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1、智 课 网 托 福 备 考 资 料老托福阅读真题PASSAGE 70-智课教育旗下智课教育本文和大家分享的是老托福阅读真题PASSAGE 70，练习真题是最 重要也最有效的复习方法，大家在复习托福阅读考试的时候一定要对真 题重视起来。 托福阅读 的思维方式就是托福阅读的出题方式，只有掌握了这种思 维方式，才有可能在做题之前，预测到新托福阅读题的出题形式和特点 ，为找答案节省时间。老托福阅读试题的核心价值，在于其最贴近真题 的阅读思维方式。此外老托福阅读真题比新托福IBT阅读文章要短，比 较容易适应。这也是大家在备考托福的时候非常重要 的一点。 因为前 期的入手如果能从容易的开始，就会形成一个循
2、序渐进的过程方式，让 大家的练习有一个提高的过程。 既然老托福阅读试题有这样的效果，那我们如何利用那有限的真题 来达到锻炼自己的目的呢？事实上这就一个办法，就是坚持。本期为大 家推荐老托福阅读的真题PASSAGE 70，附有原文及答案，希望对托福考生备考有所帮助。The origins of nest-building remain obscure, but current observations of nest-building activities provide evidence of their evolution. Clues to this evolutionary proces
3、s can be found in the activities of play and in the behavior and movements of birds during mating, such as incessant pulling at strips of vegetation or scraping of the soil. During the early days of the reproductive cycle, the birds seem only to play with the building materials. In preparation for m
4、ating, they engage in activities that resemble nest-building, and continue these activities throughout and even after the mating cycle. Effective attempts at construction occur only after mating. Although nest-building is an instinctive ability, there is considerable adaptability in both site select
5、ion and use of materials, especially with those species which build quite elaborate constructions. Furthermore, some element of learning is often evident since younger birds do not build as well as theirpracticed elders. Young ravens, for example, first attempt to build with sticks of quite unsuitab
6、le size, while a jackdaws first nest includes virtually any movable object. The novelist John Steinbeck recorded the contents of a young osprey nest built in his garden, which included three shirts, a bath towel, and one arrow. Birds also display remarkable behavior in collecting building materials.
7、 Crows have been seen to tear off stout green twigs, and sparrowhawks will dive purposefully onto a branch until it snaps and then hang upside down to break it off. Golden eagles, over generations of work, construct enormous nests. One of these, examined after it had been dislodged by high winds, we
8、ighed almost two tons and included foundation branches almost two meters long. The carrying capacity of the eagles, however, is only relative to their size and most birds are able to carry an extra load of just over twenty percent of their body weight. 1. The word obscure in line 1 is closest in mea
9、ning to (A) interesting (B) unclear(C) imperfect (D) complex 2. According to the passage , which of the following activities is characteristic of the early part of the reproductive cycle of birds? (A) Selecting a mate (B) Collecting nest-building materials (C) Playing with nest-building materials (D
10、) Building a nest 3. The word display in line 17 is closest in meaning to (A) communicate (B) imitate(C) initiate (D) exhibit 4. The novelist John Steinbeck is mentioned in line 14 because he (A) conducted a scientific study on the behavior of ospreys (B) was the first to describe where ospreys buil
11、t their nests (C) described the materials ospreys can use to build their nests (D) compared the size of osprey nests with the nests of other species 5. Which of the following birds are mentioned as those that build nests that include unusual objects? (A) Ravens (B) Ospreys (C) Crows (D) Sparrowhawks
12、 6. According to the passage , when gathering materials to build their nests, sparrowhawks do which of the following? (A) Hang upside down (B) Select only green twigs(C) Use objects blowing in the wind (D) Collect more branches than necessary 7. The word these in line 20 refers to (A) golden eagles
13、(B) generations (C) winds (D) nests 8. The word load in line 23 is closest in meaning to (A) weight (B) number (C) section (D) level9. The author mentions twenty percent in line 23 to indicate that (A) eagles are twenty percent bigger than most birds (B) twenty percent of all nests include foundation branches (C) the nests of eagles are twenty percent of larger than those of other birds (D) birds can carry twenty percent more of their own weight 参考答案： BCDCB ADAD 以上就是智课教育为大家整理的老托福阅读真题，考生可进行参考 训练以提高自己的考试水平。若您想了解托福考试更多相关信息请关注 智课教育。
