2014托福阅读听力真题汇总

1、閱讀1 食品業的發展原始機經：古時候的人們不像現在每天都可以吃麵包，他們的食物保持不很久。不過發現可以用鹽來醃制食物用來長久保存，並且法國 g人也發現了類似的方法，後來發現可以 用鹽和冰來儲存食物。剛開始的時候罐頭剛發明，很多人;I， 因為太貴了而且不好打開， 要用工 具翁打開（有題），之後美國還出現了蔬菜罐頭。翁後來降低了，大家就接受了。還記得有段說因為什麼，讓一個地方成為了 meat cepfer。後來，隨著鐵路的發展，很多外地的食物可以運到#的地方。因為鐵路的發達，南美大片草原始種植麥 子。不過後來因為種植麥子的太多了， 導致物價*#!失了， 雖然破產的農民很多， 但是結果是人蘇吃得起麵

2、 包/#了。此通運輸業對於食品發展也其他很要，冰塊可以實現運輸了。背景知識：（改寫自 Food in World，ltory)_Before the nineteenth century, only the elfte could enjoy white bread and meat on a dlily basis. With the_rise of industrial mass production, the_ and many other foods尊e come to be r_arded as everyday staples inWestern society. The fact

3、ci system, designed to achieve mass production through mechanization, found readyappliclionhe food prosing industry. New rthods of preservation, particularly canning and refrigerion,allowed such economies of scalet|actories could produce enough to feed whole cities without spoilage or waste.engines

4、povred giant mills as well as ships and trainst carried 4pdustrial products across continents andoceans. In sheerties, the foods available to late ninenth-century British and Normerican gfies outstrippedall previoupply systems in histon#Since ancient times,e Chihad used salt on a large scale|o prese

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7、m different farms10)According to paragraph 4, the global fall in wheat result of the worldwide decrease wheat?bread became more widely available for everyday constjmptionhe price of11) pioneered = initially developed/12)What is mentioned in paragraph 5 as an effe of improvementsilling technology? -

8、theindustrialization of rice prosing in Asiaf13)題,p7Eventually as price camedown andopenifig the containers became easier, canned food commonplace in family kitchens. ( Ans: D)/14) SUMMARYA) Food distribution grey improyed due to improvement in shipand the use of trains.C) Canning and Refrigeration ensuredt food could be adetiay pand distrusted widely withoutwaste o