TOEFL真题.docx

1、TOEFL真题TOEFL真题 为了让大家更好的准备托福考试，给大家整理了托福真题练习,下面就和大家分享，来欣赏一下吧。TOEFL真题1托福阅读文本：Although only 1 person in 20 in the Colonial period lived in a city, the cities had a disproportionate influence on the development of North America. They were at the cutting edge ofsocial change. It was in the cities that the

2、 elements that can be associated with modern capitalism first appeared the use of money and commercial paper in place of barter, open competition in place of social deference and hierarchy, with an attendant rise in social disorder, and the appearance of factories using coat or water power in place

3、of independent craftspeople working with hand tools. The cities predicted the future, wrote historian Gary. B. Nash, even though they were but overgrown villages compared to the great urban centers of Europe, the Middle East and China.Except for Boston, whose population stabilized at about 16,000 in

4、 1760, cities grew by exponential leaps through the eighteenth century. In the fifteen years prior to the outbreak of the War for independence in 1775, more than 200,000 immigrants arrived on North American shores.This meant that a population the size of Boston was arriving every year, and most of i

5、t flowed into the port cities in the Northeast. Philadelphias population nearly doubted in those years, reaching about 30,000 in 1774, New York grew at almost the same rate, reaching about 25,000 by 1775.The quality of the hinterland dictated the pace of growth of the cities. The land surrounding Bo

6、ston had always been poor farm country, and by the mid-eighteenth century it was virtually stripped of its timber. The available farmland was occupied, there was little in the region beyond the city to attract immigrants. New York and Philadelphia, by contrast, served a rich and fertile hinterland l

7、aced with navigable watercourses. Scots, Irish, and Germans landed in these cities and followed the rivers inland. The regions around the cities of New York and Philadelphia became the breadbaskets of North America, sending grain not only to other colonies but also to England and southern Europe, wh

8、ere crippling droughts in the late 1760s created a whole new market.托福阅读题目：1. Which of the following aspects of North America in the eighteenth century does the passagemainly discuss?(A) The effects of war on the growth of cities(B) The growth and influence of cities(C) The decline of farming in are

9、as surrounding cities(D) The causes of immigration to cities2. Why does the author say that the cities had a disproportionate influence on the development ofNorthAmerica (lines 1-2)?(A) The influence of the cities was mostly negative(B) The populations of the cities were small, but their influence w

10、as great.(C) The cities were growing at a great rate.(D) Most people pretended to live in cities3. The phrase in place of in lines 4-5 is closest in meaning to(A) connected to(B) in addition to(C) because of(D) instead of4. The word attendant in line 6 is closest in meaning to(A) avoidable(B) accomp

11、anying(C) unwelcome(D) unexpected5. Which of the following is mentioned as an element of modern capitalism?(A) Open competition(B) Social deference(C) Social hierarchy(D) Independent craftspeople6. It can be inferred that in comparison with North American cities, cities in Europe, the MiddleEast, an

12、d China had(A) large populations(B) little independence(C) frequent social disorder(D) few power sources7. The phrase exponential leaps in line 12 is closest in meaning to(A) long wars(B) new laws(C) rapid increases(D) exciting changes8. The word it in line 15 refers to(A) population(B) size(C) Bost

13、on(D)Year9. How many immigrants arrived in NorthAmerica between 1760 and 1775?(A)About 16,000(B)About 25,000(C)About 30,000(D) More than 200,00010. The word dictated in line 18 is closest in meaning to(A) spoiled(B) reduced(C) determined(D) divided11. The word virtually in line 20 is closest in mean

14、ing to(A) usually(B) hardly(C) very quickly(D) almost completely12. The region surrounding New York and Philadelphia is contrasted with the region surroundingBoston in terms of(A) quality of farmland(B) origin of immigrants(C) opportunities for fishing(D) type of grain grown13. Why does the author d

15、escribe the regions around the cities of New York and Philadelphia asbreadbaskets?(A) They produced grain especially for making bread.(B) They stored large quantities of grain during periods of drought(C) They supplied grain to other parts of North America and other countries.(D) They consumed more grain than all the other regions of NorthAmerica.托福阅读答案：BBDBAACADC DACTOEFL真题2托福阅读文本：Throughout the nineteenth century and into the twent