) the air cold enough
　　(C) the cold enough air
　　(D) the air is cold enough
　　10. Geometrically, the hyperbolic functions
　　are related to the hyperbola, the
　　trigonometric functions are related to the circle.
　　(A) just as
　　(B) same
　　(C) similar to
　　(D) and similar
　　11. , Kilauea is one of the world's most
　　active volcanoes, having erupted dozens of times since 1952.
　　(A) The big island of Hawaii's location
　　(B) Locates the big island of Hawaii
　　(C) Located on the big island of Hawaii
　　(D) On the big island of Hawaii's
　　location
　　12. Not until the eighteenth century
　　the complex chemistry of metallurgy
　　(A) when scientists began to appreciate
　　(B) did scientists begin to appreciate
　　(C) scientists who were beginning to
　　appreciate
　　(D) the appreciation of scientists began
　　13. 1810, water-powered textile
　　manufacturing arrived in New Hampshire with the founding of a company in Manchester that manufactured cotton and wool.
　　(A) Early
　　(B) In the early
　　(C) As early as
　　(D) When early
　　14. The settings of Eudora Welty's stories
　　may be rather limited, but about
　　human nature is quite broad.
　　(A) exposes
　　(B) exposes that
　　(C) she exposes
　　(D) what she exposes
　　15. Lichens grow extremely well in very plants can cold parts of the world survive.
　　(A) where few other
　　(B) few others
　　(C) where do few others
　　(D) there are few others
　　16．The pear tree has simple, oval leaves that are smoother and shinier than them of the
　　A B C D
　　apple.
　　17．In the orbit of a planet around the Sun, the point closest to the Sun is called it the
　　A B C D
　　perihelion.
　　18．In the early 1900’s, Roy Harris created and promoted a distinctly American style of
　　A B C
　　classical music and greatly influenced a number of composer in the United States.
　　D
　　19．The eighteenth century witnessed the emergence of North American ports,
　　A
　　particular Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, as major commercial centers within the
　　B C D
　　British empire.
　　20．Guitarlike instruments have exist since ancient times, but the first written mention
　　A B C
　　of the guitar itself is from the fourteenth century.
　　D
　　21．The law of biogenesis is the principle what all living organisms are derived from a
　　A B C
　　parent or parents.
　　D
　　22．Onyx is a mineral that can be recognized its regular and straight parallel bands of
　　A B C
　　white, black, or brown.
　　D
　　23．There are as many as 200 million insects for every human beings, and in fact their
　　A B
　　total number exceeds that of all other animals taken together.
　　C D
　　24．Native to South America and cultivated there for thousands of years, the peanut
　　A B
　　is said to have introduced to North America by early explorers.
　　C D
　　25．Originally canoes were made by the hollowing out of logs and used were for combat
　　A B C
　　as well as transport.
　　D
　　26．Among the symptoms of measles, which takes about twelve days to incubate, are a high
　　A B C
　　fever, swelling of glands in the neck, a cough, and sensitive to light.
　　D
　　27．Ice crystals in a glacier tends to melt and recrystallize within a brief moment of travel
　　A B C D
　　on a downhill glide.
　　28．Photograph was revolutionized in 1851 by the introduction of the collodion process
　　A B C
　　for making glass negatives.
　　D
　　29．The piano is a stringed musical instrument in which the strings are strike by
　　A B C
　　felt-covered hammers controlled by a keyboard.
　　D
　　30．The sounds used in human languages to create meaning consist of small variation in
　　A B
　　air pressure can be sensed by the ear.
　　C D
　　31．The mountains, especially the Rocky Mountains, formerly constituted a seriously
　　A B
　　barrier to east-west trade in British Columbia.
　　C D
　　32．Telescope are frequently used in astronomy to collect light from a celestial object,
　　A B
　　bring the light into focus, and producing a magnified image.
　　C D
　　33．Diamond is the hardest known substance, so diamond can be cut only by another
　　A B C D
　　diamonds.