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　　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

　　065. One award subsidizes a promising American writer's visit to Rome. There is even an award for a very good work of fiction that failed commercially-once won by the young John Updike for The Poorhouse Fair and, more recently, by Alice Walker for In Love and Trouble.

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

　　(A) assures

　　(B) finances

　　(C) schedules

　　(D) publishes

　　066. Committee membership rotates every year, so that new voices and opinions are constantly heard.

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

　　(A) alternates

　　(B) participates

　　(C) decides

　　(D) meets

　　067. One important line of evidence comes from flaking patterns of stone cores used in tool making: implements flaked with a clockwise motion (indicating a right-handed toolmaker) can be distinguished from hose flaked with a counter-clockwise rotation (indicating a left-handed toolmaker) .

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

　　(A) tools

　　(B) designs

　　(C) examples

　　(D) pieces

　　068. Even scratches found on fossil human teeth offer clues. Ancient humans are thought to have cut meat into strips by holding it between their teeth and slicing it with stone knives, as do the present-day Inuit.

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

　　(A) solutions

　　(B) details

　　(C) damage

　　(D) information

　　069. The variation between the hemispheres corresponds to which side of the body is used to perform specific activities. Such studies, as well as studies of tool use, indicate that right-or left-sided dominance is not exclusive to modern Homo sapiens.

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

　　(A) differences

　　(B) sides

　　(C) activities

　　(D) studies

　　070. Plants are subject to attack and infection by a remarkable variety of symbiotic species and have evolved a diverse array of mechanisms designed to frustrate the potential colonists.

　　The phrase "subject to" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) susceptible to

　　(B) classified by

　　(C) attractive to，来源：北京新航道托福培训

　　(D) strengthened by

　　071. The external surfaces of plants, in addition to being covered by an epidermis and a waxy cuticle, often carry spiky hairs known as trichomes, which either prevent feeding by insects or may even puncture and kill insect larvae.

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

　　(A) pierce

　　(B) pinch

　　(C) surround

　　(D) cover

　　072. Orchids are unique in having the most highly developed of all blossoms, in which the usual male and female reproductive organs are fused in a single structure called the column.

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

　　(A) combined

　　(B) hidden

　　(C) fertilized

　　(D) produced

　　073. To lure their pollinators from afar, orchids use appropriately intriguing shapes, colors, and scents. At least 50 different aromatic compounds have been analyzed in the orchid family, each blended to attract one, or at most a few, species of insects or birds.

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

　　(A) attract

　　(B) recognize

　　(C) follow

　　(D) help

　　074. Once the right insect has been attracted, some orchids present all sorts of one-way obstacle courses to make sure it does not leave until pollen has been accurately placed or removed.

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

　　(A) estimated

　　(B) measured

　　(C) deposited

　　(D) identified

　　075. By such ingenious adaptations to specific pollinators, orchids have avoided the hazards of rampant crossbreeding in the wild, assuring the survival of species as discrete identities. At the same time they have made themselves irresistible to collectors.

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

　　(A) complicated

　　(B) separate

　　(C) inoffensive

　　(D) functional

　　076. The public school system suddenly found itself overtaxed. While the number of schoolchildren rose because of wartime and postwar conditions, these same conditions made the schools even less prepared to cope with the flood.

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

　　(A) well prepared

　　(B) plentifully supplied

　　(C) heavily burdened

　　(D) charged too much

　　077. Therefore, in the 1950's and 1960's, the baby boom hit an antiquated and inadequate school system. Consequently, the "custodial rhetoric" of the 1930's and early 1940's no longer made sense; that is, keeping youths aged sixteen and older out of the labor market by keeping them in school could no longer be a high priority for an institution unable to find space and staff to teach younger children aged five to sixteen.

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

　　(A) deficient

　　(B) expanded

　　(C) innovative

　　(D) specialized

　　078. With the baby boom, the focus of educators and of laymen interested in education inevitably turned toward the lower grades and back to basic academic skills and discipline.

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

　　(A) unwillingly

　　(B) impartially

　　(C) irrationally

　　(D) unavoidably

　　079. Deeply philosophical historians such as Henry Adams lamented the role that the new frenzy for business was playing in eroding traditional values. A distrust of industry and business continued among writers throughout the rest of the nineteenth century and into the twentieth.

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

　　(A) complained about

　　(B) analyzed

　　(C) explained

　　(D) reflected on

　　080. One thinks of melodramas, boys' books, thrillers, romances, and the like rather than novels of the first rank.

　　The phrase "first rank" is closest in meaning to which of following?

　　(A) largest category

　　(B) highest quality

　　(C) earliest writers

　　(D) most difficult language

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