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thwest France in the 1940’s; playing children discovered Lascaux Grotto; a series of narrow cave chambers that contain huge prehistoric paintings of animals。 Many of these beasts are as large as 16 feet (almost 5 meters)。 Some follow each other in solemn parades; but others swirl about; sideways and upside down。 The animals are bulls; wild horses; reindeer; bison; and mammoths outlined with charcoal and painted mostly in reds; yellow; and browns。 Scientific analysis reveals that the colors were derived from ocher and other iron oxides ground into a fine powder。 Methods of applying color varied: some colors were brushed or smeared on rock surfaces and others were blown or sprayed。 It is possible that tubes made from animal bones were used for spraying because hollow bones; some stained with pigment; have been found nearby。
这道题询问从洞穴中发现的骨头可以得到什么结论。根据关键词bones,可以定位到该段的末尾句。
根据tubes made from animal bones were used for spraying以及some stained with pigment,可以知道将空心的骨头当做绘画工具的方法。故选第4项。
3。 词汇及语言修辞类题目
托福阅读考试的修辞题(Rhetorical Purpose)、词汇题(Vocabulary)、指代题(Reference)、句子简化题(Sentence Simplification)和插入文字题(Insert Text)都是与文字和措辞有关的题目。这类题目主要考查考生的语言运用能力。
其中,修辞题主要考查考生是否了解某句话的特定意图,而词汇题则考查某个词语或短语的具体意思。通常考查的内容都会对文章理解起到至关重要的作用。
指代类问题考查某个代词指代的对象,句子简化题则要求考生选出与原文中某个句子含义相同的答案。这两道题目都比较简单。
插入文字题则会提供一个新的句子,考生需要将它插入到文章中合适的位置,这道题可以检验考生的逻辑性。
4。 理解文章概要类问题
理解文章概要类问题属于托福阅读考试中的新题型,包含总结题(Prose Summary)和图表题(Fill in a Table),这两道题的难度比较大,考查考生理解一篇文章的写作意图以及整理文章框架、理清文章层次的能力。
其中,总结题需要考生根据文中出现的内容推断答案,这道题目会提供6个选项,考生要选出最能概括文章内容的3项。在做这道题目时,考生要具备理解及总结重要信息的能力。要注意,不要选择那些仅陈述文章某一细节的选项,因为这些细节的作用通常只是支持观点的论据。正确的选项应该是概括性的陈述。请看下面的例子:
Urban Climates
The city is an extraordinary processor of mass and energy and has its own metabolism。 A daily input of wate
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