2013年7月13日托福考试阅读机经

南京环球教育学校

邹中杰

第一篇

主题：非洲裙子历史

　　讲述非洲裙子的历史，其中还谈到了裙子的作用及发展意义。

解析：这是一篇人文社科类文章，基本符合ETS近期出牌套路。发展型的文章结构中套用了部分因果关系，难度适中，并且也是大多数考生熟悉的素材。在接下来的考试中考试要值得注意。下面给出同素材参考文章：

Drawing examples from a wide range of African cultures, this ground-breaking book expands the continuing discourse on the aesthetic and cultural significance of cloth, body and dress in Africa and moves beyond contextual analysis to consider the broader application of cloth and dress to art forms in other media. In blending the concerns of Art History and Anthropology, the authors focus on the art patronage systems that stimulate production, consumption, commodification and cultural meaning, and emphasize the overriding importance of cloth to aesthetic and cultural expression in African societies. Through this approach they reveal complex processes that involve a series of actors, including textile artists, commissioning-patrons and consumer-patrons, all of whom shape cloth and dress traditions. These individuals not only influence production, but are a key to understanding the cultural meaning of cloth and dress and, by extension, the body in Africa.

第二篇

主题：恐龙灭绝

恐龙的灭绝一直众说纷纭，文章中其中重点提及恐龙灭绝与小行星asteroid有关。

解析：本篇文章是ETS最为喜欢的天文学素材，其中所设计的写作手法和文章结构，考生可以参考TPO1。

下面给出一篇具体参考文章供考生参考：

Dinosaurs are a diverse group of animals that were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period (about 230 million years ago) until the end of the Cretaceous (about 65 million years ago). The extinction of most dinosaur species occurred during the Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event. The fossil record indicates that birds evolved from theropod dinosaurs during the Jurassic period. Some of them survived the Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event, including the ancestors of all modern birds. Consequently, in modern classification systems, birds are considered a type of dinosaur — the only group of which that survives until the present day.

第三篇

主题：山脉形成理论

总共讲述山脉形成的三种理论，第一种为地球就像drying apple, crust break up as interior shrank. 第二种是说大陆板块挤压形成山脉，第三种是第二种的衍生，提及阿尔卑斯山的例子，是自身重量然后导致地球发热，形成山脉。另外，第二种理论的学者认为顺序有问题，应该反过来。

解析;在本次考试中ETS再次使出了“生物+地质“的连环杀手锏，想必这一杀手锏给很多同学带来了致命的一击，但只要大家在过去的复习备考中多加关注网络信息、以及相关托福备考论坛或者我本人的微博，就不难发现，这一类素材恰好是最好把握的一类。在后续的更新中，我会进一步为大家进行这一领域的专门训练。

下面给出相关参考文章：

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