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1、1998年5月托福阅读全真试题（May1998TOEFLReadingEnglishtestpaper）1998年5月托福阅读全真试题questions1-11beforethe1500's,thewesternplainsofnorthamericaweredominatedbyfarmers.onegroup,themandan,livedintheuppermissouririvercountry,primarilyinpresent-daynorthdakota.theyhadlargevillagesofhousesbuiltclosetoget
2、her.thetightarrangementenabledthemandantoprotectthemselvesmoreeasilyfromtheattacksofotherswhomightseektoobtainsomeofthefoodinthesehighlycapablefarmersstoredfromoneyeartothenext.thewomenhadprimaryresponsibilityforthefields.theyhadtoexerciseconsiderableskilltoproducethedesiredresult
3、s,fortheirnorthernlocationmeantfleetinggrowingseasons.winteroftenlingered;autumncouldbeusheredinbyseverefrost.forgoodmeasure,duringthespringandsummerdrought,heat,hail,grasshoppers,andotherfrustrationsmight,awaitthewarygrower.undersuchconditions,themandanwomenhadtogrowmaizecapableo
4、fweatheringadversity.theybeganasearlyasitappearedfeasibletodosointhespring.clearingtheland,usingfiretoclearstubblefromthefieldsandthenplanting.fromthispointuntilthefirstgreencorncouldbeharvested,thecroprequiredlaboranddiligence.harvestingproceededintwostages.inaugustthemandanpicke
5、dasmalleramountofthecropbeforeithadmaturedfully.thisgreencornwasboiled,dried,andshelled,withsomeofthemaizeslatedforimmediateconsumptionandthereststoredinanimalskinbags.laterinthefall,thepeoplepickedtherestofthecorn.theysavedthebestoftheharvestforseedsorfortrade,withtheremaindereat
6、enrightawayorstoredforlateruseinundergroundreserves.withappropriatebankingoftheextrafood,themandanprotectedthemselvesagainstthedisasterofcropfailureandaccompanyinghunger.thewomenplantedanotherstaple,aboutthefirstofjune,andharvesteditnearthetimeofthegreencornharvest.aftertheypicked
7、it,theyslicedit,driedit,andstrungtheslicesbeforetheystoredthem.onceagain,theysavedtheseedfromthebestoftheyear'scrop.themandanalsogrewsunflowersandtobacco;thelatterwastheparticulartaskoftheoldmen.1.themandanbuilttheirhousesclosetogetherinorderto(a)toguardtheirsuppliesoffood(b)topro
8、tectthemselvesagainsttheweather.(
