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1、2015年1月31日托福考试阅读真题ObsecurelittleknownEncompassincludeProfoundintenseCompriseconsistofReinforcestrengthObsoleteoutofdateStationaryunmoveIrreversiblepermanentHencethereforeEnhancepromoteSubsequebtlater　　第一篇：商业革命　　考生回忆：第一篇讲商业革命，就是说随着美国殖民地的建立，各个地区的工嗯呢该向贸易转化。讲到最近一千年商业革命的大背景，后面讲倒数第

2、三个和第二个一千年，许多殖民地，例如埃及，都是用于军事占领，但是随着贸易加强和王权削弱，国王逐渐变成只能控制贸易商品的种类，在之后就变得只能保护土地。总之就是说权利减弱。之后又说在美国，在贸易革命前，贸易权(大概是金钱)只掌握在少部分人手中，但是贸易革命以后让手工工人和一些专业人士也可以接触贸易。www.smartstudy.com　　解析：这篇文章属于历史类文章。文章主题明确结构清晰，对背景的描述会比较详尽，不会出现因为背景知识的生疏而严重影响对于文章理解的情况。需要注意的是，必须提前对相关类型的TPO文章的生词熟悉，尽量减少生词恐惧带来的内耗

3、。推荐TPO10的文章TPO10：Seventeenth-CenturyEuropeanEconomicGrowth。　　相关背景：　　Seventeenth-CenturyEuropeanEconomicGrowth　　Inthelatesixteenthcenturyandintotheseventeenth,Europecontinuedthegrowththathadlifteditoutoftherelativelylessprosperousmedievalperiod(fromthemid400stothelate1400s).Am

4、ongthekeyfactorsbehindthisgrowthwereincreasedagriculturalproductivityandanexpansionoftrade.　　Populationscannotgrowunlesstheruraleconomycanproduceenoughadditionalfoodtofeedmorepeople.Duringthesixteenthcentury,farmersbroughtmorelandintocultivationattheexpenseofforestsandfens(lo

5、w-lyingwetlands).DutchlandreclamationintheNetherlandsinthesixteenthandseventeenthcenturiesprovidesthemostspectacularexampleoftheexpansionoffarmland:theDutchreclaimedmorethan36.000acresfrom1590to1615alone.　　MuchofthepotentialforEuropeaneconomicdevelopmentlayinwhatatfirstglance

6、wouldseemtohavebeenonlysleepyvillages.Suchvillages,however,generallylayinregionsofrelativelyadvancedagriculturalproduction,permittingnotonlythesurvivalofpeasantsbutalsotheaccumulationofanagriculturalwww.smartstudy.comsurplusforinvestment.Theyhadaccesstourbanmerchants,markets,

7、andtraderoutes.　　Increasedagriculturalproductioninturnfacilitatedruralindustry,anintrinsicpartoftheexpansionofindustry.Woolensandtextilemanufacturers,inparticular,utilizedruralcottage(in-home)production,whichtookadvantageofcheapandplentifulrurallabor.IntheGermanstates,therava

8、gesoftheThirtyYears'War(1618-1648)furthermovedtextileproductionintot