TOEFL模拟测试题（1-2）
READING COMPREHENSION
As many as one thousand years ago in the Southwest, the Hopi and Zuni Indians of North America were building with adobe -- sun-baked brick plastered with mud. Their homes looked
remarkably like modem apartment hous. Some were four stories high and contained quarters
for perhaps thousand people, along with storerooms for grain and other goods. The
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buildings were usually put up against cliffs, both to make construction easier and for defen
against enemies. They were really villages in themlves, as later Spanish explorers must have
realized since they called them "pueblos", which is Spanish for town.
The people or the pueblos raid what are called "the three sisters" -- corn, beans, and
squash. They made excellent pottery and wove marvelous baskets, some so fine that they could
hold water. The Southwest has always been a dry country, where water is scarce. The Hopi and
Zuni brought water from streams to their fields and gardens through irrigation ditches. Water
was so important that it played a major role in their religion. They developed elaborate
ceremonies and religious rituals to bring rain.
The way of life of less-ttled groups was simpler and more strongly influenced by nature.
Small tribes such as the Shoshone and Ute wandered the dry and mountainous lands between
the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. They gathered eds and hunted small animals
such as rabbits and snakes.In the Far North the ancestors of today s Inuit hunted als, walrus,
and the great whales. They lived right on the frozen as in shelters called igloos built of blocks
of packed snow. When summer came, they fished for salmon and hunted the lordly caribou.
The Cheyenne, Pawnee, and Sioux tribes, known as the Plains Indians, lived on the
grasslands between the rocky mountains and the Mississippi River. They hunted bison
commonly called the buffalo. Its meat was the chief food of the tribes, and its hide was ud
to make their clothing and the covering of their tents and tipis .
1.What does the passage mainly discuss?
(A) The architecture of early American Indian buildings
(B) The movement of American Indians across North America
(C) Ceremonies and rituals of American Indians
(D) The way of life of American Indian tribes in early North America
2. According to the passage the Hopi and Zuni typically built their homes
(A) in valleys
(B) next to streams
(C) on open plains
(D) against cliffs
3. The word "They" in line 6 refers to
(A) goods
(B) buildings
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(C) cliffs
(D) enemies
4.It can be inferred from the passage that the dwellings of the Hopi and Zuni were
(A) very small
(B) highly advanced
(C) difficult to defend 丧气近义词
(D) quickly constructed
5.The author us the phra "the three sisters" in line8 refer to
(A) Hopi women
(B) family members
(C) important crops
(D) rain ceremonies
6. The word "scarce" in line10 is clost in meaning to
(A) limited
(B) hidden
(C) pure
(D) necessary
love paradi 歌词7.Which of the following is true of the Shoshone and Ute?
(A) They were not as ttled as the Hopi and Zuni.
(B) They hunted caribou.
(C) They built their home with adobe.
(D) They did not have many religious .
8. According to the passage which of the following tribes lived in the grasslands?
(A) The Shoshone and Ute
(B) The Cheyenne and Sioux
(C) The Hopi and Zuni
圣诞快乐用英语怎么说(D) The Pawnee and Inuit
9. Which of the following animals was most important to the Plains Indians?
(A) The salmon
(B) The caribou
(C) The al
(D) The buffalo
10. Which of the following is NOT mentioned by the author as a dwelling place of early
lowkeyNorth Americans?
(A) Log cabins
(B) Adobe hous
(C) Tipis
(D) Igloos
11 . The author gives an explanation for all of the following words EXCEPT
organic(A) adobe
(B) pueblos
(C) caribou
(D) bison
12. The author groups North American Indians according to their
(A) tribes and geographical regions
(B) arts and crafts
(C) rituals and ceremonies
(D) date of appearance on the continent
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