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智课网TOEFL备考资料 托福阅读模拟试题及答案解析(一) 摘要： 托福阅读考试着重考察考生的速读理解能力信息定位能力等，想要更好的备考托福阅读一定要多做练习，以下是小编为大家整理的托福阅读模拟试题及答案解析(一)，希望对大家有帮助!  Crafts in the Ancient Near East  Paragraph 1  Some of the earliest human civilizations arose in southern Mesopotamia, in what is now southern Iraq, in the fourth millennium B.C.E. In the second half of that millennium, in the south around the city of Uruk, there was an enormous escalation in the area occupied by permanent settlements. A large part of that increase took place in Uruk itself, which became a real urban center surrounded by a set of secondary settlements. While population estimates are notoriously unreliable, scholars assume that Uruk inhabitants were able to support themselves from the agricultural production of the field surrounding the city, which could be reached with a daily commute. But Uruk’s dominant size in the entire region, far surpassing that of other settlements, indicates that it was a regional center and a true city. Indeed, it was the first city in human history.  Q1 Which of the sentences below best express the essential information in the highlighted sentence in the passage? Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or leave out essential information.  A. Although scholars cannot accurately determine the size of the Uruk population, they know the citizens were not dependent on agriculture.  B. Scholars do not have enough evidence to determine whether the agricultural areas just outside of Uruk were large enough to feed the city’s population  C. Because city populations cannot feed themselves, scholars think the surrounding farms provided food for the people in Uruk  D. Scholars believe that the inhabitants of Uruk were able to support themselves from produce grown in field surrounding the city.  确定句子核心信息  While population estimates are notoriously unreliable, scholars assume that Uruk inhabitants were able to support thems