托福阅读笔记之TPO11 Orientation and Navigation

托福阅读笔记之TPO11 Orientation and Navigation

说到托福阅读备考，TPO是必不可少的备考神器，通过TPO练习来更好的适应阅读考试的节奏。本文小编带来的托福阅读笔记是TPO11 Orientation and Navigation的内容，希望能够与正在备考的大家一起进步。

TPO11 Orientation and Navigation

文章题材：自然学科——定位和导航

常见词汇：

ceiling['si:liŋ]n. 天花板，上限

conclude[kən'klu:d]vi. 总结，作出决定vt. 使结束，推断出

inaccurate[in'ækjurit]adj. 不准确的，错误的

specific[spi'sifik]adj. 特殊的，明确的，具有特效的

apparent[ə'pærənt]adj. 明显的，表面上的

inadequate[in'ædikwit]adj. 不充分的，不适当的

species['spi:ʃiz]n. (单复同)物种，种类

migration[mai'greiʃən]n. 移民，移往，移动

possess[pə'zes]vt. 持有，支配

cue[kju:]n. 暗示，提示，信号

易错题解析：

Paragraph 1: To South Americans, robins are birds that fly north every spring. To North Americans, the robins simply vacation in the south each winter. Furthermore, they fly to very specific places in South America and will often come back to the same trees in North American yards the following spring. The question is not why they would leave the cold of winter so much as how they find their way around. The question perplexed people for years, until, in the 1950s, a German scientist named Gustave Kramer provided some answers and, in the process, raised new questions.

1. Which of the following can be inferred about bird migration from paragraph 1?

A. Birds will take the most direct migratory route to their new habitat.

B. The purpose of migration is to join with larger groups of birds.

C. Bird migration generally involves moving back and forth between north and south.

D. The destination of birds' migration can change from year to year.

题型：推论题。答案是(C)。

解析：题干的关键词bird migration较宽泛，无法定位，所以看本段的主题。开头句即主题，说南美的知更鸟春天飞去北方，而北美的知更鸟冬天飞去南方，所以知道鸟类migration的方向是南北方向，对应答案C，between north and south。A中的关键词是direct migratory route，原文没有相关信息。B项和D项在原文中也没有提及。

Paragraph 4: So, in another set of experiments, Kramer put identical food boxes around the cage, with food in only one of the boxes. ■The boxes were stationary, and the one containing food was always at the same point of the compass. ■However, its position with respect to the surroundings could be changed by revolving either the inner cage containing the birds or the outer walls, which served as the background. ■As long as the birds could see the Sun, no matter how their surroundings were altered, they went directly to the correct food box. ■Whether the box appeared in front of the right wall or the left wall, they showed no signs of confusion. On overcast days, however, the birds were disoriented and had trouble locating their food box.

13. Look at the four squares [■] that indicate where the following sentence could be added to the passage.

He arranged the feed boxes at various positions on a compass.

Where would the sentence best fit?

题型：句子插入题。答案是(A)

解析：从待插入句中获取联系上下文的纽带，有3个定位词：he, the feed boxes, compass，he说明前句话中提到过一个人;the feed boxes表特指，所以在上句话中应该也提到过;compass在本句话中为泛指，是第一次提到，如果原文中还有提到，那肯定是在本句话之后。待插入句的意思为“把boxes 放在compass的各个位置”。由此可确定答案是A。插入后验证，下句讲到boxes，compass，与待插入句一致。B前的句子讲的是boxes的情况，未提到人，且空后的句子中，its指代上句的the one containing food，中间不能再插入句子。C 和D讲的是the position of box和birds的情况，都未提到人。

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