艾尚托福阅读，我们一起背单词第四期：TPO20-2

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今天我们讲解托福TPO20-2 Settlements in the southwest Asia 的第7题到第12题需要重点记忆的单词

7. Paragraph 3 suggests which of the following about the settlement of Abu Hureyra正确答案所在原文：
For the next 1500 years, its inhabitants enjoyed a somewhat warmer and damper climate than today, (living in a well-wooded steppe area) [where wild cereal grasses were abundant].
重点单词：
inhabitant n. 居民 （CET4）
damp adj. 潮湿的 （CET4）
abundant adj. 充足的；丰富的 （高中）
正确选项：
The easy availability of food led to the growth of the settlement.
重点单词：
availability n. 可用性；实用性；（CET4）

8. The word “shifts” in the passage is closest in meaning to
题干单词：
shift v/n. 改变；变化 （CET4）
原文：
The flotation samples from the excavations allowed botanists to study shifts in plant-collecting.
重点单词：
flotation n. 浮选 （托福）
excavation n. 挖掘；发掘（托福）
botanist n. 植物学家 （托福）
选项单词：
effect n. 影响；效果 （高中）
similarity n. 相似性 （高中）
change n. 改变 （初中）
exception n. 例外 （CET4）
shift = change

9. Paragraph 4 suggests that the people of Abu Hureyra abandoned their long-established settlement because
题干单词：
abandon v. 抛弃；丢弃 （高中）
正确答案对应原文：
By 8200B.C., drought conditions were so severe that the people abandoned their long-established settlement, perhaps dispersing into smaller camps.
重点单词：
drought n. 干旱 （CET6）
condition n. 条件；情况 （高中）
severe adj. 严峻的；严厉的 （高中）
disperse v. 分散；散开 （CET6）
正确选项：lack of rain caused food shortages.
重点单词：
shortage n. 缺乏；不足 （CET4）

10. According to paragraph 5, after 7000B.C., the settlement of Abu Hureyra differed from earlier settlements at that location in all of the following EXCEPT
A选项对应的原文
they switched abruptly to herding domesticated goats and sheep to growing einkorn, pulses and other cereal grasses.
C选项对应的原文：
Abu Hureyra grew rapidly until it covered nearly 30 acres.
D选项对应的原文：
It was a close-knit community of rectangular, one-story mud brick houses
重点单词：
switch v. 改变
herd n. 兽群；v.放牧 （CET4）
abruptly adv. 突然地 （CET6）
domesticate v. (domestication n.)驯养；教化 （托福）
rectangular n. 矩形的 （CET6）
A选项：the domestication of animals
C选项：the size of the settlement
D选项：the design of the dwellings
选项重点单词：
dwelling n. 住处；寓所 （CET6）
11. The word “abruptly” in the passage is closest in meaning to
原文：
they switched abruptly to herding domesticated goats and sheep to growing einkorn, pulses and other cereal grasses.
A选项单词：informally adv.非正式地 （高中）
B选项单词：briefly adv. 简略地 （高中）
C选项单词：suddenly adv. 突然地 （高中）
D选项单词：surprisingly adv. 令人惊讶地 （高中）
abruptly = suddenly

12. Which of the sentences below best expresses the essential information in the highlighted sentence in the passage?
原句：
Many complex factors led to the adoption of the new economies, (not only at Abu Hureyra, but at many other locations such as Ain Ghazal, also in Syria,) [where goat toe bones (showing the telltale marks of abrasion) (caused by foot tethering (binding) )testify to early herding of domestic stock].
重点单词：
adoption n. 采用；采纳；接受 （CET4）
正确选项：In many areas besides Abu Hureyra, complex factors led to new economies including the herding of domestic stock.
重点单词：
stock n. 股份；股票；家畜 （CET4）

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