2001年8月TOEFL机经

　　1. (A) He'll help Tina prepare for the meeting.
　　(B) He's disappointed that he'll have to miss the meeting.
　　(C) He often works extra hours.
　　(D) He's afraid the meeting won't end on time.
　　2. (A) The man will take the camera to be repaired.
　　(B) The woman will take a picture of the man.
　　(C) The woman will show the man how to use the camera.
　　(D) The woman will borrow the man's camera.
　　3. (A) He'd like to apply for a replacement card.
　　(B) He needed to see a doctor two weeks ago.
　　(C) He's pleased that the woman found the card.
　　(D) He's glad he was finally able to get an appointment.
　　4. (A) She doesn't understand the man's question
　　(B) She doesn't have time to repeat the explanation now.
　　(C) She doesn't mind answering questions
　　(D) Shell return soon.
　　5. A) The woman doesn't accept the man's apology.
　　(B) The woman wasn't bothered by the delay.
　　(C) The man didn't realize the woman was waiting.
　　(D) The man waited a long time for the bus.
　　6. (A) The coat isn't warm enough to wear in cold weather.
　　(B) She bought the coat last winter.
　　(C) She needs to have the coat cleaned before next winter.
　　(D) The coat is the only warm coat she owns.
　　7. (A) She won't be a candidate next year.
　　(B) She doesn't believe the news.
　　(C) The news doesn't upset her.
　　(D) The news will disappoint Mary.
　　8. (A) Try to find the woman's roommate.
　　(B) Buy tickets for the film festival.
　　(C) Give the woman a ride to the
　　bookstore.
　　(D) Get a schedule for the woman.
　　9. (A) He doesn't know many composers of classical music
　　(B) Annie might spend a lot of money on classical music.
　　(C) He has known Annie's neighbor for many years.
　　(D) Annie should try not to get sick.
　　10. (A) She'll probably be late for her appointment with the dentist
　　(B) She won't be riding with her class to the museum.
　　(C) She'll meet the man in front of the library.
　　(D) She forgot that her class was going to the museum
　　11. (A) She thinks it will rain today.
　　(B) Her hobby is collecting coins.
　　(C) She'll change the money for the man.
　　(D) She's keeping the money for an emergency.
　　12. (A) He studies engineering.
　　(B) He has only recently become interested in philosophy.
　　(C) He wasn't at the lecture.
　　(D) He thinks Professor Warner is a good teacher.
　　13. (A) The reports should have been
　　completed by today.
　　(B) Only the first part of the report is due next Friday.
　　(C) Some students didn't finish their reports on time.
　　(D) Some students haven't started their reports yet.
　　14. (A) Spend thirty dollars on the painting.
　　(B) Sell one of his paintings.
　　(C) Look for a less expensive painting.
　　(D) Buy the painting without the frame.
　　15. (A) Exercise less frequently.
　　(B) Take less medicine each day.
　　(C) Visit him as soon as possible.
　　(D) Take a new kind of headache medicine.
　　16. (A) His job starts next week.
　　(B) He's eager to start his new job.
　　(C) His professor was mistaken about the job.
　　(D) He believes the job interview went well.
　　17. (A) Janet didn't attend.
　　(B) Janet's friends did a lot of the work.
　　(C) The man wasn't invited.
　　(D) It was canceled at the last minute.
　　18. (A) He's looking for another roommate.
　　(B) He's sharing the room with his brothers.
　　(C) He hasn't met his roommate yet.
　　(D) He doesn't think the room is too small.
　　19. (A) The train to Middletown is often late.
　　(B) The man has missed the train to Middletown.
　　(C) The next train to Middletown leaves in eleven minutes.
　　(D) Trains don't stop at Middletown in the evening.
　　20. (A) Wear his suit.
　　(B) Prepare for cold weather.
　　(C) Find out who's going to the party.
　　(D) Dress informally.
　　21. (A) She's not sure she'll be seeing Julia.
　　(B) She'll phone Julia later in the week.
　　(C) She doesn't know Julia's phone number.
　　(D) She doesn't think Julia knows about registration.
　　22. (A) Most of them were written near the end of the author's lifetime.
　　(B) Many of them aren't included in the library's collection.
　　(C) They were all highly praised by literary critics.
　　(D) Many readers like to collect them.
　　23. (A) The man is a good student.
　　(B) The man shouldn't work overtime.
　　(C) She wishes that she had a job.
　　(D) She doesn't want to work with the man.
　　24. (A) She doesn't expect to meet with Kevin today.
　　(B) She can't wait any longer for Kevin.
　　(C) Kevin is often late.
　　(D) Kevin has probably overslept.
　　25. (A) The books are all required for the history course.
　　(B) Some of the books are for courses other than history.
　　(C) He plans to read more than just the books that are required.
　　(D) He's worried he may not finish the required reading.
　　26. (A) Watch a movie on television.
　　(B) Go out to dinner with the man.
　　(C) Go to the tennis court.
　　(D) Play in the tournament.
　　27. (A) She wishes she could help the man.
　　(B) She has a bigger problem than the man has.
　　(C) She knows a mechanic who can fix the man's car.
　　(D) The man should buy a new car.
　　28. (A) She's pleased the man's schedule won't change.
　　(B) She can't offer the man a flexible schedule.
　　(C) Whoever works at the front desk must have a flexible schedule.
　　(D) She doesnt need anyone else to work at the front desk.
　　29. (A) He wants the woman to repeat her question.
　　(B) He agrees with the woman.
　　(C) He wants to talk about the movie.
　　(D) He wants to see the movie again.
　　30. (A) Professor Lane is liked by her students.
　　(B) Professor Lane never gives high grades.
　　(C) The man deserves the grade he received.
　　(D) The man should phone Professor Lane to thank her.
　　PartB
　　31. (A) How different kinds of pepper are produced.
　　(B) Why white pepper is superior to dishes.
　　(C) How the pepper plant is grown.
　　(D) How various peppers are used in cooking.
　　32. (A) He read about it in a cookbook.
　　(B) He grows his own herbs and spices.
　　(C) He heard about it from a friend.
　　(D) He studied it in cooking school.
　　33. (A) It's preserved in liquid.
　　(B) The skin is removed.
　　(C) It's dried in the sun.
　　(D) It's freeze-dried.
　　34. (A) It's more pure than other types of pepper.
　　(B) It helps maintain the color of certain black pepper.
　　(C) It has a fruity flavor.
　　(D) It's easier to grow.
　　35. (A) He answered all her questions correctly.
　　(B) He received a good grade in cooking class.
　　(C) She likes what he has just cooked.
　　(D) She's impressed with his knowledge
　　36. (A) A story in prose.
　　(B) A poem that rhymes.
　　(C) A translation of a short literary work.
　　(D) A journal about the process of writing.
　　37. (A) The class has been assigned to read than it is in English.
　　(B) He was able to read it in French.
　　(C) He isn't sure it's available in English.
　　(D) He thinks it's an example of what the wants.
　　38. (A) It's pronounced differently in French it.
　　(B) To write without using it is difficult both in English and in French.
　　(C) Every word in the French author's professor book contained it.
　　(D) It's commonly used in English to make poetry rhyme.
　　PartC
　　39. (A) As the result of the moisture in the Earth's atmosphere.
　　(B) As the result of the Earth's rotation.
　　(C) As the horizontal movement of air.
　　(D) As the vertical movement of air.
　　40. (A) It's the ultimate cause of winds.
　　(B) It causes vertical movements of air.
　　(C) It reduces differences in air pressure.
　　(D) It's used to predict weather patterns.
　　41. (A) Air pressure.
　　(B) Temperature.
　　(C) Humidity.
　　(D) Wind direction.
　　42. (A) How winds affect temperature.
　　(B) Reasons for sudden increases in wind.
　　(C) The origin of storm systems.
　　(D) How vertical air movement influences weather.
　　43. (A) Factors that affect the ability to remember.
　　(B) The influence of childhood memories on adulthood.
　　(C) A proposal for future psychological research.
　　(D) Benefits of a busy lifestyle.
　　44. (A) The need to exercise the memory.
　　(B) How the brain differs from other body tissues.
　　(C) The unconscious learning of a physical activity.
　　(D) How nerves control body movement.
　　45. (A) Repeat it aloud.
　　(B) Write it down.
　　(C) Make a mental picture of it.
　　(D) practice recalling it.
　　46. (A) Ask questions about the assigned reading.
　　(B) Give an example of active learning.
　　(C) Explain recent research on recalling childhood memories.
　　(D) Make an assignment for the next class session.
　　47. (A) How they behave toward ants from other nests.
　　(B) What they usually eat.
　　(C) Why they are becoming extinct.
　　(D) Why they were brought to California
　　48. (A) They protect Argentine ants that live in neighboring nests.
　　(B) They gather food with Argentine ants from other nests.
　　(C) They fight Argentine ants from other nests.
　　(D) They generally build larger nests than other ant species do.
　　49. (A) They attack members of their own nests.
　　(B) They recruit ants from other species into their nests.
　　(C) They form large colonies made of several nests.
　　(D) They hide from insects that attack their nests.
　　50. (A) They share the same few ancestors.
　　(B) They can't be distinguished from native Californian ants.
　　(C) They are evolving faster than native Californian ants.
　　(D) Their future survival is in doubt.
　　Section Two: Structure and Written Expression
　　1. Geothermal energy is a potentially inexhaustible energy source ______been tapped by humans for centuries but,until recent years,only on a small scale.
　　(A) has it
　　(B) has
　　(C) that has
　　(D) that it has
　　2. The importance of the hand, and more generally of the body, in children's acquisition of arithmetic_____.
　　(A) can hardly be exaggerated
　　(B) hardly exaggerated can be
　　(C) can be exaggerate hardly
　　(D) exaggerated can be hardly
　　3. ______ is present in the body in greater amounts than any other mineral.
　　(A) Calcium
　　(B) There is calcium
　　(C) Calcium, which
　　(D) It is calcium
　　4. _______ the evidence is inconclusive, it is thought that at least some seals have an echolocation system akin to that of bats, porpoises, and shrews.
　　(A) Rather
　　(B) Despite
　　(C) Although
　　(D) Why
　　5. The total mass of all asteroids in the solar system is much less ______ mass of Earth's Moon.
　　(A) than that is the
　　(B) than the
　　(C) the
　　(D) is the
　　6. Like bacteria, protozoans _______by splitting in two.
　　(A) reproducing
　　(B) reproduce
　　(C) to reproduce
　　(D) reproduction
　　7. ______main processes involved in virtually all manufacturing: extraction,assembly,and alteration.
　　(A) There are three
　　(B) Three
　　(C) The three
　　(D) Three of the
　　8. Most documentary filmmakers use neither actors _______studio setting.
　　(A) or else
　　(B) but not
　　(C) nor
　　(D) and
　　9. Salamanders are sometime confused with lizards, but unlike lizards ________no scales or claws.
　　(A) that they have
　　(B) to have
　　(C) they have
　　(D) are having
　　10. The province of Alberta lies along three of the major North American flyways Used by birds _______between their winter and summer homes.
　　(A) the migration
　　(B) migrating
　　(C) migrate
　　(D) and migrate
　　11. Astronomers estimate ______called the Pleiades in the constellation Taurus is 415 light-years away from Earth.
　　(A) that a loose cluster of stars
　　(B) a loose cluster of stars is
　　(C) that is a loose cluster of stars
　　(D) there is a loose cluster of stars
　　12. Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, _____ the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938, is Best known for her novels about China.
　　(A) won
　　(B) winner of
　　(C) to win
　　(D) who the winner of
　　13. Stage producers Klaw and Erlanger were the first to eliminate arguments among leading performers _______in order of appearance, instead of prominence.
　　(A) of whom list the program
　　(B) the program listing
　　(C) for them the program listed
　　(D) by listing them on the program
　　14. During the decades after the United States Civil War, a host of technical advances made possible ______and uniformity of railroad service.
　　(A) a new integration
　　(B) for a new integration
　　(C) that a new integration
　　(D) and a new integration
　　15. Forests stabilize _____and retain precipitation, thereby helping to prevent erosion and regulate the flow of streams.
　　(A) to the soil
　　(B) the soil
　　(C) where the soil
　　(D) the soil is
　　16. Modern societies are such complex that they could not exist without
　　A B C
　　a well-developed system of law.
　　D
　　17. Altitude, climate, temperature, and the length of the growing season both
　　A B C
　　determine Where plants will grow.
　　D
　　18. The bathyscaphe, a free-moving vessel designed for underwater exploration,
　　A
　　consists of a Flotation compartment with a observation capsule attached underneath it.
　　B C D
　　19. Water constitutes almost 96 percent of the body weight of a jellyfish, so if
　　A B
　　a jellyfish were to dry out in the sun, it would virtually disappeared.
　　C D
　　20. The most important parameters affecting a rocket's maximum flight
　　A
　　velocity is the relationship between the vehicle's mass and the amount
　　B C
　　of propellant it can carry.
　　D
　　21.There were once only eight major lakes or reservoirs in Texas, but
　　A
　　today there are over 180, many built to storing water against periodic
　　B C D
　　droughts.
　　22. All harmonized music that is not contrapuntal depends from the relationship
　　A B
　　of chords, which are either consonant or dissonant.
　　C D
　　23. Expressionist drama often shows the influence of modern psychology by
　　A B
　　reflecting the frustrations inner of the dramatist.
　　C D
　　24. It is the number, kind, and arrange of teeth that determine whether a mammal
　　A B C
　　is classified as a carnivore not the food that the animal actually eats.
　　D
　　25. The sea otter is well adapted at its marine existence, with ears and nostrils
　　A B C
　　that can be closed under water.
　　D
　　26. Petroleum, which currently makes up about four-tenths of the world's energy
　　A
　　production, supplies more commercial energy than any another source.
　　B C D
　　27. Someone may refuse to recognize the seriousness of an emotionally threatening
　　A B C
　　situation and perceive as less threatening.
　　D
　　28. Through experiments with marine organisms, marine biologists can increase
　　A B
　　our knowledge of human reproductive and development as well as our understanding
　　C D
　　of the nervous system.
　　29. When swollen by melting snow or heavy rain, some rivers routinely overflow
　　A B C
　　its banks.
　　D
　　30. In 1884 Belva Lockwood, a lawyer who had appeared before the Supreme Court,
　　A B
　　became the first woman was nominated for President of the United States.
　　C D
　　31. The taller of all animals, a full-grown giraffe may be eighteen feet or more high.
　　A B C D
　　32. Physicists have known since the early nineteenth century that all
　　A B
　　matter is made up of tiny extremely particles called atoms.
　　C D
　　33. Rain is slight acidic even in unpolluted air, because carbon dioxide
　　A B
　　in the atmosphere and other natural acid-forming gases dissolve in the
　　C D
　　water.
　　34. In a stock company, a troupe of actors performs in
　　A
　　a particular theater, presenting plays from its repertory of prepare
　　B C D
　　productions.
　　35. Established in 1860, the Government Printing Office prints and binds
　　A B
　　documents for all department of the United States government.
　　C D
　　36. Ethnology, usually considered a branch of cultural anthropology, is
　　A
　　often defined as the scientifically study of the origin and functioning
　　B C
　　of humans and their culture.
　　D
　　37. The one-fluid theory of electricity was proposing by
　　A B
　　Benjamin Franklin, a man famous for his wide interests and
　　C D
　　great attainments.
　　38. Probably not speech of so few words has ever been as celebrated as
　　A B C D
　　Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
　　39. Generally, Abstract Expressionist art is without recognizable images
　　A
　　and does not adhere the Limits of conventional form.
　　B C D
　　40. Although complete paralysis is rare with neuritis, some degree of
　　A B C
　　muscle weakness common.
　　D
　　Section Three: Reading Comprehension
　　Questions 1-9
　　Glass fibers have a long history. The Egyptians made coarse fibers by 1600 B.C., and
　　fibers survive as decorations on Egyptian pottery dating back to 1375 B c. During the
　　Renaissance (fifteenth and sixteenth centuries A.D.), glassmakers from Venice used glass
　　Line fibers to decorate the surfaces of plain glass vessels. However, glassmakers guarded their