雅思阅读真题回忆　20170904.

2017-08-07 作者： 295阅读

Passage 1

文章标题	� The orignal��language� （难）
文章大意	大致讲的是科学家对于人类笑的研究。一上来就是4个人的观点��还有作者的论述��不得不一段段的全看了。一个很开头General，好像开头结尾都没有出题。
题目类型	M （人名+研究结果） TFNG S （4题有词库）
参考答案	M：关于4个科学家的 BCDABA 有个科学家（叫什么忘了，P打头）发现，大多数时候笑并不是你真的很开心，而是发生在你见到别人点头微笑，类似于say hello。他还发现并不是只有人会笑，还有*（大概两三种动物，我单词量不大，没看懂）都会。他们的都比人类会笑得早。还有个科学家，不记得谁了，研究出来说明的问题另外还有研究结果（谁的不记得了）表明（借助声波什么的）分析出有的baby的笑声跟某些动物的叫声很像，可能是人类笑声的起源。 S： babies ticklishing��primate，pitch, primse. TFNG： 1． both men and women laugh more when same 的人在场 False* 文中又说女人在男人在场的情况下笑的多。 2. chimps do not have breathe control to produce laughter as human do。False（文中有说是没有vocal control. 而且接下来马上说是用breathe制造的，所以chimps应该是有breathe ）control. 3. Chimps laughter occurs more than rats..之类的题 NG

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Passage 2

文章标题	失落城市Lost of the city �（旧2007/7/7 2008/11/15）
文章大意	讲多少年前什么个地方科学家感兴趣，怎样用电子设备探测考古的。科学家用先进手段研究他，开始先是拍照，过了N年又有人从热气球上拍照，后来包括地磁效应之类的研究，第四段还有讲导体，说mudybrick 不容易导电什么的 Kerkenes Dag is a fortified settlement located in ancient Anatolia (modern day Turkey). The site has been identified with Pteria, a capital city of the Median empire mentioned in Herodotus&apos Histories. If this identification is correct, the city represents a foreign imperial foundation imposed on a local, ethnically diverse agricultural society. Founded at around 600 BC, the settlement was subsequently burnt by Croesus of Lydia in 547, most of the site was lt unoccupied thereafter.
题目类型	M+段 S MC
参考答案	M+段： 14. 运用两种新技术考古研究一个以前的城镇，勘测whole surface的方法，在C段 15. example of an unexpected discovery，在最后段G 16. 怎么发现地下城镇，这题不太记得，不是c就是d 17. reason why 考古学家感兴趣那个site选A段，开头有说传说中失落的古城在那，那古城镇对古代文明的意义） S：(按顺序的，但中间5个回忆不起） 18. 热气球hot-air balloon 19. 铁离子iron particles 20. 指南针compass needle 21. 下雨rain 22. looser damp soil 23. thin metal probe 24. mud brick 备选答案：a spring season，testing，clarify. MC： 25. 新技术怎么帮助考古学家。选tell the interesting site那项 26. 最后一个选择说sensitive *** 选B说这种方法能先为考古学家选定范围再让他们CLOSER

Passage 3

文章标题	�Designed to last
文章大意	关于大家为什么乱花钱买没用的东西，是对工具环保使用的研究。只有那一个人在讲��就是带假设的��不看前后一定做错
题目类型	MC YNNG S (词库)
参考答案	MC： 1.第2段中的一个词“conscience time" rer to? 选guilt那项。（people free guilty when they throw things away easily） 2.第3段 "narrator"rer to.. 3..新的产品rer to 4 "new jean""teddy bear"例子说明了什么。。选good design of production/旧牛仔裤泰迪熊好像选了个跟人的感情相关的选项。备选答案：我好象选的人们会觉得他们会STORE东西. 原文说人们打死不承认他们浪费东西了还有一个什么status的 Y/N/NG: 1.大家经常乱买没用的东西么 2.知道原因就知道大家为什么乱花钱 3-4忘了 5.company will spend less on reparing in the future. NG貌似是作者假设的

READING PASSAGE 3 You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27-40, which are based on Reading Passage on pages 10 and 11. � �� Designed to last � �� Could better design cure our throwaway culture? Jonathan Chapman, a senior lecture at the University of Brighton, UK, is one of a new breed of &apossustainable designers&apos. Like many of us, they are concerned about the huge waste associated with Western consumer culture and the damage this does to the environment. Some, like Chapman, aim to create objects we will want to keep rather than discard. Others are working to create more ficient or durable consumer goods, or goods designed with recycling in mind. The waste entailed in our fleeting relationships with consumer durables is colossal. Domestic power tools, such as electric drills, are a typical example of such waste. However much DIY* the purchaser plans to do, the truth is that these things are thrown away having been used, on average, for just ten minutes. Most will serve &aposconscience time&apos gathering dust on a shelf in the garage; people are reluctant to admin that they have wasted their money. However, the end is inevitable; thousands of years in landfill waste sites. In its design, manufacture, packaging, transportation and disposal, a power tool consumes many times its own weight in resources, all for a shorter active lifespan than that of the average small insect. To understand why we have become so wastul, we should look to the underlying motivation of consumers. &aposPeople own things to give expression to who they are, and to show what group of people they feel they belong to,&apos Chapman says. In a world of mass production, however, that symbolism has lost much of its potency. For most of human history, people had an intimate relationship with objects they used or treasured. Often they made the objects themselves, or family members passed them on. For more s..........

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