精选托福词汇练习题介绍（8）

　　今天为大家整理了一篇托福词汇练习题，供大家参考，以下是详细内容。

　　057. People in the United States in the nineteenth century were haunted by the prospect that unprecedented change in the nation‘s economy would bring social chaos.

　　The word “Prospect” is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) regret

　　(B) possibility

　　(C) theory

　　(D) circumstance

　　058. Although the birth rate continued to decline from its high level of the eighteenth and early nineteenth century, the population roughly doubled every generation during the rest of the nineteenth centuries. As the population grew, its makeup also changed.

　　The word “roughly” is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) harshly

　　(B) surprisingly

　　(C) slowly

　　(D) approximately

　　059. Rapid industrialization and increased geographic mobility in the nineteenth century had special implications for women because these changes tended to magnify social distinctions. As the roles men and women played in society became more rigidly defined, so did the roles they played in the home.

　　The word “magnify” is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) solve

　　(B) explain

　　(C) analyze

　　(D) increase

　　The word “distinctions” is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) differences

　　(B) classes

　　(C) accomplishments

　　(D) characteristics

　　060. In science, a theory is a reasonable explanation of observed events that are related. A theory often involves an imaginary model that helps scientists picture the way an observed event could be produced.

　　The word “related” is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) connected

　　(B) described

　　(C) completed

　　(D) identified

　　061. If observations confirm the scientists’ predictions, the theory is supported.

　　The word “supported” is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) finished

　　(B) adjusted

　　(C) investigated

　　(D) upheld

　　062. The ice trade grew with the growth of cities. Ice was used in hotels, taverns, and hospitals, and by some forward-looking city dealers in fresh meat, fresh fish, and butter.

　　The phrase “forward-looking” is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) progressive

　　(B) popular

　　(C) thrifty

　　(D) well-established

　　063. Making an efficient icebox was not as easy as we might now suppose. In the early nineteenth century, the knowledge of the physics of heat, which was essential to a science of refrigeration, was rudimentary.

　　The word “rudimentary” is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) growing

　　(B) undeveloped

　　(C) necessary

　　(D) uninteresting

　　064. Aside from perpetuating itself, the sole purpose of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters is to “foster, assist and sustain an interest” in literature, music, and art.

　　The word “sole” is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) only

　　(B) honorable

　　(C) common

　　(D) official