今天为大家整理了一篇托福词汇练习题，供大家参考，以下是详细内容。
125. And there were factories in occupations such as metalwork where individual contractors presided over what were essentially handicraft proprietorships that coexisted within a single building.
The words “presided over” in line 20 are closest in meaning to
(A) managed
(B) led to
(C) worked in
(D) produced
126. Objects in the universe show a variety of shapes: round planets (some with rings) , tailed comets, wispy cosmic gas and dust clouds, ringed nebulae, pinwheel-shaped spiral galaxies, and so on. But none of the shapes on this list describes the largest single entities in the universe.
The word “entities” is closest in meaning to which of following?
(A) factors
(B) processes
(C) objects
(D) puzzles
127. Stone carvers engraved their motifs of skulls and crossbones and other religious icons of death into the gray slabs that we still see standing today in old burial grounds.
The word “motifs” is closest in meaning to which of following?
(A) tools
(B) prints
(C) signatures
(D) designs
128. Although they often achieved expression and formal excellence in their generally primitive style, they remained artisans skilled in the craft of carving and constituted a group distinct from what we normally think of as “sculptors” in today‘s use of the word.
The word “distinct” is closest in meaning to which of following?
(A) separate
(B) assembled
(C) notable
(D) inferior
129. On the rare occasion when a fine piece of sculpture was desired, Americans turned to foreign sculptors, as in the 1770’s when the cities of New York and Charleston, South Carolina, commissioned the Englishman Joseph Wilton to make marble statues of William Pill.
The word “rare” is closest in meaning to which of following?
(A) festive
(B) infrequent
(C) delightful
(D) unexpected
130. Desert mammals also depart from the normal mammalian practice of maintaining a constant body temperature. Instead of trying to keep down the body temperature deep inside the body, which would involve the expenditure of water and energy, desert mammals allow their temperatures to rise to what would normally be fever height, and temperatures as high as 46 degrees Celsius have been measured in Grant‘s gazelles.
The word “maintaining” is closest in meaning to which of following?
(A) measuring
(B) inheriting
(C) preserving
(D) delaying
141. One way to do this is to find a sheltered roost. Solitary roosters shelter in dense vegetation or enter a cavity-horned larks dig holes in the ground and ptarmigan burrow into snow banks-but the effect of sheltering is magnified by several birds huddling together in the roosts, as wrens, swifts, brown creepers, bluebirds, and anis do.
The word “magnified” is closest in meaning to which of following?
(A) caused
(B) modified
(C) intensified
(D) combined
142. The second possible benefit of communal roots is that they act as “information centers.” During the day, parties of birds will have spread out to forage over a very large area. When they return in the evening some will have fed well, but others may have found little to eat.
The word “forage” is closest in meaning to which of following?
(A) fly
(B) assemble
(C) feed
(D) rest
