Just finished 3.15's test. Here are the passages and questions. Just wanted to pass along all the help I got from this site recently!    Hope this helps~~~
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Task 1: Describe a poem, art, or song you enjoy.
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In the reading: There's a change in the library. Now, all the reference materials are available online. Thus, the library will not be storing any more paper articles. Students will probably be less likely to come into the library to search for information.小马过河1 i# l" s; p* z# O6 ^! ^4 x
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In the listening: The man states the change is a great idea for two reasons.TOEFL,IBT,托福,新托福,机经,小马过河,留学,美国,海外. ~/ h+ r! [# N& s
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Reason 1: This solves the storage problem. He had worked in the library, so he knew that the school was considering expanding the building. This would have been too expensive.
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Phase 1: There are many mice and few wolves. So wolves have sufficient food supply and reproduce greatly. However, mice population decreases.TOEFL,IBT,托福,新托福,机经,小马过河,留学,美国,海外4 P* w* I7 i& l( U
Phase 2: There are now many wolves and few mice. There's not enough food supply for wolves, so they decrease. Then, the mice increase. [小马过河-新托福专业备考社区]  D& v2 P! p3 q: z' \! X
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The man's problem is that he has to finish his art history report. This report is due this week, but he had planned to go to the local art museum for more research. He planned to go to the museum tomorrow. However, the museum is closed tomorrow. He can't go today, because he has a health class in the afternoon.
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Solution 1: Talk to his art history professor and see if he can't hand in the report the next week. But the man is afraid the professor will be upset and ash him why he waited until the last minute to do the report.TOEFL,IBT,托福,新托福,机经,小马过河,留学,美国,海外* F3 n5 M& z7 d! w
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Solution 2: Talk to his health class professor and see if he can miss the class. The man likes this idea because he already read the material, has never missed one of these classes, and can copy the notes from another student.小马过河# i# L: F: K, u8 ]6 t
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Question: State the man's problem and the solutions the woman gives him. Which would you suggest?
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  B+ |8 B* y9 g1 B& }5 W1 O小马过河Reinforcement --- positive reinforcement (encourage by adding a reward) & negative reinforcement (encourage by taking away sth. bad)
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The professor gives the example of getting up early for a job. The positive reinforcement is to eat breakfast food you enjoy, so you can get up early. The negative reinforcement is when you hate taking showers in the morning; you should take them at night instead of the morning. This way, you can also get up early.
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Paragraph 1: The A___ period is influenced by elements in the East (考一个Meaning题)
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+ c2 T4 w3 a! ywww.xiaomaguohe.netTheir structures have changed greatly that it is impossible to reproduce the original works. But, the vase is not like them. (考题)TOEFL,IBT,托福,新托福,机经,小马过河,留学,美国,海外1 \$ l/ b# |: d# Q

. p) |7 s5 B; T- K2 p, PTOEFL,IBT,托福,新托福,机经,小马过河,留学,美国,海外Paragraph 3&4: The vase features various pictures including, religion, highly-skilled art (考题), for example the art of Athens (考题). However, the vase is not like that in the past periods, it is NOT used for burial ceremony (考题).
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The vase is original and individually created. (考Meaning题)- t' T+ C/ K# J% }
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Paragraph 5: The artists often sign their names on the vases to show individuality. It was A___ that first introduced individual style and personality. (考题; Question: What can be inferred of the period before A___. My Answer: No individual style) [小马过河-新托福专业备考社区]8 n% F- E- h( f
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Paragraph 6: The murals and wall paintings are drawn with the same solid coloring, not much different from the pictures on vases. (Question: What is the relationship between paintings and vase?)
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6 h* \7 v. u. k) i. U  B' Ywww.xiaomaguohe.netIt was then that vases declined (考Meaning题)
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Passage 2: Earth Crust
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2. The geological changes in California are the result of crust movement on Earth, driven by plate tectonics. (考题)
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3. The crust is like broken eggshell. (考题; Q: Why mention eggshell? A: Use common object to describe Earth's crust)TOEFL,IBT,托福,新托福,机经,小马过河,留学,美国,海外* j+ r) ?* ?' G9 ^- P
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: i% _9 s* o! Z2 X6 X) gwww.xiaomaguohe.net8.Congealed = solid (考Meaning题)
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9. The Earth forms new crust. The plates move apart and acquire mud and sediments. The plates collide with other plates and form islands. (two考题)
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Passage 3: Birds' Song
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7 l- [8 O' j2 F$ p0 H* y小马过河2. There are different dialects in different geographical locations, even though there are modest changes to the songs. (考Meaning题; Choices: limited, occasional, ...)
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0 o& H+ Y2 x% u! [5 ?# r. r9 J4. the1st experiment: Young birds are placed in a closed environment, so they cannot hear adult birds sing. Thus, they develop only fragments of the adult songs; they cannot sing the complete songs. This shows that birds need to learn from adults, and both hereditary and environment cause dialects.
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1 ]$ B; e/ k( g0 }5. 2nd experiment: the birds can listen to tapings of adult bird songs. A bird can only listen to one of the two dialects. In the end, the bird can only sing whichever dialect it listens to. (考题)
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6. 3rd experiment: the birds listen to songs of other bird species. In the end, they are able to learn the song of the other species.
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7. 4th experiment: the birds listen to the song of their own species and the song of another species. In the end, they can only sing the song of their own species. They will always choose the song of their own species before songs of other species. (考题)TOEFL,IBT,托福,新托福,机经,小马过河,留学,美国,海外" e! d. ^) Q0 k9 q; h: a
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Reason 2: The professor gives the example of the Dutch Republic, whose property rights were also strengthened, but experienced no shift towards factory production.TOEFL,IBT,托福,新托福,机经,小马过河,留学,美国,海外4 |3 c4 i- a& ]) B8 v7 r$ o
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Reason 3: Even though the transportation costs had decreased, the overall expense increased. For one thing, the cost of building the factory was very high. For another, the workers in the factories required supervisors. Thus, there's an additional cost of supervisor salary.
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# W- \# @' n. ?- JIndependent Writing: Should land be used for agricultural purposes or be used to save endangered animals?

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