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 托福閱讀真題 Early Cinema 解答(1)

1) 3

This is a Negative Information question asking for specific information that can be found in paragraph1. Choice 3 is the correct answer. The paragraph does mention that one viewer at a time could view the films (choice 1), that films could be viewed one after another (choice 2), and that films were short (choice 4). Prizefights are mentioned as one subject of these short films, but not necessarily the most popular one.

2) 2

This is a Rhetorical Purpose question. It asks why the author mentions “phonograph parlors” in paragraph 2. The correct answer is choice 2. The author is explaining why Edison designed his arcades like phonograph parlors; that design had been successful for him in the past.. The paragraph does not directly discuss the situations described in choices 3 and 4, so those answers too are incorrect.

3) 3

This is a Sentence Simplification question. As with all of those items, a single sentence in the passage highlighted:

He refused to develop projection technology, reasoning that if he made and sold projectors, then exhibitors would purchase only one machine-a projector-from him, instead of several.

The correct answer is choice 3. That choice contains all of the essential ideas in the highlighted sentence. It is also the only choice that does not change the meaning of the sentence. Choice 1 says that Edison was more interested in developing variety of machines, which is not true. Choice 2 says that the reason Edison refused to work on projection technology was that exhibitors would never replace the projectors. That also is not true; the highlighted sentence implies that he refused to do this because he wanted exhibitors to buy several Kinetoscope machines at a time instead of a single projector. Choice 4 says that Edison refused to develop projection technology unless exhibitors agreed to purchase more that one projector from him. The highlighted sentence actually says that Edison had already reasoned or concluded that exhibitors would not buy more than one, so choice 4 is a change in essential meaning.

4) 2

This is a Vocabulary question. The word being tested is readily. It is highlighted in the passage. Readily means “easily,” so choice 2 is the correct answer. The other choices do not fit in the context of the sentence.

5) 3

This is a Vocabulary question. The word being tested is assistance; it is highlighted in the passage. An assistant is a person who helps a leaders, so choice 3,”help,” is the correct answer.