托福听力official7 The word “fostered” in the passage is closest in meaning to 答案解析

foster: 培养，促进。A是接受；B是结合；C是引入；D是鼓励，促进。所以D的encourage正确。对应原文：In turn, a deep attachment to the land, and to the stability which rural life engenders, fostered the Roman virtues: gravitas, a sense of responsibility, peitas, a sense of devotion to family and country, and iustitia, a sense of the natural order.原句说对土地和稳定的依靠怎么样了罗马人的性格，责任感，为国家和家庭贡献，还有天然的秩序性。前者对后者应该是正向作用的，而accept/combine/introduce都没有倾向性，所以encourage正确。