【托福机经】2023年12月16日托福写作机经小范围重点预测

【阅读】saber-toothed cat是群居动物。 1. Fossils of saber-toothed cats with broken bones indicate that they were fed by other saber-toothed cats when they were injured 2. There are large numbers of saber-toothed cats in the trap. The saber-toothed cats hunted together. The sound of dears in the trap attracted them to fall in the trap together 3. Saber-toothed cats lived with other predators such as lions and wolves. Saber-toothed cats have to live in group to compete with those predators.

【听力】剑齿猫不是群居动物。 1. The fossils of saber-toothed cats with broken bones indeed indicate that they could survive when they were injured. However it doesn’t necessarily mean that they have to be fed by other saber-toothed cats. Many predators can find dead animals to eat. So did the saber-toothed cats 2. The large numbers of saber-toothed cats in the trap doesn’t mean that they hunt together. The saber-toothed cats hunt separately. One of the saber-toothed cats heard the sound of the trapped dear, went to the trap and fell. Then another saber-toothed cat also heard the sound of the trapped dear, came to the trap and fell again 3. Saber-toothed cats were large predators. Take tigers for example, one tiger is strong enough to fight against the social predators such as lions and wolves. So the saber-toothed cats don’t have to live together to compete with lions and wolves.

【阅读】一些考古学家认为公元前两千多年的forts 不能起到很好的防御作用 1. 不是所有的sides都有walls 所以很容易受到敌人攻击 2. multiple entranceways, enemies are easy to enter 3. no evidence of water and wells , 当被包围的时候很容易败

【听力】：这些都是误解 原因如下 1. 有些地方不用walls就可以起到防御的， 比如有悬崖峭壁cliff 2. 敌人发现Spot之前就block封锁掉 3. 可能是之前挖的井干了所以后人没看到不代表没有证据；不可能存在围攻的问题，因为敌人不会一直wait out的

【阅读】starlings 椋鸟的一些危害。 1. 危害农作物，他们乱吃果实 2. 危害航空安全，乱闯跑道 3. 危及濒危物种，因为他们会霸占一些为濒危物种特制的安全笼子

【听力】并没有危害。 1. 他不仅吃果实，同时也吃害虫，省却了杀虫剂的费用 2. 可以制作一个大的笼子把鸟关在里面 3. 制定一些小入口的笼子让鸟进不去