托福考试精选词汇题(4)


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  1. If observations confirm the scientists’ predictions, the theory is supported.

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

  (A) finished

  (B) adjusted

  (C) investigated

  (D) upheld

  2. The ice trade grew with the growth of cities. Ice was used in hotels, taverns, and hospitals, and by some forward-looking city dealers in fresh meat, fresh fish, and butter.

  The phrase "forward-looking" is closest in meaning to which of following?

  (A) progressive

  (B) popular

  (C) thrifty

  (D) well-established

  3. Making an efficient icebox was not as easy as we might now suppose. In the early nineteenth century, the knowledge of the physics of heat, which was essential to a science of refrigeration, was rudimentary.

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

  (A) growing

  (B) undeveloped

  (C) necessary

  (D) uninteresting

  4. Aside from perpetuating itself, the sole purpose of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters is to "foster, assist and sustain an interest" in literature, music, and art.

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

  (A) only

  (B) honorable

  (C) common

  (D) official

  5. One award subsidizes a promising American writer’s visit to Rome. There is even an award for a very good work of fiction that failed commercially-once won by the young John Updike for The Poorhouse Fair and, more recently, by Alice Walker for In Love and Trouble.

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

  (A) assures

  (B) finances

  (C) schedules

  (D) publishes

  6. Committee membership rotates every year, so that new voices and opinions are constantly heard.

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

  (A) alternates

  (B) participates

  (C) decides

  (D) meets

  7. One important line of evidence comes from flaking patterns of stone cores used in tool making: implements flaked with a clockwise motion (indicating a right-handed toolmaker) can be distinguished from hose flaked with a counter-clockwise rotation (indicating a left-handed toolmaker) .

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

  (A) tools

  (B) designs

  (C) examples

  (D) pieces

  8. Even scratches found on fossil human teeth offer clues. Ancient humans are thought to have cut meat into strips by holding it between their teeth and slicing it with stone knives, as do the present-day Inuit.

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

  (A) solutions

  (B) details

  (C) damage

  (D) information

  9. The variation between the hemispheres corresponds to which side of the body is used to perform specific activities. Such studies, as well as studies of tool use, indicate that right-or left-sided dominance is not exclusive to modern Homo sapiens.

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

  (A) differences

  (B) sides

  (C) activities

  (D) studies

  10. Plants are subject to attack and infection by a remarkable variety of symbiotic species and have evolved a diverse array of mechanisms designed to frustrate the potential colonists.

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

  (A) susceptible to

  (B) classified by

  (C) attractive to

  (D) strengthened by

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