智 课 网 托 福 备 考 资 料老托福阅读真题PASSAGE 89-智课教育旗下智课教育本文和大家分享的是老托福阅读真题PASSAGE 89，练习真题是最 重要也最有效的复习方法，大家在复习托福阅读考试的时候一定要对真 题重视起来。 托福阅读 的思维方式就是托福阅读的出题方式，只有掌握了这种思 维方式，才有可能在做题之前，预测到新托福阅读题的出题形式和特点 ，为找答案节省时间。老托福阅读试题的核心价值，在于其最贴近真题 的阅读思维方式。此外老托福阅读真题比新托福IBT阅读文章要短，比 较容易适应。这也是大家在备考托福的时候非常重要 的一点。因为前期 的入手如果能从容易的开始，就会形成一个循序渐进的过程方式，让大 家的练习有一个提高的过程。 既然老托福阅读试题有这样的效果，那我们如何利用那有限的真题 来达到锻炼自己的目的呢?事实上这就一个办法，就是坚持。本期为大 家推荐老托福阅读的真题PASSAGE 89，有原文及答案，希望对托福考生备考有所帮助。In eighteenth-century colonial America, flowers and fruit were typically the province of the botanical artist interested in scientific illustration rather than being the subjects of fine art. Early in the nineteenth century, however, the Peale family of Philadelphia established the still life, a picture consisting mainly of inanimate objects, as a valuable part of the artists repertoire. The fruit paintings by James and Sarah Miriam Peale are simple arrangements of a few objects, handsomely colored, small in size, and representing little more than what they are. In contrast were the highly symbolic, complex compositions by Charles Bird King, with their biting satire and critical social commentary. Each of these strains comminuted into and well past mid-century. John F. Francis (1808-86) was a part of the Pennsylvania still-life tradition that arose, at least in part, from the work of the Peales. Most of his still lifes date from around 1850 to 1875. Luncheon Still Life looks like one of the Peales pieces on a largerscale, with greater complexity resulting from the number of objects. It is also indebted to the luncheon type of still life found in seventeenth-century Dutch painting. The opened bottles of wine and the glasses of wine partially consumed suggest a number of unseen guests. The appeal of the fruit and nuts to our sense of taste is heightened by the juicy orange, which has already been sliced. The arrangement is additive, that is, made up of many different parts, not always compositionally integrated, with all objects of essentially equal importance. About 1848, SeverinRoesen came to the United States from Germany and settled in New York City, where he began to paint large, lush still lifes of flowers, fruit, or both, often measuring over four feet across. Still Life with fruit and champagne is typical in its brilliance of color, meticulous rendering of detail, compact composition, and unabashed abundance. Rich in symbolic overtones, the beautifully painted objects carry additional meanings butterflies or fallen buds suggest the impermanence of life, a birds nest with eggs means fertility, and so on. Above all, Roesens art expresses the abundance that America symbolized to many of its citizens.1. What does the passage mainly discuss? (A) The artwork of James and Sarah Miriam Peale (B) How Philadelphia became a center for art in the nineteenth century (C) Nineteenth-century still-life paintings in the United States (D) How botanical art inspired the first still-life paintings 2. Which of the following is mentioned as a characteristic of the still lifes of James and Sarah Miriam Peale? (A) simplicity (B) symbolism (C) smooth texture (D) social commentary3. The word biting in line 8 is closest in meaning to (A) simple (B) sorrowful (C) frequent (D) sharp 4. The word It in line 13 refers to (A) Luncheon Still Life (B) one of the Peales pieces (C) a larger scale (D) the number of objects 5. The word heightened in line 16 is closest in meaning to (A) complicated (B) directed (C) observed (D) increased 6. The word meticulous in line 23 is closest in meaning to (A) careful (B) significant (C) appropriate (D) believable7. Which of the following terms is defined in the passage ? (A) repertoire (line 5) (B) satire (line 8) (C) additive (line 17) (D) rendering (line 23) 8. All of the following are mentioned as characteristics of Roesens still lifes EXCEPT that they (A) are symbolic (B) use simplified representations of flowers and fruit (C) include brilliant colors (D) are large in size9. Which of the following is mentioned as the dominant theme in Roesens painting? (A) Fertility (B) Freedom (C) Impermanence (D) Abundance 参考答案：CADAD ACBD 以上就是本期整理的老托福阅读真题，考生可进行参考训练以提高 自己的考试水平。若您想了解托福考试更多相关信息请关注智课教育。