98年1月TOFEL托福听力试题
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1. Between 1870 and 1 890 the total population of tile United States---.gñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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2. Intended to display the work of twentieth-century artists, in 1929.gñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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3. The Earth has a tremendous amount of water, but--- in the ocean..gñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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4. --- have sense organs in a canal known as the lateral line, which allows them to respond to changes in water pressure caused by nearby motion.gñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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5. Direct information on the chemical composition of the Moon became available in 1969 --- of the first Apollo mission to land on the Moon.gñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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6. --- completely harmless to the environment is very difficult and usually economically unsound.gñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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7. One of Ulysses S. Grant's first acts as President of the United States was to name tile Seneca chief Donehogawa --- of Indian Affairs.gñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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8. One of the most ancient arts,--- in different parts of the world.gñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
(A) for weaving to develop independentlygñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
(B) the independent development of weavinggñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
(C) weaving, to develop independentlygñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
(D) weaving developed independentlygñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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9. --- classified as a carnivore, the North American grizzly bear cats berries and even grass.gñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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10. Not only --- much bigger than any planet, but unlike the planets, it consists completely of gaseous material.gñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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11. Colloquialisms,---of informal spoken language, are often considered inappropriate for more formal written language.gñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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12. Her work in genetics won United States scientist Barbara McClintock ----- in 1983.gñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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13. --- usually thought to end in northern New Mexico, the Rocky Mountains really extend southward to the frontier of Mexico.gñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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14. The novelist Edith Wharton considered the Writer Henry Jamesgñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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15. Ironically, the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow claimed he never liked teaching, although a professor at Harvard University and taught for many years.gñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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16. The hind leg of the gerbil are particularly well adapted to leaping across its gñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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17. Educator Helen Magill White was. the first American woman to have earn thegñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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Ph.D. degree.gñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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18. The changes that occur in the life cycle of a butterfly or moth are probable thegñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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most striking examples of metamorphosis.gñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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19. In the nineteenth century, North American locomotives ran on hardwood fuel,gñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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Which was inexpensive and plentiful in the time.gñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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20. Much theories have been developed concerning how people learn aboutgñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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cultures from the myths and legends passed down from one generation togñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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21. Several comet are discovered each year, but very few of them are brightgñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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enough to be seen without the aid or magnification.gñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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22. Charles Monroe Schulz's comic strip "Peanuts" is translated into 26 languagesgñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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also has appeared in over 2,300 daily newspapers.gñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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23. In human beings the liver is the biggest glandular organ of his digestive system.gñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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24. Many scientists contributed to the development of television, whether no onegñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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person can be said to have invented it.gñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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25. Northern Canada contains vast areas treeless of low vegetation knowngñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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as tundra.gñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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26. Gordon Parks composed wrote, and directed Martin, the classical ballet whogñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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Examines the meaning of the life of Martin Luther King. Jr.gñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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27. In 1965 Rodolfo Gonzales has estab1ished an organization called the Crusadegñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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For Justice in Denver, Colorado.gñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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28. Large, heavy draft horses were commonly used for labor farm in the Unitedgñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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States before the introduction of tractors.gñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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29.Herads of migrating caribou, members of the deer family arc an importantgñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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economically resource to Inuits and other Native Americans.gñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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30. Some nineteenth-century advocates for the emancipation of women in thegñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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United States were also activity in the Underground Railroad, helping slaves togñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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31. Feathers not only protect birds from injury and conserve body heat but alsogñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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function in flight. courtship, camouflage, and sensory perceptive.gñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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32. The radio telescope, invented in 1932, has capabilities beyond far those ofgñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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optical telescopes in tracking signals from galaxies.gñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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33. Rafting was an essential mean of transportation from prehistoric times to thegñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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34. Many fortification rank among the most functional and beautiful works ofgñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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architecture constructed in North America before the twentieth century.gñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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35. Because her work was popular with European royally, Harriet Goodhue Hosmergñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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became financial successful as a sculptor in the mid-eighteen hundreds.gñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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36. The actor James Earl Jones gained Broadway stardom in "The Great Whitegñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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hope" for his powerful portrayal of prizefighter.gñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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37. Despite fats and oils arc nutritionally important as energy sources, medicalgñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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research indicates that saturated fats may contribute to hardening of the arteries.gñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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38. Large multicolored insects with four wings, dragonflies play a very importantgñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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role in the ecosystem of humid area by controlling the population of mosquitoes.gñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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39. During early nineteenth-century Boston. the architect Charles Bulfinch, eager togñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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make the city beautiful, sometimes provided free plans for people building homes.gñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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40. In 1889 Jane Addams, a social worker in Chicago, founded hull house, gñ`Ë/Y%#îforum.liuxuehome.comõ¹ òê
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