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。
265. The advantage of nesting on cliffs is the immunity it gives from foxes, which cannot scale the sheer rocks, and from ravens and other species of gulls, which have difficulty in landing on narrow ledges to steal eggs.
The word “scale” is closest in meaning to which of following?
(A) climb
(B) avoid
(C) approach
(D) measure
266. This immunity has been followed by a relaxation of the defenses, and kittiwakes do not react to predators nearly as fiercely as do ground-nesting gulls.
The word “immunity” is closest in meaning to which of following?
(A) distance
(B) transition
(C) protection
(D) reminder
267. Kittiwakes defecate over the edge of the nest, which keeps it clean, but this practice, as well as their tendency to leave the nest littered with eggshells, makes its location very conspicuous.
The word “conspicuous” is closest in meaning to which of following?
(A) disordered
(B) suspicious
(C) noticeable
(D) appealing
268. On the other hand, nesting on a narrow ledge has its own peculiar problems, and kittiwake behavior has become adapted to overcome them.
The phrase “On the other hand “ is closest in meaning to which of following?
(A) therefore
(B) however
(C) for example
(D) by no means
269. Throughout the nineteenth century and into the twentieth, citizens of the United States maintained a bias against big cities.
The word “bias” is closest in meaning to which of following?
(A) diagonal
(B) slope
(C) distortion
(D) prejudice
270. These new urbanites, already convinced that cities were overwhelmed with great problems, eagerly embraced the progressive reforms that promised to bring order out of the chaos of the city.
The word “embraced” is closest in meaning to which of following?
(A) suggested
(B) overestimated
(C) demanded
(D) welcomed
281. Though other materials were sometimes used, these four were the staples in their finest basketry.
The word “staples” is closest in meaning to which of following?
(A) combinations
(B) limitations
(C) accessories
(D) basic elements
282. Every Pomo basket maker knew how to produce from fifteen to twenty distinct patterns that could be combined in a number of different ways.
The word “distinct” is closest in meaning to which of following?
(A) systematic
(B) beautiful
(C) different
(D) compatible
