托福阅读场景高频同义替换词考点二节【新航道原创】

1托福阅读场景高频同义替换词考点一节【新航道原创】

20.site:location

TPO 27-1-Paragraph 2: Of importance is the fact that it was produced rapidly in large amounts, most likely by specialists in a central location.

21.exist:be present

TPO 30-2-Paragraph 4: The evolution of North American horse, which was once presented as a classic textbook example of for punctuated equilibrium. gradual evolution, is now providing equally compelling evidence

22. amount: volume

TPO 43-3-Paragraph 5: Unlike coal, the volume of which can be accurately estimated, the volume of undiscovered oil can only be guessed at.

23.combine: merge

TPO 8-3-Paragraph 1: These flow features are extensive systems-sometimes hundreds of kilometers in total length-of interconnecting , twisting channels that  seem to merge into larger wider channels.

TPO 8-3-Q1: The word "merge" in the passage is closest in meaning to

A.expand

B.separate

C.straighten out

D.combine

24.source:origin

TPO 19-3-Paragraph 1: The heterogeneous material of the drift （sand, clay, and rocks deposited there) convinced him of its glacial origin.

25. tend: have a tendency

TPO 19-3-Paragraph 5: During glaciations , the lighter oxygen-16 has a greater tendency to evaporate from the ocean surface than the heavier oxygen-18 does.

26.carry: haul

TPO 24-3-Paragraph 1: For people in cliff dwellings, hauling water, wood, and food to their homes was a major chore.

27.involve: concern

TPO 29-2-Paragraph 1:Competition among individuals of the same species (intraspecies competition), one of the major mechanisms of natural selection ,is the concern of evolutionary

biology.

28. reach: attain

TPO 1-1-Paragraph 3: This is particularly true for trees in the middle and upper latitudes, which tend to attain greater heights on ridges, whereas in the tropics the trees reach their greater heights in the valleys.

TP0 40-3-Q7:The word "attain' int he passage is closest in meaning to

A.raises

B.lowers

C.reaches

D.regulates

29.expand: enlarge

TPO 2-3-Q11: The word "expanded" in the passage is closest in meaning to

A. was enlarged

B.was improved

C.was varied

D.was rejected

30.indicate:manifest

TPO 11-1-Paragraph 2: They were designed to be put in places where these beings could manifest themselves in order to be the recipients of ritual actions.

31.discover: detect

TPO 18-2-Paragraph 2: When researchers measured the heart rate, muscle tension and skin conductance of people before, during and after yawning, they did detect some changes in skin conductance following yawning, indicating a slight increase in physiological activity.

32.force: thrust

TPO 17-1-Paragraph 3: In the largest caravels, two main masts held large square sails that provided the bulk of the thrust driving the ship forward, while a smaller forward mast held a triangular-shaped sail, called a lateen sail.

33.require: demand

TPO 23-2-Paragraph 1: Dutch agriculture was modernized and commercialized new crops and agricultural techniques raised levels of production so that they were in line with market demands, and  cheap grain was imported annually from the Baltic region in large quantities.

34.theory: assumption

4.1Tp0 35-1-Paragraph 3: With the further assumption that these geologic processes were generally no more or less vigorous than they are today, Hutton's examination of sedimentary layers led him to realize that Earth's history must be enormous, that geologic time is an abyss and human history a speck by comparison.

35.convince: persuade

TPO 50-1-Paragraph 4: Convinced that railroads burdened them with high taxes and blasted hopes, voters turned against state aid, and in the early 1840s, several states amended their constitutions to bar state funding for railroads and canals.

TPO 36-3-Q9: The word "convinced" in the passage is closest in meaning to

A. persuaded

B.concerned

C.informed

D.pleased

36. determine: verify

TPO 14-1-Paragraph 2: They represent the advertiser's opinions about the qualities of their products or brand and, as a consequence , are difficult to verify.

37.measure: calculate

TPO 24-1-Paragraph 2: Then exchanges with the atmosphere are calculated by finding the difference between the gains from rain, as measured (rather roughly) by rain gauges, and the losses by evaporation, measured with models that correct for the other sources of water loss.

38.depend: rely

TPO 25-3-Paragraph 6: Unlike aquatic and marine forms, land

plants cannot always rely on water currents to carry their sex cells and disperse their fertilized eggs.

39. ultimately: finally

TPO 31-2-Paragraph 3: Finally, some research suggests the ultimately Head Start graduates show higher academic performance at the end of high school, although the gains are modest.

40. throughout: all over

TPO 35-3-Paragraph1: In fact. Seasonal succession has been observed all over the globe, from the Arctic to the Tropics.

41. accumulate: build up

TP 4-3-Q1: The word "accumulate" in the passage is closest in meaning to

A.grow up

B.build up

C.spread out

D. break apart

42.distribute: dispense

TPO 13-1-Paragraph 7: Their members command and dispense many of the rewards that are so vital to us and that make our lives seem worthwhile.

43. current: tendency

TPO 14-3-Paragraph 2: As the archaeologist Roger Cribb puts it, ＂The greater the degree of pastoralism, the stronger the tendency toward nomadism.”