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1、2005年托福(TOEFL)考试模拟试题(3-2)READINGCOMPREHENSIONQuestions1-10AliceWalkermakesherlivingbywriting,andherpoemsshortstories,andnovelshavewonmanyawardsandfellowshipsforher.ShewasborninEatonton,Georgia.Shewenttopublicschoolsthere,andthentoSpelmanCollegeinAtlantabeforecomingtoNewYorktoattendS
2、arahLawrenceCollege,fromwhichshegraduatedin1966.ForatimeshelivedinJackson,Mississippiwithherlawyerhusbandandsmalldaughter.AboutLangstonHughes,AmericanPoet,herfirstbookforchildren,shesays,"AftermyfirstmeetingwithLangstonHughesIvowedIwouldwriteabootabouthimforchildrensomeday.Why?BecameI,att
3、wenty-two,knewnexttonothingofhiswork,andhedidn'tscoldme;hejustgavemeastackofhisbook.Andhewaskindtome;Iwillalwaysbegratefulthatinhisabsolutewarmthandgenerosityhefulfilledmydeepestdream(andneed)ofwhatapoetshouldbe."Tomeheisnotdeadatall.HardlyadaygoesbythatIdon'tthinkofhimorspeakofhim.Once
4、,justbeforehedied,whenhewassickwiththeflu,Itookhimasackfulloforanges.ThejoyIfeltingivingthatsimplegiftisundiminishedbytime.Hesaidhelikedoranges,too."1.Whatisthemaintopicofthepassage?(A)AliceWalker'sreflectionsonLangstonHughes(B)TheinfluenceofAliceWalkeronthewritingofLangstonHughes(C)Langs
5、tonHughes'bookaboutAliceWalker(D)AcomparisonofthechildhoodsofAliceWalkerandLangstonHughes2.Inthepassage,AliceWalkerisdescribedas(A)aresearchfellowatSpelmanCollege(B)aprofessoratSarahLawrenceCollege(C)aprize-winningwriterofproseandpoetry(D)anauthorofplaysforchildren3.Beforeattendingcolle
6、ge,AliceWalkerwenttoschoolin(A)Atlanta,Georgia(B)Eatonton,Georgia(C)Jackson,Mississippi(D)Lawrence,Massachusetts4.Theword"vowed"inline7isclosestinmeaningtowhichofthefollowing?(A)Confided(B)Believed(C)Denied(D)Promised5.ItcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatAliceWalkerwastwenty-twoyearsoldwhen(
7、A)shemovedtoJackson,Mississippi(B)shemovedtoNewYork(C)shefirstmetLangstonHughes(D)LangstonHughesdied6.Itcanbeinferredfromlines9-11thatAliceWalker'sfirstimpressionsofLangstonHugheswerederivedmostlyfrom(A)talkingwithhisfriends(B)readinghisautobiography(C)studyinghisp