托福阅读笔记。说到托福阅读备考，TPO是必不可少的备考神器，通过TPO练习来更好的适应阅读考试的节奏。本文小编带来的是TPO20 Westward Migration的学习笔记，希望能够与正在备考的大家一起进步。
TPO20 Westward Migration
文章题材：社会学科——移民西部
常见词汇：
transportation [.trænspə'teiʃən] n. 运输，运输系统，运输工具
attractive [ə'træktiv] adj. 有吸引力的，引起注意的
population [.pɔpju'leiʃən] n. 人口 ，(全体)居民，人数
prior ['praiə] adj. 优先的，更重要的，在前的
range [reindʒ] n. 范围，行列，射程，山脉，一系列v. 排
occupation [.ɔkju'peiʃən] n. 职业，侵占，居住
profitable ['prɔfitəbl] adj. 有益的，有用的
commercial [kə'mə:ʃəl] adj. 商业的n. 商业广告
cultivation [.kʌlti'veiʃən] n. 教化，培养，耕作
eventually [i'ventjuəli] adv. 终于，最后
易错题解析：
Paragraph 3: The West had plenty of attractions: the alluvial river bottoms, the fecund soils of the rolling forest lands, the black loams of the prairies were tempting to New England farmers working their rocky, sterile land and to southeastern farmers plagued with soil depletion and erosion. In 1820 under a new land law, a farm could be bought for $100. The continued proliferation of banks made it easier for those without cash to negotiate loans in paper money. Western Farmers borrowed with the confident expectation that the expanding economy would keep farm prices high, thus making it easy to repay loans when they fell due.
5. Which of the sentences below best expresses the essential information in the highlighted sentence in the passage? Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or leave out essential information.
O Because the West had more rivers and forests than the East, its soil was more productive.
O The fertile soils of the West drew farmers from regions with barren soils.
O Farmers living in western areas of the United States were more affected by soil erosion than farmers living in eastern areas.
O The soil in western areas of the United States was richer than soil in eastern areas.
题型：句子简化题。答案是(B)
解析：原句分析：冒号前面的意思为“西部有很多有吸引力的东西”;冒号后面的内容是在解释说明前面的内容，这一部分内容的框架为“…were tempting to New England farmers and to southeastern farmers(……吸引着新英格兰的农民及东南部的农民)”，working their rocky, sterile land是对New England farmers后置修饰语，plagued with soil depletion and erosion是southeastern farmers的后置修饰语。所以整句话的可翻译为“西部有很多有吸引力的东西：(那里的)冲积泛滥平原、滚动林地、大草原的黑土地吸引着劳作在多岩石、贫瘠的土地上的新英格兰农民以及受着土壤贫化和土壤侵蚀之苦的东南部农民”，其实主要意思就是“西部肥沃的土壤对于新英格兰和东南部的农民很有吸引力”。因此正确答案是B(西部肥沃的土壤吸引着来自贫瘠土壤的农民)。
易错选项：(D)。
Transportation was becoming less of a problem for those who wished to move west and for those who had farm surpluses to send to market. ■Prior to 1815, western farmers who did not live on navigable waterways were connected to them only by dirt roads and mountain trails. ■Livestock could be driven across the mountains, but the cost of transporting bulky grains in this fashion was several times greater than their value in eastern markets. ■The first step toward an improvement of western transportation was the construction of turnpikes. ■These roads made possible a reduction in transportation costs and thus stimulated the commercialization of agriculture along their routes.
13. Look at the four squares [■] that indicate where the following sentence can be added to the passage.
In fact, goods could be shipped more cheaply across the much greater distance of the Atlantic Ocean than they could from western New York to coastal cities.
Where would the sentence best fit?
Click on a square [■] to insert the sentence in the passage.
题型：句子插入题。答案是(C)
解析：原句意思为“事实上，跨过更远距离的大西洋货物运输要比从西部的纽约到海岸城市还要便宜”，在强调西部运输货物的费用很贵。In fact表强调，在强调前面的内容。由此可以推出，要插入地方前面的话应该说了西部运输费用贵的问题。B选项后面的句子说的即是西部运输成本昂贵的问题，所以可以选择放在B选项句子的后面，因此答案是C。
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