老真题练习记托福词汇2

　　011. The asphalt at La Brea seeps to the surface, especially in the summer, and forms shallow puddles that would often have been concealed by leaves and dust.

　　The word "concealed" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) highlighted

　　(B) covered

　　(C) transformed

　　(D) contaminated

　　012. The ocean bottom --- a region nearly 2. 5 times greater than the total land area of the Earth --- is a vast frontier that even today is largely unexplored and uncharted, until about a century ago, the deep-ocean floor was completely inaccessible, hidden beneath waters averaging over 3,600 meters deep.

　　The word "inaccessible" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) unrecognizable

　　(B) unreachable

　　(C) unusable

　　(D) unsafe

　　013. The DSDP's drill ship, the Glomar Challenger, was able to maintain a steady position on the ocean's surface and drill in very deep waters, extracting samples of sediments and rock from the ocean floor.

　　The word "extracting" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) breaking

　　(B) locating

　　(C) removing

　　(D) analyzing

　　014. Today, largely on the strength of evidence gathered during the Glomar Challenger's voyages, nearly all earth scientists agree on the theories of plate tectonics and continental drift that explain many of the geological processes that shape the Earth.

　　The word "strength" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) basis

　　(B) purpose

　　(C) discovery

　　(D) endurance

　　015. For every three Canadians in 1945, there were over five in 1966. In September 1966 Canada's population passed the 20 million mark. Most of this surging growth came from natural increase.

　　The word "surging" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) new

　　(B) extra

　　(C) accelerating

　　(D) surprising

　　016. When the prairies were being settled, undoubtedly, the good economic conditions of the 1950's supported a growth in the population, but the expansion also derived from a trend toward earlier marriages and an increase in the average size of families.

　　The word "trend" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) tendency

　　(B) aim

　　(C) growth

　　(D) directive

　　017. After the peak year of 1957, the birth rate in Canada began to decline. It continued falling until in 1966, it stood at the lowest level in 25 years.

　　The word "peak" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) pointed

　　(B) dismal

　　(C) mountain

　　(D) maximum

　　018. Although the growth in Canada's population had slowed down by 1966 (the increase the first half of the 1960's was only nine percent) , another large population wave was coming over the horizon. It would be composed of the children who were born during the period of the high birth rate prior to 1957.

　　The phrase "prior to" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) behind

　　(B) since

　　(C) during

　　(D) preceding

　　019. Advocates of organic foods --- a term whose meaning varies greatly --- frequently proclaim that such products are safer and more nutritious than others.

　　The word "Advocates" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) Proponents

　　(B) Merchants

　　(C) Inspectors

　　(D) Consumers

　　020. There are numerous unsubstantiated reports that natural vitamins are superior to synthetic ones, that fertilized eggs are nutritionally superior to unfertilized eggs, that untreated grains are better than fumigated grains, and the like.

　　The word "unsubstantiated" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) unbelievable

　　(B) uncontested

　　(C) unpopular

　　(D) unverified

 

老真题练习记托福词汇的延伸阅读——托福词汇速记技巧

 

　　一、制定一个严格的2-3个月的背单词计划和有效的利用词汇记忆法，快速背3-5遍词汇书，对单词建立深刻的做题印象。对于要准备TOFEL或GRE考试的同学来说，背单词书是绝对不可回避的。同时对于任何水平的英语学习者来说，当拿起一本厚厚的TOFEL或GRE词汇书时，都将意味着一种挑战，都将意味着对英语学习本质性的提高一个良好开始。

　　考生一般需要花费2--3个月的时间来严格重复记忆单词。在3-5遍之后会对单词的外形与词义有一个最起码的模糊而又有印象的整体感觉。在此之后，考生可以通过题目来加深对词汇的进一步记忆和理解运用。

　　1、首先必须选择合适的词汇书，托福词汇书现在特别多，主要有俞敏洪、李笑来、张红岩、王玉梅的词汇书比较受欢迎。

新托福词汇量相较旧托福的确有所加大，你可以选其中任何一本，比如李笑来的《21天突破TOEFL核心词汇》或王玉梅的《TOEFL词汇》(最新版)，王玉梅的词汇书收录词汇应该是最大的(5000多个单词)，外加电脑软件《新东方背单词4》，这样就比较系统。如果按照每天新背一个list的进度，40天就可以背完第一遍。(但要注意不要放松对旧单词的复习，一定要科学的重复，巩固旧单词的重要性不亚于背新单词)。