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托福模拟试题,了解你的英语水平 智课出品 以下是智课网提供的一份简短的托福模拟试题，考生们不妨先看看自己的水平吧。 托福入学测试卷 READING question, 42 points in total. The History of Waterpower Moving water was one of the earliest energy sources to be harnessed to reduce the workload of people and animals. No one knows exactly when the water wheel was invented, but irrigation systems existed at least 5,000 years ago, and it seems probable that the earliest waterpower device was the noria, a waterwheel that raised water for irrigation in attached jars. This device appears to have evolved no later than the fifth century B.C., perhaps independently in different regions of the Middle and Far East. Q1 The word “harnessed” in the passage is closest in meaning to A. Known B. Depended on C. Recognized D. Utilized Q2 In paragraph 1, uncertainty is expressed about all of the following aspects of the early development of waterpower EXCEPT A. When exactly the very first waterpower devices were invented B. Where exactly the very first waterpower devices were developed C. Whether water was one of the earliest sources of power to be used by humans D. Whether the very earliest waterpower devices arose independently The earliest waterpower mills were probably vertical-axis mills for grinding corn, known as Norse or Greek mills, which seem to have appeared during the first or second century B.C. in the middle East and a few centuries later in Scandinavia. In the following centuries, increasingly sophisticated waterpower mills were built throughout the Roman Empire and beyond its boundaries in the Middle East and northern Europe, In England, the Saxons are thought to have used both horizontal and vertical-axis wheels. The first documented English mill was in the eighth century, but three centuries later about 5,000 were recorded, suggesting that every settlement of any size had its mill. Q3 According to paragraph 2, what was true of the waterpower mills built throughout the Roman Empire? A. Most had horizontal-axis wheel. B.