托福插入句子题练习.docx

1、托福插入句子题练习 Document serial number【KKGB-LBS98YT-BS8CB-BSUT-BST108】托福插入句子题练习插入句子题练习（翻译被插入句子，并找出key words）1.1. But there is also another special kind of conversational flow among Southern women that contributed to their writing. 2. Some of their talk took the form of tales and vignettes told for their o

2、wn . Sometimes humorous, sometimes sad; all were as bright as the figures in the fine needlepoint. 4. “These tales included grotesque, comic, and poetic descriptions, character sketches, narratives, gusts of feeling, delicate ironies, and astute observations。”翻译：_2.Above the tree line there is a zon

3、e that is generally called alpine tundra. Immediately adjacent to the timberline, the tundra consists of a fairly complete cover of low-lying shrubs, herbs, and grasses, while higher up the number and diversity of species decrease until there is much bare ground with occasional mosses and lichens an

4、d some prostrate cushion plants. Some plants can even survive in favorable microhabitats above the snow line. The highest plants in the world occur at around 6,100 meters on Makalu in the Himalayas. At this great height, rocks, warmed by the sun, melt small snowdrifts. This explains how, for example

5、, alpine cushion plants have been found growing at an altitude of 6,180 meters. 翻译：3.Although origin in ritual has long been the most popular, it is by no means the only theory about how the theater came into being. Storytelling has been proposed as one alternative. Under this theory, relating and l

6、istening to stories are seen as fundamental human pleasures. Thus, the recalling of an event (a hunt, battle, or other feat) is elaborated through the narrators pantomime and impersonation and eventually through each role being assumed by a different person.To enhance their listeners enjoyment, stor

7、ytellers continually make their stories more engaging and memorable. 翻译：_4.Much of the water in a sample of water-saturated sediment or the rock will drain from it if the sample is put in a suitable dry place. But some will remain, clinging to all solid surfaces. It is held there by the force of sur

8、face tension without which water would drain instantly from any wet surface, leaving it totally dry. The total volume of water in the saturated sample must therefore be thought of as consisting of water that can, and water that cannot, drain away. What, then, determines what proportion of the water

9、stays and what proportion drains away 翻译：_5.Modern architectural forms generally have three separate components comparable to elements of the human body; a supporting skeleton or frame, an outer skin enclosing the interior spaces, equipment, similar to the bodys vital organs and systems. The equipme

10、nt includes plumbing, electrical wiring, hot water, and air-conditioning. Of course in early architecturesuch as igloos and adobe structuresthere was no such equipment, and the skeleton and skin were often one.However, some modern architectural designs, such as those using folded plates of concreter

11、 or air-inflated structures, are again unifying skeleton and skin. 翻译：_6.Ecologists are especially interested to know what factors contribute to the resilience of communities because climax communities all over the world are being severely damaged or destroyed by human activities. The destruction ca

12、used by the volcanic explosion of Mount St. Helens, in the northwestern United States, for example, pales in comparison to the destruction caused by humans. We need to know what aspects of a community are most important to the communitys resistance to destruction, as well as its recovery. In fact, d

13、amage to the environment by humans is often much more severe than damage by natural events and processes. 翻译：_7.The reaction of farmers to the inevitable depletion of the Ogallala varies. Many have been attempting to conserve water by irrigating less frequently or by switching to crops that require

14、less water. Other, however, have adopted the philosophy that it is best to use the water while it is still economically profitable to do so and to concentrate on high-value crops such as cotton. The incentive of the farmers who wish to conserve water is reduced by their knowledge that many of their

15、neighbors are profiting by using great amounts of water, and in the process are drawing down the entire regions water supplies. In the face of the upcoming water supply crisis, a number of grandiose schemes have been developed to transport vast quantities of water by canal or pipeline from the Missi

16、ssippi, the Missouri, or the Arkansas rivers. Unfortunately, the cost of water obtained through any of these schemes would increase pumping costs at least tenfold, making the cost of irrigated agricultural products from the region uncompetitive on the national and international markets.But even if u

17、ncooperative farmers were to join in the conservation efforts, this would only delay the depletion of the aquifer. 翻译：_8.Where the forest inhibits the growth of grass and other meadow plants, the black-tailed deer browses on huckleberry, salal, dogwood, and almost any other shrub or herb. But this i

18、s fair-weather feeding. What keeps the black-tailed deer a lived in the harsher seasons of plant decoy and dormancy One compensation for not hibernating is the built-in urge to migrate. Deer may move from high-elevation browse areas in summer down to the lowland areas in late fall. Even with snow on

19、 the ground, the high bushy understory is exposed; also snow and wind bring down leafy branches of cedar, hemlock, red alder, and other arboreal fodder. The numbers of deer have fluctuated markedly since the entry of Europeans into Puget Sound country. The early explorers and settlers told of abunda

20、nt deer in the early 1800s and yet almost in the same breath bemoaned the lack of this succulent game animal. There food is available and accessible throughout the winter.翻译：_9.The subjects of the paintings are mostly animals. The paintings rest on bare walls, with no backdrops or environmental trap

21、pings. Perhaps, like many contemporary peoples, Upper Paleolithic men and women believed that the drawing of a human image could cause death of injury, and if that were indeed their belief, it might explain why human figures are rarely depicted in cave art. Another explanation for the focus on anima

22、ls might be that these people sought to improve their luck at hunting. This theory is suggested by evidence of chips in the painted figures, perhaps made by spears thrown at the drawings. But if improving their hunting luck was the chief motivation for the paintings, it is difficult to explain why o

23、nly a few show signs of having been speared. Perhaps the paintings were inspired by the need to increase the supply of animals. Cave art seems to have reached a peak toward the end of the Upper Paleolithic period, when the herds of game were decreasing.Therefore, if the paintings were connected with

24、 hunting, some other explanation is needed. 翻译：_10.Continued sedimentationthe process of deposits settling on the sea bottomburies the organic matter and subjects it to higher temperatures and pressures, which convert the organic matter to oil and gas. As muddy sediments are pressed together, the ga

25、s and small droplets of oil may be squeezed out of the mud and may move into sandy layers nearby. Over long periods of time (millions of years), accumulations of gas and oil can collect in the sandy layers. Both oil and gas are less dense than water, so they generally tend to rise upward through wat

26、er-saturated rock and sediment.Unless something acts to halt this migration, these natural resources will eventually reach the surface. 翻译：_11.Scientists have known for some time that certain plants, called hyperaccumulators, can concentrate minerals at levels a hundredfold or greater than normal. A

27、 survey of known hyperaccumulators identified that 75 percent of them amassed nickel, cobalt, copper, zinc, manganese, lead, and cadmium are other minerals of choice.Hyperaccumulators run the entire range of the plant world. They may be herbs, shrubs, or trees.Many members of the mustard family, spu

28、rge family, legume family, and grass family are top hyperaccumulators. Many are found in tropical and subtropical areas of the metals may afford some protection against plant-eating insects and microbial pathogens.Certain minerals are more likely to be accumulated in large quantities than others.翻译：

29、_12.Speculation on the origin of these Pacific islands began as soon as outsiders encountered them; in the absence of solid linguistic, archaeological, and biological data, many fanciful and mutually exclusive theories were devised. Pacific islanders were variously thought to have come from North Am

30、erica, South America, Egypt, Israel, and India, as well as Southeast Asia. Many older theories implicitly deprecated the navigational abilities and overall cultural creativity of the Pacific islanders. to navigate and colonize the Pacific. They inferred that the Egyptians even crossed the Pacific to found the great civilizations of the New World (North and South America). In 1