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8-5 98 年 5 月托福听力试题 A 1. (A) She doesn't want to waste her film. (B) She already took a picture of the mountains. (C) She doesn't have any more film. (D) She doesn't know how to use the camera. 2. (A) Their food will arrive shortly. (B) He'll take their order soon (C) He'll ready to take their order (D) They'll have to wait for a table 3. (A) Borrow the woman's car keys. (B) She doesn't like her school (C) She has adapted easily to her new school (D) She spends most of her free time at school. 4. (A) She doesn't spend much lime with her friends. (B) She doesn't like her school. (C) She has adapted 'easily to her new school. (D) She spends most of her free time at school. 5. (A) Writing an article. (B) Studying for a chemistry test. (C) Shopping for shoes. (D) Reading a magazine. 6. (A) She's watching the cars go by. (B) The man should feel well soon. (C) She prefers to keep busy. (D) The man works harder than she does. 7. (A) Change his diet. (B) Take a different kind of medicine. (C) Ask another doctor about the prob1em. (D) Do special knee exercises. 8.(A) Ask a friend for the name of a hair stylist. (B) Get her hair cut at 12:00. (C)Make an appointment with someone else. (D)Call another hair salon. 9.(A) He doesn't have time to read. (B) He has no reading preferences. (C) He doesn't read the same kinds of books as the woman. (D) He likes to write essays on social topics. 10.(A) Call a repair person soon. (B) Ask the man to fix her refrigerator. (C) Find a book on how to make repairs. (D) Wait to see if the problem disappears. 11.(A) He received a good evaluation. (B)He had a fight with his boss. For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc atwww.tailieuduhoc.org (C)He's looking forward to meeting with his supervisor. (D)He's always in a good mood. 12. (A) She needs a new hat and gloves. (B) The weather will continue to be cold. (C) She doesn't know what the weather will be like tomorrow. (D) She doesn't know where the man put his winter clothes. 13. (A) Cancel his appointments. (B) Reschedule one of his appointments. (C) Prepare for the meeting at breakfast. (D) Keep both meetings short. 14.(A) The woman shouldn't wear jeans. (B) They shouldn't dress too much alike. (C) They shouldn't dress too informally. (D) The man is looking for a new jacket.' 15. (A) He doesn't spend enough lime studying. (B)He doesn't think the weather is nice." (C) He'd prefer not to walk to class. (D) He has little time for outdoor activities. 16 .(A) She has gotten behind in her work. (B) Her computer is the latest model (C) She keeps her computer at home (D) She doesn't have a computer. 17.(A) Ask Joan to recommend mend a good restaurant. (B) Eat dinner at Joan's house. (C) Ask their friends about the restaurant. (D) Go to the restaurant. 18.(A) His brother is younger than he is. (B) He and his brother went to different schools. (C) He doesn't like his brother. (D) He and his brother are different. 19.(A) He has already been to the gym. (B) He wants to go with the woman. (C) His gym bag is the gym. (D) He'd rather go after dinner. 20.(A) The woman shouldn't make him feel bad. (B)The woman should help him write a report. (C)He doesn't want to take the woman out. (D)He feels responsible for the woman's mood. 21.(A) She'd rather not discuss her problems. (B)She has been healthy. (C)It's hard for her to explain her problems. (D)She's sorry she didn't come back sooner. 22. (A) She only wanted four of them. (B) She put them in alphabetical order. (C) Don sells them. For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc atwww.tailieuduhoc.org (D) Don placed the order for them. 23. (A) He's a member of the faculty. (B) His parking permit expired. (C) He parked in the wrong place by mistake. (D) He has never parked In Lot 3. 24. (A) The man's resume is very short. (B) The man has made many revisions to his resume. (C) The woman is' not impressed by the man's resume. (D) The printer is not working properly. 25. (A) He's opposed to the tuition increase. (B) He wasn't able to attend the protest rally. (C) He works for the student newspaper. (D) He rarely reads the newspaper. 26.(A) It's the longest report she's ever written. (B) She's only halfway done with it. (C) She'll finish it in two weeks. (D) She has spent less time on it than the man thinks. 27. (A) Make a list of what she needs to do. (B) Schedule an eye exam without delay. (C) Order an appointment book. (D) Get over her fear of eye doctors. 28. (A) Professor Smith hasn't arrived yet. (B) She's sorry she's late. (C) She doesn't know if anyone called. (D) She'll call Professor Smith in a few minutes. 29. (A) Count her money. (B) Go to the seminar with the man. (C) Help the man learn to manage his money. (D) Pay for the seminar. 30. (A) She never keeps other people waiting. (B) She wanted the man to help her with her assignment. (C) She's upset that the man didn't tell her he'd be late. (D) She's glad that the man phoned her. 31. (A) She 'doesn't Want to pay the late fee. (B) She was given incorrect information. (C) She can't afford to pay her tuition. (D) She didn't pass her mathematics class last semester. 32. (A) The director couldn't give her an appointment right away. (B) The office was closed the first time she went. (C) The computer were out of service the first time she was there. (D) She did not have acceptable identification with her on her first visit. 33. (A) Her prior schooling. (B) Her residence. (C) Her age. (D) Her driving record. For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc atwww.tailieuduhoc.org 34. (A) The director probably isn't able to make an exception. (B) The director probably won't see her. (C) The director usually isn't very helpful. (D) Part-time students aren't the director's responsibility. 35. (A) A chemistry assignment, (B) A study that their chemistry professor did. (C) A class that the woman is taking. (D) A job possibility. 36. (A) She wants to quit her job in the chemistry lab. (B) She wants to get practical experience. (C) She's interested in becoming a psychology major,. (D) She wants to earn extra money. 37. (A) Employ them as lab assistants. (B) Teach classes at their high school. (C) Help them with their studies. (D) Pay them for participating in the study. 38. (A) Write their lab reports. (B) Find out Professor Smith's schedule. (C) Interview some high school students. (D) Finish their chemistry experiment. 39. (A) How the museum preserves Native American artifacts. (B) The rituals of the Hohokam people. (C) Methods used by the Hohokam for creating pottery. (D) Artistic designs of Native American pottery. 40. (A) To introduce a speaker to a group. (B) To provide background information for a special exhibit. (C) To describe an upcoming video presentation. (D) To introduce a lecture series. 41.(A) They sold it to art collectors. (B) They used it for cooking and storage. (C) They displayed it for decoration. (D) They used it to display new tools. 42. (A) Special tools were used to shape the clay. (B) It was created on pottery wheels. (C) The clay was placed in molds. (D) Each person was responsible for a particular part of the process. 43.(A) The problems caused by the Revolutionary War. (B) How some people became rich in the late 1700's. (C) The importance of providing for a tax system in the Constitution. (D) Motives for creating the United States Constitution. 44. (A) Tax collectors. (B) The wealthy. (C) Soldiers. (D) State officials. For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc atwww.tailieuduhoc.org 45.(A) They are not influenced by government policy. (B) They are opinions that have no basis in fact. (C) They are affected by the conditions of the time in which they are written. (D) They would be more accurate if historians followed one ideology. 46. (A) How birds learn to build nests. (B) Why birds lay eggs. (C) How birds' nests have evolved (D) Why some birds' nests are considered primitive. 47. (A) Their flying ability improved greatly. (B) They became warm-blooded. (C) They began to lay eggs. (D) They changed their migration patterns. 48. (A) On the ground. (B) In cold places. (C) On the highest branches of trees (D) Inside tree trunks. 49. (A) A primitive type of nest. (B) An elevated nest. (C) A typical cup-shaped nest. (D) A nest of twigs and branches. 50. (A) To avoid predators. (B) To expose tile eggs to stronger sunlight. (C) To have a better view of predators. (D)To save labor. For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc atwww.tailieuduhoc.org 98 年 5 月托福语法试题 B 1. --- a major role in future planetary exploration. (A) Robots will surely play (B) Robots, which will surely play (C) Because robots will surely be playing (D) Surely robots, which will be playing 2. Unlike the owl, bats cannot see very well, but they do have---. (A) it hears very well (B) very good to hear (C) tearing very well (D) very good hearing 3. Comparatively few clues in the United Slates have competing newspapers today, a major change from 1900 --- more than two newspapers. (A) because then most large cities having (B) when did most large cities have (C) then most large cities that had (D) when most large cities had 4. Witch hazel extract, --- distilled from the bark and twigs of the witch hazel shrub, has been utilized in medicine. (A) is (B) when to be (C) which is (D) has been 5. --- touching in O. Henry's stories is the gallantry with which ordinary people struggle to maintain their dignity. (A) Most is (B) It mostly is (C) Is it most (D) What is most 6. The face of the Moon is changed by collisions with meteoroids, --- new craters to appear. (A) cause (B) causing (C) caused (D) have cause 7. Social scientists believe that --- from sounds such as grunts and barks made by early ancestors of human beings. (A) the very slow development of language (B) language developed very slowly (C) language which,, was very slow to develop (D) language, very slowly developing 8. --- substances include various forms of silica, pumice, and emery. (A) Natural abrasives occur (B) Abrasion occurs in natural (C) Naturally occurring abrasive (D) A natural occurrence of abrasion For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc atwww.tailieuduhoc.org 9. --- in the upper part of their long1 thin legs all9w deer to run swiftly and jump far. (A) Muscles are powerful (B) There are powerful muscles (C) The powerful muscles that (D) Powerful muscles 10. Geophysicists have collaborated with archaeologists and anthropologists to study the magnetic properties of pottery and fireplaces at sites ----- by early humans. (A) occupied (B) occupying (C) which occupy (D) were occupied 11. --- technically proficient; it also explores psychological questions. (A) Not only is Barbara Astman's artwork (B) Not only Barbara Asiman's artwork (C) Barbara Astman1s artwork,, which is not only (D) Barbara Astman's artwork not only 12. Although Canada's Parliament can neither administer or enforce laws initiate policy, it does have the power to make laws and vote on the allocation of funds. (A) not (B) nor (C) and (D)either 13. Willa Cather considered her novel of life in nineteenth-century Nebraska, My Antonia,--- (A) was her best work (B) her best work (C) her best work it was (D) being her best work 14.First designated in 1970, Earth Day has become an annual international event concerns about environmental issues such as pollution. (A) dedicated to raising (B) dedicated raising (C) dedicates to raise (D) that dedicates to raising 15. In 1992 Albert Gore, Jr., the son of a former United States senator, became Vice President of the United States. (A) who was the forty-fifth (B) and the forty-fifth (C) the forty-fifth (E) he was the forty-fifth 16. Although Christopher Columbus failed in his original goal, the discoveries he A B did make were as Important than the route to Asia he expected to find. C D 17. Martha Graham, a leading figure in modern dance, made she debut in A B C 1920 with the Denishawn School. D 18. In the United States, the federal government is responsible to regulating the For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc atwww.tailieuduhoc.org A B working conditions in factories. C D 18. Jupiter is a gaseous planet with. an atmosphere composed most of A B C hydrogen and helium. D 20. Throughout her career Georgia O'Keeffe paid meticulous attention to her craft; A B her brushes were always clean, her colors fresh and brightness. C D 21. Hydrogen the nine most abundant element in the Earth's crust, is an odorless, A B C colorless, and tasteless gas. D 22. Salamanders are frequently to be find in moist, wooded areas. A B C D 23. Steam engines have been replaced in most cases by more economical and A B C efficiency devices, such as the electric motor. D 24. Traditionally, the Fourth of July is celebrated in the United States with political A B speeches, picnics, and most important of all, a displayed of fireworks at night. C D 25. The style of used in cartoon animation range from relatively realistic A B C representations of everyday life to the most romantic and impossible fantasy. D 26. Ordinary beaver dams vary in length from a few feet to a hundred feel or A B C more than. D 27. In the United State, presidential elections are held once every four year. A B C D 28.Except of the freehand toe, the feet of the gull are fully webbed. A B C D 29. Teaching machines are devices that can store instructionally information, A present displays, receive responses from a learner, and act on those responses. B C. D 30. Challotte Perkins Gilman Is known primarily as an author of short stories, A B but she also wrote an influential book argued for equal economic opportunities for C D women. For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc atwww.tailieuduhoc.org 31. In some areas of the United States, unfavorable climate or soil make farming A B C an impossible task. D 32. Naturalists have identified at least four hundred of species of mammals and A B six hundred types of birds in the state of California. C D 33. Instead of tooth, the blue whale has a row of bony plates in its mouth A B C that functions as a food-collecting device. D 34. Murres are black-and-white driving birds that mate every five or six years and A lay only a single egg at time. B C D 35. A bar code consists a pattern of lines and bars that a computer can translate A B C into information. D 36. Hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly to backwards. A B C D 37. Fluorine, a greenish-yellow gas that is slightly heavy than air is poisonous A B C and corrosive and has a penetrating and disagreeable odor. D 38. The Everglades, a large swamp area is an unique wilderness extending over A B C much of southern Florida. D 39. Each year millions of tons of fertile topsoil that could produce good crops A B C washed away by rains. D 40. Since the 1950's, folk' music has had a significant influence on many popular A B C D vocal and instrumental music. For more material and information, please visit Tai Lieu Du Hoc atwww.tailieuduhoc.org 98 年 5 月托付阅读试题 C Questions 1-11 Before the 1500's, the western plains of North America were dominated by farmers. One group, the Mandans, lived in the upper Missouri River country, primarily in present-day North Dakota. They had large villages of houses built close together. The tight arrangement enabled the Mandans to protect themselves more easily from the attacks of others who might seek to obtain some of the food these highly capable farmers stored from one year to the next. The women had primary responsibility for the fields. They had to exercise considerable skill to produce the desired results, for their northern location meant fleeting growing seasons. Winter often lingered; autumn could be ushered in by severe frost. For good measure, during the spring and summer, drought, heat, hail, grasshoppers, and other frustrations might await the wary grower. Under such conditions, Mandan women had to grow maize capable of weathering adversity. They began as early as it appeared feasible to do so in the spring. clearing the land, using fire to clear stubble from the fields and then planting. From this point until the first green corn could be harvested, the crop required labor and vigilance. Harvesting proceeded in two stages. In August the Mandans picked a smaller amount of the crop before it had matured fully. This green corn was boiled, dried, and shelled, with some of the maize slated for immediate consumption and the rest stored in animal-skin bags. Later in the fall, the people picked corn. They saved the best of the harvest for seeds or for trade, with the remainder eaten right away or stored for later use in underground reserves. With appropriate banking of the extra food, the Mandans protected themselves against the disaster of crop failure and accompanying hunger. The women planted another staple, squash, about the first of June, and harvested it near the time of the green corn harvest. After they picked it, they sliced it, dried it, and strung the slices before they stored them. Once again, they saved the seed from the best of the year's crop. The Mandans also grew sunflowers and tobacco; the latter was the particular task of the old men. 1. The Mandans built their houses close together in order to (A) guard their supplies of food (B) protect themselves against the weather (C) allow more room for growing corn (D) share farming implements 2. The word "enabled" in line 4 is closest in meaning to (A)covered (B) reminded (C)helped (D)isolated 3.The word "considerable" in line 8 is closest in meaning to (A) planning (B) much (C) physical (D) flew 4.Why does the author believe that the Mandans were skilled farmers? (A) They developed effective fertilizers. (B) They developed new varieties of corn. (C) They could grow crops in most types of soil. (D) They could grow crops despite adverse weather. 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