2005年TOEFL考試模擬題(1-2)(4)

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is needful, but it can be done in routine ways. One writes because one has a burning desire to
    objectify what it is indispensable to one s happiness to express......."
    13. What is the passage mainly about?
    (A) The influence of the Imagists on Marianne Moore.
    (B) Essayists and poets of the 1920 s
    (C) The use of quotations in poetry
    (D) Marianne Moor s life and work
    14. Which if the following can be interred about Moore s poems?
    (A) They are better known in Europe than the United States.
    (B) They do not use traditional verse forms.
    (C) They were all published in The Dial.
    (D) They tend to be abstract.
    15. According to the passage Moore wrote about all of the following EXCEPT
    (A) artists
    (B) animals
    (C) fossils
    (D) workers
    16. What does Moore refer to as "flies in amber" (line 9)?
    (A) A common image in her poetry
    (B) Poetry in the twentieth century
    (C) Concentration on detail
    (D) Quotations within her poetry
    17. The author mentions all of the following as jobs held by Moore EXCEPT
    (A) commercial artist
    (B) teacher
    (C) magazine editor
    (D) librarian
    18. The word "period" in line 13 is closest in meaning to
    (A) movement
    (B) school
    (C) region
    (D) time
    19.Where did Moore spend most of her adult life?
    (A) In Kirkwood
    (B) In Brooklyn
    (C) In Los Angeles
    (D) In Carlisle
    20.The word "succeeding" in line 19 is closest in meaning to
    (A) inheriting
    (B) prospering
    (C) diverse
    (D) later
    21 . The word "it" in line 21 refers to
    (A) writing poetry
    (B) becoming famous
    (C) earning n living
    (D) attracting readers
    22.It can be inferred from the passage that Moore wrote because she
    (A) wanted to win awards
    (B) was dissatisfied with what others wrote
    (C) felt a need to express herself
    (D) wanted to raise money for the Bronx Zoo
    What makes it rain? Rain falls from clouds for the same reason anything falls to Earth.