托福词汇检测练习题整理

1. Among all societies legal marriage is usually accompanied by some kind of ceremony that expresses group sanction of the union.

　　[A] opinion [B] coercion [C] approval [D] insistence

2. The 1960's saw a change in the form and content of movies， treating subjects that for so many years were considered taboo.

　　[A] unpleasant [B] prohibited [C] unethical [D] worthless

3. Even a novel in which there is no narrator tacitly creates a picture of an author behind the scenes.

　　[A] theoretically [B] purposely [C] instinctively [D] implicitly

4. The legislative filibuster is a parliamentary tactic designed to delay or prevent action by the majority.

　　[A] tradition [B] rule [C] observance [D] maneuver

5. The American Medical Association has called for the sport of boxing to be banned.

　　[A] forbidden [B] regulated [C] studied [D] reorganized

6. There was a caption underneath the photograph.

　　[A] signature [B] graph [C] title [D] design

7. The answer lay in a resource that unknowing Americans had trampled underfoot in their haste to cross the “Great American Desert” to reach lands that sometimes proved barren.

　　[A] lonely [B] dangerous [C] uncomfortable [D] infertile

8. Huey Long' s denunciations of the federal government were often inspired by the fervor of his listeners.

　　[A] size [B] curiosity [C] cheerfulness [D] zeal

9. Hailed as the “Queen of Soul”， Aretha Frankilin imparts a gospel sound to most of her music.

　　[A] Inaugurated [B] Categorized [C] Acclaimed [D] Promoted

10. With laser scientists can probe many physical processes， such as combustion， once beyond our ken.

　　[A] understanding [B] responsibility [C] interpretation [D] notice

Keys: 1-5 CBDDA 6-10 CDDCA