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第一篇考中对话答案
1.What are the speakers mainly discussing?
An artist who was discussed in a recent class
2.What does the student say about the national debate tournament?
She was satisfied with her team’s performance at the tournament.
3.According to the professor, what was Alexander Calder’s most significant contribution to the art world?
He showed how sculpture could involve movement.
4.What does the professor imply about Alexander Calder’s mobiles?
They were eventually developed to rely less on motors.
5.Why does the professor say this?
“Well, when something like that comes along the choice is clear, isn't it?”
To let the student know that he excuses her absence
第二篇考中对话答案
1.Why does the woman go to see the scholarship administrator?
To be interviewed for a scholarship
2.How did the woman learn about the scholarship?
Click on 2 answers.
She saw an announcement posted near her classroom.
Her professor told her about it.
3.What can be inferred about the man when he mentions an internship?
He has mistakenly assumed something about the woman’s background.
4.What does the man imply about the art scholarship?
Its sponsor is very selective.
5.Why must the woman return at a later date for the art scholarship interview?
The man is not prepared to interview applicants for the art scholarship.
环球剧场（Globe Theatre）位于英国伦敦，最初的环球剧场由威廉·莎士比亚所在宫内大臣剧团于1599年建造，1613年6月29日毁于火灾。1614年环球剧场重建，并于1642年关闭。
1997年，一座现代仿造的环球剧场落成，命名为“莎士比亚环球剧场”或“新环球剧场”，距离公园街（Park Street）的原址约205米远。
2018.07.01独立写作解析
重复2017年8月27日的考题
【题干】
Some people believe that the media (for example, television, radio, newspaper, or internet news sources) are less concerned nowadays with presenting accurate facts than they were in the past; these people argue that the media today often present incorrect information about news stories and that this causes problems for the public.
Do you agree or disagree with this view? Why or why not?
Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
【题干翻译】
有一些人认为现在的媒体（比如电视，广播，报纸或者网上新闻）不像以前那样注重于播报准确的新闻；这些人认为现在的媒体经常播报一些信息不准确的新闻故事，这种行为对公众造成了问题。你是否同意他们的观点？为什么？
【头脑风暴】
1. News stories新闻故事：有什么种类的新闻（如金融类，健康类，时报类，揭秘类等）
2. 信息不准确的原因：有意夸大，有意缩小，无意失误导致的不准确，难以查探导致很难做到准确3. 结合不同类型的新闻信息，得出它们的危害
1）健康tips类：经常是故意夸大，用意在于吸引眼球
宣传睡前喝牛奶对身体好：虽然牛奶确实有营养，但是无法说明晚上喝比白天喝好在哪里，另外一些消化不好的人可能不适合这么做，如果听信了保持这个习惯可能导致消化系统疾病。
宣传喝药酒的好处：不否认有一定的效果，但是新闻中忽视了正常的每日用量和一些不适用人群的说明。如果盲目照做对健康有风险。
2）推荐类：故意夸大的目的在于宣传
介绍医院：有些新闻在介绍医院时会过于吹捧，说设备多么齐全，医生多有经验，服务多周到，但是是没有那么理想。病人去了之后不尽可能耽误病情，也可能出医疗事故。
介绍投资：有写新闻会介绍现在赚钱的投资渠道，比如养猪，种某种水果，但是经常缺乏详细的数据支持，而且其实种植养殖都是很讲科学的，如果盲目跟风投入，只会赔钱。
3）一些观点类新闻：只报道有利或不利的一面
发电站的建设：发电站虽然能解决很多人用电问题，但是新闻可能会故意不提它对附近环境的危害。如果依此盲目修建，以后附近的居民可能会后悔没有谨慎考虑。
【形成分论点】
Agree：有危害
1.信息不准确的新闻可能危害大众的健康
2.信息不准确的新闻可能使大众的投资得不到回报
3.信息不准确的新闻可能使大众做出不明智的决定
【范文】
With more people living in a fast-paced lifestyle, attempting to rush through the work on hands, such debatable tendency has inevitably extended into the field of media. While journalists and editors spending less time on each news story, it seems that the accuracy and even the validity of the stories are under dubious certainty. Some people argue that the media nowadays are less concerned with presenting accurate facts which has caused problems for the public. I strongly adhere to the statement since news of ambiguous views could be easily spotted and they also could be potentially hazardous for readers.
Firstly, the news of incorrect suggestions could harm people’s health. There are spates of news providing tips to stay healthy, however, few of them are well-reasoned and convincing partly because of our people’s limited scope of knowledge about human ourselves, and that is why the immoral editors could attempt to stay in spotlight by twisting their viewpoints. For example, there are some news touting the great health benefits like strengthening bones, growing cartilage and skin whitening of drinking a glass of milk every day before going to bed. Putting aside the query about the reliability of these claims, it is commonsensical that eating and drinking before sleeping could cause obesity and be harmful to the digestion system. Therefore, were readers susceptible to these claims which are blatantly branded as professional, the alleged benefits will not be guaranteed and even some health problems might be induced.
In addition, the news of inaccurate news could mislead people to invest in the questionable area. There could be some unethical merchants who drived by monetary gain submit articles for publication which blow up the prosperity of their jobs by intentionally omitting some potential disadvantages, such inaccurate articles are approved for publication because on the one hand they are carefully camouflaged by the data and diction looking like valuable experience, and on the other hand the lax editors are not bothered to check the accuracy of the information. Therefore, were the readers with spare money coaxed and put the investment in practice, the bubble to grab wealth will certainly burst into nothing some day and the innocent victims will be helpless to recover the loss.
Moreover, news of inaccurate news could persuade people into irredeemable decisions. Unlike the spare money whose loss might not devastate people’s lives, there could be real threats if the downside is neglected. For example, were civilians in the countryside convinced regarding the ease of electricity shortage after building a new power plant but with its huge environmental negative effects excluded and pass their vote of confidence, their idyllic lifestyle will be torn down to a frazzle as soon as the power plant starts to function. Although more people might live better, the lives of the plain civilians nearby will be sacrificed.
To conclude, I agree with the argument owing to the multiple adverse effects of the inaccurate and even incorrect news. (490words)
7.1阅读部分重复规律总结
A卷4篇文章重复统计
1. Planetary Formation首考新题
2. The Origins of Plant and Animal Domestication重复2017.07.01和2015.01.25
3. Life on Mars重复2016.05.07
4. The Australian Megafauna Extinctions重复2018.03.11
托福常考题材内容解析
这4篇文章属于托福阅读的常考内容：行星的形成、动植物的驯化(农业)、火星上是否有生命、大型陆地哺乳动物的灭绝(如猛犸象等)。
考频统计
1. 行星的形成
2017.01.07 The Beginning of Planet Formation
2018.06.10 The Big Bang and Planet Formation
2018.07.01 Planetary Formation
必考内容：太阳星云(solar nebula)塌陷后随着温度降低各种成分冷凝出来(condense)，这些冷凝颗粒互相撞击、粘连、聚合(coalesce)，形成更大的固体，不断增长(accrue)，最终形成行星。当然具体内容和其中的因果关系的传递需要详看文章内容。
2. 农业
农业起源
2016.03.26 The Neolithic Revolution Begins
2016.04.23 Archaeological Evidence of Plant and Animal Domestication
2016.08.20 The Development of Agricultural Civilizations
2016.11.12 The Development of Agriculture
2017.09.24 Early Agriculture
某地区某时期的农业特殊性的体现
2016.08.21 Agriculture in Colonial New England
2016.12.17 Ancient Amazonian Agriculture
2017.07.02 Agriculture Revolution in European Countries in the Eighteenth Century
2017.09.30 Mesopotamian and Egyptian Agriculture
2017.08.27 Aztec Chinampa Agriculture
中世纪的农业变革
2015.01.11 The Plow and the Horse in Medieval Europe
2017.02.18 The Medieval Agricultural Revolution
2017.11.26 New Sources of Power for Agriculture
2017.12.02 Crop Rotation in Medieval Europe
3. 火星
2016.01.24 Water and Life on Mars
2016.05.07 Life on Mars
4. 大型陆地哺乳动物的灭绝(猛犸象等)
2017.03.11C卷和2016.09.10上午场The North American Megafauna Extinction
2017.06.03 The Megafauna Extinction
2018.03.11 The Australian Megafauna Extinctions
必考内容：必然围绕几大假说展开(气候变化说、人类过度猎杀假说等)，然后是证据的寻找，和缺陷的指出。相信通过专题训练，考生很容易找到这类文章的套路。
A卷阅读全部词汇题
Planetary Formation
exceedingly = extremely
compressing = squeezing together
complicated = difficult to understand
contract = become smaller
The Origins of Plant and Animal Domestication
重复2017.07.01和2015.01.25
monumental = enormous
manipulated = skillfully used
pursue = practice
subsistence = survival
Life on Mars
重复2016.05.07
diminishing = reducing
rudimentary = primitive
controversial = debated
hence = thus
The Australian Megafauna Extinctions
重复2018.03.11
presumably = probably
deteriorating = worsening
accompanied = gone together with
progressive = increasing
fragmented = broken apart
