高字B13托福

高字B13托福

Multiple Choice

What could have prompted their studious attention to making such naturalistic, recognizable images?

• (A) brought about

• (B) interfered with

• (C) increased

• (D) transformed

Multiple Choice

Given the seeming intelligence of cetaceans, people are always tempted to compare them with humans and other animals.

• (A) conditioned

• (B) reluctant

• (C) inclined

• (D) invited

Multiple Choice

The cortex is the dominant association center of the brain, where abilities such as memory and sensory perception are centered.

• (A) local

• (B) natural

• (C) chief

• (D) specific

Multiple Choice

Dolphins answer back by pushing a “yes” or “no” paddle. They have been known to give spontaneous responses not taught by the trainers.

• (A) sophisticated

• (B) sensible

• (C) appropriate

• (D) unprompted

Multiple Choice

Observations of cetaceans in the wild have provided some insights on their learning abilities

• (A) examples

• (B) understanding

• (C) directions

• (D) discussion

Multiple Choice

They supposedly use the sponges for protection against stingrays and other hazards on the bottom as they search for fish to eat.

• (A) objects

• (B) dangers

• (C) species

• (D) debris

Multiple Choice

A growing body of evidence now suggests that all of the factors considered here are operating simultaneously to produce species succession.

• A) without limits

• B) at the same time

• C) merely

• D) spontaneously

Multiple Choice

Strategies for stimulating consumer demand and for differentiating one product from another were an essential component of the American post-Civil war industrial transformation.

• (A) theme

• (B) development

• (C) part

• (D) tool

Multiple Choice

Through marketing strategies like brand names, trademarks, and slogans, manufacturers encouraged demand for their products and won remarkable consumer loyalty…

• (A) immediate

• (B) extraordinary

• (C) apparent

• (D) steady

Multiple Choice

He wanted to simplify photography and make it available to everyone, not just confined to trained photographers.

• (A) available to

• (B) known to

• (C) limited to

• (D) attractive to

Multiple Choice

Moreover, industrialization often devastated the environment with pollution in the relentless drive for efficiency and profit.

• (A) competitive

• (B) unceasing

• (C) reckless

• (D) passionate

Multiple Choice

It had over 2,000 apartment complexes, a great market, a large number of industrial workshops, an administrative center, a number of massive religious edifices, and a regular grid pattern of streets and buildings.

• (A) ancient

• (B) carefully protected

• (C) very large

• (D) carefully

Multiple Choice

The exact role of other factors is much more difficult to pinpoint━ for instance, Teotihuacan’s religious significance as a shrine, the historical situation in and around the Valley of Mexico toward the end of first millennium B.C.,

• (A) identify precisely

• (B) make an argument for

• (C) describe

• (D) understand

Multiple Choice

the ingenuity and foresightedness of Teotihuacan’s elite, and, finally, the impact of natural disasters, such as the volcanic eruptions of the late first millennium B.C.

• (A) ambition

• (B) sincerity

• (C) faith

• (D) cleverness

Multiple Choice

The archaeological evidence clearly indicates, though, that Teotiluacan was the center that did arise as the predominant force in the area by the first century A.D.

• (A) more aggressive

• (B) most productive

• (C) principal

• (D) earliest

Multiple Choice

The worker was bound to the master by a mutual contract that either one could repudiate, and the relationship was conceptualized as one of partnership.

• (A) respect

• (B) reject

• (C) review

• (D) revise

Multiple Choice

In the multiplicity of small-scale local egalitarian or quasi-egalitarian organizations for fellowship, worship, and production that flourished in this laissez-faire environment, individuals could interact with one another within a community of harmony and ideological equality, following their own popularly elected leaders and governing themselves by shared consensus while minimizing distinctions of wealth and power.

• (A) authority

• (B) responsibility

• (C) custom

• (D) agreement

Multiple Choice

Nor have merchants and artisans ever had much tolerance for aristocratic professions of moral superiority, favoring instead an egalitarian ethic of the open market, where steady hard work, the loyalty of one’s fellows, and entrepreneurial skill make all the difference.

• (A) set of moral principles

• (B) division of labors

• (C) economic system

• (D) test of character

Multiple Choice

The central state, though often very rich and very populous, was intrinsically fragile, since the development of new international trade routes could undermine the monetary base and erode state power, as occurred when European seafarers circumvented Middle Easter merchants Middle Eastern merchants after Vasco de Gama’s voyage around Africa in the late fifteen-century opened up a southern route.

• (A) fundamentally

• (B) surprisingly

• (C) consequently

• (D) particularly