托福阅读事实信息题合集之TPO28-2

托福阅读事实信息题合集之TPO28-2

托福阅读事实信息题是阅读考试中比较常见的一种题型，tpo则是托福阅读备考最权威的材料，所以托福小编综合二者，为大家集中整理了tpo阅读中考察的事实信息题及其对应的解析，供大家参考使用。本文带来的是TPO28-2的事实信息题，一起来看看吧。 TPO28-2 Early Saharan Pastoralists Paragraph 1:

The Sahara is a highly diverse, albeit dry, region that has undergone major climatic changes since 10,000 B.C. As recently as 6,000 B.C. the southern frontier of the desert was far to the north of where it is now, while semiarid grassland and shallow freshwater lakes covered much of what are now arid plains. This was a landscape where antelope of all kinds abounded----along with Bos primigenius, a kind of oxen that has become extinct. The areas that are now desert were, like all arid regions, very susceptible to cycles of higher and lower levels of rainfall, resulting in major, sudden changes in distributions of plants and animals. The people who hunted the sparse desert animals responded to drought by managing the wild resources they hunted and gathered, especially wild oxen, which had to have regular water supplies to survive.

1.According to paragraph 1, what was true of the Sahara region around 6,000 B.C.? O Much less of it was desert than is now the case.

O Most areas that are now grassland were covered by shallow lakes. O It had just undergone a major climatic change.

O Wild oxen and antelopes lived in separate parts of the region.

解析：A 事实信息题 原文写到“在公元前六千年左右，在沙漠的南边界，远离北边的地方现在是干旱的平原，当时这里是各种羚羊和原始牛都很丰富的山水画般的地方”那么也就是说那时候那个地方还不是沙漠。所以A，当时沙漠要比现在少，正确。B现在没grassland。C并没说这个改变是在公元前6000年发生的。D通过“along with”可以知道这两种动物是生活在一起的。

【1】尽管干旱，撒哈拉的物种极其多样，并自公元前10,000年前开始已经历了数次重大气候变迁。直到公元前6,000年前，沙漠的南部边界比现在的位置要靠北很多，那时半干旱的草原和浅

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淡水湖泊覆盖了现在干旱的平原。这里曾经是各种羚羊和一种已灭绝的野牛出没的地方。现在的沙漠地区，像所有干旱地区一样，对降雨量的变化周期极为敏感，因而其动植物的分布变化巨大且迅速。依靠捕食稀少的沙漠动物的居民对待干旱的方式是管理他们捕捉和收集到的野生资源，尤其是需要可靠水源维持生命的野牛。

3.According to paragraph 1, which of the following is true of all arid regions? O They include at least some freshwater lakes. O They have similar distributions of plants and animals.

O They are greatly affected by changes in the amount of rain they receive. O They have frequent droughts that make it difficult to manage the wild resources.

解析：C 事实信息题 根据all arid region定位(红色标出句)选项A错误，原文没说。B，原文虽然提到了distribution of plants，但是并没说所有的干燥地区这一点都是相似的。C正确，原文说very susceptible to higher and lower levels of rainfall。D错误，最后一句说人们因此而开始manage resources。 【1】尽管干旱，撒哈拉的物种极其多样，并自公元前10,000年前开始已经历了数次重大气候变迁。直到公元前6,000年前，沙漠的南部边界比现在的位置要靠北很多，那时半干旱的草原和浅淡水湖泊覆盖了现在干旱的平原。这里曾经是各种羚羊和一种已灭绝的野牛出没的地方。现在的沙漠地区，像所有干旱地区一样，对降雨量的变化周期极为敏感，因而其动植物的分布变化巨大且迅速。依靠捕食稀少的沙漠动物的居民对待干旱的方式是管理他们捕捉和收集到的野生资源，尤其是需要可靠水源维持生命的野牛。 Paragraph 2:

Even before the drought, the Sahara was never well watered. Both humans and animals were constantly on the move, in search of food and reliable water supplies. Under these circumstances, archaeologist Andrew Smith believes, the small herds of Bos primigenius in the desert became smaller, more closely knit breeding units as the drought took hold. The beasts were more disciplined, so that it was easier for hunters to predict their habits, and capture animals at will. At the same time, both cattle and humans were more confined in their movements, staying much closer to permanent water supplies for long periods of time. As a result, cattle and humans came into close association.

4.Paragraph 2 supports which of the following ideas about wild oxen in the Sahara region after the drought took hold?

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O They traveled in smaller herds. O They were harder for hunters to capture. O They tended to be significantly smaller in size. O They moved along less predictable routes.

解题：对应文章地三句，第四句。根据原文说这种牛群体更小了，繁殖的单位更小，别驯化了，跟容易被预测。所以B，D错误，C原文没提到，只说其群体变小。也就是A。

【2】甚至在干旱之前，撒哈拉地区也从未有充足的水分。人类和野生动物都不停的迁徙，以寻找食物和可靠的水源。在这些情况下，考古学家Andrew Smith 认为随着干旱的持续，沙漠中野牛群会变成更小，组织更紧密的族群。兽群变得更加自律，因此猎人更容易预测他们的习性并随意抓捕。同时，骆驼和人类的行动范围进一步靠近，在固定水源附近长期更亲近的共处。结果骆驼和人类形成了紧密的联合。

5.According to paragraph 2, what was it that brought cattle and humans into close association? O The development of smaller breeding units within hers.

O Cattle and humans staying close to permanent water supplies for long period of time. O The development of greater discipline among cattle.

O Cattle and humans constangly on the move searching for food and reliable water supplies. 解题：根据close association定位到最后一句，但这句说as a result，那么原因就在前面一句。前一句说cattle human都staying much closer to permanent water supplies。所以完美的对应了B。 【2】甚至在干旱之前，撒哈拉地区也从未有充足的水分。人类和野生动物都不停的迁徙，以寻找食物和可靠的水源。在这些情况下，考古学家Andrew Smith 认为随着干旱的持续，沙漠中野牛群会变成更小，组织更紧密的族群。兽群变得更加自律，因此猎人更容易预测他们的习性并随意抓捕。同时，骆驼和人类的行动范围进一步靠近，在固定水源附近长期更亲近的共处。结果骆驼和人类形成了紧密的联合。 Paragraph 6:

About 3,500 B.C., climatic conditions again deteriorated. The Sahara slowly became drier and lakes vanished. On the other hand, rainfall increased in the interior of western Africa, and the northern limit of the tsetse fly, an insect fatal to cattle, moved south. So the herders shifted south, following the major river

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systems into savanna regions. By this time, the Saharan people were probably using domestic crops, experimenting with such summer rainfall crops as sorghum and millet as they move out of areas where they could grow wheat, barley, and other Mediterranean crops.

12.According to paragraph 6, what allowed the herders to shift south into the savanna regions after about 3,500 B.C.?

O They could easily grow Mediterranean crops in those regions.

O They could more easily domesticated sorghum and millet in those regions. O The tsetse fly was no longer a problem in those regions.

O The river systems in those regions provided reliable sources of water in the summer.

解题：根据move south和savanna region定位到原文字体标注处，这句话开头出现So，那证明往前一句就是原因。前一句说西部降水变多了，并且northern limit of the tsetse fly moved south，所以牛群也move south。对应了C选项。D可能是个迷惑选项，但是按原文的意思，river只是牛迁徙的路径“following”，但并不是原因。

【6】大约公元前3,500年前，气候条件又一次恶化。撒哈拉沙漠渐渐地更加干旱，湖泊相继干涸。另外西非内陆降雨增加，并且舌蝇，一种对骆驼致命的昆虫，的种群的北部边界向南移动。所以骆驼牧民也追随大平原区域的主要河流系统向南迁徙。此时，随着撒哈拉人从原本可以种植小麦、大麦和其它一些地中海农作物的区域中迁出，他们可能依靠当地的农作物，例如像高粱和小米一类的依靠夏季降雨的作物。

以上就是托福阅读TPO28-2中的事实信息题及其解析，大家可以在备考的时候参考复习，希望能够帮助大家的考前准备。最后前程百利祝大家都能取得理想的托福考试成绩。