2016年新托福考试词汇真题预测:outstanding
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  【摘要】托福考试主要是测试同学们的听力,阅读,写作及口语,下面收集了一些托福词汇以供同学们复习参考。环球网校托福频道小编为大家整理了一些应试技巧,希望对大家有帮助!

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  1. The quality of preservation is outstanding, but what is even more impressive is the number of ichthyosaur fossils containing preserved embryos.

  The word "outstanding" is closest in meaning to which of following?

  (A) extensive 广阔的规模大的

  (B) surprising

  (C) vertical垂直的

  (D) excellent

  2. Ichthyosaurs with embryos have been reported from 6 different levels of the shale in a small area around Holzamden, suggesting that a specific site was used by large numbers of ichthyosaurs repeatedly over time.

  The word "site" is closest in meaning to which of following?

  (A) example

  (B) location

  (C) development

  (D) characteristic

  3. The quality of preservation is almost unmatched, and quarry operations have been carried out carefully with an awareness of the value of the fossils. But these factors do not account for the interesting question of how there came to be such a concentration of pregnant ichthyosaurs in a particular place very close to their time of giving birth.

  The phrase "account for " is closest in meaning to which of following?

  (A) record

  (B) describe

  (C) equal

  (D) explain

  4. In the seventeenth century the organ, the clavichord, and the harpsichord became the chief instruments of the keyboard group, a至高权利 supremacy they maintained until the piano supplanted them at the end of the eighteenth century.

  The words "a supremacy" in line 9 are closest in meaning to

  (A) a suggestion

  (B) an improvement

  (C) a dominance控制力

  (D) a development

  5. A series of mechanical improvements continuing well into the nineteenth century, including the introduction of pedals to sustain tone or to soften it, the perfection of a metal frame, and steel wire of the finest quality, finally produced an instrument capable of 无数的myriad tonal effects from the most delicate harmonies to an almost orchestral fullness of sound, from a liquid, singing tone to a ship, percussive brilliance.

  The word "myriad" is closest in meaning to which of following?

  (A) noticeable

  (B) many

  (C) loud

  (D) unusual

  6. Each one was virtually a stone town, which is why the Spanish would later call them pueblos, the Spanish word for towns. These pueblos represent one of the Anasazis' supreme achievements. At least a dozen large stone houses took shape below the bluffs of Chiaco Canyon in northwest New Mexico.

  The word "supreme" is closest in meaning to which of following?

  (A) most common

  (B) most outstanding

  (C) most expensive

  (D) most convenient

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