小托福阅读模拟测试练习题(附词汇难度解析)

小托福阅读模拟测试练习题（附词汇难度解析）

小托福是中小学生留学美国必须参加的一项语言测试考试。TOEFL Junior考试中，阅读题占的分值最大，下文分享的就是小托福阅读模拟测试练习题，一起阅读下文吧!

——小托福阅读模拟测试练习题

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CARDIFF, Wales Poets, singers and musicians from across the globe gathered in Wales to celebrate the tradition of storytelling.

“It might seem strange that people still want to listen in age of watching television, but this is an unusual art form. whose time has come again,” said David Ambrose, director of Beyond the Border, an international storytelling festival in Wales.

“Some of the tales, like those the Inuit from Canada, are thousands years old. So our storytellers have come from distant lands to connect us with the distance of time,” he said early this month.

Two Inuit women, both in their mid 60s, are among the few remaining who can do Kntadjait, or throat singing, which has few words and much sound. Their art is governed by the cold of their surroundings, forcing them to say little but listen attentively.

Ambrose started the festival in 1993, after several years of working with those reviving (coming back into use or existence) storytelling in Wales.

“It came out of a group of people who wanted to reconnect with traditions. and as all the Welsh are storytellers, it was in good hands here.” Ambrose said.

1. Ambrose believes that the art of storytelling _______.

A. will be more popular than TV

B. will be popular again

C. started in Wales

D. are in the hands of some old people

答案：B

解析：推断题。根据…but this is an unusual art form. whose time has come again 可以推断这种讲故事的传统会再度受到欢迎。

2. From the tales told by the Inuit, people can learn _______.

A. about their life as early as thousands of years ago

B. why they tell the stories in a throat-singing way

C. how cold it has been where the Inuit live

D. how difficult it is to understand the Inuit

答案：A

解析：细节题。根据 Some of the tales, like those the Inuit from Canada, are thousands years old 可推知此题答案为 A。

3. According to the writer, which of the following is NOT true?

A. Storytelling once stopped in Wales.

B. Storytelling has a long history in Wales.

C. Storytelling is always well received in Wales.

D. Storytelling did not come back until 1993 in Wales.

答案： D

解析：细节题。文中说Ambrose started the festival in 1993，Ambrose1993年创办了这个节，但并不等于说讲故事的传统1993年才恢复的，这是两码事。故选D。

4. The underlined phrase in good hands means _______.

A. controlled by rich people

B. grasped by good storytellers

C. taken good care of

D. protected by kind people

答案：C

解析：词义猜测题。从 as all the Welsh are storytellers 可以推断出 in good hands 是“照顾得好或举办得好”的意思，故选 C。

background information(背景信息)：

当昼短夜长，渐入深冬之时，还有什么比在听故事的时候来上一杯可可——或者更浓郁的饮料——更能够放松的呢?传统的说故事可以让你一下子从寒冷的黑夜来到另一个世界和时空。

神话和魔法、民间故事和传说、游记和冒险，或者仅仅是伴随几声大笑的喧闹嬉戏，都可以让人们尽情放松自我。

十月份的爱丁堡将迎来一年一度、为期十天的说故事节，这是延续口述故事传统和感受多元文化的盛事，为苏格兰人带来其他国家的故事讲述者和音乐家。

爱丁堡国际说故事节的主要举办场地是位于皇家英里大道的Netherbow剧场，这里是爱丁堡老城区的核心地带。说故事节的活动给成年人和儿童提供许多参与机会，并受到苏格兰同乐会传统的影响，希望通过分享故事、音乐、歌曲和民谣的方式把人们团结在一起。

词汇：

govern ：管理，掌管

revive：复活，再生

——小托福词汇难度解析：

小托福的整体文章难度还是比较简单的，整篇文章不到100个词，其中绝大多数是初高中词汇，而在四级词汇表中出现的单词有gymnasium，feature，variety，professional，performer，permission，guardian共7个，约占7%。

可以看出，真正帮助考生理解文章内容的单词是这93%的中学词汇，这就说明了中学词汇对于Toefl Junior的重要性。对于TOEFL Junior的考生而言，可能这93%中大部分单词都不认识，或者见过但不知道意思，所以词汇学习内容是先以中学词汇为主，打好基础后再学习其余分类学科单词。