2000年1月托福考试全真试题(二)

39.
(A) The influence of European popular music on non-Western music.

(B) The musical background of the director of the Broadway version of The Lion King

(C) The types of music used in the Broadway version of The Lion King.

(D) Differences between the music of the film version and the Broadway version of The Lion King.

40.

(A) It was performed by the Zulu people of South Africa.

(B) It developed outside the musical traditions of Europe.

(C) It's familiar to most audiences in the United States.

(D) The students heard it performed in New York City.

41.
(A) The director is of African ancestry.

(B) The director wanted the songs in the Broadway version to be identical to the songs in the film.

(C) The Broadway version was first performed in Africa.

(D) The story takes place in Africa.

42.
(A) A type of music that originated in Indonesia.

(B) The meaning of non-English words used in a song

(C) The plot of The Lion King

(D) Popular rock and jazz music performed in

43.
(A) How ancient philosophers measured the distance between heavenly bodies.

(B) How ancient philosophers explained the cause of an eclipse of the Moon.

(C) Why ancient philosophers thought the Earth was a sphere.

(D) Why ancient philosophers thought the Earth moved around the Sun.

44.
(A) How the natural world was described in Greek mythology.

(B) What they observed directly.

(C) The writings of philosophers from other societies.

(D) Measurements made with scientific instruments.

45.
(A) They noticed an apparent change in the position of the North Star.

(B) They observed eclipses at different times of the year.

(C) They were the first to estimate the distance between heavenly bodies.

(D) They wanted to prove that the Earth was flat.

46.
(A) A place for making astronomical observations.

(B) An instrument used for observing stars.

(C) A unit of measurement.

(D) The North Star.

47.
(A) One of the students asked him about it in the previous class.

(B) He read about it the previous day.

(C) He had just read Dr. Frederick Cock's travel log

(D) The students were required to read about it for that day's class

48.
(A) That Peary bad announced his success prematurely.

(B) That the investigation of Peary's expedition wasn't thorough.

(C) That Peary wasn't an experienced explorer.

(D) That he had reached the pole before Peary did.

49.
(A) They talked to one of Peary's companions.

(B) They interviewed Peary.

(C) They conducted a computer analysis of photographs.

(D) They examined Peary's navigation tools,

50.
(A) Dr. Cook's expedition.

(B) The conclusions of the Navigation Foundation.

(C) Exploration of the Equator.

(D) Exploration of the South Pole.