本文收集筆者喜歡的托福難題。
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The initial, widely shared pessimism turned out to be ___, because it ignored the many things that could be done with resources left behind.
A.unintelligible
B.unfathomable
C.unfounded
D.unimaginative
E.unjustified
F. unimportant
本題 unintelligible 是「無法理解的」，而不是 unintelligent「愚笨的」，如果誤會了，那就很容易選到 A。found 本身是「打地基」的意思。例如 a society founded on egalitarian principles。found 也因此有「創業、創辦」的意思。例如 She left a large sum of money in her will to found a wildlife sanctuary. justify 本身是「證明…為真」。例如 I can’t really justify taking another day off work.
Joshua Gisemba Bagaka found that the pedagogical results of group projects and other engaged learning activities in Kenyan mathematics classroom were ___; such activities, then, may not be the best way of improving mathematics education.
A. overstated
B. counterintuitive
C. mixed
D. discouraging
E. inconsistent
F. inexplicable
本題 AD 看起來是可以當答案的，然而這種題型是要選兩個近義詞，因此必需選 CE。
Apparent flaws in the sculptor`s work have not ___ its respectful reception by most modern critics.
A. determined
B. controlled
C. undermined
D. prevented
E. overshadowed
F. precluded
本題出題者相當高明地設下了陷井。前面的 flaw 讓人直覺會想接 overshadow ＆ undermine。然而，瑕不掩瑜，其所掩的是作品本身的好處，而不是被接受的程度。
