TPO 41-50 Vocabulary Flashcards
The paintings and chants used in the ceremonies are directed by well-trained artists and singers who {enlist徵募入伍} the aid of spirits who are impersonated by masked performers.
A assist協助
B require要求
C describe描述
D {recruit}徵募
The songs sung over the paintings are also {faithful忠誠可靠; 準確可靠} renditions of songs from the past.
A modern現代
B {accurate}精確
C wonderful奇妙
D simplified簡化
Weaving is a paradigm of the creativity of a mythic {ancestor} named Spider Woman who wove the universe as a cosmic web that united earth and sky. It was she who, according to legend, taught Navajo women how to weave.
A relative from an earlier generation
B person who established a particular tradition in a
society
C {hero from ancient times}
D person who once made important contributions to a social group or culture
often sporadic and usually based on {notions概念想法} of reciprocity, it involved the mutual exchange of commodities or objects between individuals or groups.
A {ideas}
B rules
C degrees
D traditions
It could be, too, that warfare became a competitive response to population growth and to the increasing scarcity of {prime主要最好的} agricultural land, and that it played an important role in the emergence of the Mayan states.
A low-lying低窪
B easily accessible容易進入
C unused
D {high-quality}
Others have blamed extinction on competition from the mammals, which {allegedly據說宣稱} ate all the dinosaur eggs-except that mammals and dinosaurs appeared at the same time in the Late Triassic, about 190 million years ago, and there is no reason to believe that mammals suddenly acquired a taste for dinosaur eggs after 120 million years of coexistence.
A inevitably
B gradually
C {supposedly}按照推測
D increasingly
According to computerized climate models, global temperatures fell to near the freezing point, photosynthesis {halted暫停停止}, and most plants on land and in the sea died. With the bottom of the food chain destroyed, dinosaurs could not survive.
A slowed
B {stopped}
C contracted
D declined
By contrast, any explanation that focuses {strictly完全的} on the dinosaurs completely misses the point.
A {exclusively}專有的排外的
B mainly主要的
C initially
D wrongly
On land, there was also a {crisis危機} among the land plants, in addition to the disappearance of dinosaurs.
A collapse崩塌瓦解
B disturbance干擾
C {critical situation}危急時刻
D loss損失
{Extensive廣大的} mountain ranges were formed from compression of the crust, forming long ridges with parallel valleys spaced one to two kilometers apart.
A Unusual
B {Large}
C New
D Steep
Geographic isolation creates opportunities for new species to develop, but it does not necessarily lead to new species because speciation occurs only when the gene pool {undergoes遭受經歷} enough changes to establish reproductive barriers between the isolated population and its parent population.
A {experiences}
B allows
C prevents
D causes
When the current {approaches接近} the equator, the westward-flowing trade winds cause nutrient-rich cold water along the coast to rise from deeper depths to more shallow ones.
A ｛nears｝接近
B crosses橫越
C travels along沿著前行
D leaves離開
Over the last few decades, the term El Niño has come to be used to describe these {exceptionally例外異常特殊} strong episodes and not the annual event.
A obviously
B {unusually}
C relatively
D occasionally
Still, extreme temperatures, in combination with other factors, may have dramatic {detrimental有害不利的} effects.
A {harmful}
B significant
C unexpected
D distinct
A mixture of continuous but thin vegetation supporting herds of large mammals is one that seems {plausible貌似真實的} and realistic with the available data.
A preferable更好更合意的
B practical實際的
C {reasonable}合理的
D advantageous有優勢的
The {drawback缺點不利條件} is that wind is obviously unspecific as to where it takes the pollen.
A other side of the issue事情另一面
B objection缺點缺陷
C concern關心
D {problem}問題難題
Birch and hazel trees can produce 5.5 and 4 million grains per catkin, {respectively各別各自}.
A over time
B {separately}
C in that order
D consistently
