托福考试托福阅读讲义16
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注意:
a.被指代对象往往在代词之前出现
b. 从句开头往后找答案
c. 代词和被指代对象的数性和性质必须一致
d. 指代的传递现象
Jupiters and other giant planet are of a low-density type quite distinct from the terrestrial planets: they are #posed predominantly of such substances as hydrogen, helium, ammonia, and methane.
The word they in the passage refers to
(A) nuclear reactions
(B) giant planets
(C) terrestrial
(D) substances
If the physical barriers of the plant are breached, then preformed chemicals may inhibit or kill the intruder, and plant tissues contain a diverse array of toxic or potentially toxic substances, such as resins, tannins, glycosides, and alkaloids, many of which are highly effective deterrents to insects that feed on plants.
The word which in the passage refers to
(A) tissues
(B) substances
(C) barriers
(D) alkaloids
Aciculturists, people who raise birs for #mercial sale, have not yet learned how to simulate the natural incubation of parrot eggs in the wild. They continue to look for better ways to increase egg production and to improve chick survival rates.
The word They in the passage refers to
(A) birds
(B) avicuturists
(C) eggs
(D) rates
What is particularly meaningful to anthropology is the realization that although the material available to a society may to some extend limit or influence what it can do artistically, the materials by no means determine what is done.
The word it in the passage refers to
(A) realization
(B) society
(C) extent
(D) influence
Some of their baskets were #pletely covered with shell pendants; others with featers that made the baskets’ surfaces as soft as the breasts of birds.
The word others in the passage refers to
(A) masters
(B) baskets
(C) pendants
(D) surfaces
Encouraged by the example of certain Americans of European descent such as Thomas Eakins, Robert Henri, and George Luks, who had included persons of African descent in their paintings as serious studies rather than as trivial or sendimental stereotypes, African American artists of this period set about creating a new portrayal of themselves and their lives in the United States. As they began to strive for social and cutural independence. Their attitudes toward themselves changed, and, to some extend, others segments of American society began to change their attitudes toward them.
The word them in the passage refers to
(A) Americans of European descent
(B) paintings
(C) African American artists
(D) attitudes
