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老托福阅读真题PASSAGE83 托福阅读的思维方式就是托福阅读的出题方式，只有掌握了这种思维方式，才有可能在做题之前，预测到新托福阅读题的出题形式和特点，为找答案节省时间。老托福阅读试题的核心价值，在于其最贴近真题的阅读思维方式。此外老托福阅读真题比新托福ibt阅读文章要短，比较容易适应。这也是大家在备考托福的时候非常重要的一点。因为前期的入手如果能从容易的开始，就会形成一个循序渐进的过程方式，让大家的练习有一个提高的过程。 既然老托福阅读试题有这样的效果，那我们如何利用那有限的真题来达到锻炼自己的目的呢？事实上这就一个办法，就是坚持。本期为大家推荐老托福阅读的真题passage83，附有原文及答案，希望对托福考生备考有所帮助。 theeconomicdepressioninthelate-nineteenth-centuryunitedstatescontributedsignificantlytoagrowingmovementinliteraturetowardrealismandnaturalism.afterthe1870s,anumberofimportantauthorsbegantorejecttheromanticismthathadprevailedimmediatelyfollowingthecivilwarof1861-1865andturnedinsteadtorealism.determinedtoportraylifeasitwas,withfidelitytoreallifeandaccuraterepresentationwithoutidealization,theystudiedlocaldialects,wrotestorieswhichfocusedonlifeinspecificregionsofthecountry,andemphasizedthetruerelationshipsbetweenpeople.indoingso,theyreflectedbroadertrendsinthesociety,suchasindustrialization,evolutionarytheorywhichemphasizedtheeffectoftheenvironmentonhumans,andtheinfluenceofscience. realistssuchasjoelchandlerharrisandellenglasgowdepictedlifeinthesouth,hamlingarlanddescribedlifeonthegreatplains,andsarahornejewettwroteabouteverydaylifeinruralnewengland.anotherrealist,bretharte,achievedfamewithstoriesthatportrayedlocallifeinthecaliforniaminingcamps. samuelclemens,whoadoptedthepennamemarktwain,becamethecountrysmost otherwritersbecameimpatientevenwithrealism.pushingevolutionarytheorytoitslimits,theywroteofaworldinwhichacruelandmercilessenvironmentdeterminedhuman fate.thesewriters,callednaturalists,oftenfocusedoneconomichardship,studyingpeoplestrugglingwithpoverty,andotheraspectsofurbanandindustriallife.naturalistsbroughttotheirwritingapassionfordirectandhonestexperience. theodoredreiser,theforemostnaturalistwriter,innovelssuchassistercarrie,grimlyportrayedadarkworldinwhichhumanbeingsweretossedaboutbyforcesbeyondtheirunderstandingorcontrol.dreiserthoughtthatwritersshouldtellthetruthabouthumanaffairs,notfabricateromance,andsisterca