托福考试中词汇虽然不作为托福考试的一部分，但是词汇却是托福考试几部分的基础，单纯的记单词不如在语境中深入记单词，以下10道题目将和考生一起学习托福真题中的关键词汇，具体如下：

　　001. Most of these leaders were involved in public life as reformers, activists working for women's right to vote, or authors, and were not representative at all of the great of ordinary women.

　　The word "representative" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) typical

　　(B) satisfied

　　(C) supportive

　　(D) distinctive

　　002. In the United States, Louis Comfort Tiffany (1843-1933) was the most noted exponent of this style, producing a great variety of glass forms and surfaces, which were widely copied in their time and are highly prized today.

　　The word "prized" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) valued

　　(B) universal

　　(C) uncommon

　　(D) preserved

　　003. The Art Nouveau style was a major force in the decorative arts from 1895 until 1915, although its influence continued throughout the mid-1920's. It was eventually to be overtaken by a new school of thought known as Functionalism that had been present since the turn of the century.

　　The word "overtaken" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) surpassed

　　(B) inclined

　　(C) expressed

　　(D) applied

　　004. During most of their lives, surge glaciers behave like normal glaciers, traveling perhaps only a couple of inches per day. However, at intervals of 10 to 100 years, these glaciers move forward up to 100 times faster than usual.

　　The word "intervals" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) records

　　(B) speeds

　　(C) distances

　　(D) periods

　　005. The increasing water pressure under the glacier might lift it off its bed, overcoming the friction between ice and rock, thus freeing the glacier, which rapidly sliders downhill surge glaciers also might be influenced by the climate, volcanic heat, or earthquakes.

　　The word "freeing" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) pushing

　　(B) releasing

　　(C) strengthening

　　(D) draining

　　006. A flood of ice would then surge into the Southern Sea. With the continued rise in sea level, more ice would plunge into the ocean, causing sea levels to rise even higher, which in turn would release more ice and set in motion a vicious cycle.

　　The word "plunge" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) drop

　　(B) extend

　　(C) melt

　　(D) drift

　　007. Group members look to instrumental leaders to "get things done." Expressive leadership, on the other hand, is leadership that emphasizes the collective well-being of a social group's members.

　　The word "collective" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) necessary

　　(B) typical

　　(C) group

　　(D) particular

　　008. They offer sympathy when someone experiences difficulties or is subjected to discipline, are quick to lighten a serious moment with humor, and try to resolve issues that threaten to divide the group.

　　The word "resolve" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) avoid repeating

　　(B) talk about

　　(C) avoid thinking about

　　(D) find a solution for

　　009. Thousands of tons were extracted before 1875, when it was first noticed that the tar contained fossil remains. Major excavations were undertaken that established the significance of this remarkable site.

　　The word "noticed" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) predicted

　　(B) announced

　　(C) corrected

　　(D) observed

　　010. Since then, over 100 tons of fossils, 1.5 million from vertebrates, 2.5 million from invertebrates, have been recovered, often in densely concentrated tangled masses.

　　The word "tangled" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) buried beneath

　　(B) twisted together

　　(C) quickly formed

　　(D) easily dated

　  提示：记单词的境界就是“理解”

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