1、托福模拟试卷 3及答案与解析 0 Narrator Listen to a part of a lecture in a music class. 1 What aspect of jazz music does the professor mainly discuss? （ A） His personal preference of the genre. （ B） The history and various types of the genre. （ C） The ways to appreciate the genre accompanied by a brief introducti
2、on. （ D） The birthplace of the genre. 2 According to the professor, how did the segregation laws of 1894 affect the development of jazz music? （ A） It forced two different styles of music to clash. （ B） It triggered the whites to adapt and imitate jazz, which resulted in the Dixieland style. （ C） It
3、 combined elements of African music with elements of Western European music. （ D） It caused the combination of different cultures and resulted in the creation of the genre. 3 What does the professor imply when he says this? （ A） That its great mixture of rhythm and beat makes jazz music timeless. （
4、B） That jazz music would outlast any other genres of music. （ C） That jazz music will keep on changing but the name of the genre will remain. （ D） That its various forms and styles will be remembered always. 4 Why does the professor bring his favorite records to the class? （ A） To talk about his col
5、lection of records, （ B） He wants the class to listen and learn to appreciate jazz music. （ C） He plans to spend most of the class listening to music instead of lecturing. （ D） He wants the class to have fun. 5 Complete the chart below by indicating when the following events occurred. Place a checkm
6、ark in the correct box. 6 According to the professor, why did jazz music spread to the north and west from New Orleans? （ A） It was imitated and adapted by artists out of New Orleans. （ B） Many people wanted to shake off the Depression by dancing to jazz music. （ C） Popular bands traveled out of New
7、 Orleans to play the music. （ D） Migrating travelers and records carried the music out. 6 Narrator Listen to a conversation between a student and a dean of admissions. 7 What are the speakers mainly discussing? （ A） Applying to the university. （ B） The competitiveness of the university. （ C） Procedu
8、re of attending the university. （ D） Preparing to enter the university. 8 Why does the student visit the dean of admissions? （ A） To feel safe than sorry. （ B） To submit his applications. （ C） To dispute the process of admission. （ D） To clarify some points prior to application. 9 What does the dean
9、 mean when he says this? （ A） She thinks he should visit her again in the Fall. （ B） She believes that he will not come to the university. （ C） She is encouraging him to come to the university. （ D） She thinks that he needs good luck to come to the university. 10 What can be inferred about the stude
10、nt? （ A） He is an international student. （ B） He is proud of his work ethics. （ C） He is high maintenance. （ D） He will be accepted at the university. 11 Complete the chart below by indicating whether the following items must be included in the application form by the student, or sent directly by th
11、e source. Place a checkmark in the correct box. 11 Narrator Listen to a conversation between a student and a college housing officer. 12 What does the student ask the housing officer? （ A） To find a place to live. （ B） To get some information about house. （ C） To get some help. （ D） To ask about sch
12、ool planning. 13 Why does the students say this. （ A） They want the rooms on Sill Wood Street. （ B） They want to find the cheaper house. （ C） They want the house on Wicken Street. （ D） They dont want the house on Wicken Street. 14 According to the passage, which one is cheapest house? Click on two a
13、nswers. （ A） The house on the Sailsbury Road. （ B） The house on the Wicken Street. （ C） The house on the Sill Wood Street. （ D） The house on 164 Preston Road. 15 Two features mentioned in the passage about Sill Wood Street. Click on two answers. （ A） You should share kitchen and bathroom. （ B） It is
14、 near the railway station. （ C） Thats Brighton number of course. So thats 73742735. （ D） A little bit expensive. 16 Here is housing list. Place a checkmark in the correct box. 16 Narrator Listen to a lecture talk about bass in business class. 17 What is the main topic about this lecture? （ A） Joshua
15、 got an old bass. （ B） How to recognize the antique. （ C） Its hard to distinguish the tree treasure. （ D） Antique hunters. 18 Why does the speaker mention “Joshua got an old bass from his father“? （ A） Something seems old and ugly but really invaluable. （ B） Joshua is very lucky. （ C） People should
16、search dusty comers to find old things. （ D） Old things are more valuable. 19 Why did Joshua take his guitar to the shop? （ A） To search the history of his guitar. （ B） To estimate his guitars value. （ C） To change some part of his guitar. （ D） To have his guitar mended. 20 Which choice based on the
17、 statements “A surge in demand drives up an objects market value and.being snapped up by consumers.“ is not correct? （ A） Flow demand can raise the price of even very common things. （ B） Only rare things are collectible to consumers. （ C） The need of consumers affects the value of objects. （ D） If t
18、he collectible value of the object slack up the purchasing power will also slip. 21 which of the following statements does the professor support? （ A） The price of a pair of 1986 Air Jordans in Japan is unbelievably high because they are very useful and needed by mass-consumers. （ B） People deposite
19、d old baseball cards on the attics and storage closets in order to preserve their values. （ C） Not all antique hunters can distinguish whether it is priceless or worthless. （ D） The professor encourages people to store things they love in order to increase in value. 22 Why does the professor say thi
20、s? （ A） The professor think it is potential to make things which we love tree treasure if days gone. （ B） The professor think we can make things true treasure if days gone. （ C） The professor think we should buy expensive things. （ D） The professor like to buy antique. 22 Narrator Listen to the lect
21、ure in business class 23 What is the main topic of this passage? （ A） The Victory of Nike. （ B） A Big Brand For Sports. （ C） A Big Success. （ D） Please Believe Nike. 24 According to the passage, which of the following is true about “Nick“? （ A） Named by a Greek. （ B） The original name of Bill Bowerm
22、an and Phil Knights company. （ C） The best demonstration of the victory of Bowerman and Knights company. （ D） A household name throughout the 1970s. 25 Which of the following is true according to the passage? （ A） In 1967 Bowerman and Knight invented shoes of Nike. （ B） At the very beginning, Bowerm
23、an and Knight didnt sell shoes, designed by themselves. （ C） When Bowerman and Knight met in 1957, they were both athletes. （ D） The company got great success as soon as its name was changed into “Nike“. 26 Which of following are two key reasons for Nicks success? Click on two answers. （ A） Nike is
24、the best brand of athletic footwear and sports clothing. （ B） The managers of Nike, Bowerman and Knight are both athletes. （ C） The company let Jordan endorse Niles shoes. （ D） The diligence of the company managers. 27 Why did the professor say this?. （ A） The company had a long history before it ch
25、anged the name into “Nike“. （ B） Nike wont change the trademark logo. （ C） Bowerman and Knight borrowed name from Greek Goddess in belief that Greek gods would help them succeed. （ D） If Michael Jordan didnt endorse Nikes shoes, Nike wouldnt be a household name for ever. 28 Which of the following st
26、atement are true? Click on 2 answers. （ A） Knight was a middle-distance runner and Bowerman was his track coach. （ B） Although most people associate the word “Nike“ with sports shoes, the name was borrowed from a Greek goddess. （ C） For the next 50 years, Jordan dazzled sports fans around the globe,
27、 all the while wearing Air Jordans. （ D） Nike is the biggest sports company. 28 Narrator Listen to a lecture in the literature class. 29 What is the main topic of the talk? （ A） William Faulkners lifetime. （ B） William Faulkner literature. （ C） The birth of William Faulkner. （ D） The poem of Faulkne
28、r. 30 Which of the following statements about William Faulkner is true? Click on two answers. （ A） William Faulkners work focuses on several troubled problems of southern America. （ B） William Faulkner died one hundred years ago. （ C） Although William Faulkner could not graduate from high school, he
29、 had great interests in writing. （ D） William Faulkner once took part in the army when he was young. 31 Why did William Faulkner write about the southern states of America? （ A） They were the place where he grew up and his family took an important role in the history of that region. （ B） His work be
30、came a touchstone. （ C） He cared about the troubled issues of southern America. （ D） He felt sympathy for the poor in southern America. 32 How many novels have been published during the lifetime of William Faulkner? （ A） 14. （ B） 100. （ C） 19. （ D） Not be mentioned. 33 Which of the following stateme
31、nts about Tennessee William is true? （ A） Both Tennessee William and William Faulkner are playwright. （ B） Tennessee William was a major voice who spoke for the troubled people in southern America. （ C） Like Faulkner, he once won Nobel Prize for Literature. （ D） Tennessee William had to pursue his w
32、riting career through difficult times. 34 What was William Faulkners attitude toward the troubled issues of southern America? （ A） He reflected them by writing and criticized them. （ B） He intended to call on the troubled people to rebel. （ C） The troubled issues of southern America just provided ma
33、ny elements for his novels. （ D） He advocated to resolve them in positive attitudes and actions. 一、 Sections Three： Reading Comprehension 34 New-Age Transport It looks as if it came straight from the set of Star Wars. It has four-wheel drive and rises above rocky surfaces. It lowers and raises its n
34、ose when going up and down hills. And when it comes to a river, it turns amphibious: two hydrojets power it along by blasting water under its body. There is room for two passengers and a driver, who sit inside a glass bubble operating electronic, aircraft-type controls. A vehicle so daring on land a
35、nd water needs windscreen wipers but it doesnt have any. Water molecules are disintegrated on the screens surface by ultrasonic sensors. This unusual vehicle is the Racoon. It is an invention not of Hollywood but of Renault, a rather conservative French state-owned carmaker, better known for its fam
36、ily hatchbacks. Renault built the Racoon to explore new freedoms for designers and engineers created by advances in materials and manufacturing processes. Renault is thinking about startlingly different cars; other producers have radical new ideas for trains, boats and aeroplanes. The first of the n
37、ew freedoms is in design. Powerful computer-aided design (CAD) systems can replace with a click of a computer mouse hours of laborious work done on thousands of drawing boards. So new products, no matter how complicated, can be developed much faster. For the first time, Boeing will not have to build
38、 a giant replica of its new airliner, the 777, to make sure all the bits fit together. Its CAD system will take care of that. But Renault is taking CAD further. It claims the Racoon is the worlds first vehicle to be designed within the digitised world of virtual reality. Complex programs were used t
39、o simulate the vehicle and the terrain that it was expected to cross. This allowed a team led by Patrick Le Quement, Renaults industrial-design director, to “drive“ it long before a prototype existed. Renault is not alone in thinking that virtual reality will transform automotive design. In Detroit,
40、 Ford is also investigating its potential. Jack Telnac, the firms head of design, would like designers in different parts of the world to work more closely together, linked by computers. They would do more than style cars. Virtual reality will allow engineers to peer inside the working part of a veh
41、icle. Designers will watch bearings move, oil flow, gears mesh and hydraulics pump. As these techniques catch on, even stranger vehicles are likely to come along. Transforming these creations from virtual reality to actual reality will also become easier, especially with advances in materials. Firms
42、 that once bashed everything out of steel now find that new alloys or composite materials (which can be made from mixtures of plastic, resin, ceramics and metals, reinforced with fibres such as glass or carbon) are changing the rules of manufacturing. At the same time, old materials keep getting bet
43、ter, as their producers try to secure their place in the factory of the future.A This competition is increasing the pace of development of all materials. B One company in this field is Scaled Composites.C It was started in 1982 by Burt Rutan, an aviator who has devised many unusual aircraft.D It has
44、 also worked on composite sails for the Americas Cup yacht race and on General Motors Ultralite, a 100-milesper-gallon experimental family car built from carbon fibre. Again, the Racoon reflects this race between the old and the new. It uses conventional steel and what Renault describes as a new “hi
45、gh-limit elastic steel“ in its chassis. This steel is 30% lighter than the usual kind. The Racoon also has parts made from composites. Renault plans to replace the petrol engine with a small gas turbine, which could be made from heat-resisting ceramics, and use it to run a generator that would provi
46、de power for electric motors at each wheel. With composites it is possible to build many different parts into a single component. Fiat, Italys biggest car maker, has worked out that it could reduce the number of components needed in one of its car bodies from 150 to 16 by using a composite shell rat
47、her than one made of steel. Aircraft and cars may increasingly be assembled as if they were plastic kits. Advances in engine technology also make cars lighter. The Ultralite, which Scaled Composites helped to design for General Motors, uses a two-stroke engine in a “power pod“ at the rear of the veh
48、icle. The engine has been developed from an East German design and weighs 40% less than a conventional engine but produces as much power. It is expected to run cleanly enough to qualify as an ultra-low emissions vehicle under Californias tough new rules. 35 Why does the author mention Star Wars in p
49、aragraph 1? （ A） To tell the reader where they can find this kind of new car. （ B） To make his description more interesting to attract the readers attention. （ C） To show that the new car is so designed that it is startlingly different. （ D） To tell the readers the new car can only exit in an imaginative world. 36 The word daring paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to （ A） adventurous. （ B） fearless. （ C） spiritual. （ D） cowardly. 37 According to paragraph 1, the Racoon crosses water by （ A） swimming. （ B） raising its nose. （ C） using hydrojets.
