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 Desert formation  沙漠的形成  -解答(2)

想要強化自身托福閱讀的能力，首先 "單字量" ，單字是學習語言的基石，單字量不足只會拖延作答時間。

 Desert formation  沙漠的形成  -解答(1)

不少人很容易發生雖然認識托福閱讀考試中文章內的單字，但是還是無法找出正確答案的情況，原因可能有(1) 一個單字往往可能有多種涵義在，因為理解的不夠全面，加上托福用字比較艱深，更容易發生認知錯誤的情況；(2) 長難句的結構理解錯誤；(3) 沒有理解全篇文章作者要引申的主旨。

 Desert formation  沙漠的形成  -問題

讀懂托福文章很重要，但是真正要加快做答速度的另外一個關鍵是依據題目的內容快速將選項中不相關的答案先刪除，減少思考判斷的時間。

 Desert formation  沙漠的形成  問題對應段落內容 

Paragraph 1: The deserts, which already occupy approximately a fourth of the Earth’s land surface, have in recent decades been increasing at an alarming pace. The expansion of desertlike conditions into areas where they did not previously exists is called desertification. It has been estimated that an additional one-Fourth of the Earth’s land surface is threatened by this process.

 Desert formation  沙漠的形成(4)

 Desert formation  沙漠的形成(3)

  Four specific activities have been indentified as major contributors to the desertification processes overcultivation, overgazing firewood gathering, and overirrigation. The cultivation of crops has expanded into progressively drier regions as population densities have grown. These regions are especially likely to have periods of severe dryness, so that crop failures are common. Since the raising of most crops necessitates the prior removal of the natural vegetation, crop failures leave extensive tracts of land devoid of a plant cover and susceptible to wind and wate erosion.

 Desert formation  沙漠的形成(2) 

  In some regions, the increase in desert areas is occurring largely as the result of a trend toward drier climatic conditions. Continued gradual global warming has produced an increase in aridity for some areas over the past few thousand years. The process may be accelerated in subsequent decades if global warming resulting from air pollution seriously increases.

 Desert formation  沙漠的形成(1)  

  The deserts, which already occupy approximately a fourth of the Earth’s surface, have in recent decades been increasing at an alarming at an alarming pace. The expansion of desertlike conditions into areas where they did not previously exist is called desertification. It has been estimated that an additional one-fourth of the Earth’s land surface is threatened by this process.

托福聽力測驗  政治學(Political Science)相關單字

1) constitution (N.) 憲法；章程；體格；構成；結構；構造

 TED 每個孩子都需要一個冠軍寶座 (中文演講稿) 

演講者： Rita Pierson