精选托福词汇模拟题

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精选托福词汇模拟题

TOEFL词汇模拟题精选系列一

001. Most of these leaders were involved in public life as reformers, activists working for women's right to vote, or authors, and were not representative at all of the great of ordinary women.

The word \

(A) typical

(B) satisfied

(C) supportive

(D) distinctive

002. In the United States, Louis Comfort Tiffany (1843-1933) was the most noted exponent of this style, producing a great variety of glass forms and surfaces, which were widely copied in their time and are highly prized today.

The word \

(A) valued

(B) universal

(C) uncommon

(D) preserved

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003. The Art Nouveau style was a major force in the decorative arts from 1895 until 1915, although its influence continued throughout the mid-1920's. It was eventually to be overtaken by a new school of thought known as Functionalism that had been present since the turn of the century.

The word \

(A) surpassed

(B) inclined

(C) expressed

(D) applied

004. During most of their lives, surge glaciers behave like normal glaciers, traveling perhaps only a couple of inches per day. However, at intervals of 10 to 100 years, these glaciers move forward up to 100 times faster than usual.

The word \

(A) records

(B) speeds

(C) distances

(D) periods

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001 A

002 A

003 A

004 D

TOEFL词汇模拟题精选系列二

005. The increasing water pressure under the glacier might lift it off its bed, overcoming the friction between ice and rock, thus freeing the glacier, which rapidly sliders downhill surge glaciers also might be influenced by the climate, volcanic heat, or earthquakes.

The word \

(A) pushing

(B) releasing

(C) strengthening

(D) draining

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006. A flood of ice would then surge into the Southern Sea. With the continued rise in sea level, more ice would plunge into the ocean, causing sea levels to rise even higher, which in turn would release more ice and set in motion a vicious cycle.

The word \

(A) drop

(B) extend

(C) melt

(D) drift

007. Group members look to instrumental leaders to \Expressive leadership, on the other hand, is leadership that emphasizes the collective well-being of a social group's members.

The word \

(A) necessary

(B) typical

(C) group

(D) particular

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008. They offer sympathy when someone experiences difficulties or is

subjected to discipline, are quick to lighten a serious moment with humor, and try to resolve issues that threaten to divide the group.

The word \

(A) avoid repeating

(B) talk about

(C) avoid thinking about

(D) find a solution for

005 B

006 A

007 C

008 D

TOEFL词汇模拟题精选系列三

009. Thousands of tons were extracted before 1875, when it was first noticed that the tar contained fossil remains. Major excavations were undertaken that established the significance of this remarkable site.

The word \

(A) predicted

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(B) announced

(C) corrected

(D) observed

010. Since then, over 100 tons of fossils, 1.5 million from vertebrates, 2.5 million from invertebrates, have been recovered, often in densely concentrated tangled masses.

The word \

(A) buried beneath

(B) twisted together

(C) quickly formed

(D) easily dated

011. The asphalt at La Brea seeps to the surface, especially in the summer, and forms shallow puddles that would often have been concealed by leaves and dust.

The word \

(A) highlighted

(B) covered

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(C) transformed

(D) contaminated

012. The ocean bottom --- a region nearly 2. 5 times greater than the total land area of the Earth --- is a vast frontier that even today is largely unexplored and uncharted, until about a century ago, the deep-ocean floor was completely inaccessible, hidden beneath waters averaging over 3,600 meters deep.

The word \

(A) unrecognizable

(B) unreachable

(C) unusable

(D) unsafe

009 D

010 B

011 B

012 B

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TOEFL词汇模拟题精选系列四

013. The DSDP's drill ship, the Glomar Challenger, was able to maintain a steady position on the ocean's surface and drill in very deep waters, extracting samples of sediments and rock from the ocean floor.

The word \

(A) breaking

(B) locating

(C) removing

(D) analyzing

014. Today, largely on the strength of evidence gathered during the Glomar Challenger's voyages, nearly all earth scientists agree on the theories of plate tectonics and continental drift that explain many of the geological processes that shape the Earth.

The word \

(A) basis

(B) purpose

(C) discovery

(D) endurance

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015. For every three Canadians in 1945, there were over five in 1966. In September 1966 Canada's population passed the 20 million mark. Most of this surging growth came from natural increase.

The word \

(A) new

(B) extra

(C) accelerating

(D) surprising

016. When the prairies were being settled, undoubtedly, the good economic conditions of the 1950's supported a growth in the population, but the expansion also derived from a trend toward earlier marriages and an increase in the average size of families.

The word \

(A) tendency

(B) aim

(C) growth

(D) directive

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013 C

014 A

015 C

016 A

TOEFL词汇模拟题精选系列五

017. After the peak year of 1957, the birth rate in Canada began to decline. It continued falling until in 1966, it stood at the lowest level in 25 years.

The word \

(A) pointed

(B) dismal

(C) mountain

(D) maximum

018. Although the growth in Canada's population had slowed down by 1966 (the increase the first half of the 1960's was only nine percent) , another large population wave was coming over the horizon. It would be composed of the children who were born during the period of the high birth rate prior to 1957.

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The phrase \

(A) behind

(B) since

(C) during

(D) preceding

019. Advocates of organic foods --- a term whose meaning varies greatly --- frequently proclaim that such products are safer and more nutritious than others.

The word \

(A) Proponents

(B) Merchants

(C) Inspectors

(D) Consumers

020. There are numerous unsubstantiated reports that natural vitamins are superior to synthetic ones, that fertilized eggs are nutritionally superior to unfertilized eggs, that untreated grains are better than fumigated grains, and the like.

The word \

(A) unbelievable

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(B) uncontested

(C) unpopular

(D) unverified

017 D

018 D

019 A

020 D

TOEFL词汇模拟题精选系列六

021. But in many cases consumers are misled if they believe organic foods can maintain health and provide better nutritional quality than conventionally grown foods. So there is real cause for concern if consumers, particularly those with limited incomes, distrust the regular food supply and buy only expensive organic foods instead.

The word \

(A) improve

(B) monitor

(C) preserve

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(D) restore

022. In addition, there were performers and since considerable importance was attached to avoiding mistakes in the enactment of rites, religious leaders usually assumed that task.

The word \

(A) thoughtful

(B) substantial

(C) relational

(D) ceremonial

023. In addition, there were performers and since considerable importance was attached to avoiding mistakes in the enactment of rites, religious leaders usually assumed that task.

The word \

(A) establishment

(B) performance

(C) authorization

(D) season

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024. Staggering tasks confronted the people of the United States, North and South, when the Civil War ended. About a million and a half soldiers from both sides had to be demobilized, readjusted to civilian life, and reabsorbed by the devastated economy.

The word \

(A) specialized

(B) confusing

(C) various

(D) overwhelming

025. About a million and a half soldiers from both sides had to be demobilized, readjusted to civilian life, and reabsorbed by the devastated economy.

The word \

(A) developing

(B) ruined

(C) complicated

(D) fragile

021 C

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022 B

023 B

024 D

025 B

TOEFL词汇模拟题精选系列七

026. Some botanists hypothesized that the living cells of plants acted as pumps. But many experiments demonstrated that the stems of plants in which all the cells are killed can still move water to appreciable heights.

The word \

(A) ignored

(B) showed

(C) disguised

(D) distinguished

027. As water is lost from the surface of the leaves, a negative pressure, or tension, is created. The evaporated water is replaced by water moving from inside the plant in unbroken columns that extend from the top of a plant to its roots. The

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same forces that create surface tension in any sample of water are responsible for the maintenance of these unbroken columns of water.

The word \

(A) stretch

(B) branch

(C) increase

(D) rotate

028. By opening vast areas of unoccupied land for residential expansion, the omnibuses, horse railways, commuter trains, and electric trolleys pulled settled regions outward two to four times more distant from city centers than they were in the premodern era.

The word \

(A) large

(B) basic

(C) new

(D) urban

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029. The new accessibility of land around the periphery of almost every major city sparked an explosion of real estate development and fueled what we now know as urban sprawl. Between 1890 and 1920, for example, some 250,000 new residential lots were recorded within the borders of Chicago, most of them located in outlying areas.

The word \

(A) brought about

(B) surrounded

(C) sent out

(D) followed

030. Anxious to take advantage of the possibilities of commuting, real estate developers added 800,000 potential building sites to the Chicago region in just thirty years-lots that could have housed five to six million people.

The word \

(A) certain

(B) popular

(C) improved

(D) possible

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026 B

027 A

028 A

029 A

030 D

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