5月25日托福真題機經考試回顧解析

寫作

獨立寫作

你認為對長久的友誼最重要的是？

-對方能夠出手相助

-對于重要的事情有相同的興趣和世界觀

-他們完全相信彼此

綜合寫作

閱讀：加拿大從沙子當中進行采油

1. 當?shù)厣鐣l(fā)展

2. 環(huán)保

3. 增加政府稅收

聽力反駁：托福考試

1. 工人不住在那里，只在那里工作，社會發(fā)展不可持續(xù)

2. 石油管道可能污染當?shù)厮Y源

3. 政府只有在油價上漲的情況下才能獲得更多的稅收

口語

獨立口語

學生回憶：

學生都有自己的電腦了，是不是就可以考慮關閉學校的computer lab？

T2校方決定關閉校園頻道，學生反對

T3訂閱模式

T4一些植物開發(fā)出新方法來獲取能量：

1.開花早于其他植物；

2.放棄光合作用，依賴其他更大的植物

閱讀

R1靈長類動物覓食與能量消耗上的平衡

R2中國的瓷器

R3新奧爾良

R4冰川流動

R5動物的骨骼化石傳達的信息

R6古埃及的尼羅河與農業(yè)

5月25日托福真題機經考試回顧解析

托福閱讀可能會遇到的坑

一般我們做托福閱讀，要么先讀全段再做對應題目，要么直接看題從頭讀句子，讀到答案出現(xiàn)就選。兩種方式都可以用，都可以讓人考到滿分。第一種方法對勤奮和耐心要求比較高，很多同學會選擇第二種。對于第二種方法要強調的是審題要仔細，選的時候，問自己，這個句子和對應的選項真的可以回答問題嗎？其實閱讀里有很多選項在原文都能找到對應，不能選就是因為答非所問。

我們來看三個例子，第一個是TPO，后兩個是真題。

Why is Ganymede different from Callisto? Possibly the small difference in size and internal heating between the two led to this divergence in their evolution. But more likely the gravity of Jupiter is to blame for Ganymede's continuing geological activity. Ganymede is close enough to Jupiter that tidal forces from the giant planet may have episodically heated its interior and triggered major convulsions on its crust.

According to paragraph 6, the differences in how Callisto and Ganymede evolved are most probably due to differences in their?

A. size and internal heating

B. distance from Jupiter

C. chemical and physical composition

D. age

這題很多同學會秒選A，因為看到題目問進化差異的原因直接對應到了第二句說是因為size和internal heating。但是要注意題目問的是most可能的原因，第二句話確實是個可能的原因，但能否匹配題目問的最可能呢？勤奮的人往后看一句就能發(fā)現(xiàn)后面說更可能是因為引力，引力又跟距離有關，所以答案應該是B。部分托福閱讀題確實簡單/送分題，但有時候太輕易做出來的話還是需要警惕下。所以如果是采取第二種辦法做題的同學，除了要就扣題目，還可以改進的地方是考點句出現(xiàn)了，再往后讀一句，確保跟考點句沒什么關系就可以放心選答案，如果后面的句子跟題目/考點句有關系的話要么是在解釋前面，不影響答案，要么是在轉折對前面做反駁，這樣看得更全面可以避免被坑。托福閱讀

Three traditional methods of fulling were used: a submerged cloth was beaten with the feet, with the hands. or with clubs. One of these is depicted in an ancient wall painting in Pompeii of a man standing in a trough containing water and pounding a cloth with his feet. These traditional methods were still used in Flanders, Italy, and, for a time England. But then, in the eleventh or twelfth century (historians disagree on the precise date), a new method was introduced: two wooden hammers were attached to a drum and a crank was turned to raise and drop the hammers on the cloth. The real breakthrough came when this device was hooked to a water mill (one probably constructed to grind grain). As a result, a single operator overseeing a series of hammers could perform the work that had previously required a crew of fullers-and he could do it much more quickly too.

According to paragraph 2, which of the following developments had the greatest impact on the efficiency of the fulling industry?

A. Putting an operator in charge of a series of hammers

B. Using water mills in the fulling process

C. Designing fulling machines with hammers and cranks that could be turned by hand

D. Employing a single operator to oversee a crew of fullers

這題跟上一題類似。要注意題目問的是最有影響的發(fā)展。a new method那句話前面都是講傳統(tǒng)方式，那句話本身算個發(fā)展，但體現(xiàn)不出是最有影響的。接著往后看會發(fā)現(xiàn)breakthrough突破這個詞，這不就穩(wěn)了，所以最有影響的發(fā)展是“when this device was hooked to a water mill (one probably constructed to grind grain)”，就是把前面說的設備跟water mill連在一起利用水力，所以選B。其他答案就算不考慮意思跟原文的出入，起碼也是答非所問，C的crank出現(xiàn)在new method句，不是最有影響的發(fā)展。A的一個人管一堆錘子出現(xiàn)在最后一句，但最后一句是發(fā)展帶來的結果（as a result），而不是發(fā)展本身。

5月25日托福真題機經考試回顧解析

最后一題更有意思。

Although it was clear to early foresters that suppressing fire would lead to dense thickets of young trees, they felt that this would be a good thing, for reasons that show how their cultural beliefs affected their ecological reasoning. The early twentieth-century United States was a culture that glorified competition. It was commonly believed that competition would produce stronger individuals by eliminating the weak in favor of the mighty. This feeling was encouraged by emerging industrial capitalism and then projected onto the landscape. Foresters reasoned that dense stands of young trees would lead to intense competition for light and water, and that competition in the forest economy, just as in the industrial economy, would create vigorous individuals. Without competition, weaklings would result-or so the foresters reasoned. The opposite turned out to be true, unfortunately. Western conifers --trees with cones and needlelike leaves-do not thin themselves; without fires to thin them, what resulted were not a few big trees but thickets of stunted trees all the same age.

According to paragraph 7, what happened when young trees had to compete intensely for light and water?

A. They developed into stronger mature trees than they would have otherwise.

B. The ones that survived grew more quickly than they would have otherwise.

C. All but a few of them were soon eliminated.

D. They did not develop normally. 托福備考

這題問小樹要競爭的后果。會有同學定位到這兩句，覺得答案就出現(xiàn)了：Foresters reasoned that dense stands of young trees would lead to intense competition for light and water, and that competition in the forest economy, just as in the industrial economy, would create vigorous individuals. Without competition, weaklings would result-or so the foresters reasoned. 大概就是說競爭以后會有更強的個體出現(xiàn)，沒有競爭弱的會留下來。但是要注意兩個問題，題目問的是競爭之后會發(fā)生什么，而這兩句話說的是foresters覺得競爭之后發(fā)生的，這些人所認知的就一定是對的，是實際發(fā)生的嗎？還有注意第二句話作者陰陽怪氣的感覺，or so the foresters reasoned，其實作者在下一句就開始吐槽，說不幸的是，正好相反。后面接著說沒有他們想要的大樹，都是些發(fā)育不好的樹，所以答案是D。