2015年1月11日托福閱讀機經(jīng)預(yù)測：
Passage 1
【主旨】高山和海洋的形成理論
【內(nèi)容】早期普遍認(rèn)為地球一開始是特別熱的一團，在cooling的過程中形成穩(wěn)定的地貌。然后說十九世紀(jì)歐洲流行的某一個理論，好像是干蘋果理論，一個光滑的蘋果放著放著就皺皺巴巴，干的地方就形成了山峰、海洋。然后另外一些科學(xué)家質(zhì)疑說為什么非洲大陸和歐洲大陸的一些動物化石標(biāo)本是一樣的。于是之前那個理論解釋說，因為以前是超級大陸，冰川時期之間大家都是連在一塊的。然后又說后來又出現(xiàn)了別的理論，(好像其中有一個細(xì)節(jié)說海洋和高山之間的分布有著一定的關(guān)系)。
主旨】荷馬史詩
【內(nèi)容】說的是荷馬史詩出現(xiàn)的形式是唱或者詩，而不是被寫下來或給人看的，都是通過敘事詩的形式講述英雄的故事。它們都是經(jīng)過口述，再由后人藝術(shù)加工后形成的。科學(xué)家還做了一個實驗，發(fā)現(xiàn)這種史詩太長了，單純記肯定不行，因為每個人的版本都不一樣。所以后人還根據(jù)自己的風(fēng)格加工了。這篇有不少細(xì)節(jié)題目。
2015.11.21托福閱讀機經(jīng)大范圍預(yù)測
【主旨】Egyptian Hieroglyphs
【內(nèi)容】先說是Arabic的一個分支，然后開始講這個語言的興衰!興是因為當(dāng)時宗教界都用這門語言，衰是因為后來人們發(fā)現(xiàn)這個語言太麻煩，太晦澀難懂，再加上另一個文明的興起(Rome; Greece; Macedonia等)，這門語言被徹底邊緣化。然后講現(xiàn)在人們來研究它，講了一個人的研究成果，還講到它為何到現(xiàn)在都很mysterious的原因。
參考文章：Hieroglyphs emerged from the preliterate artistic traditions of Egypt.
As writing developed and became more widespread among the Egyptian people, simplified glyph forms developed, resulting in the hieratic (priestly) and demotic (popular) scripts. These variants were also more suited than hieroglyphs for use on papyrus. Hieroglyphic writing was not, however, eclipsed, but existed alongside the other forms, especially in monumental and other formal writing. The Rosetta Stone contains three parallel scripts - hieroglyphic, demotic, and Greek.
Hieroglyphs continued to be used under Persian rule (intermittent in the 6th and 5th centuries BCE), and after Alexander the Great's conquest of Egypt, during the ensuing Macedonian and Roman periods. It appears that the misleading quality of comments from Greek and Roman writers about hieroglyphs came about, at least in part, as a response to the changed political situation. Some believe that hieroglyphs may have functioned as a way to distinguish 'true Egyptians' from some of the foreign conquerors. Another reason may be the refusal to tackle a foreign culture on its own terms which characterized Greco-Roman approaches to Egyptian culture generally. Having learned that hieroglyphs were sacred writing, Greco-Roman authors imagined the complex but rational system as an allegorical, even magical, system transmitting secret, mystical knowledge.
By the 4th century, few Egyptians were capable of reading hieroglyphs, and the myth of allegorical hieroglyphs was ascendant. Monumental use of hieroglyphs ceased after the closing of all non-Christian temples in 391 CE by the Roman Emperor Theodosius I.
Passage 1
【主旨】高山和海洋的形成理論
【內(nèi)容】早期普遍認(rèn)為地球一開始是特別熱的一團，在cooling的過程中形成穩(wěn)定的地貌。然后說十九世紀(jì)歐洲流行的某一個理論，好像是干蘋果理論，一個光滑的蘋果放著放著就皺皺巴巴，干的地方就形成了山峰、海洋。然后另外一些科學(xué)家質(zhì)疑說為什么非洲大陸和歐洲大陸的一些動物化石標(biāo)本是一樣的。于是之前那個理論解釋說，因為以前是超級大陸，冰川時期之間大家都是連在一塊的。然后又說后來又出現(xiàn)了別的理論，(好像其中有一個細(xì)節(jié)說海洋和高山之間的分布有著一定的關(guān)系)。
主旨】荷馬史詩
【內(nèi)容】說的是荷馬史詩出現(xiàn)的形式是唱或者詩，而不是被寫下來或給人看的，都是通過敘事詩的形式講述英雄的故事。它們都是經(jīng)過口述，再由后人藝術(shù)加工后形成的。科學(xué)家還做了一個實驗，發(fā)現(xiàn)這種史詩太長了，單純記肯定不行，因為每個人的版本都不一樣。所以后人還根據(jù)自己的風(fēng)格加工了。這篇有不少細(xì)節(jié)題目。
2015.11.21托福閱讀機經(jīng)大范圍預(yù)測
【主旨】Egyptian Hieroglyphs
【內(nèi)容】先說是Arabic的一個分支，然后開始講這個語言的興衰!興是因為當(dāng)時宗教界都用這門語言，衰是因為后來人們發(fā)現(xiàn)這個語言太麻煩，太晦澀難懂，再加上另一個文明的興起(Rome; Greece; Macedonia等)，這門語言被徹底邊緣化。然后講現(xiàn)在人們來研究它，講了一個人的研究成果，還講到它為何到現(xiàn)在都很mysterious的原因。
參考文章：Hieroglyphs emerged from the preliterate artistic traditions of Egypt.
As writing developed and became more widespread among the Egyptian people, simplified glyph forms developed, resulting in the hieratic (priestly) and demotic (popular) scripts. These variants were also more suited than hieroglyphs for use on papyrus. Hieroglyphic writing was not, however, eclipsed, but existed alongside the other forms, especially in monumental and other formal writing. The Rosetta Stone contains three parallel scripts - hieroglyphic, demotic, and Greek.
Hieroglyphs continued to be used under Persian rule (intermittent in the 6th and 5th centuries BCE), and after Alexander the Great's conquest of Egypt, during the ensuing Macedonian and Roman periods. It appears that the misleading quality of comments from Greek and Roman writers about hieroglyphs came about, at least in part, as a response to the changed political situation. Some believe that hieroglyphs may have functioned as a way to distinguish 'true Egyptians' from some of the foreign conquerors. Another reason may be the refusal to tackle a foreign culture on its own terms which characterized Greco-Roman approaches to Egyptian culture generally. Having learned that hieroglyphs were sacred writing, Greco-Roman authors imagined the complex but rational system as an allegorical, even magical, system transmitting secret, mystical knowledge.
By the 4th century, few Egyptians were capable of reading hieroglyphs, and the myth of allegorical hieroglyphs was ascendant. Monumental use of hieroglyphs ceased after the closing of all non-Christian temples in 391 CE by the Roman Emperor Theodosius I.