2000年10月TOEFL试题含答案

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2000年10月TOEFL试题含答案

2000年10月TOEFL试题

Section One: Listening Comprehension Part A

1. (A) She has had the man's calculator since Thursday. (B) The man's calculator is broken. (C) The man may use her calculator.

(D) She'll return the man's calculator onThursday. 2. (A) Buy a different kind of medicine. (B) See a doctor.

(C) Take a second pill.

(D) Avoid taking any medication.

3. (A) He'll go running after his study group meeting. (B) He doesn't agree with the woman about the weather. (C) He doesn't like to go running.

(D) He'll go with the woman this afternoon.

4. (A) Another friend commented on his haircut too. (B) The woman has mistaken him for another person. (C) He decided to try a new barbershop. (D) A different person cut his hair this time.

5. (A) The man shouldn't be surprised at how busy he is. (B) The man should leave more time for his studies. (C) The man should try to find a different job. (D) The bookstore will be hiring more people. 6. (A) The woman should get more sleep.

(B) The woman may be sicker than she realizes. (C) He isn't sick.

(D) He doesn't think the woman is sick. 7. (A) The art museum isn't open today.

(B) The number 42 bus doesn't run on Mondays. (C) The man should wait for the number' 42 bus. (D) She has never taken the bus to the art museum.

8. (A) The man should buy a jacket instead of a suit. (B) The green jacket doesn't fit as well as the blue one. (C) The style of clothing is more important than the color. (D) The man looks better in blue.

9. (A) The woman will get to her class on time. (B) The woman should go to a different counter. (C) He doesn't like sandwiches very much. (D) He's having trouble deciding what to eat. 10. (A) Her sister's train is late.

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大家论坛 www.topsage.com (B) Her sister will visit in three months. (C) She'll have to leave without her sister. (D) She's eager to see her sister.

11. (A) She's pleased they were invited. (B) Susan gave them the wrong directions. (C) They'll probably be late for dinner. (D) Susan's house is probably nearby.

12. (A) Buy some orange juice for the woman. (B) Borrow some money from the woman. (C) Drive the woman to the store.

(D) Pay back money the woman lent him.

13. (A) She hasn't worn the dress in a long time. (B) She doesn't like the dress very much. (C) She intends to give the dress to her sister.

(D) She doesn't remember where her sister bought the dress.

14. (A) She never cleans the apartment. (B) She's doing a report with her roommate. (C) She's too busy to clean the apartment. (D) She doesn't like sharing an apartment. 15. (A) He'll try to finish the novel tonight. (B) He liked the novel very much.

(C) He doesn't remember where he put the novel.

(D) He's looking forward to the next literature assignment. 16. (A) He doesn't like to wake up early in the morning. (B) The woman seems unusually sad.

(C) There's no special reason for his good mood. (D) He wasn't in a good mood when he woke up. 17. (A) Get a ride to the station with the woman. (B) Take the woman to the station.

(C) Borrow the woman's car to go to the station. (D) Drive his car instead of taking the train. 18. (A) Review the assignment by himself.

(B) Wait a few minutes before trying to phone John again. (C) Ask one of John's housemates about the assignment. (D) Go over to John's house.

19. (A) He won't vote for the woman. (B) He may also run for class president.

(C) The woman already asked him for his vote.

(D) The woman should ask his roommate to vote for her. 20. (A) She isn't sure that the author's ideas would work. (B) The author isn't an expert in economics. (C) She has a better theory about the economy.

(D) The author spends too much time arguing about details.

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大家论坛 www.topsage.com 21. (A) She doesn't agree with the man.

(B) The man doesn't need an official grade report. (C) Official copies of grades used to be cheaper. (D) The man should go to a different office. 22. (A) Take her bicycle to the repair shop. (B) Leave her bicycle outside.

(C) Go to work when it stops raining. (D) Check to make sure the garage is dry.

23. (A) Others should hear about the man's accomplishment. (B) The man should avoid talking about his accomplishment. (C) The man's parents helped him gel the scholarship. (D) The man's parents already told her about his scholarship. 24. (A) The course is too difficult, (B) The professor changed his mind. (C) The final exam was cancelled.

(D) The woman misunderstood the professor. 25. (A) The coffee used to taste better.

(B) He's surprised that the woman drinks coffee. (C) He'd rather drink something other than coffee. (D) The coffee tastes the same as before. 26. (A) Come back later in the day. (B) Join the staff meeting. . (C) Wait for the pool to open.

(D) Wait for the competition to begin.

27. (A) He'd like to go to the theater Friday night.

(B) He already has a ticket for the Friday night performance. (C) He doesn't think he can exchange his ticket. (D) He rarely goes to the movies.

28. (A) She took a history class last year. (B) She doesn't trust the man's opinion.

(C) She probably won't take any history classes. (D) She didn't like her sociology professor.

29, (A) The other job wouldn't have paid for her tuition. (B) The woman should have taken the other job offer. (C) The woman should get an advanced degree. (D) Paid tuition is only a small benefit.

30. (A) The man should have signed her up for the class. (B) The man needs to pay more attention in class.

(C) She warned the man not to take an early morning class. (D) She thought the chemistry class was difficult.

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31. (A) To return some business books. (B) To apply for a new library card.

(C) To check out some books from the library (D) To find out where the art books are located.

32. (A) The library assistant thinks he has an overdue book. (B) The books he needs have been checked out by someone else. (C) The library assistant is unable to locate the books that he needs. (D) A library notice was sent to him at his previous address.

33. (A) To explain why he had difficulty finding the library.

(B) To explain why he couldn't have borrowed library books in June. (C) To explain why he doesn't yet have a library card, (D) To explain why he needs assistance in locating a book.

34. (A) The man has mistakenly received someone else's books. (B) The man changed his major from art to business. (C) The man recently moved off campus.

(D) There are two students named Robert Smith. 35. (A) See if he is related to any of the students. (B) Apply for a job as a library assistant. (C) Use his middle name. (D) Use a different library.

36. (A) Its similarities to previous architecture. (B) Its impressive and distinctive features. (C) Methods used in its construction.

(D) How it was preserved for later generations. 37. (A) Public market days. (B) Races and sporting events. (C) Processions of priests. (D) Speeches by politicians.

38. (A) It was removed by an invading army. (B) It broke off when part of the hall collapsed.

(C) It was cut away to let banners pass through the entrance. (D) It was later used in building another temple. 39. (A) Its lighting. (B) Its sound quality. (C) Its air circulation.

(D) Its stability in an earthquake.

Part C

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40. (A) The relationship between physics and philosophy. (B) Ancient Greek beliefs about matter and motion.

(C) The effects of Aristotle's philosophy on current theories of physics. (D) Aristotle's use of fire in scientific experiments. 41. (A) Earth. (B) Water. (C) Air. (D) Fire.

42. (A) Pulling and pushing motions. (B) Throwing motions. (C) Planetary motions.

(D) Natural downward or upward motions. 43. (A) It's pushed away from Earth by fire.

(B) It's trying to return to its natural resting place. (C) It's attracted to other planets. (D) Its main substance is water.

44. (A) To solicit volunteers for Turtle Watch. (B) To give an assignment to a biology class. (C) To warn students not to hurt green turtles.

(D) To describe the nesting and hatching activities of the green turtle. 45. (A) The lights attract predators. (B) They need to save electricity.

(C) The baby turtles are attracted to light. (D) The volunteers use lights for signals. 46. (A) Write a report about their activities. (B) Attend make-up classes with Dr.Webster. (C) Help find turtle eggs before they hatch. (D) Spend two hours working for the project.

47. (A) How people in rural areas preserved food. (B) The construction of icehouses.

(C) An important industry in the nineteenth century.

(D) How improvements in transportation affected industry. 48. (A) Modem technology for the kitchen. (B) Improved transportation systems. (C) Industrial use of streams and rivers.

(D) Increased temperatures in many areas. 49. (A) Only wealthy families had them. (B) They were important to the ice industry. (C) They were built mostly on the east coast. (D) They are no longer in common use. 50. (A) To keep train engines cool.

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大家论坛 www.topsage.com (B) To preserve perishable food.

(C) To store ice while it was being transported.

(D) To lift blocks of ice from frozen lakes and ponds.

Section Two: Structure and Written Expression

1. The role of the ear is acoustic disturbances into neural signals suitable for transmission to the brain. (A) to code

(B) so that coded (C) coded (D) it coding

2. The imagist movement in poetry arose during the second decade of the twentieth century---- against romanticism, (A) when a revolt (B) as a revolt (C) a revolt was (D) that a revolt

3. Virtually species have biological clocks that regulate their metabolism over a 24-hour period.

(A) all there are (B) all (C) all are (D) they all

4. According to United States criminal law, insanity may relieve a person from the usual legal consequences

(A) what his or her acts have (B) of his or her acts are (C) of his or her acts

(D) what of his or her acts

5. In addition to a place where business deals are made, a stock exchange collects statistics, publishes price quotations, and sets rules and standards for trading. (A) being (B) it is

(C) that which (D) where is

6. The first inhabitants of the territories ------Canada came across the Bering Strait and along the edge of the Arctic ice. (A) make up that now (B) make up now that (C) that make up now (D) that now make up

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7. need for new schools following the Second World War that provided the sustained thrust for the architectural program in Columbus, Indiana. (A) Since the (B) To be the (C) The

(D) It was the

8. The soybean contains vitamins, essential minerals, high percentage of protein. (A) a (B) and a (C) since a (D) of which a

9. Hail is formed when a drop of rain is carried by an updraft to an altitude where -----to freeze it.

(A) is the air cold enough (B) the air cold enough (C) the cold enough air (D) the air is cold enough

10. Geometrically, the hyperbolic functions are related to the hyperbola,------the trigonometric functions are related to the circle. (A) just as (B) same (C) similar to (D) and similar

11. , Kilauea is one of the world's most

active volcanoes, having erupted dozens of times since 1952. (A) The big island of Hawaii's location (B) Locates the big island of Hawaii (C) Located on the big island of Hawaii (D) On the big island of Hawaii's location 12. Not until the eighteenth century the complex chemistry of metallurgy (A) when scientists began to appreciate (B) did scientists begin to appreciate

(C) scientists who were beginning to appreciate (D) the appreciation of scientists began

13. 1810, water-powered textile manufacturing arrived in New Hampshire with the founding of a company in Manchester that manufactured cotton and wool. (A) Early

(B) In the early (C) As early as (D) When early

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(D) what she exposes

15. Lichens grow extremely well in very cold parts of the world -------- plants can survive. (A) where few other (B) few others

(C) where do few others (D) there are few others

16．The pear tree has simple, oval leaves that are smoother and shinier than them of the A B C D apple.

17．In the orbit of a planet around the Sun, the point closest to the Sun is called it the A B C D perihelion.

18．In the early 1900’s, Roy Harris created and promoted a distinctly American style of A B C

classical music and greatly influenced a number of composer in the United States. D

19．The eighteenth century witnessed the emergence of North American ports, A

particular Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, as major commercial centers within the B C D British empire.

20．Guitarlike instruments have exist since ancient times, but the first written mention A B C of the guitar itself is from the fourteenth century. D

21．The law of biogenesis is the principle what all living organisms are derived from a A B C parent or parents. D

22．Onyx is a mineral that can be recognized its regular and straight parallel bands of A B C white, black, or brown. D

23．There are as many as 200 million insects for every human beings, and in fact their A B total number exceeds that of all other animals taken together.

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24．Native to South America and cultivated there for thousands of years, the peanut A B

is said to have introduced to North America by early explorers. C D

25．Originally canoes were made by the hollowing out of logs and used were for combat A B C as well as transport. D

26．Among the symptoms of measles, which takes about twelve days to incubate, are a high A B C fever, swelling of glands in the neck, a cough, and sensitive to light. D

27．Ice crystals in a glacier tends to melt and recrystallize within a brief moment of travel A B C D on a downhill glide.

28．Photograph was revolutionized in 1851 by the introduction of the collodion process A B C for making glass negatives. D

29．The piano is a stringed musical instrument in which the strings are strike by A B C felt-covered hammers controlled by a keyboard. D

30．The sounds used in human languages to create meaning consist of small variation in A B air pressure can be sensed by the ear. C D

31．The mountains, especially the Rocky Mountains, formerly constituted a seriously A B

barrier to east-west trade in British Columbia. C D

32．Telescope are frequently used in astronomy to collect light from a celestial object, A B bring the light into focus, and producing a magnified image. C D

33．Diamond is the hardest known substance, so diamond can be cut only by another A B C D diamonds.

34．There are about 350 species and subspecies of birds in danger of become extinct, A B

with a large number of them, 117 in all, found on oceanic islands.

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35．The nineteenth-century romantic movement in art was partially a reaction to what A B C

was perceived as overemphasis on reasonable and order in neoclassicism. D

36．Like triglycerides, cholesterol is a type of fat that is both consumed in the diet but A B C D manufactured by the body.

37．Both the United States silver dollar and half-dollar, first minted in 1794, had a figure A B C of Liberty on one side and a eagle on the reverse side. D

38．For an advertisement to be effective, its production and placement must to be based A B C on a knowledge of human nature and a skilled use of the media. D

39．While photosynthesis in green plants, light energy is captured and used to convert A B C

water, carbon dioxide, and minerals into oxygen and energy-rich organic compounds. D

40．The Democratic Party, the most oldest existing political party in the United States, A B

has played a vital role in the nation’s history. C D Section Three: Reading Comprehension

Questions 1-10

One area of paleoanthropological study involves the eating and dietary habits of hominids, erect bipedal primates—including early humans. It is clear that at some stage of history, humans began to carry their food to central places, called home bases, where it

Line was shared and consumed with the young and other adults. The use of home bases is a

(5) fundamental component of human social behavior; the common meal served at a common hearth is a powerful symbol, a mark of social unity. Home base behavior does not occur among nonhuman primates and is rare among mammals. It is unclear when humans began to use home bases, what kind of communications and social relations were involved, and what the ecological and food-choice contexts of the shift were. Work on early tools,

(10) surveys of paleoanthropological sites, development and testing of broad ecological theories, and advances in comparative primatology are contributing to knowledge about this central chapter in human prehistory.

One innovative approach to these issues involves studying damage and wear on stone tools. Researchers make tools that replicate excavated specimens as closely as possible

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大家论坛 www.topsage.com microscopically distinguishable polishes develop near the edges. The first application of this method of analysis to stone tools that are 1.5 million to 2 million years old indicates that, from the start, an important function of early stone tools was to extract highly

(20) nutritious food—meat and marrow-from large animal carcasses. Fossil bones with cut marks caused by stone tools have been discovered lying in the same 2-million-year-old layers that yielded the oldest such tools and the oldest hominid specimens (including humans) with larger than ape-sized brains. This discovery increases scientists' certainty about when human ancestors began to eat more meat than present-day nonhuman

(25) primates. But several questions remain unanswered: how frequently meat eating occurred; what the social implications of meat eating were; and whether the increased use of meat coincides with the beginnings of the use of home bases.

1. The passage mainly discusses which of the following aspects of hominid behavior? (A) Changes in eating and dietary practices (B) The creation of stone hunting tools (C) Social interactions at home bases

(D) Methods of extracting nutritious food from carcasses

2. According to the passage, bringing a meal to a location to be shared by many individuals is (A) an activity typical of nonhuman primates

(B) a common practice among animals that eat meat (C) an indication of social unity .

(D) a behavior that encourages better dietary habits

3. The word \(A) prepared (B) stored

(C) distributed (D) eaten

4. According to paragraph 2, researchers make copies of old stone tools in order to (A) protect the old tools from being worn out (B) display examples of the old tools in museums (C) test theories about how old tools were used

(D) learn how to improve the design of modern tools

5. In paragraph 2, the author mentions all of the following as examples of ways in which early stone tools were used EXCEPT to (A) build home bases (B) obtain food (C) make weapons (D) shape wood

6. The word \(A) good (B) new (C) simple

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7. The word \(A) issues

(B) researchers (C) tools

(D) specimens

8. The author mentions \(A) decorations cut into wooden objects

(B) differences among tools made of various substances (C) impressions left on prehistoric animal bones (D) indications of wear on stone tools

9. The word \(A) identify (B) remove (C) destroy (D) compare

10. The word \ (A) if (B) how (C) why (D) when

Questions 11-20

In seventeenth-century colonial North America, all day-to-day cooking was done in the

fireplace. Generally large, fireplaces were planned for cooking as well as for warmth. Those in the Northeast were usually four or five feet high, and in the South, they were

Line often high enough for a person to walk into. A heavy timber called the mantel tree was

(5) used as a lintel to support the stonework above the fireplace opening. This timber might be scorched occasionally, but it was far enough in front of the rising column of heat to be safe from catching fire.

Two ledges were built across from each other on the inside of the chimney. On these rested the ends of a \

(10) from a freshly cut tree was used for the lug pole, so it would resist heat, but it had to be replaced frequently because it dried out and charred, and was thus weakened. Sometimes the pole broke and the dinner fell into the fire. When iron became easier to obtain, it was used instead of wood for lug poles, and later fireplaces had pivoting metal rods to hang pots from. (15) Beside the fireplace and built as part of it was the oven. It was made like a small,

secondary fireplace with a flue leading into the main chimney to draw out smoke. Sometimes the door of the oven faced the room, but most ovens were built with the opening facing into the fireplace. On baking days (usually once or twice a week) a roaring fire of \of brown maple sticks, was maintained in the oven until its

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大家论坛 www.topsage.com (20) walls were extremely hot. The embers were later removed, bread dough was put into the oven, and the oven was sealed shut until the bread was fully baked.

Not ai! baking was done in a big oven, however. Also used was an iron \kettle,\which looked like a stewpot on legs and which had an iron lid. This is said to have worked well when it was placed in the fireplace, surrounded by glowing wood embers, with more (25) embers piled on its lid.

11. Which of the following aspects of domestic life in colonial North America does the passage mainly discuss?

(A) Methods of baking bread (B) Fireplace cooking

(C) The use of iron kettles in a typical kitchen (D) The types of wood used in preparing meals

12. The author mentions the fireplaces built in the South to illustrate

(A) how the materials used were similar to the materials used in northeastern fireplaces (B) that they served diverse functions

(C) that they were usually larger than northeastern fireplaces (D) how they were safer than northeastern fireplaces

13. The word \(A) burned (B) cut

(C) enlarged (D)bent

14. The word \(A) the stonework

(B) the fireplace opening (C) the mantel tree

(D) the rising column of heat

15. According to the passage, how was food usually cooked in a pot in the seventeenth century? (A) By placing the pot directly into the fire (B) By putting the pot in the oven (C) By filling the pot with hot water

(D) By hanging the pot on a pole over the fire

16. The word \(A) maintain (B) reinforce (C) manufacture (D) acquire

17. Which of the following is mentioned in paragraph 2 as a disadvantage of using a wooden lug pole?

(A) It was made of wood not readily available. (B) It was difficult to move or rotate. (C) It occasionally broke.

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18. It can be inferred from paragraph 3 that, compared to other firewood, \(A) less smoke (B) more heat (C) fewer embers (D) lower flames

19. According to paragraph 3, all of the following were true of a colonial oven EXCEPT: (A) It was used to heat the kitchen every day. (B) It was built as part of the main fireplace.

(C) The smoke it generated went out through the main chimney. (D) It was heated with maple sticks.

20. According to the passage, which of the following was an advantage of a \(A) It did not take up a lot of space in the fireplace. (B) It did not need to be tightly closed.

(C) It could be used in addition to or instead of the oven. (D) It could be used to cook several foods at one time.

Questions 21-29

Butterflies are among the most extensively studied insects—an estimated 90 percent of the world's species have scientific names. As a consequence, they are perhaps the best group of insects for examining patterns of terrestrial biotic diversity and distribution. Butterflies also have a favorable image with the general public. Hence, they are an excellent group for (5) communicating information on science and conservation issues such as diversity. Perhaps the aspect of butterfly diversity that has received the most attention over the past century is the striking difference in species richness between tropical and temperate regions. For example, in 1875 one biologist pointed out the diversity of butterflies in the Amazon when he mentioned that about 700 species were found within an hour's walk, whereas the total

(10) number found on the British islands did not exceed 66, and the whole of Europe supported only

321. This early comparison of tropical and temperate butterfly richness has been well confirmed.

A general theory of diversity would have to predict not only this difference between

temperate and tropical zones, but also patterns within each region, and how these patterns vary (15) among different animal and plant groups. However, for butterflies, variation of species richness

within temperate or tropical regions, rather man between them, is poorly understood. Indeed, comparisons of numbers of species among the Amazon basin, tropical Asia, and Africa are still mostly \

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In documenting geographical variation in butterfly diversity, some arbitrary, practical

decisions are made. Diversity, number of species, and species richness are used synonymously; little is known about the evenness of butterfly distribution. The New World butterflies make up the preponderance of examples because they are the most familiar species. It is hoped that (25) by focusing on them, the errors generated by imperfect and incomplete taxonomy will be minimized.

21. Which aspect of butterflies does the passage mainly discuss? (A) Their physical characteristics (B) Their names

(C) Their adaptation to different habitats (D) Their variety

22. The word \(A) result

(B) explanation (C) analysis (D) requirement

23. Butterflies are a good example for communicating information about conservation issues because they

(A) are simple in structure

(B) are viewed positively by people (C) have been given scientific names (D) are found mainly in temperate climates

24. The word \ meaning to (A) physical (B) confusing (C) noticeable (D) successful

25. The word \(A) locate (B) allow (C) go beyond (D) come close to

26. All of the following are mentioned as being important parts of a general theory of diversity EXCEPT

(A) differences between temperate and tropical zones (B) patterns of distribution of species in each region (C) migration among temperate and tropical zones

(D) variation of patterns of distribution of species among different animals and plants

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(B) a general theory of butterfly diversity has not yet been firmly established (C) butterflies are affected by human populations

(D) documenting plant species is more difficult than documenting butterfly species

28. Which of the following is NOT well understood by biologists? (A) European butterfly habitats

(B) Differences in species richness between temperate and tropical regions (C) Differences in species richness within a temperate or a tropical region (D) Comparisons of behavior patterns of butterflies and certain animal groups 29. The word \(A) requested (B) caused (C) assisted (D) estimated

Questions 30-40

According to anthropologists, people in preindustrial societies spent 3 to 4 hours per day or about 20 hours per week doing the work necessary for life. Modern comparisons of the amount of work performed per week, however, begin with the Industrial Revolution

Line (1760-1840) when 10- to 12-hour workdays with six workdays per week were the norm.

(5) Even with extensive time devoted to work, however, both incomes and standards of living were low. As incomes rose near the end of the Industrial Revolution, it became increasingly common to treat Saturday afternoons as a half-day holiday. The half holiday had become standard practice in Britain by the 1870's, but did not become common in the United States until the 1920's.

(10) In the United States, the first third of the twentieth century saw the workweek move

from 60 hours per week to just under 50 hours by the start of the 1930' s. In 1914 Henry Ford reduced daily work hours at his automobile plants from 9 to 8. In 1926 he announced that henceforth his factories would close for the entire day on Saturday. At the time, Ford received criticism from other firms such as United States Steel and Westinghouse, but the (15) idea was popular with workers.

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(25) per year in Japan in 1989 was 2,088 hours per worker, compared to 1,957 for the United States and 1,646 for France.

30. What does the passage mainly discuss?

(A) Why people in preindustrial societies worked few hours per week

(B) Changes that have occurred in the number of hours that people work per week (C) A comparison of the number of hours worked per year in several industries (D) Working conditions during the Industrial Revolution

31. Compared to preiudustrial times, the number of hours in the workweek in the nineteenth century

(A) remained constant (B) decreased slightly (C) decreased significantly (D) increased significantly

32. The word \(A) minimum. (B) example (C) possibility (D) standard

33. The word \(A) in the end

(B) for a brief period (C) from that time on (D) on occasion

34. The \(A) the 60-hour workweek

(B) the reduction in the cost of automobiles

(C) the reduction in the workweek at some automobile factories (D) the criticism of Ford by United States Steel and Westinghouse

35. What is one reason for the change in the length of the workweek for the average worker in the United States during the 1930's?

(A) Several people sometimes shared a single job.

(B) Labor strikes in several countries influenced labor policy in the United States. (C) Several corporations increased the length of the workweek. (D) The United States government instituted a 35-hour workweek.

36. Which of the following is mentioned as one of the purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ?

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大家论坛 www.topsage.com (A) To discourage workers from asking for increased wages (B) To establish a limit on the number of hours in the workweek

(C) To allow employers to set the length of the workweek for their workers (D) To restrict trade with countries that had a long workweek

37. The word \(A) required

(B) recommended (C) eliminated (D) considered

38. The word \(A) unmatched (B) irregular (C) unnecessary (D) unchangeable

39. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as evidence that the length of the workweek has been declining since the nineteenth century? (A) The half-day holiday (line 7) (B) Henry Ford (lines 11-12)

(C) United States Steel and Westinghouse (line 14) (D) German metalworkers (line 21)

40. According to the passage, one goal of the Japanese government is to reduce the average annual amount of work to (A) 1,646 hours (B) 1,800 hours (C) 1,957 hours (D) 2,088 hours

Questions 41-50

The Arts and Crafts Movement in the United States was responsible for sweeping changes in attitudes toward the decorative arts, then considered the minor or household arts. Its focus on decorative arts helped to induce United Slates museums and private

Line collectors to begin collecting furniture, glass, ceramics, metalwork, and textiles in the

(5) late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The fact that artisans, who were looked on as mechanics or skilled workers in the eighteenth century, are frequently considered artists today is directly attributable to the Arts and Crafts Movement of the nineteenth century. The importance now placed on attractive and harmonious home decoration can also be traced to this period, when Victorian interior arrangements were revised to (10) admit greater light and more freely flowing spaces.

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(15) Victorians agreed that art was an essential moral ingredient in the home environment, and in many middle- and working-class homes craft was the only form of art, Ruskin and his followers criticized not only the degradation of artisans reduced to machine operators, but also the impending loss of daily contact with handcrafted objects, fashioned with pride, integrity, and attention to beauty.

(20) In the United States as well as in Great Britain, reformers extolled the virtues of

handcrafted objects: simple, straightforward design; solid materials of good quality; and sound, enduring construction techniques. These criteria were interpreted in a variety of styles, ranging from rational and geometric to romantic or naturalistic. Whether abstract, stylized, or realistically treated, the consistent theme in virtually all Arts and Crafts (25) design is nature.

The Arts and Crafts Movement was much more than a particular style; it was a philosophy of domestic life. Proponents believed that if simple design, high-quality materials, and honest construction were realized in the home and its appointments, then the occupants would enjoy moral and therapeutic effects. For both artisan and consumer,

(30) the Arts and Crafts doctrine was seen as a magical force against the undesirable effects of industrialization.

41. The passage primarily focuses on nineteenth-century arts and crafts in terms of which of the following?

(A) Their naturalistic themes

(B) Their importance in museum collections (C) Their British origin

(D) Their role in an industrialized society

42. According to the passage, before the nineteenth century, artisans were thought to be (A) defenders of moral standards (B) creators of cheap merchandise (C) skilled workers (D) artists

43. It can be inferred from the passage that the Arts and Crafts Movement would have considered ail of the following to be artists EXCEPT (A) creators of textile designs

(B) people who produce handmade glass objects

(C) operators of machines that automatically cut legs, for furniture (D) metalworkers who create unique pieces of jewelry 44. The word \(A) respected (B) described (C) avoided (D) created

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(A) made by members of the family

(B) the least expensive objects in their homes (C) regarded as being morally uplifting (D) thought to symbolize progress

46. The word \(A) exposed (B) praised (C) believed (D) accepted

47. The author mentions all of the following as attributes of handcrafted objects EXCEPT (A) the pride with which they were crafted (B) the complexity of their design (C) the long time that they lasted (D) the quality of their materials

48. The word \(A) conservative (B) considerable (C) constant (D) concrete

49. According to the passage, which of the following changes occurred at the same time as the Arts and Crafts Movement?

(A) The creation of brighter and more airy spaces inside homes (B) The rejection of art that depicted nature in a realistic manner (C) A decline of interest in art museum collections (D) An increase in the buying of imported art objects

50. Which of the following statements is supported by the passage?

(A) Private collectors in the nineteenth century concentrated on acquiring paintings.

(B) The Arts and Crafts Movement in the United States, unlike the one in Britain, did not react strongly

against mechanized processes.

(C) Handcrafted objects in the United States and Britain in the nineteenth century did not use geometric designs.

(D) The Arts and Crafts Movement believed in the beneficial effect for people from being surrounded by beautiful objects. 0010

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