【正文】 e.” “Are these iBT passages really so amazing?” I affected a tone of a edian, “try them!”How good can these passages be? “They are golden, they are precious, they are diamonds!” YoursWenyong目錄 ARTS AND FINE ARTS(OG) 5 ORIGINS OF CETACEANS(OG) 11 FORMATION(OG) 19 CINEMA(OG) 28(OG) 37 AND INDUSTRIALIZATION(OG) 47 MACHINES(OG) 56 POLITICS IN THE UNITED STATES(OG) 65 EXPRESSION OF EMOTIONS(OG) 74 AND LANDSCAPE(OG) 83(TPO1) 92 ORIGINS OF THEATER(TPO1) 99 VEGETATION ON MOUNTAINS(TPO1) 106(TPO3) 113 of the Ogallala Aquifer(TPO3) 120 LongTerm Stability of Ecosystems(TPO3) 128 and Competitors(在線測試題) 135 Cave Paintings(在線測試題) 142 from Wind(在線測試題) 149 Populations of the Puget Sound(TPO4) 156 Art in Europe(TPO4) 164 Resources(TPO4) 172 Impact and Dinosaur Extinction(官方?？碱}) 179 AND PLANTS(TPO5) 186 ORIGIN OF THE PACIFIC ISLAND PEOPLE(TPO5) 193 CAMBRIAN EXPLOSION(TPO5) 201 the Industrial Revolution(TPO6) 209 Smith(TPO6) 216 Amnesia(TPO6) 223 Geologic History of the Mediterranean(TPO7) 230 Rome and Greece(TPO7) 237, Iron, and the Bantu Peoples(TPO7) 244 RISE OF TEOTIHUACAN(TPO8) 251 OF THE DINOSAURS(TPO8) 259 WATER ON MARS(TPO8) 267 the Americas via the Northwest Coast(TPO9) 274 IN TEACHING(TPO9) 282 ARRIVAL OF PLANT LIFE IN HAWAII(TPO9) 290 HABITS OF EAST AFRICAN HERBIVORES(OG) 297 FULLER(OG) 303 ICEBERGS(OG) 309 Pottery(TPO10) 315 in the Climate(TPO10) 322 European Economic Growth(TPO10) 329 Egyptian Sculpture(TPO11) 336 and Navigation(TPO11) 342 by Nestlings(TPO11) 349 Hand Did They Use? (TPO12) 356 to Sound in Film(TPO12) 363 in the Desert(TPO12) 370 of Social Groups(TPO13) 376 Clocks(TPO13) 382 of Studying Infant Perception(TPO13) 389APPLIED ARTS AND FINE ARTSAlthough we now tend to refer to the various crafts according to the materials used to construct themclay, glass, wood, fiber, and metalit was once mon to think of crafts in terms of function, which led to their being known as the applied arts. Approaching crafts from the point of view of function, we can divide them into simple categories: containers, shelters and supports. There is no way around the fact that containers, shelters, and supports must be functional. The applied arts are thus bound by the laws of physics, which pertain to both the materials used in their making and the substances and things to be contained, supported, and sheltered. These laws are universal in their application, regardless of cultural beliefs, geography, or climate. If a pot has no bottom or has large openings in its sides, it could hardly be considered a container in any traditional sense. Since the laws of physics, not some arbitrary decision, have determined the general form of appliedart objects, they follow basic patterns, so much so that functional forms can vary only within certain limits. Buildings without roofs, for example, are unusual because they depart from the norm. However, not all functional objects are exactly alike?！薄斑@ETS的這些文章真的那么好？”。雖然工作有些繁雜，但總算完成了所有文章的敲打工作。）同時我還更正了OG上幾個明顯的錯誤（詳見文后附錄）當(dāng)然，我還做出了方便大家理解文章的參考譯文，附在文章的后面。2. 13 sets from TPO, with 3 passages included in each set, 39 passages in total。s aesthetic intentions, placed the ball there. That this device was a necessary structural promise is clear from the fact that the cannonball quickly disappeared when sculptors learned how to strengthen the internal structure of a statue with iron braces (iron being much stronger than bronze). Even though the fine arts in the twentieth century often treat materials in new ways, the basic difference in attitude of artists in relation to their materials in the fine arts and the applied arts remains relatively constant. It would therefore not be too great an exaggeration to say that practitioners of the fine arts work to overe the limitations of their materials, whereas those engaged in the applied arts work in concert with their materials. Paragraph 1: Although we now tend to refer to the various crafts according to the materials used to construct themclay, glass, wood, fiber, and metalit was once mon to think of crafts in terms of function, which led to their being known as the applied arts. Approaching crafts from the point of view of function, we can divide them into simple categories: containers, shelters and supports. There is no way around the fact that containers, shelters, and supports must be functional. The applied arts are thus bound by the laws of physics, which pertain to both the materials used in their making and the substances and things to be contained, supported, and sheltered. These laws are universal in their application, regardless of cultural beliefs, geography, or climate. If a pot has no bottom or has large openings in its sides, it could hardly be considered a container in any traditional sense. Since the laws of physics, not some arbitrary decision, have determined the general form of appliedart objects, they follow basic patterns, so much so that functional forms can vary only within certain limits. Buildings without roofs, for example, are unusual because they depart from the norm. However, not all functional objects are exactly alike。毫無疑問它們都是具有一定功能的物品。實(shí)用工藝品的生產(chǎn)者會著重考慮這件工藝品對自然規(guī)律的敏感性。就好像在意大利文藝復(fù)興早期，踢出前腿馬匹的青銅像往往有一個金屬球置于它的前蹄下。參考答案1. ○2This is a Factual Information question asking for specific information that can be found in paragraph 1. Choice 2 is the best answer. It is essentially a rephrasing of the statement in paragraph 1 that blowholes cannot disguise cetaceans’ affinities with other mammals. The other three choices are refuted, either directly or indirectly, by that paragraph.2. ○1This is an Inference question asking for information that can be inferred from paragraph 1 . Choice 1 is the best answer because paragraph 1 says that sea otters are unlike early mammals whose appearances are not easy to imagine. B