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托福阅读题目汇编 智课网整理 阅读典型例题汇编 1. “The cities predicted the future, ” wrote historian Gary B. Nash, “even though they were but overgrown villages compared to the great centers of Europe, the Middle East, and China.” Q: It can be inferred that in comparison with North American cities, cities in Europe, the Middle East, and China had (A) large population (B) little independence (C) frequent social disorder (D) few power sources 类型：（1）引号出现必有考题；（2）正话反说。选（A） (p16,25) 2. But the most spectacular thing about the sea cucumber is the way it defends itself. Q: Of all characteristics of the sea cucumber, which of the following seems to fascinate the author most? (A) What it does when threatened (B) Where it lives (C) How it hides from predators (D) What it eats 类型：最高级 Passage1 (p44,19) 3.Certainly no creature in the sea is odder than the common sea cucumber. Q: Compared with other sea creatures the sea cucumber is very (A) dangerous (B) intelligent (C) strange (D) fat 类型：最高级 Passage1 (p44,20) 4. Most of our knowledge of the earth’s interior comes not from mines or boreholes, but from the study of seismic waves—powerful pulses of energy released by earthquakes. Q: What is today’s richest source of information about the Earth’s interior for geologists? (A) Boreholes (B) Shells (C) Seismic waves (D) Mines 类型：特殊句型必有考题not…but Passage2(P9,44) 5. They had wonderfully convenient features that made them superior to the cultivated eastern grasses. Variously known as buffalo grass, grama grass, or mesquite grass, not only were they immune to drought; but they were actually preserved by the lack of summer and autumn rains. They were not juicy like the cultivated eastern grasses, but had short, hard stems. And they did not need to be cured in a barn, but dried right where they grew on the ground. Q: Which of the following was NOT mentioned as a characteristic of western grasses? (A) They were tough stems (B) They were not affected by dry weather (C) They can be grown indoors (D) They contain litt