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更多托福资料下载请点击：文勇的新托福黄金精选阅读（原黄金29篇）真题[10.0版本]含TPO1-24IntroductionManystudentssentmeE-mail,askingmetorecommendsomereadingmaterials.OfassortediBTpreparingmaterials,Barron,Longman,Delta,etc,whichisthebest?Asoftenasnot,Ifeelataloss:doesbrandequaltoquality?Thesebrandedinstitutionsarehighlypublicized,however,theirpassagesandquestionsarenotnecessarilyofquality.Doesthebrand“Sanlu”meansomethingtoyou?“QUALITYandsafetyarethefoundationsofsocialharmony,”proclaimpostersattheheadquartersoftheSanluGroup,untilrecentlyoneofChina’sbiggestproducersofmilkpowder.NowweallknowthatSanluScandalhasbeenmorethananembarrassment.Tosaythatthese“branded”passagesarenotofqualitydoesnotmeantheyarenotstylish,elegantorcarefully-written;infact,Idiscoveredthatthepassagetypes,sentencepatterns,arguingmethods,andarrangementofquestionsarenotquiteconsistentwith,andsometimesevenwildlydivergentfromthoseofETS.Ireflectthatpracticingwiththesematerialscannotexpectasatisfactoryresult.Atthis,weshouldcollectETS’soriginalpassagesandquestions.Suchpassagesavailableinclude:1.13passagesinOfficialGuide(OG);2.23setsfromTPO,with3passagesincludedineachset,69passagesintotal;3.3passagesprovidedbyETStotheapplicantsforatestonlineintheearlytimeofiBT,4.1passageextractedfromthesimulatedexamsoftwareprovidedbyETS;(3passagesinTPOareabstractedfromOG,sotheyareexactlythesame)Then,Icannotresistthetemptationtomakesuchatext:Itypedeveryletterofthe13passagesinOGintocomputer;IpaiddollarsfortheTPOandcompleteditmyself,filmingthescreenandcapturingeverypage.ThenItypedallthepassageswiththehelpofvideosandcapturedpictures.The3passagesintheon-linetesthappenedtobeavailabletome;andasfortheonepassageinthesimulatedexam,thoughwithalittledifficulty,Ineverthelesssucceededmakeanelectronictextofit.Ofcourse,Ifinishedallthesequestionsandattachedtheanswertoendofthistext.Eventually,thefinal“deluxe”editionofthistext,including83passagesinaggregate(3passagesinTPOareabstractedfromOG,sotheyareexactlythesame.Thentaking3from83leaves83passagesatlast.)Iinsistthatbeforecarefullyfinishedandstudiedthese80passages,weshouldnotletourselvesdistractedbyanyothermaterials.Sometimes,Iyelledtomystudents,onlyajoke,“Ifyouhadnotstudiedthesepassagesandquestions3timesatleast,howcouldyoubebarefacedenoughtositintheexamroom?Shameonyoutowasteyourmother’smoneybuyingothercostlybooks!”Inaddition,haveyougotantsinyourpantseverytimeyoumakeastabatwriting?Doyougoberserkforyourpersonalstatement?IfyouarepreparingfortheiBT,SAT,GRE,etc,writing,essays,oryourpersonalstatement,thesepassagescanalsobeofhelp:polishedbyETS,words,sentence,andstructuresofthesepassagesare“epic…”,andworthimitatingfornone-nativeEnglishusers.Frequently,friendsaskedmetohelpwiththeirpersonalstatement,complainingwhywhattheyhadwrittenlookedsonaïve,immatureandawkward,evenlitteredwiththose“gloriousnoble”GREwords(Actually,thesewordsmadetheirpersonalstatementevenfreak!).Andtheyasked,“Wenyong,mybrother,howyouforgedyourimpressivewritingskills?”Isaid,“Read!Read!Andreadagain!Themoreyouread,thebetteryouwrite.”“AretheseiBTpassagesreallysoamazing?”Iaffectedatoneofacomedian,“trythem!”Howgoodcanthesepassagesbe?“Theyaregolden,theyareprecious,theyarediamonds!”YoursWenyong目录OG...........................................................................................................................................................6AppliedArtsandFineArts..........................................................................................................................6TheOriginsofCetaceans..........................................................................................................................13DesertFormation.....................................................................................................................................21EarlyCinema............................................................................................................................................30Aggression...............................................................................................................................................39ArtisansandIndustrialization...................................................................................................................48SwimmingMachines................................................................................................................................57Nineteenth-CenturyPoliticsintheUnitedStates.......................................................................................65TheExpressionofEmotions......................................................................................................................74GeologyandLandscape............................................................................................................................83《新托福真题详解--阅读分卷》（第一册）中包含了TPO1-9和OnlineTest的题目解析.....................91TPO-1....................................................................................................................................................91Groundwater...........