试卷详情
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托福真题2003年10月
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[单项选择]A Ask for directions
B Try a different route to the beach
C Go back for the map
D Cancel their trip
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[单项选择]A A jewelry store robbery
B Buying a birthday present
C Writing a stow
D Doing research for a class assignment
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[单项选择]The Crow Blackfoot, and Sioux tribes (traditionally) adorned (they) dwellings and costumes with (colorful) and highly valued beaded (decorations).
A. traditionally
B. they
C. colorful
D. decorations
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[单项选择]Despite its fishlike form, the whale is ...... and will drown if submerged too long.
(a)an animal breathes air that
(b)an animal that breathes air
(c)an animal breathes air
(d)that an animal breathes air
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[单项选择]The saguaro, found in desert regions in the southwestern United States,......cactus in the world.
(a)is the largest
(b)the largest
(c)that is the largest
(d)the largest that is a
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[单项选择]A The language they are written in is not widely known.
B They cannot be moved from where they were found
C The writing in them has faded
D Many people want credit for the discovery.
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[单项选择]The musical comedy Oklahoma! did much to expand the potential of the musical stage, and it encouraged others to attempt ......
(a)original themes
(b)to original themes
(c)that were original themes
(d)how original themes
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[单项选择]A She should have asked to be excused from the trip.
B She deserves the zero.
C She is right to be angry.
D She should have gone on the field trip.
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[单项选择]Babies (have)soft spots (between) the bones (of)their skulls, which (allowing)for furthergrowth.
A. have
B. between
C. of
D. allowing
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[单项选择]A Ways to determine the age of a fossil
B The identity of a fossil the woman found
C A comparison of two shellfish fossils
D Plans for a field trip to look for fossils
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[单项选择]Wild eagles that survive to adulthood are believed ...... from 20 to 30 years.
(a)live
(b)to live
(c)they live
(d)their living
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[单项选择]23. Photography disseminates information (about humanity) and nature, records the (visible) world, and (extension) human knowledge into (areas the) eye cannot penetrate.
A. about humanity
B. visible
C. extension
D. areas the
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[单项选择]A Buy stamps at the post office
B Mail the woman’s bill
C Drive to the woman’s house
D Pick up a package from the post office
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[单项选择]Calcium is (essential) for (blood)clotting, for the action of (certain)enzymes, and for the normal contraction and (relax) of muscles.
A. essential
B. blood
C. certain
D. relax
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[单项选择]Obsidian is (formed) (when) siliceous lava (cools) too rapidly to (crystallized) into rock-fanning minerals.
A. formed
B. when
C. cools
D. crystallized
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[单项选择]A She is sorry the man has to cancel the plans
B She wants to hand in her report early.
C She would like to go with the man.
D she does not usually enjoy the symphony.
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[单项选择]A To go shopping
B To do research for her stow
C To meet with her professor
D To take a break from her work
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[单项选择]Bacterial (cultures) are used (commercially) in the (preparation) of food products (such)that yogurt ,sour cream ,and vinegar.
A. cultures
B. commercially
C. preparation
D. such
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[单项选择]A He would like the woman to reschedule the meeting.
B He will meet the woman briefly on Friday
C The report will not be ready until Thursday.
D The report was finished last Friday.
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[单项选择]A Turn down the volume of the music
B Turn the music off
C Play a different style of music.
D Listen to music in a different room
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[单项选择]A Take it to class
B Put it in her collection
C Take it to the lab
D Leave it with her professor
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[单项选择](Established) in 1948,the State University of New York is the (singly) (largest) University (system) in the United States.
A. Established
B. singly
C. largest
D. system
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[单项选择]A The woman should call Bill to check his schedule.
B The woman should have left for the airport earlier.
C The woman does not need to rush to meet Bill.
D Traffic near the airport could delay the woman’s arrival.
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[单项选择]From colonial times, United States property owners agreed to tax themselves on the theory ...... directly from services that the government could provide.
(a)property owners benefited so that
(b)why property owners benefited
(c)that if property owners benefited
(d)that property owners benefited
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[单项选择]A The new technology used to build roads
B The ability to transport goods over land
C The trade in grain and cotton
D The linking of smaller local roads into one long road
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[单项选择]A Wait until later to eat
B Go to the cafeteria without her
C Bring her some food from the cafeteria
D Meet her at the cafeteria
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[单项选择]A It took a long time to finish the building.
B He was too busy to notice the opening of the hotel.
C He did not know the hotel had a restaurant.
D He would like to meet the woman for brunch next Sunday.
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[单项选择]A She did better on the quiz than the man did.
B She did not have to take the quiz.
C She has not yet received her grade on the quiz.
D She did not do well on the quiz.
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[单项选择]A Paper plates are cheaper than dishes.
B Dishes break more easily than paper plates.
C There is no need to wash any dishes now.
D The woman’s roommate will return soon.
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[单项选择]The technique of spectroscopy allows (analyst) of incoming light after it (has been) separated into (its) component wavelengths (by passage) through a prism.
A. analyst
B. has been
C. its
D. by passage
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[单项选择]A He wants to live off campus.
B There are advantages and disadvantages to living off campus.
C Living space in the dorm is crowded.
D There are only a few apartments available off campus.
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[单项选择]Because of their (rapidly) changing (economically) fortunes, many frontier towns of the American West (underwent) spectacular fluctuations in (population) in the nineteenth century.
A. rapidly
B. economically
C. underwent
D. population
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[单项选择]A Ancient settlers in Asia
B How Buddhism is practiced today
C The spread of Buddhism in Asia
D Why some languages disappear
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[单项选择]Cells,first identified by the early microscopists, began to be considered......in the nineteenth century.
(a)them as microcosm of living organisms
(b)the microcosm of living organisms
(c)the microcosm of living organisms to be
(d)as which, the microcosm of living organisms
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[单项选择]A By flying in circles around a field
B By detecting a chemical signal
C By inspecting individual corn leaves
D By noticing the caterpillar’s coloration
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[单项选择]A He enjoys looking at the flowers.
B He thinks the park is boring.
C He does not like walking with the woman.
D He does not see any trees.
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[单项选择]Twenty thousand years ago a sheet of (ice) a thousand meters (thick) covered the coastal region (which) the cities of Vancouver and Juneau (now are) located.
A. ice
B. thick
C. which
D. now are
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[单项选择]A It has a ribbed shell.
B It has an unusually large valve.
C It was found near the water.
D It is smaller than a mollusc.
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[单项选择]A She is younger than her sister
B she does not spend much time with her sister’s children.
C she does not get along well with her sister
D she no longer resembles her sister.
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[单项选择]Lucy Stone, ...... first feminists in the United States, helped organize the American Woman Suffrage Association in 1869.
(a)the one
(b)who was the
(c)another
(d)one of the
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[单项选择]Portland, ....... ,is located primarily on two hilly peninsulas overlooking Casco Bay and its many island.
(a)which Maine’s largest city
(b)Maine’s largest city where
(c)is Maine’s largest city
(d)Maine’s largest city
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[单项选择]In the late 1800’s ,United States painter Thomas Eakins (develop) a (broad) ,powerful Realist (style that) became (almost) expressionistic in his later years.
A. develop
B. broad
C. style that
D. almost
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[单项选择]A Go to her class.
B Cancel her appointment with the president.
C Ask her professor to excuse her from class.
D Attend the presentation.
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[单项选择]It is said that United Stales literature ...... individuality and identity in the twentieth century, after long imitation of European models.
(a)was achieved
(b)achieved
(c)to achieve
(d)achieving
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[单项选择]A Recently discovered manuscripts
B Similarities among religions
C Methods of analyzing ancient manuscripts
D How ancient manuscripts are preserved
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[单项选择]Like Jupiter, Saturn is a large ,gaseous planet composed......of hydrogen and helium.
(a)it is mostly
(b)mostly
(c)almost
(d)both are almost
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[单项选择](Today), fifty (years after) its construction, the Alaska Highway (conveys) 40,000 vehicles (in normal) year.
A. Today
B. years after
C. conveys
D. in normal
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[单项选择]Duke Ellington’s orchestra,...... his own often complex compositions, made many innovations in jazz.
(a)he played
(b)playing
(c)that it played
(d)was playing
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[单项选择]A She has to quit her job in the laboratory.
B She cut herself while working in the laboratory.
C She enjoys doing laboratory experiments.
D She feels that the man is dedicated to his work too.
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[单项选择]A The class is going to study them.
B They evolved from brachiopods.
C They are similar to brachiopods in appearance.
D They belong to the same species as brachiopods.
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[单项选择]A He has to work with his brother.
B He has no definite plans.
C He usually works on weekends.
D His plants depend on the woman.
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[单项选择]A The advantages of an economy based on farming
B Reasons farmers continued using river transportation
C The role of cotton in the United States economy
D Improved methods of transporting farm crops
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[单项选择]Philosophy tries (to discover) the nature of (true) and knowledge and to find (what is) of basic value and (importance) in life.
A. to discover
B. true
C. what is
D. importance
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[单项选择]A Reduced charges for transporting farm products
B Required payment from vehicles that used their roads
C Made repairs to older roads
D Installed streetlights on roads connecting major cities
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[单项选择]The Pacific Ocean (comprises) (almost the) (entire) (boundary western) of North and South America.
A. comprises
B. almost the
C. entire
D. boundary western
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[单项选择]........ including climate, mineral content, and the permanency of surface water, wetlands may be mossy ,grassy, scrubby, or wooded.
(a)Depending on many factors
(b)Many factors depending on
(c)Factors depending on many
(d)On many factors depending
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[单项选择]Since prehistoric times,artists (have been) arranged colors on surfaces (in ways) (that express) their ideas (about people) ,the world ,and religion.
A. have been
B. in ways
C. that express
D. about people
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[单项选择]A Take some extra time
B Do a writing exercise
C Do some work for another course
D Write the story ending first
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[单项选择]A He has heard the new CD.
B He does not enjoy classical music.
C He is not interested in the CD.
D He rarely listens to music.
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[单项选择]A Reconsider his position later
B Allow the student to miss class
C Lower the student’s grade
D Suggest that the student try to reschedule the operation
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[单项选择]A Orally preserved teachings
B A collection of letters
C A diary
D A scholarly article
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[单项选择]A Buy tickets for the next showing.
B Leave the theater
C Change their seats for a better view
D Ask the couple in front of them to be quiet
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[单项选择]A Find out when the bookstore opens
B Withdraw some cash
C Inquire about a job
D Spend her extra money on books
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[单项选择]A The library closes earlier during the summer.
B The library is closed during summer vacation.
C The library will be open until midnight tonight.
D She does not usually go to the library during the summer.
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[单项选择]A The simplicity of their language
B Their age
C The location of their discovery
D The material they are made of
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[单项选择]Helium is not flammable and, next to hydrogen, is ......
(a)known the lightest gas
(b)lightest the known gas
(c)the lightest gas known
(d)the known gas lightest
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[单项选择]....... widely used in the chemical industry, sodium carbonate is principally consumed by the glass industry.
(a)Despite
(b)Whether
(c)Though
(d)Except for
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[单项选择]A He does not have enough money for the trip yet.
B He is planning to work during spring break.
C The trip is too far off in the future to think about.
D He has changed his mind about going to Canada.
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[单项选择]A There are not very many hotels in the area.
B She stayed at the Clover Inn last month.
C She is not sure the man’s parents would like the Clover Inn.
D It may be too late to get a room at the Clover Inn.
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[单项选择]T.S.Elot, (who) a poet, playwright, (literary) critic, and editor, was (a leader) of the Modemist (movement) in poetry.
A. who
B. literary
C. a leader
D. movement
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[单项选择]The (large) collection of the Williams College Museum of Art (includes) ancient and medieval art ,but (much) exhibits are (modern)or contemporary.
A. large
B. includes
C. much
D. modern
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[单项选择]A Her professor did not like her stow.
B She had trouble finishing her assignment
C she did not like the topic she had chosen for her paper.
D She was taking too many courses.
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[单项选择]A To describe ways pests can damage plants
B To examine the life cycle of caterpillars
C To explain how com plants develop
D To describe how a natural pesticide works
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[单项选择]The term "ice age" refers to any of several periods of time when glaciers covered considerably more of Earth’s surface......
(a)as is today
(b)than today is
(c)than they do today
(d)that today
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[单项选择](Few substances) lock less (alike than )coal and diamonds, yet both (are fashioned) (from same) elemental carbon.
A. Few substances
B. alike than
C. are fashioned
D. from same
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[单项选择]A There is just about enough time to do the job
B The desk has never been so orderly.
C The clock on the desk needs to be set.
D The desk really needs organizing.
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[单项选择]European (settlers) in North America moved from the Atlantic (coast across) 3,000 (miles forests), grasslands, deserts, and mountains (until) they reached the Pacific Ocean.
A. settlers
B. coast across
C. miles forests
D. until
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[单项选择]A She has not applied to any universities yet,
B She will begin university classes in a few weeks.
C She does not know yet if a university will accept her.
D She is too busy to contact the university right now.
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[单项选择]A She admires Steve’s relationship with his father.
B She does not know Steve or his father.
C Her daughter is older than Steve.
D She disagrees with the man.
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[单项选择]Sea horses (usually) live along the shore among seaweed and (other) plants to which they (cling) to by (their tails).
A. usually
B. other
C. cling
D. their tails
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[单项选择]A He has other plans for the evening
B He is looking forward to attending the party.
C He often misses Linda’s parties.
D he wants to know if he should bring anything to the party.
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[单项选择]In this world of (high) technology, it is (easy) to forget that the most important (tools) ever(developed for) learning is still the book.
A. high
B. easy
C. tools
D. developed for
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[单项选择]Anyone with absolute, or perfect, pitch (are) able to identify by ear (any) note at (some)standard pitch or to (sing) a specified note at will.
A. are
B. any
C. some
D. sing
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[单项选择]A The photograph is not good enough to send.
B The photograph was not taken at the Grand Canyon.
C They already sent Mary a photograph of their vacation.
D Sending pictures through the mail is too expensive.
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[单项选择]A He will be happy to share their dessert
B He did not know what time he was supposed to arrive.
C He expected the traffic to be bad.
D He is not upset that they ate lunch.
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[单项选择](The element) potassium (makes up) (less) than one half (percentage) of the human body.
A. The element
B. makes up
C. less
D. percentage
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[单项选择]A He has never seen a fossil that old.
B It could be many millions of years old.
C It is probably a recent specimen.
D He will ask the lab how old it is.
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[单项选择]A Caterpillars chewing on its leaves
B Wasps laying eggs on its leaves
C Pesticides sprayed on its leaves
D Knives cutting its stalk
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[单项选择](Virtually) no disease exists today (for which) there is no drug that can be given, (neither)to cure the disease or to alleviate (its) symptoms.
A. Virtually
B. for which
C. neither
D. its
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[单项选择]Meteorologists can program their computes to scan for a (specific), set of weather criteria, (such as)falling barometric pressure ,(Lincrease) cloud cover ,and rising (humidity).
A. specific
B. such as
C. increase
D. humidity