5月25日托福真題機(jī)經(jīng)考試回顧解析

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你認(rèn)為對(duì)長(zhǎng)久的友誼最重要的是？

-對(duì)方能夠出手相助

-對(duì)于重要的事情有相同的興趣和世界觀

-他們完全相信彼此

綜合寫(xiě)作

閱讀：加拿大從沙子當(dāng)中進(jìn)行采油

1. 當(dāng)?shù)厣鐣?huì)發(fā)展

2. 環(huán)保

3. 增加政府稅收

聽(tīng)力反駁：托?？荚?/a>

這題很多同學(xué)會(huì)秒選A，因?yàn)榭吹筋}目問(wèn)進(jìn)化差異的原因直接對(duì)應(yīng)到了第二句說(shuō)是因?yàn)閟ize和internal heating。但是要注意題目問(wèn)的是most可能的原因，第二句話確實(shí)是個(gè)可能的原因，但能否匹配題目問(wèn)的最可能呢？勤奮的人往后看一句就能發(fā)現(xiàn)后面說(shuō)更可能是因?yàn)橐Γτ指嚯x有關(guān)，所以答案應(yīng)該是B。部分托福閱讀題確實(shí)簡(jiǎn)單/送分題，但有時(shí)候太輕易做出來(lái)的話還是需要警惕下。所以如果是采取第二種辦法做題的同學(xué)，除了要就扣題目，還可以改進(jìn)的地方是考點(diǎn)句出現(xiàn)了，再往后讀一句，確保跟考點(diǎn)句沒(méi)什么關(guān)系就可以放心選答案，如果后面的句子跟題目/考點(diǎn)句有關(guān)系的話要么是在解釋前面，不影響答案，要么是在轉(zhuǎn)折對(duì)前面做反駁，這樣看得更全面可以避免被坑。托福閱讀

Three traditional methods of fulling were used: a submerged cloth was beaten with the feet, with the hands. or with clubs. One of these is depicted in an ancient wall painting in Pompeii of a man standing in a trough containing water and pounding a cloth with his feet. These traditional methods were still used in Flanders, Italy, and, for a time England. But then, in the eleventh or twelfth century (historians disagree on the precise date), a new method was introduced: two wooden hammers were attached to a drum and a crank was turned to raise and drop the hammers on the cloth. The real breakthrough came when this device was hooked to a water mill (one probably constructed to grind grain). As a result, a single operator overseeing a series of hammers could perform the work that had previously required a crew of fullers-and he could do it much more quickly too.

According to paragraph 2, which of the following developments had the greatest impact on the efficiency of the fulling industry?

A. Putting an operator in charge of a series of hammers

B. Using water mills in the fulling process

C. Designing fulling machines with hammers and cranks that could be turned by hand

D. Employing a single operator to oversee a crew of fullers

這題跟上一題類似。要注意題目問(wèn)的是最有影響的發(fā)展。a new method那句話前面都是講傳統(tǒng)方式，那句話本身算個(gè)發(fā)展，但體現(xiàn)不出是最有影響的。接著往后看會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)breakthrough突破這個(gè)詞，這不就穩(wěn)了，所以最有影響的發(fā)展是“when this device was hooked to a water mill (one probably constructed to grind grain)”，就是把前面說(shuō)的設(shè)備跟water mill連在一起利用水力，所以選B。其他答案就算不考慮意思跟原文的出入，起碼也是答非所問(wèn)，C的crank出現(xiàn)在new method句，不是最有影響的發(fā)展。A的一個(gè)人管一堆錘子出現(xiàn)在最后一句，但最后一句是發(fā)展帶來(lái)的結(jié)果（as a result），而不是發(fā)展本身。

5月25日托福真題機(jī)經(jīng)考試回顧解析

最后一題更有意思。

Although it was clear to early foresters that suppressing fire would lead to dense thickets of young trees, they felt that this would be a good thing, for reasons that show how their cultural beliefs affected their ecological reasoning. The early twentieth-century United States was a culture that glorified competition. It was commonly believed that competition would produce stronger individuals by eliminating the weak in favor of the mighty. This feeling was encouraged by emerging industrial capitalism and then projected onto the landscape. Foresters reasoned that dense stands of young trees would lead to intense competition for light and water, and that competition in the forest economy, just as in the industrial economy, would create vigorous individuals. Without competition, weaklings would result-or so the foresters reasoned. The opposite turned out to be true, unfortunately. Western conifers --trees with cones and needlelike leaves-do not thin themselves; without fires to thin them, what resulted were not a few big trees but thickets of stunted trees all the same age.

According to paragraph 7, what happened when young trees had to compete intensely for light and water?

A. They developed into stronger mature trees than they would have otherwise.

B. The ones that survived grew more quickly than they would have otherwise.

C. All but a few of them were soon eliminated.

D. They did not develop normally. 托福備考

這題問(wèn)小樹(shù)要競(jìng)爭(zhēng)的后果。會(huì)有同學(xué)定位到這兩句，覺(jué)得答案就出現(xiàn)了：Foresters reasoned that dense stands of young trees would lead to intense competition for light and water, and that competition in the forest economy, just as in the industrial economy, would create vigorous individuals. Without competition, weaklings would result-or so the foresters reasoned. 大概就是說(shuō)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)以后會(huì)有更強(qiáng)的個(gè)體出現(xiàn)，沒(méi)有競(jìng)爭(zhēng)弱的會(huì)留下來(lái)。但是要注意兩個(gè)問(wèn)題，題目問(wèn)的是競(jìng)爭(zhēng)之后會(huì)發(fā)生什么，而這兩句話說(shuō)的是foresters覺(jué)得競(jìng)爭(zhēng)之后發(fā)生的，這些人所認(rèn)知的就一定是對(duì)的，是實(shí)際發(fā)生的嗎？還有注意第二句話作者陰陽(yáng)怪氣的感覺(jué)，or so the foresters reasoned，其實(shí)作者在下一句就開(kāi)始吐槽，說(shuō)不幸的是，正好相反。后面接著說(shuō)沒(méi)有他們想要的大樹(shù)，都是些發(fā)育不好的樹(shù)，所以答案是D。