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answers for TOEFL reading unit one passage 1



1. remove A first. not "unique". and not only talking about crops
B right. read the first sentence of the paragraphs and put them together, then you will get B
remove C. it is not "harsh climate" . it is "even,moderate" and climate is just in the first paragraph.
remove D. culture is not main idea and not be influenced by culture of Mexico.

2. C right. "Its climate is one of even, moderate temperatures "

3.D right. we know computer games, sport games, but it also means "animals". don't infer to "tricks".

4. A right. "but the vegetation of much of the area was so dense that
land travel was extremely difficult" . be reminded that answer is afer"but".

5. D right. "Villages instead were located along the rivers, on the
shores of bays and low-lying offshore islands, and occasionally even at sheltered locations fronting on the open ocean."

6. D right.

7.A right. "The people had no agriculture but, over thousands of years, had developed techniques and equipment to exploit their environment".

8.C right. "they " is the subject of the sentence, so "they" refer to the "subject" of last sentence "the people". so C right.

9.C right. we have "super craft",so A out. "many edible plant foods", so B out. "teemed with salmon, halibut, and other varieties of fish" so D out.

10. B right. the last sentence "elaborate technology, and one of
the world's great art styles"

11. A right. the passage doesn't mention " trade","environment problems" or "migration". but A.




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