2013年托福词汇精选试题及答案14

1. Another strategy of large desert animals is to tolerate the loss of body water to a point that would be fatal for nonadapted animals. The camel can lose up to 30 percent of its body weight as water without harm to itself, whereas human beings die after losing only 12 to 13 percent of their body weight.

The word "tolerate" is closest in meaning to which of following?

(A) endure

(B) replace

(C) compensate

(D) reduce

2. The tolerance of water loss is of obvious advantage in the desert, as animals do not have to remain near a water hole but can obtain food from grazing sparse and far-flung pastures.

The word "obtain" is closest in meaning to which of following?

(A) digest

(B) carry

(C) save

(D) get

3. In 1979 Santa Monica's municipal government ordered landlords to roll back their rents to the levels charged in 1978. Future rents could only go up by two thirds as much as any increase in the overall price level.

The phrase "roll back" in lines 11-12 is closest in meaning to which of following?

(A) credit

(B) measure

(C) vary

(D) reduce

4. In any housing market, rental prices perform three functions: (1) promoting the efficient maintenance of existing housing and stimulating the construction of new housing.

The word "stimulating" is closest in meaning to which of following?

(A) experimenting with

(B) identifying

(C) estimating

(D) encouraging

5. One result of rent control is a decrease in the construction of new rental units. Rent Controls have artificially depressed the most important long-term determinant of profitability-rents.

The word "depressed" is closest in meaning to which of following?

(A) saddened

(B) created

(C) lowered

(D) defeated