16. The unit of measurement known as a “foot” has originally based on the average size of the human foot.
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0 q% \1 g l0 a7 @: H$ U答案：B
9 b ^4 f& i0 P1 m测试点：习语. ! ]+ B# J7 ]9 F) ~3 T
分析：Be based on是固定短语。此处应为was．这个短语在TOEFL考题中以不同形式出现过多次。 & Y$ E2 ~. |; |5 w7 n, B
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17. Social reformer Florence Kelly played a role in the 1893 decision of the Illinois legislature to prohibition child labor. 1 j$ l ?: @& C: w: _- g5 U; h t
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答案：D
. U; L% c2 M( q, a: X9 A/ H测试点；词性.
' {1 T; ^* r, p/ {' y分析：prohibition为名词此处应用动词prohibit.
" Z# m6 @4 ^6 r" N9 g解题要点；划线的是以-tion结尾的名词，而前面是to，应考虑它是否错用，是否应为动词.
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18. The term “technology” refers to the discoveries and inventions that help people improve its way of life. 4 @3 O& Y5 _$ `! }- j$ ?! u, q; M9 h
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测试点：代词数的一致. + h% d3 ~- T0 ~
分析：此处代词指代people，是复数意义，应用复数的their.
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" H& @, [' S. B4 _7 W19. Brooklyn, New York, had a population of about 23,000 when it becomes a city in 1834. 1 F& ]. K+ i, v- T
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0 d- ~; a1 f7 C7 C4 p# y$ R, Q- r测试点：时态.
9 f/ S7 ^* |- n& s分析：由时间状语1834推知，谓语动词不能用现在时，而应用过去时，即became. / x. k: j" F _
解题要点；考题中有具体数字表示的时间状语时，要留意句子的谓语动词是否应为一般过去时。 8 b. |8 ~0 i& a
; j, W* T2 L0 V4 H- E20. People can remember more information for higher periods of time when they use more than one sense in the process of learning.
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答案：B
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分析：higher指高度，而修饰表示时间阶段的periods应用longer. |
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