1、托福模拟试卷 40及答案与解析 0 Narrator Listen to part of a lecture in a history class. Now get ready to answer the questions. You may use your notes to help you answer. 1 What is the talk mainly about? （ A） How America got the Texas territory. （ B） How America got the Louisiana territory. （ C） How America got t
2、he Oklahoma territory. （ D） How America got the Ohio territory. 2 In the lecture, the professor talks about the benefits of the Louisiana Purchase. Indicate whether each of the following is a benefit in the purchase. Click in the correct box for each benefit. 3 Why does the professor mention Spain?
3、（ A） Because Spain helped America to get Louisiana Territory. （ B） Because Spain once ruled Louisiana territory. （ C） Because Spain prevented America from getting Louisiana. （ D） Because America purchased Louisiana from Spain. 4 Which of the following statements best expresses the benefit the U. S.
4、gained from the Louisiana Purchase? （ A） The U. S. paid France only $ 15 000 000 for the Louisiana Territory. （ B） The U. S. greatly increased its size and natural resources. （ C） The U. S. gained control of New Orleans, which was important for its shipping trade. （ D） The U. S. acquired the Mississ
5、ippi River and as a result enhanced its exploration and transportation. 5 What does the professor mean when he says this? （ A） Lets review the material we just covered. （ B） Lets slow down because were going again in a while. （ C） Lets take a break and start the class again in a while. （ D） Lets mov
6、e on to the next topic. 6 Why does the professor say this? （ A） The students are late to class. （ B） The students are quite clam. （ C） The students must stay after class. （ D） The students are too noisy. 6 Narrator Listen to part of a conversation between a student and a professor. Now get ready to
7、answer the questions. You may use your notes to help you answer. 7 Why does the woman go to see her professor? （ A） She wants to get materials for a class she missed. （ B） She wants to discuss an assignment she is working on. （ C） The professor wants to tell her about her scholarship. （ D） She wants
8、 to inform the professor of changes in her schedule. 8 What is the professors concern about the student? （ A） Her senior project. （ B） Her safety. （ C） Her health. （ D） Her graduation. 9 What will the woman do about her senior project? （ A） Add more focuses to her project. （ B） Put off her project.
9、（ C） Narrow down the topic. （ D） Change the subject. 10 What does the professor imply when he says this? （ A） He is concerned about the topic of her project. （ B） He assures the student that she has plenty of time to finish the project. （ C） He indicates that the student should focus only on a few t
10、ribes. （ D） He encourages the student to write all the tribes and peoples. 11 What does the student mean when she says this? （ A） She was asking whether she should delay the scholarship. （ B） She was asking about how much she could get from this scholarship. （ C） She was asking whether she succeeded
11、 in getting the scholarship or not. （ D） She was asking whether her friend got the scholarship or not. 11 Narrator Listen to part of a talk in a music class. Now get ready to answer the questions. You may use your notes to help you answer. 12 What is the talk mainly about? （ A） Jazz musicians. （ B）
12、The origins of jazz. （ C） The music style of jazz. （ D） The features of jazz. 13 Why does the professor mention the tango of Argentina? （ A） To emphasize the importance of the tango in Argentina. （ B） To explain the music of different countries. （ C） To provide background information for jazz. （ D）
13、To illustrate that every country has its original music. 14 What does the professor NOT mention as an influence of jazz? （ A） Spiritual songs. （ B） Work songs. （ C） Polkas. （ D） The blues. 15 Why does the student mention the African Student Association? （ A） Because some jazz lovers are from the Afr
14、ican Student Association. （ B） Because African music has influenced jazz. （ C） Because the African Student Association once held a jazz concert. （ D） Because the African Student Association plays jazz very well. 16 According to the passage, what quality should a good jazz musician have? （ A） The mus
15、ician should have a solid background in African music and play the drums very well. （ B） The musician should have a systematic knowledge of African music and be good at playing trumpet. （ C） The musician should be knowledgeable about all kinds of music and be good at playing drums. （ D） The musician
16、 should be capable of creating new variations of music without preparation. 17 Why does the professor say this? （ A） The students are supposed to know something about the answer. （ B） He is preparing to review something from the previous lesson. （ C） There is no need to discuss this topic at the mom
17、ent. （ D） He wants to finish the lecture as soon as possible. 17 Narrator Listen to part of a lecture in an archaeology class. Now get ready to answer questions. You may use your notes to help you answer. 18 What does the professor mainly discuss in the lecture? （ A） How fossils are discovered and e
18、xamined. （ B） The importance and preservation of fossils. （ C） How fossils are studied and investigated. （ D） How fossils are used to locate oil and other resources. 19 Which of the following does the professor mention as the benefits of the study of fossils?Clink on 2 answers. （ A） It provides info
19、rmation on how dinosaurs become extinct. （ B） It helps petroleum engineers with the finding of oil. （ C） It helps petroleum engineers to purify oil. （ D） It gives clues to how life originated and evolved. 20 What are the ways of preserving fossils mentioned in the discussion?Clink on 3 answers. （ A）
20、 Fossils can be preserved as moulds. （ B） Fossils can be preserved through cauterization. （ C） Fossils can be preserved through dehydration. （ D） Fossils can be preserved as frozen dead bodies. （ E） Fossils can be preserved in some chemical liquid. 21 What does the professor imply when he says this?
21、 （ A） Because he wants the students to have different opinions from his. （ B） Because he wants to draw the students attention to the answer. （ C） Because he is trying to confuse the students. （ D） Because he thinks that the students do not know the answer. 22 Why does the professor say this? （ A） To
22、 correct something he said earlier. （ B） To explain what he just introduced. （ C） To explain what is wrong with a particular theory. （ D） To remind the students of something discussed earlier. 23 How does the professor introduce fossilization through dehydration? （ A） He provides a detailed explanat
23、ion of how fossilization is formed through dehydration. （ B） He compares the dehydration in fossilization to that in the preservation of mummies. （ C） He gives a very detailed description about the process of dehydration in fossilization. （ D） He explains how fossilization takes place through dehydr
24、ation with many examples. 23 Narrator Listen to part of a discussion in a linguistics class. Now get ready to answer the questions. You may use your notes to help you answer. 24 What is the discussion mainly about? （ A） How bees communicate with each other through dancing. （ B） How monkeys use sign
25、language to communicate. （ C） Whether other animals besides humans have language. （ D） How human communication differs from animal communication. 25 What two dances are mentioned in the discussion about the bees communication? Clink on 2 answers. （ A） A head-wagging dance. （ B） A tail-wagging dance.
26、 （ C） A triangle dance. （ D） A round dance. 26 Which animal can be said to have language if language is defined as a system for exchanging information by making new combinations of symbols? （ A） Dolphins. （ B） Bees. （ C） Lions. （ D） Monkeys. 27 According to the discussion, what can be concluded abou
27、t animal language? （ A） Animals do have language. （ B） No conclusion has been made at present. （ C） Animals do not have language. （ D） Some animals have language and others do not. 28 Why does the professor say this? （ A） To confirm that the answer the students believe is really correct. （ B） To tri
28、ck the students into thinking that it is a really easy question. （ C） To encourage the students to answer quickly. （ D） To show that the answer the students take for granted may not be correct. 29 What can be inferred about the students? （ A） They both disagree with the professors conclusion. （ B） J
29、ennifer has not yet reached a conclusion about whether animals have language or not. （ C） Mike easily convinced Jennifer to change her mind. （ D） They disagree with each other over whether animals have language or not. 29 Narrator Listen to part of a conversation between a student and an advisor. No
30、w get ready to answer the questions. You may use your notes to help you answer. 30 What is the talk mainly about? （ A） The students tuition fee. （ B） The students plan of study. （ C） The students assistantship. （ D） The students insurance. 31 According to the talk, what are core courses? （ A） They a
31、re the important courses students must take. （ B） They are the basic courses students need to take. （ C） They are elective courses students do not have to take for graduation. （ D） They are required courses students have to take so as to graduate. 32 According to the talk, what is the students probl
32、em? （ A） He does not understand the courses he is taking. （ B） He does not know anything about core courses. （ C） He does not have the assistantship. （ D） He has no idea what courses to take. 33 According to the talk, what will happen to the student if he has no assistantship? （ A） His family will p
33、ay for his study. （ B） He will not be able to afford his study. （ C） He can get some scholarship. （ D） He can get some fellowship. 34 What does the advisor mean when he says this? （ A） Its not a very big problem if students dont know anything about core courses. （ B） The student should find out the
34、information about core courses by himself. （ C） The student should know core courses well when the conversation occurs. （ D） Nobody is responsible for telling the student any information about core courses. 一、 Sections Three： Reading Comprehension 34 The Concept of StyleStyle may be defined as the c
35、haracteristic manner of presentation of any art form. We distinguish between the style of a novel and that of an essay, between the style of a cathedral and that of a palace. The word may also indicate the creators personal manner of expression the distinctive flavor that sets one artist apart from
36、all others. Thus we speak of the literary style of Dickens or Shakespeare, the painting style of Picasso or Michelangelo, the musical style of Bach or Mozart. We often identify style with nationality, as when we refer to French, Italian, or German style; or with an entire culture, as when we contras
37、t a Western musical style with one of China, India, or some other region. It is the difference in the treatment of the elements of music that makes one musical work sound similar to or different from another. We have seen that western music is largely a melody-oriented art based on a particular musi
38、cal system from which the underlying harmonies are also built. Relatively speaking, rhythm and meter in western music are based on simpler principles than are melody and harmony. Music of other cultures may sound foreign to our ears and sometimes out of tune because they are based on entirely differ
39、ent musical systems from which they derive their melodic material and many do not involve harmony to any great extent. One important factor in these differing languages of music is the way in which the octave is divided and scales are produced. Complex rhythmic procedures and textures set some world
40、 music apart from western styles, while basic formal considerations such as repetition, contrast, and variation- bring music of disparate cultures closer. In short, a style is made up of all the factors relating to pitch, time, timbre, and expression, creating a sound that each culture recognizes as
41、 its own. Since all art changes from one age to the next, one very important use of the word “style“ is in connecting the various historical periods. The music of each world culture has its own style periods. Focusing on the development of western music we will find that the concept of style enables
42、 us to draw connections between musicians and their time, so that the musical work is placed in its socio-historical frame. No matter how greatly the artists, writers, and composers of a particular era may vary in personality and outlook, when seen in the perspective of time, they turn out to have c
43、ertain qualities in common. Because of this, we can tell at once that a work of art whether music, poetry, painting, sculpture, or architecture dates from the Middle Ages or the Renaissance, from the eighteenth century or the nineteenth. The style of a period, then, is the total art language of all
44、its artists as they react to the artistic, political, economic, religious, and philosophical forces that shape their environment. (A) Scholars will always disagree as to precisely when one style period ends and the next begins.(B) Each period leads by imperceptible degrees into the following one, da
45、tes and labels being merely convenient signposts.(C) The following outline shows the generally accepted style periods in the history of western music.(D) Each represents a concept of form and technique, an ideal of beauty, a manner of expression and performance attuned to the cultural climate of the
46、 period in a word, a style! 350600: Period of the Church Fathers 600850: Early Middle AgesGregorian chant8501150: Romanesque period- development of the staff in musical notation, about 1 000 1150 1450: Late Middle Ages(Gothic period)1450 1600: Renaissance period 1600 1750: Baroque period 1725 1775:
47、Rococo period 17501825: Classical period 1820 1900: Romantic period 1890 1915: Post-Romantic and Impressionist period 1910- 20th century: 35 The word identify in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to_. （ A） define （ B） recognize （ C） relate （ D） orient 36 The word which in Paragraph 2 refers to （ A）
48、western music （ B） a melody-oriented art （ C） the underlying harmonies （ D） a particular musical system 37 In Paragraph 2, the author explains the differences in the treatment of musical elements in order to_. （ A） identify various musical styles of different cultures （ B） explain that each culture
49、has its own distinctive musical style （ C） argue that the most wonderful music in the world is from Western society （ D） describe the processes of differentiating between different musical styles 38 According to Paragraph 2, what makes music of different cultures bear similarities to one another? （ A） How the octave is divided and scales are produced. （ B） The way in which the harmonies of certain music are achieved. （ C） Whether there is the trend of being melody-oriented or not. （ D） The formal qualities of music instead of rhythmic procedu
