11.8號託福閱讀真題答案解析

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11.8號託福閱讀答案解析

閱讀部分考試回憶如下：

1. Preventing Overgrowth among Tree Branches

shedding剪枝的意義。一個是因爲有些樹枝消耗掉的碳物質比生產的多，另一個原因是有時候氣候很乾，剪枝減少水的消耗。

詞彙題補充：

exposed = unprotected

with no warning = without any indication beforehand

congestion = overcrowding

2. Crown of Thorns Starfish and Coral Reefs

冠狀棘海星，話題重複2011.01.08

珊瑚的消失和一種海星的數量猛增有關係，主要說的是導致猛增的原因(環境+人)

詞彙題補充：

outbreak = sudden increase

accompany = occur along with

converge = come together

severity = seriousness

原題重現：

The crown of thorns starfish, Acanthaster Tlanci, is large, twenty-five to thirty-five centimeters in diameter, and has seven to twenty-one arms that are covered in spines. It feeds primarily on coral and is found from the Indian Ocean to the west coast of Central America, usually at quite low population densities. Since the mid-1950s, population outbreaks at densities four to six times greater than normal have occurred at the same time in places such as Hawaii, Tahiti, Panama, and the Great Barrier Reef. The result has often been the loss of a fifty percent to nearly one hundred percent of the coral cover over large areas.

A single Acanthaster can consume five to six square meters of coral polyps per year, and dense populations can destroy up to six square kilometers per year and move on rapidly. Acanthasters show a preference for branching corals, especially Acroporids. After an outbreak in a particular area, it is common to find that Acroporids have been selectively removed, leaving a mosaic of living and dead corals. In places where Acroporids previously dominated the community devastation can be almost complete, and local areas of reefs have collapsed.

Areas of dead coral are usually colonized rapidly by algae and often are later colonized by sponges and soft corals. Increases in abundance of plant-eating fish and decreases in abundance of coral-feeding fish accompany these changes. Coral larvae settle among the algae and eventually establish flourishing coral colonies. In ten to fifteen years the reefs often return to about the same percentage of coral cover as before. Development of a four-species diversity takes about twenty years.

Two schools of thought exist concerning the cause of these outbreaks. One group holds that they are natural phenomena that have occurred many times in the past, citing old men's recollections of earlier outbreaks and evidence from traditional Cultures. The other group maintains that recent human activities ranging from physical coral destruction through pollution to predator removal have triggered these events.

One theory, the adult aggregation hypothesis, maintains that most species is more abundant than we realize when a storm destroys coral and causes a food shortage. The adult Acanthasters converge on remaining portions of healthy coral and feed hungrily. Certainly there have been outbreaks of Acanthaster following large storms, but there is little evidence that the storms have caused the enough reef damage to create a food shortage for these starfish.

Two other hypotheses attempt to explain the increased abundance of Acanthaster after episodes of high terrestrial runoff following storms. The first hypothesis is that low salinity and high temperatures favor the survival of the starfish larvae. The second hypothesis emphasizes the food web aspect, suggesting that strong fresh water runoff brings additional nutrients to the coastal waters, stimulating phytoplankton production and promoting more rapid development and better survival of the starfish larvae.

Those favoring anthropogenic (human influenced) causes have pointed to the large proportion of outbreaks that have been near centers of human populations. It has been suggested that coral polyps are the main predators of the starfish larvae. Destruction of coral by blasting and other bad land use practices would reduce predation on the starfish larvae and cause a feedback in which increases in Acanthaster populations cause still further coral destruction. Unfortunately, there are too few documented instances of physical destruction of coral being followed by outbreaks of Acanthaster for these hypotheses to be fully supported.

Another group of hypothesis focuses on removal of Acanthaster's predators. Some have suggested that the predators might have been killed off by pollution whereas others have suggested that the harvesting of vertebrate and invertebrate predators of Acanthaster could have reduced mortality and caused increased abundance of adults. The problem with this group of hypothesis is that it is difficult to understand how reduced predation would lead to sudden increases in Acanthaster numbers in several places at the same time in specific years. It seems probable that there is no single explanation but that there are elements of the truth in several of the hypotheses. That is there are natural processes that have led to outbreaks in the past, but human impact has increased the frequency and severity of the outbreaks.

et Culture

格林蘭島Dorset Culture的起源，首先是由於氣候變冷，一部分人遷走了，另一部分留下來的人創立了文明。這些人發明了工具來面對寒冷氣候，後來氣候變暖了，另一部落的人遷移過來消滅了這個文明。

詞彙題補充：

allowed for = made possible

harsh = severe

duration of sea ice = length of time the ice lasts

annihilated = destroyed

ges in the Amount of Forest on the Great Plains

舊題重複：2015年9月25日文章

本篇屬於比較規律的一篇生物文章，從森林變化這種現象着手，進而分析背後的原因; 建議大家多多瞭解相關的背景知識，比如 TPO 09：The Arrival of Plant Life in Hawaii; TPO 25：The Evolutionary Origin of Plants，從這些文章中我們可以知道植物的產生和進化原理，並且之後背後的原因。每種植物的生長和進化套路相似，所以大家可以仔細分析一下這兩篇文章的結構，總結類似的文章結構規律和出題特徵。

文章內容：最初被常綠林覆蓋的森林，由於氣候變得溫暖乾燥，變成了落葉林，最後成了草地。在一些山脊之類的地方樹木比較佔優勢，一方面山頂氣候涼爽並且接收到更多的降水(precipitation)，另一方面，山脊是天然的防火地帶(natural firebreak)，但草原被燒燬後依舊能夠擁有“野火燒不盡”的勢頭 。然而在大平原地區，森林減少後，接下來又經歷了逆襲，數量開始增多，具體的原因主要在於人類的活動，隨着農牧業的發展，草原數量逐漸減少，火災頻率也隨之降低，所以，森林又得以迴歸 。

詞彙題補充：

dense = thick

eased into = slowly entered

retain = keep

inevitable = certain

Plants and Animals Arrived in the Hawaiian Islands

舊題重複：2014年12月27日文章

6. Early Modern Industrialization

舊題重複：2017年3月11日文章

詞彙題補充：

determinants = causes

hastened = rushed

diffusion = dispersal

perfected = completed

7. Birds and Food Shortage

舊題重複：2015年12月20日文章

文章內容：

這篇是講鳥類儲存能量的。鳥類通過儲存食物或者脂肪來度過食物不充足的時期，但是這個只能緩解食物短缺，不能徹底解決這個問題。越小的鳥就越需要更多的能量來生長，儲存能量難度也更大，特別舉了一個例子是蜂鳥需要不停的進食：大的鳥儲存能量多，並且不需要消耗太多能量去生長，所以儲存的能量可以撐很長時間，但是大鳥有時候需要儲存能量來遷徙或者繁殖。還說了有一些鳥會通過降低新陳代謝速率來減少能量消耗，類似於一種哺乳動物冬眠的狀態，蜂鳥可能每天晚上都會這樣。

詞彙題補充：

duration of = length of

enables = allows

in some degree = to a certain extent

8. 古埃及金字塔那些法老，對各個法老的記錄來研究埃及歷史

9. 恐龍的討論

10. 北極圈的居民

11. 農業變遷

12. 植物的自我保護機制

13. 昆蟲的一種羣居行爲

14. 密西根和埃及的鄉村建設，一個分佈均勻，一個分佈緊密

託福詞彙詞以類計之政治場景類

政治類Government

監督 n. scrutiny

監督 v. scrutinize/ monitor

爲……撥款 allocate money to sth./ be a patron of/ invest in/ fund/ dedicate money to sth.

預算 n. budget

政府開支 the government spending/ expenditure on sth.

削減 v. curtail

增加 v. augment

廢除(法律、制度等) vt. abolish

實施 vt. implement

使……合法化 vt. legalize

首要任務 n. priority

建立 vt. establish

減輕、緩解 vt. alleviate =ease =relieve

當局 the authorities

禁止 vt. forbid/ prohibit

立法 n. legislation

稅收 tax revenue

民主的 adj. democratic

高效率的 adj. efficient

優化資源分配 optimize the distribution of res-ources

穩定 n. stability

解決 vt. Combat = tackle = resolve = address = grapple with

嚴厲的，嚴格的 adj. stringent

短視的 adj. short-sighted

支出，花費 n. expenditure

社會保險 social security

老百姓 n. citizens/ the citizenry

規範，管理 v. regulate/ monitor/ oversee

嚴禁 strictly prohibit/ ban altogether

嚴格的法律 stringent laws/ legislation

強制性的，按照法律或者規定必須做的 adj. mandatory/ compulsory

當務之急 n. priority

失業 n. unemployment/ joblessness

基礎設施 n. infrastructure

公共交通系統 public transportation/ transit system

電網 power grid

石油天然氣管線 pipelines

給排水系統 water supply and drainage system

民主與開明的政府 a democratic and progressive government

臨時的應急措施 a stopgap measure

把……當作當務之急 give priority to sth.

責任 n. duty/ responsibility/ obligation

軍備競賽 n. arms race

自衛 n. self-defense

國土安全 national security/ homeland security

缺乏遠見的政策 short-sighted policy

擴張 n. expansion/ aggression

謀求霸權 seek/ pursue hegemony

惡性循環 a vicious circle

地區不穩定因素 destabilizing factors

規章制度 rules and regulations

太空競賽 space race

武器 n. arms/ weapons/ armaments

下崗工人 laid-off workers/ downsized workers

託福詞彙分類之醫生

1. medical specialist 專科醫生

2. physician (internist) 內科醫生

3. surgeon 外科醫生

4. paediatrician 兒科醫生

5. ophthalmologist 眼科醫生

6. pharmacist 藥劑師

7. general practitioner 全科醫師

8. clinician 臨牀醫師

9. gynecologist 婦科醫生

10. plastic surgeon 整形外科醫生

11. dentist 牙醫

12. psychologist 心理醫生

13. therapist 理療師

14. cardiologist 心臟病科醫師

15. dermatologist 皮膚科醫生

16. podiatrist 足病醫生

17. allergist 過敏症專科醫生

18. obstetrician 產科醫生

19. ENT doctor 耳鼻喉科醫生

20. orthopedist 骨科醫生

21. veterinarian 獸醫

22. houseman 實習醫生