托福听力每日一练 句子（56）

11.(A). Martha is seven years old.

(B). Martha has an older sister.

(C). Martha has two older daughters.

(D). Martha is twice as old as her daughter.

12.(A). I have rarely¹ seen such strange clowns².

(B). This house has seldom been so crowded.

(C). I don’t feel at home in crowds.

(D). Such a big crowd should be housed somewhere else.

 

答案：

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音频文本:

11. Martha is the second oldest daughter in the family.

12. Rarely has there been such a crowd in this house.

1 rarely   

adv.很少，难得；非常地，非凡地

参考例句：

• Such fish is rarely met with in the north country.这种鱼在北方难得看到。
• He rarely comes here anymore.现在他难得来这儿了。

2 clowns   

n.丑角( clown的名词复数 )；行为荒诞滑稽的人；蠢货；笨蛋

参考例句：

• They were all dressed as clowns. 他们都打扮成小丑。
• I used to like the clowns best at the circus. 我以前在马戏里最爱看小丑。 来自《简明英汉词典》