托福考试阅读理解专项训练与答案.docx

托福考试阅读理解专项训练与答案

2016年托福考试阅读理解专项训练与答案 阅读理解 partA LakeBaikal 1Crescent-shapedLakeBaikal,inSiberia,isonlytheninthlargestlakeinareaat385miles(650km)inlengthand46miles(74km)inwidth,yetitiseasilythelargestbodyoffreshwaterintheworld.Itholdsone-fifthoftheworld'stotalfreshwater,whichismorethanthetotalofallthewaterinthefiveGreatLakes;itholdssomuchfreshwaterinspiteofitsless-than-impressiveareabecauseitisbyfartheworld'sdeepestlake.Theaveragedepthofthelakeis1,312feet(400meters)belowsealevel,andtheOlkhonCrevice,thelowestknownpoint,ismorethan5,250feet(1,600meters)deep. 2LakeBaikal,whichtodayislocatednearthecenteroftheAsianpeninsula,ismostlikelytheworld'soldestlake.Itbeganforming25millionyearsagoasAsiastartedsplittingapartinaseriesofgreatfaults.TheBaikalValleydroppedaway,eventuallyfillingwithwaterandcreatingthedeepestoftheworld'slakes. 1.Whatisstatedinparagraph1abouttheshapeofLakeBaikal? (A)Itiswiderthanitislong. (B)Itiscircularinshape. (C)Itswidthisone-halfofitslength. (D)Itisshapedlikeanewmoon. 2.Itisindicatedinparagraph1thattheareaofLakeBaikal (A)islessthantheareaofeightotherlakes (B)isone-ninththeareaofSiberia (C)isgreaterthantheareaofanyotherfreshwaterlake (D)isequaltotheareaofthefiveGreatLakes 3.Accordingtoparagraph1,LakeBaikal (A)holdsone-fifthoftheworld'swater (B)holdsfivetimesthewateroftheGreatLakes (C)holdsone-ninthoftheworld'swater (D)holds20percentoftheworld'sfreshwater 4.Accordingtoparagraph1,theOlkhonCreviceis (A)outsideofLakeBaikal (B)400metersbelowsealevel (C)thedeepestpartofLakeBaikal (D)5,000metersdeep 5.Itismentionedinparagraph2thatLakeBaikal (A)isnotasoldassomeotherlakes (B)formedwhensectionsoftheEarthweremovingawayfromeachother (C)wasfullyformed25millionyearsago (D)istodaylocatedontheedgeoftheAsianpeninsula 参考答案： 1-5：D、A、D、C、B partB ThePostageStamp 1Thepostagestamphasbeenaroundforonlyarelativelyshortperiodoftime.TheuseofstampsforpostagewasfirstproposedinEnglandin1837,whenSirRowlandHillpublishedapamphletentitled"PostOfficeReform