2020年托福阅读模拟试题及答案(卷九)

2021年1月22日发(作者：乌力吉)

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2020
年托福阅读模拟试题及答案（卷九）




托福阅读文本：



The
Native
American
peoples
of
the
north
Pacific
Coast
created
a
highly complex maritime culture as they invented modes of production
unique
to
their
special
environment.
In
addition
to
their
sophisticated
technical
culture,
they
also
attained
one
of
the
most
complex
social
organizations of any nonagricultural people in the world.


In a division of labor similar to that
of the hunting
peoples in the
interior and among foraging peoples throughout the world, the men did
most of the fishing, and the women processed the catch.


Women also specialized in the gathering of the abundant shellfish
that
lived
closer
to
shore.
They
collected
oysters,
crabs,
sea
urchins,
mussels,
abalone,
and
clams,
which
they
could
gather
while
remaining
close
to
their
children.
The
maritime
life
harvested
by
the
women
not
only
provided
food,
but
also
supplied
more
of
the
raw
materials
for
making tools than did fish gathered by the men. Of particular importance
for the native tool kit before the introduction of metal was the wide knife
made from the larger mussel shells, and a variety of cutting edges that
could be made from other marine shells.


The
women
used
their
tools
to
process
all
of
the
fish
and
marine
mammals brought in by the men. They cleaned the fish, and dried vast
quantities of them for the winter. They sun- dried fish when practical, but
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