托福备考-TOFEL+训练reading+05.xls

TOFEL 训练reading Before the 1500 s the western plains of North America were dominated by farmers One group the Mandans lived in the upper Missouri River country primarily in present day North Dakota They had large villages of houses built close together The tight arrangement enabled the Mandans to protect themselves more easily from the attacks of others who might seek to obtain some of the food these highly capable farmers stored from one year to the next The women had primary responsibility for the fields They had to exercise considerable skill to produce the desired results for their northern location meant fleeting growing seasons winter often lingered autumn could be ushered in by severe frost For good measure during the spring and summer drought heat hail grasshoppers and other frustrations might await the wary grower Under such conditions Mandan women had to grow maize capable of weathering adversity They began as early as it appeared feasible to do so in the spring clearing the land using fire to clear stubble from the fields and then planting Form this point until the first green corn could be harvested the crop required labor and vigilance Harvesting proceeded in two stages In August the Mandans picked a smaller amount of the crop before it had matured fully this green corn was boiled dried and shelled with some of the maize slated for immediate consumption and the rest stored in animal skin bags Later in the fall the people picked the rest of the corn They saved the best of the harvest for seeds or for trade with the remainder eaten right away or stored for later use in underground reserves With appropriate banking of the extra food the Mandans protected themselves against the disaster of crop failure and accompanying hunger The women planted another staple squash about the first of June and harvested it near the time of the green corn harvest After they picked it they sliced it dried it and strung the slices before they stored them Once again they saved the seed from the best of the year s crop The Mandans also grew sunflowers and tobacco the latter was the particular task of the old men 重点单词 western n 西方人 西部片 西部小说 a 西方的 西洋的 西部的 plain n 平原 草原 a 简单的 明白的 平常的 清晰的 普通的 朴素的 ad 清楚地 n 无格式 dominate vt vi 支配 占优势 upper a 上面的 较高的 上级的 上院的 穿在外面的 地表的 北部的 后期的 n 鞋帮 绑腿 上齿 Missouri n 密苏里州 primarily ad 主要地 首先地 基本地 tight a 紧的 吝啬的 严厉的 ad 紧紧地 enable vt 使能够 使能 protect vt 防卫 保护 警戒 attack n 攻击 抨击 vt 攻击 抨击 动手 vi 攻击 seek vt 寻求 寻找 探索 请求 追求 搜索 vi 寻找 搜索 obtain vt 获得 达到 vi 流行 capable a 有能力的 能的 能干的 primary n 最主要者 原色 a 主要的 初期的 根本的 原始的 首要的 基本的 responsibility n 责任 职责 负担 响应度 可靠性 skill n 技术 技巧 技能 熟练 巧妙 fleet n 舰队 港湾 小河 a 快速的 敏捷的 浅的 ad 浅 vt 消磨 vi 疾驰 飞逝 掠过 linger vi 逗留 消磨 徘徊 vt 拖延 usher n 带位员 招待员 vt 引导 展示 vi 作招待员 severe a 严格的 凶猛的 严肃的 严厉的 朴素的 严重的 frost n 霜 冰冻 冷漠 vt 覆着霜 冻结 结霜 vi 受冻 起霜 drought n 干旱 缺乏 hail n 冰雹 致敬 招呼 vt 向 欢呼 致敬 招呼 使象下雹样落下 vi 招呼 下雹 int 万岁 欢迎 frustration n 打破 挫折 顿挫 await vt 等候 wary a 小心的 机警的 周到的 唯恐的 maize n 玉蜀黍 黄色 a 玉蜀黍色的 黄色的 adversity n 不幸 灾祸 逆境 灾难 feasible a 能实行的 可行的 适宜的 stubble n 断株 茬 剪成短短的头发 harvest n 收获 成果 收获物 收获期 vt vi 收割 收获 crop n 农作物 产量 平头 vt 收割 修剪 种植 vi 收获 vigilance n 警戒 警觉心 失眠症 proceed vi 进行 开始 发出 继续进行 起诉 shell n 贝壳 壳 外形 炮弹 vt 去壳 脱落 炮轰 vi 剥落 脱壳 slate n 石板 a 石板色的 vt 铺石板 责骂 痛打 immediate a 立即的 直接的 近的 consumption n 消费 消费量 憔悴 remainder n 剩余物 其他的人 残余 余数 vt vi 廉价出售 a 剩余的 出售剩书的 appropriate a 适当的 disaster n 灾祸 不幸 彻底失败 failure n 失败 失败者 不足 缺乏 破产 accompany vt 陪伴 带有 为 伴奏 vi 伴奏 伴唱 staple n 主要产物 常用品 主要要素 原料 钩环 订书钉 a 主要的 重要的 vt 分类 选择 钉住 squash n 压碎的东西 南瓜 拥挤嘈杂的人群 vt 压扁 镇压 压制 vi 被压扁 发溅泼声 挤入 slice n 薄的切片 一部分 菜刀 vt 切成薄片 切下 vi 切 strung vbl string的过去式和过去分词string n 线 细绳 一串 字串 vt 串起 成串 收紧 缚 扎 vi 成一串 Before the 1500 s the western plains of North America were dominated by farmers One group the Mandans lived in the upper Missouri River country primarily in present day North Dakota They had large villages of houses built close together The tight arrangement enabled the Mandans to protect themselves more easily from the attacks of others who might seek to obtain some of the food these highly capable farmers stored from one year to the next The women had primary responsibility for the fields They had to exercise considerable skill to produce the desired results for their northern location meant fleeting growing seasons winter often lingered autumn could be ushered in by severe frost For good measure during the spring and summer drought heat hail grasshoppers and other frustrations might await the wary grower Under such conditions Mandan women had to grow maize capable of weathering adversity They began as early as it appeared feasible to do so in the spring clearing the land using fire to clear stubble from the fields and then planting Form this point until the first green corn could be harvested the crop required labor and vigilance Harvesting proceeded in two stages In August the Mandans picked a smaller amount of the crop before it had matured fully this green corn was boiled dried and shelled with some of the maize slated for immediate consumption and the rest stored in animal skin bags Later in the fall the people picked the rest of the corn They saved the best of the harvest for seeds or for trade with the remainder eaten right away or stored for later use in underground reserves With appropriate banking of the extra food the Mandans protected themselves against the disaster of crop failure and accompanying hunger The women planted another staple squash about the first of June and harvested it near the time of the green corn harvest After they picked it they sliced it dried it and strung the slices before they stored them Once again they saved the seed from the best of the year s crop The Mandans also grew sunflowers and tobacco the latter was the particular task of the old men plain n 平原 草原 a 简单的 明白的 平常的 清晰的 普通的 朴素的 ad 清楚地 n 无格式 upper a 上面的 较高的 上级的 上院的 穿在外面的 地表的 北部的 后期的 n 鞋帮 绑腿 上齿 fleet n 舰队 港湾 小河 a 快速的 敏捷的 浅的 ad 浅 vt 消磨 vi 疾驰 飞逝 掠过 hail n 冰雹 致敬 招呼 vt 向 欢呼 致敬 招呼 使象下雹样落下 vi 招呼 下雹 int 万岁 欢迎 staple n 主要产物 常用品 主要要素 原料 钩环 订书钉 a 主要的 重要的 vt 分类 选择 钉住 squash n 压碎的东西 南瓜 拥挤嘈杂的人群 vt 压扁 镇压 压制 vi 被压扁 发溅泼声 挤入 strung vbl string的过去式和过去分词string n 线 细绳 一串 字串 vt 串起 成串 收紧 缚 扎 vi 成一串 Before the 1500 s the western plains of North America were dominated by farmers One group the Mandans lived in the upper Missouri River country primarily in present day North Dakota They had large villages of houses built close together The tight arrangement enabled the Mandans to protect themselves more easily from the attacks of others who might seek to obtain some of the food these highly capable farmers stored from one year to the next The women had primary responsibility for the fields They had to exercise considerable skill to produce the desired results for their northern location meant fleeting growing seasons winter often lingered autumn could be ushered in by severe frost For good measure during the spring and summer drought heat hail grasshoppers and other frustrations might await the wary grower Under such conditions Mandan women had to grow maize capable of weathering adversity They began as early as it appeared feasible to do so in the spring clearing the land using fire to clear stubble from the fields and then planting Form this point until the first green corn could be harvested the crop required labor and vigilance Harvesting proceeded in two stages In August the Mandans picked a smaller amount of the crop before it had matured fully this green corn was boiled dried and shelled with some of the maize slated for immediate consumption and the rest stored in animal skin bags Later in the fall the people picked the rest of the corn They saved the best of the harvest for seeds or for trade with the remainder eaten right away or stored for later use in underground reserves With appropriate banking of the extra food the Mandans protected themselves against the disaster of crop failure and accompanying hunger The women planted another staple squash about the first of June and harvested it near the time of the green corn harvest After they picked it they sliced it dried it and strung the slices before they stored them Once again they saved the seed from the best of the year s crop The Mandans also grew sunflowers and tobacco the latter was the particular task of the old men Before the 1500 s the western plains of North America were dominated by farmers One group the Mandans lived in the upper Missouri River country primarily in present day North Dakota They had large villages of houses built close together The tight arrangement enabled the Mandans to protect themselves more easily from the attacks of others who might seek to obtain some of the food these highly capable farmers stored from one year to the next The women had primary responsibility for the fields They had to exercise considerable skill to produce the desired results for their northern location meant fleeting growing seasons winter often lingered autumn could be ushered in by severe frost For good measure during the spring and summer drought heat hail grasshoppers and other frustrations might await the wary grower Under such conditions Mandan women had to grow maize capable of weathering adversity They began as early as it appeared feasible to do so in the spring clearing the land using fire to clear stubble from the fields and then planting Form this point until the first green corn could be harvested the crop required labor and vigilance Harvesting proceeded in two stages In August the Mandans picked a smaller amount of the crop before it had matured fully this green corn was boiled dried and shelled with some of the maize slated for immediate consumption and the rest stored in animal skin bags Later in the fall the people picked the rest of the corn They saved the best of the harvest for seeds or for trade with the remainder eaten right away or stored for later use in underground reserves With appropriate banking of the extra food the Mandans protected themselves against the disaster of crop failure and accompanying hunger The women planted another staple squash about the first of June and harvested it near the time of the green corn harvest After they picked it they sliced it dried it and strung the slices before they stored them Once again they saved the seed from the best of the year s crop The Mandans also grew sunflowers and tobacco the latter was the particular task of the old men Before the 1500 s the western plains of North America were dominated by farmers One group the Mandans lived in the upper Missouri River country primarily in present day North Dakota They had large villages of houses built close together The tight arrangement enabled the Mandans to protect themselves more easily from the attacks of others who might seek to obtain some of the food these highly capable farmers stored from one year to the next The women had primary responsibility for the fields They had to exercise considerable skill to produce the desired results for their northern location meant fleeting growing seasons winter often lingered autumn could be ushered in by severe frost For good measure during the spring and summer drought heat hail grasshoppers and other frustrations might await the wary grower Under such conditions Mandan women had to grow maize capable of weathering adversity They began as early as it appeared feasible to do so in the spring clearing the land using fire to clear stubble from the fields and then planting Form this point until the first green corn could be harvested the crop required labor and vigilance Harvesting proceeded in two stages In August the Mandans picked a smaller amount of the crop before it had matured fully this green corn was boiled dried and shelled with some of the maize slated for immediate consumption and the rest stored in animal skin bags Later in the fall the people picked the rest of the corn They saved the best of the harvest for seeds or for trade with the remainder eaten right away or stored for later use in underground reserves With appropriate banking of the extra food the Mandans protected themselves against the disaster of crop failure and accompanying hunger The women planted another staple squash about the first of June and harvested it near the time of the green corn harvest After they picked it they sliced it dried it and strung the slices before they stored them Once again they saved the seed from the best of the year s crop The Mandans also grew sunflowers and tobacco the latter was the particular task of the old men Before the 1500 s the western plains of North America were dominated by farmers One group the Mandans lived in the upper Missouri River country primarily in present day North Dakota They had large villages of houses built close together The tight arrangement enabled the Mandans to protect themselves more easily from the attacks of others who might seek to obtain some of the food these highly capable farmers stored from one year to the next Harvesting proceeded in two stages In August the Mandans picked a smaller amount of the crop before it had matured fully this green corn was boiled dried and shelled with some of the maize slated for immediate consumption and the rest stored in animal skin bags Later in the fall the people picked the rest of the corn