托福阅读真题及答案7

托福阅读真题及答案7

托福阅读真题及答案汇总

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The Navajo are also world-famous for the designs on their woven blankets.Navajo women own the family flocks,control the shearing of the sheep,the carding,the spinning,and dying of the thread,and the weaving of the fabrics.While the men who make faithful copies of sand paintings from the past represent the principle of stability in Navajo thought,women embody dynamism and create new designs for every weaving they make.Weaving is a paradigm of the creativity of a mythic ancestor named Spider Woman who wove the universe as a cosmic web that united earth and sky.It was she who，according to legend,taught Navajo women how to weave.As they prepare their materials and weave.Navajo women imitate the transformations that originally created the world.Working on their looms,Navajo weavers create images through which they experience harmony with nature.It is their means of creating beauty and thereby contributing to the beauty,harmony,and healing of the world.Thus,weaving is a way of seeing the world and being part of it.

10.The word“ancestor”in the passage is closest in meaning to

A.relative from an earlier generation

B.person who established a particular tradition in a society

C.hero from ancient times

D.person who once made important contributions to a social group or culture

答案：A

解析：Ancestor,祖先的意思。A选项的relative from an earlier generation,意为更早一代的亲属，所以A选项正确。

11.Why does the author discuss“a mythic ancestor”?

A.To show how Navajo ideas of weaving have changed over time

B.To explain why the Navajo principle of stability is more clearly represented in their weavings than in their sand paintings

C.To emphasize the role of naturally occurring weaving materials in the creative weavings of the Navajo

D.To help explain the significance of weaving in Navajo culture

答案：D

托福阅读考试时间有多久？

一般是3篇文章，每篇文章14道题，答题时间为每篇文章20分钟。做完3篇文章后，可能会遇到加试的2篇文章，每篇文章也是14道题，答题时间也是每篇20分钟。所以，阅读部分在没有遇到加试时应该是1个小时，如果遇到加试，阅读部分是1个小时40分钟。