TPO3托福阅读词汇真题练习：pales&significance

在托福阅读备考过程中，词汇题是阅读题中必考的一个部分，而想要成功答对所有词汇题，并非仅从词汇量一个方面入手就可以。那么，在以下方面，我们就为大家带来一些TPO中的经典词汇题，大家不妨来练习一下吧。
Paragraph 6: Ecologists are especially interested to know what factors contribute to the resilience of communities because climax communities all over the world are being severely damaged or destroyed by human activities. The destruction caused by the volcanic explosion of Mount St. Helens, in the northwestern United States, for example, pales in comparison to the destruction caused by humans. We need to know what aspects of a community are most important to the community’s resistance to destruction, as well as its recovery. 【TPO3- The Long-Term Stability of Ecosystems】

10. The word “pales” in the passage is closest in meaning to

○increases proportionally

○differs

○loses significance

○is common

答案：(3)