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托福阅读真题集锦（四）不管是托福考试还是其他的英语考试，阅读是其中很重要的一部分。平时多做托福阅读题目，对正式的托福阅读考试是很有帮助的，当然，选择托福阅读真题便是更好的助攻，因为做真题更能模拟正式的托福阅读考试，大家可以对托福题型和托福阅读难度有个整体的把握。本文为大家整理了一些托福阅读真题，供大家练习。PASSAGE 7As Philadelphia grew from a small town into a city in the first half of the eighteenth century, it became an increasingly important marketing center for a vast and growing agricultural hinterland.Market days saw the crowded city even more crowded, as farmers from within a radius of 24 or more kilometers brought their sheep, cows, pigs, vegetables, cider, and other products for direct sale to the townspeople. The High Street Market was continuously enlarged throughout the period until 1736, when it reached from Front Street to Third. By 1745 New Market was opened on Second Street between Pine and Cedar. The next year the Callowhill Market began operation.Along with market days, the institution of twice-yearly fairs persisted in Philadelphia even after similar trading days had been discontinued in other colonial cities. The fairs provided ameans of bringing handmade goods from outlying places to would-be buyers in the city. Linens and stockings from Germantown, for example, were popular items.Auctions were another popular form of occasional trade. Because of the competition, retail merchants opposed these as well as the fairs. Although governmental attempts to eradicate fairsand auctions were less than successful, the ordinary course of economic development was on the merchants side, as increasing business specialization became the order of the day. Exportmerchants became differentiated from their importing counterparts, and specialty shops began to appear in addition to general stores selling a variety of goods.One of the reasons Philadelphias merchants generally prospered was because the surrounding area was undergoing tremendous economic and demographic growth. They did their business,after all, in the capital city of the province. Not only did they cater to the governor and his circle,but citizens from a