雅思阅读练习题
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和古代奴隶小孩旳例子。
英文原文阅读Mistakes Improve Children's LearningEveryone makes mistakes and children are no exception. What's important is how we learn from them. Yet, children grow up in a society that pressures them to be perfect and intelligent - to achieve the highest SAT scores, land prized scholarships, and get into the best universities. Parents reinforce this pressure at home when they cover up children's mistakes, correct homework to improve grades, or drill knowledge into kids until they get it right. Stress is increased when children are constantly praised for their intelligence. How does this focus on perfection and IQ affect learning? And how can we help children and teens believe in themselves by accepting their mistakes and learning from them?A recent Scientific American article, Getting it Wrong: Surprising Tips on How to Learn,supports a number of learning and developmental theories. Historically, many educators have created conditions for learning that do not encourage errors. And parents have followed suit. For example, if we drill children over and over again with the same math problem, they will eventually remember the answer. And if they are lucky, they will remember the answer on a standardized test.This approach to learning assumes that if students are allowed to make mistakes, they will not learn the correct information. However, recent research shows this to be an incorrect assumption. In fact, studies have found that learning is enhanced when children make mistakes!Whether it involves homework, developing friendships, or playing soccer, learning is enriched through error. Making mistakes is part of how kids are challenged to learn to do things differently. It motivates them to try new approaches.Carol Dweck, a professor at Stanford University, studies the importance of challenging children, even if they get things wrong. Her research shows that praising children for their intelligence can actually make them less likely to persist in the face of challenge. She and her colleagues followed hundreds of 5th grade children in New York City schools. One group was praised for their intelligence while the other group was praised for their effort.When the 5th graders were challenged with an extremely difficult test designed for 8th graders, a surprising result occurred. The students who had been praised for their effort worked very hard, even though they made a lot of mistakes. The kids praised for being smart became discouraged and saw their mistakes as a sign of failure. Intelligence testing for the kids praised for their effort increased by 30% while the kids praised for their intelligence dropped by 20%.。
雅思阅读练习题(打印版)
雅思阅读练习题（打印版）题目一：环境变化对生物多样性的影响问题：1. 环境变化对生物种群的总体影响是什么？2. 为什么某些物种能够适应环境变化而其他物种则不能？3. 人类活动如何影响生物多样性？4. 保护生物多样性的措施有哪些？题目二：教育对个人发展的重要性问题：1. 教育如何影响个人的职业发展？2. 教育对于社会经济发展的作用是什么？3. 为什么终身学习是现代社会的一个重要趋势？4. 教育不平等问题如何解决？题目三：城市化进程中的挑战问题：1. 城市化给环境带来了哪些挑战？2. 城市化如何影响社会结构？3. 城市化进程中，政府应如何平衡经济发展与居民生活质量？4. 城市化对农村地区的影响有哪些？题目四：健康生活方式的重要性问题：1. 健康生活方式对于预防疾病的作用是什么？2. 为什么运动是健康生活方式的重要组成部分？3. 健康饮食的重要性体现在哪些方面？4. 如何克服不良生活习惯，培养健康的生活方式？题目五：科技在教育中的应用问题：1. 科技如何改变传统的教育模式？2. 在线教育与传统教育相比有哪些优势和劣势？3. 科技在教育中应用的挑战有哪些？4. 如何确保科技在教育中的有效应用？题目六：气候变化的全球影响问题：1. 气候变化对全球经济的潜在影响是什么？2. 气候变化如何影响农业和粮食安全？3. 应对气候变化的国际合作现状如何？4. 个人和社区如何参与到应对气候变化的行动中？题目七：社交媒体对人际关系的影响问题：1. 社交媒体如何改变人们的交流方式？2. 社交媒体对青少年心理健康的影响是什么？3. 社交媒体在社会运动中的作用有哪些？4. 如何平衡社交媒体的使用与现实生活的联系？题目八：旅游业对经济和文化的影响问题：1. 旅游业对当地经济的促进作用是什么？2. 旅游业如何影响文化遗产的保护？3. 旅游业对环境的负面影响有哪些？4. 可持续旅游的概念及其重要性是什么？请根据以上题目进行阅读练习，注意理解文章主旨，掌握细节信息，并能够回答相关问题。
【雅思真题】剑7Test4阅读Passage3真题及解析
READING PASSAGE 3You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27-40, which are based on Reading Passage 3 below.EFFECTS OF NOISEIn general, it is plausible to suppose that we should prefer peace and quiet to noise. And yet most of us have had the experience of having to adjust to sleeping in the mountains or the countryside because it was initially ‘too quiet', an experience that suggests that humans are capable of adapting to a wide range of noise levels. Research supports this view. For example, Glass and Singer (1972) exposed people to short bursts of very loud noise and then measured their ability to work out problems and their physiological reactions to the noise. The noise was quite disruptive at first, but after about four minutes the subjects were doing just as well on their tasks as control subjects who were not exposed to noise. Their physiological arousal also declined quickly to the same levels as those of the control subjects.But there are limits to adaptation and loud noise becomes more troublesome if the person is required to concentrate on more than one task. For example, high noise levels interfered with the performance of subjects who were required to monitor three dials at a time, a task not unlike that of an aeroplane pilot or an air-traffic controller (Broadbent, 1957). Similarly, noise did not affect a subject's ability to track a moving line with a steering wheel, but it did interfere with the subject's ability to repeat numbers while tracking (Finkelman and Glass, 1970).Probably the most significant finding from research on noise is that its predictability is more important than how loud it is. We are much more able to ‘tune out' chronic background noise, even if it is quite loud, than to work under circumstances with unexpected intrusions of noise. In the Glass and Singer study, in which subjects were exposed to bursts of noise as they worked on a task, some subjects heard loud bursts and others heard soft bursts. For some subjects, the bursts were spaced exactly one minute apart (predictable noise); others heard the same amount of noise overall, but the bursts occurred at random intervals (unpredictable noise). Subjects reported finding the predictable and unpredictable noise equally annoying, and all subjects performed at about the same level during the noise portion of the experiment. But the different noise conditions had quite different after-effects when the subjects were required to proofreadwritten material under conditions of no noise. As shown in Table 1 the unpredictable noise produced more errors in the later proofreading task than predictable noise; and soft, unpredictable noise actually produced slightly more errors on this task than the loud, predictable noise.Table 1: Proofreading Errors and NoiseApparently, unpredictable noise produces more fatigue than predictable noise, but it takes a while for this fatigue to take its toll on performance.Predictability is not the only variable that reduces or eliminates the negative effects of noise. Another is control. If the individual knows that he or she can control the noise, this seems to eliminate both its negative effects at the time and its after-effects. This is true even if the individual never actually exercises his or her option to turn the noise off (Glass and Singer, 1972). Just the knowledge that one has control is sufficient.The studies discussed so far exposed people to noise for only short periods and only transient effects were studied. But the major worry about noisy environments is that living day after day with chronic noise may produce serious, lasting effects. One study, suggesting that this worry is a realistic one, compared elementary school pupils who attended schools near Los Angeles's busiest airport with students who attended schools in quiet neighbourhoods (Cohen et al., 1980). It was found that children from the noisy schools had higher blood pressure and were more easily distracted than those who attended the quiet schools. Moreover, there was no evidence of adaptability to the noise. In fact, the longer the children had attended the noisy schools, the more distractible they became. The effects also seem to be long lasting. A follow-up study showed that children who were moved to less noisy classrooms still showed greater distractibility one year later than students who had always been in the quiet schools (Cohen et al, 1981). It should be noted that the two groups of children had been carefully matched by the investigators so that they were comparable in age, ethnicity, race, and social class.Questions 27-29Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.Write the correct letter in boxes 27-29 on your answer sheet.27 The writer suggests that people may have difficulty sleeping in the mountains becauseA humans do not prefer peace and quiet to noise.B they may be exposed to short bursts of very strange sounds.C humans prefer to hear a certain amount of noise while they sleep.D they may have adapted to a higher noise level in the city.28 In noise experiments, Glass and Singer found thatA problem-solving is much easier under quiet conditions.B physiological arousal prevents the ability to work.C bursts of noise do not seriously disrupt problem-solving in the long term.D the physiological arousal of control subjects declined quickly.29 Researchers discovered that high noise levels are not likely to interfere with theA successful performance of a single task.B tasks of pilots or air traffic controllers.C ability to repeat numbers while tracking moving lines.D ability to monitor three dials at once.Questions 30-34Complete the summary using the list of words and phrases, A-J, below.Write the correct letter, A-J, in boxes 30-34 on your answer sheet.NB You may use any letter more than once.Glass and Singer (1972) showed that situations in which there is intense noise have less effect on performance than circumstances in which 30 ………… noise occurs. Subjects were divided into groups to perform a task. Some heard loud bursts of noise, others soft. For some subjects, the noise was predictable, while for others its occurrence was random. All groups were exposed to 31 ………… noise. The predictable noise group32 ………… the unpredictable noise group on this task.In the second part of the experiment, the four groups were given a proofreading task to complete under conditions of no noise. They were required to check written material for errors. The group which had been exposed to unpredictable noise 33 ………… the group which had been exposed to predictable noise. The group which had been exposed to loud predictable noise performed better than those who had heard soft, unpredictablebursts. The results suggest that 34 ………… noise produces fatigue but that this manifests itself later.A no control overB unexpectedC intenseD the same amount ofE performed better thanF performed at about the same level asG noH showed more irritation thanI made more mistakes thanJ different types ofQuestions 35-40Look at the following statements (Questions 35-40) and the list of researchers below. Match each statement with the correct researcher(s),A-E.Write the correct letter, 4-E, in boxes 35-40 on your answer sheet.NB You may use any letter more than once.35 Subjects exposed to noise find it difficult at first to concentrate on problem-solving tasks.36 Long-term exposure to noise can produce changes in behaviour which can still be observed a year later.37 The problems associated with exposure to noise do not arise if the subject knows they can make it stop.38 Exposure to high-pitched noise results in more errors than exposure to low-pitched noise.39 Subjects find it difficult to perform three tasks at the same time when exposed to noise.40 Noise affects a subject's capacity to repeat numbers while carrying out another task. List of ResearchersA Glass and SingerB BroadbentC Finkelman and GlassD Cohen et al.E None of the above精选文库READING PASSAGE 3 真题解析篇章结构体裁：说明文主题：噪声影响结构第一段：人对噪音有自我调节能力。
雅思阅读-练习十七
雅思阅读-练习十七(总分：31.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、Passage 1(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、Questions 1-3Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.(总题数：3，分数：3.00)1.The main topic discussed in the text isA．the damage caused to US golf courses and golf players by lightning strikes.B．the effect of lightning on power supplies in the US and in Japan.C．a variety of methods used in trying to control lightning strikes.D．a laser technique used in trying to control lightning strikes.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D. √解析：[解析] 这道题目是关于文章主题的，很难定位，一般都是放到最后来做。
但是本文我们可以直接通过文章的标题来确定这道题目的答案：Striking Back at Lightning With Lasers，首先肯定是与对抗闪电有关的，直接排除A和B，将范围缩小到C和D，C和D的主要区别在于究竟文章是描述了多种方法还是一种激光技术，很明显题目中有Lasers，答案确定为D。
通过阅读文章第二段，同样可以确定本题的答案。
A项和B项都出自第一段，是引出文章的内容，不可能是主题。
C项比较具有迷惑性，但忽略了laser这一重要的技术基础。
2.According to the text, every year lightningA．does considerable damage to buildings during thunderstorms.B．kills or injures mainly golfers in the United States.C．kills or injures around 500 people throughout the world.D．damages more than 100 American power companies.（分数：1.00）A. √B.C.D.解析：[解析] 这是一道充满陷阱的题目，出题者煞费苦心地为考生挖出了三个陷阱，考生需要做的是一一识破这些陷阱，选出正确答案。
雅思英语阅读练习题及答案
雅思英语阅读练习题及答案：第一篇内容摘要：The failure of a high-profile cholesterol drug has thrown a spotlight on the complicated machinery that regulates cholesterol levels.★Why did a promising heart drug fail?Doomed drug highlights complications of meddling with cholesterol.1. The failure of a high-profile cholesterol drug has thrown a spotlight on the complicated machinery that regulates cholesterol levels. But many researchers remain confident that drugs to boost levels of 'good' cholesterol are still one of the most promising means to combat spiralling heart disease.2. Drug company Pfizer announced on 2 December that it was cancelling all clinical trials of torcetrapib, a drug designed to raise heart-protective high-density lipoproteins (HDLs). In a trial of 15000 patients, a safety board found that more people died or suffered cardiovascular problems after taking the drug plus a cholesterol-lowering statin than those in a control group who took the statin alone.3. The news came as a kick in the teeth to many cardiologists because earlier tests in animals and people suggested it would lower rates of cardiovascular disease. "There have been no red flags to my knowledge," says John Chapman, a specialist in lipoproteins and atherosclerosis at the National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM) in Paris who has also studied torcetrapib. "This cancellation came as a complete shock."4. Torcetrapib is one of the most advanced of a new breed of drugs designed to raise levels of HDLs, which ferry cholesterol out of artery-clogging plaques to the liver for removal from the body. Specifically, torcetrapib blocks a protein called cholesterol ester transfer protein (CETP), which normally transfers the cholesterol from high-density lipoproteins to low density, plaque-promoting ones. Statins, in contrast, mainly work by lowering the 'bad' low-density lipoproteins.Under pressure5. Researchers are now trying to work out why and how the drug backfired, something that will not become clear until the clinical details are released by Pfizer. One hint lies in evidence from earlier trials that it slightly raises blood pressure in some patients. It was thought that this mild problem would be offset by the heart benefits of the drug. But it is possible that it actually proved fatal in some patients who already suffered high blood pressure. If blood pressure is the explanation, it would actually be good news for drug developers because it suggests that the problems are specific to this compound. Other prototype drugs that are being developed to block CETP work in a slightly different way and might not suffer the same downfall.6. But it is also possible that the whole idea of blocking CETP is flawed, says Moti Kashyap, who directs atherosclerosis research at the VA Medical Center in Long Beach, California. When HDLs excrete cholesterol in the liver, they actually rely on LDLs for part of this process. So inhibiting CETP, which prevents the transfer of cholesterol from HDL to LDL, might actually cause an abnormal and irreversibleaccumulation of cholesterol in the body. "You're blocking a physiologic mechanism to eliminate cholesterol and effectively constipating the pathway," says Kashyap.Going up7. Most researchers remain confident that elevating high density lipoproteins levels by one means or another is one of the best routes for helping heart disease patients. But HDLs are complex and not entirely understood. One approved drug, called niacin, is known to both raise HDL and reduce cardiovascular risk but also causes an unpleasant sensation of heat and tingling. Researchers are exploring whether they can bypass this side effect and whether niacin can lower disease risk more than statins alone. Scientists are also working on several other means to bump up high-density lipoproteins by, for example, introducing synthetic HDLs. "The only thing we know is dead in the water is torcetrapib, not the whole idea of raising HDL," says Michael Miller, director of preventive cardiology at the University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore.(613 words nature)Questions 1-7This passage has 7 paragraphs 1-7.Choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below. Write the correct number i-ix in boxes 1-7 on your answer sheet.List of Headingsi. How does torcetrapib work?ii. Contradictory result prior to the current trialiii. One failure may possibly bring about future successiv. The failure doesn’t lead to total loss of confidenc ev. It is the right route to followvi. Why it’s stoppedvii. They may combine and theoretically produce ideal resultviii. What’s wrong with the drugix. It might be wrong at the first placeExample answerParagraph 1 iv1． Paragraph 2 vi2． Paragraph 3 ii3． Paragraph 4 vii4． Paragraph 5 ix5． Paragraph 6 viii6． Paragraph 7 ivQuestions 7-13Match torcetrapib，HDLs，statin and CETP with their functions （Questions 8-13）.. Write the correct letter A, B, C or D in boxes 8-13 on your answer sheet.NB You may use any letter more than once.7．It has been administered to over 10,000 subjects in a clinical trial.8．It could help rid human body of cholesterol.9．Researchers are yet to find more about it.10. It was used to reduce the level of cholesterol.11. According to Kashyap, it might lead to unwanted result if it’s blocked.12. It produced contradictory results in different trials.13. It could inhibit LDLs.List of choicesA. TorcetrapicB. HDLSC. StatinD. CETP(by Zhou Hong)Suggested Answers and Explanations1． vi2． ii3． vii 本段介绍了torcetrapib和statin的治病原理，但是同时短语“in contrast”与之前第二段后半段的内容呼应，暗示了这两种药在理论上能相辅相成，是理想的搭配。
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Time to cool itFrom The Economist print edition1 REFRIGERATORS are the epitome of clunky technology: solid, reliable and just a little bit dull. They have not changed much over the past century, but then they have not needed to. They are based on a robust and effective idea--draw heat from the thing you want to cool by evaporating a liquid next to it, and then dump that heat by pumping the vapour elsewhere and condensing it. This method of pumping heat from one place to another served mankind well when refrigerators' main jobs were preserving food and, as air conditioners, cooling buildings. Today's high-tech world, however, demands high-tech refrigeration. Heat pumps are no longer up to the job. The search is on for something to replace them.2 One set of candidates are known as paraelectric materials. These act like batteries when they undergo a temperature change: attach electrodes to them and they generate a current. This effect is used in infra-red cameras. An array of tiny pieces of paraelectric material can sense the heat radiated by, for example, a person, and the pattern of the array's electrical outputs can then be used to construct an image. But until recently no one had bothered much with the inverse of this process. That inverse exists, however. Apply an appropriate current to a paraelectric material and it will cool down.3 Someone who is looking at this inverse effect is Alex Mischenko, of Cambridge University. Using commercially available paraelectric film,he and his colleagues have generated temperature drops five times bigger than any previously recorded. That may be enough to change the phenomenon from a laboratory curiosity to something with commercial applications.4 As to what those applications might be, Dr Mischenko is still a little hazy. He has, nevertheless, set up a company to pursue them. He foresees putting his discovery to use in more efficient domestic fridges and air conditioners. The real money, though, may be in cooling computers.5 Gadgets containing microprocessors have been getting hotter for a long time. One consequence of Moore's Law, which describes the doubling of the number of transistors on a chip every 18 months, is that the amount of heat produced doubles as well. In fact, it more than doubles, because besides increasing in number, the components are getting faster. Heat is released every time a logical operation is performed inside a microprocessor, so the faster the processor is, the more heat it generates. Doubling the frequency quadruples the heat output. And the frequency has doubled a lot. The first Pentium chips sold by Dr Moore's company, Intel, in 1993, ran at 60m cycles a second. The Pentium 4--the last "single-core" desktop processor--clocked up 3.2 billion cycles a second.6 Disposing of this heat is a big obstruction to further miniaturisation and higher speeds. The innards of a desktop computer commonly hit 80℃. At 85℃, they stop working. Tweaking the processor's heat sinks (copper or aluminium boxes designed to radiate heat away) has reached its limit. So has tweaking the fans that circulate air over those heat sinks. And the idea of shifting from single-core processors to systems that divided processing power between first two, and then four, subunits, in order to spread the thermal load, also seems to have the endof the road in sight.7 One way out of this may be a second curious physicalphenomenon, the thermoelectric effect. Like paraelectric materials, this generates electricity from a heat source and produces cooling from an electrical source. Unlike paraelectrics, a significant body of researchers is already working on it.8 The trick to a good thermoelectric material is a crystal structure in which electrons can flow freely, but the path of phonons--heat-carrying vibrations that are larger than electrons--is constantly interrupted. In practice, this trick is hard to pull off, and thermoelectric materials are thus less efficient than paraelectric ones (or, at least, than those examined by Dr Mischenko). Nevertheless, Rama Venkatasubramanian, of Nextreme Thermal Solutions in North Carolina, claims to have made thermoelectric refrigerators that can sit on the back of computer chips and cool hotspots by 10℃. Ali Shakouri, of the University of California, Santa Cruz, says his are even smaller--so small that they can go inside the chip.9 The last word in computer cooling, though, may go to a system even less techy than a heat pump--a miniature version of a car radiator. Last year Apple launched a personal computer that is cooled by liquid that is pumped through little channels in the processor, and thence to a radiator, where it gives up its heat to the atmosphere. To improve on this, IBM's research laboratory in Zurich is experimenting with tiny jets that stir the liquid up and thus make sure all of it eventually touches the outside of the channel--the part where the heat exchange takes place. In the future, therefore, a combination of microchannels and either thermoelectrics or paraelectrics might cool computers. The old, as it were, hand in hand with the new.(830 words)Questions 1-5Complete each of the following statements with the scientist or company name from the box below.Write the appropriate letters A-F in boxes 1-5 on your answer sheet.A. AppleB. IBMC. IntelD. Alex MischenkoE. Ali ShakouriF. Rama Venkatasubramanian1. ...and his research group use paraelectric film available from the market to produce cooling.2. ...sold microprocessors running at 60m cycles a second in 1993.3. ...says that he has made refrigerators which can cool the hotspots of computer chips by 10℃.4. ...claims to have made a refrigerator small enough to be built intoa computer chip.5. ...attempts to produce better cooling in personal computers by stirring up liquid with tiny jets to make sure maximum heat exchange.Questions 6-9Do the following statements agree with the information given in the reading passage?In boxes 6-9 on your answer sheet writeTRUE if the statement is true according to the passageFALSE if the statement is false according to the passageNOT GIVEN if the information is not given in the passage6. Paraelectric materials can generate a current when electrodes are attached to them.7. Dr. Mischenko has successfully applied his laboratory discovery to manufacturing more efficient referigerators.8. Doubling the frequency of logical operations inside a microprocessor doubles the heat output.9. IBM will achieve better computer cooling by combining microchannels with paraelectrics.Question 10Choose the appropriate letters A-D and write them in box 10 on your answer sheet.10. Which method of disposing heat in computers may have a bright prospect?A. Tweaking the processors?heat sinks.B. Tweaking the fans that circulate air over the processor抯heat sinks.C. Shifting from single-core processors to systems of subunits.D. None of the above.Questions 11-14Complete the notes below.Choose one suitable word from the Reading Passage above for each answer.Write your answers in boxes 11-14 on your answer sheet.Traditional refrigerators use...11...pumps to drop temperature. At present, scientists are searching for other methods to produce refrigeration, especially in computer microprocessors....12...materials have been tried to generate temperature drops five times bigger than any previously recorded. ...13...effect has also been adopted by many researchers to cool hotspots in computers. A miniature version of acar ...14... may also be a system to realize ideal computer cooling in the future.Key and Explanations:1. DSee Paragraph 3: ...Alex Mischenko, of Cambridge University. Using commercially available paraelectric film, he and his colleagues have generated temperature drops...2. CSee Paragraph 5: The first Pentium chips sold by Dr Moore's company, Intel, in 1993, ran at 60m cycles a second.3. FSee Paragraph 8: ...Rama Venkatasubramanian, of Nextreme Thermal Solutions in North Carolina, claims to have made thermoelectric refrigerators that can sit on the back of computer chips and cool hotspots by 10℃.4. ESee Paragraph 8: Ali Shakouri, of the University of California, Santa Cruz, says his are even smaller梥o small that they can go inside the chip.5. BSee Paragraph 9: To improve on this, IBM's research laboratory in Zurich is experimenting with tiny jets that stir the liquid up and thus make sure all of it eventually touches the outside of the channel--the part where the heat exchange takes place.6. TRUESee Paragraph 2: ...paraelectric materials. These act like batteries when they undergo a temperature change: attach electrodes to them and they generate a current.7. FALSESee Paragraph 3 (That may be enough to change the phenomenon from a laboratory curiosity to something with commercial applications. ) and Paragraph 4 (As to what those applications might be, Dr Mischenko is still a little hazy. He has, nevertheless, set up a company to pursue them. He foresees putting his discovery to use in more efficient domestic fridges?8. FALSESee Paragraph 5: Heat is released every time a logical operation is performed inside a microprocessor, so the faster the processor is, the more heat it generates. Doubling the frequency quadruples the heat output.9. NOT GIVENSee Paragraph 9: In the future, therefore, a combination of microchannels and either thermoelectrics or paraelectrics might cool computers.10. DSee Paragraph 6: Tweaking the processor's heat sinks ?has reached its limit. So has tweaking the fans that circulate air over those heat sinks. And the idea of shifting from single-core processors to systems?also seems to have the end of the road in sight.11. heatSee Paragraph 1: Today's high-tech world, however, demandshigh-tech refrigeration. Heat pumps are no longer up to the job. The search is on for something to replace them.12. paraelectricSee Paragraph 3: Using commercially available paraelectric film, he and his colleagues have generated temperature drops five times bigger than any previously recorded.13. thermoelectricSee Paragraph 7: ...the thermoelectric effect. Like paraelectricmaterials, this generates electricity from a heat source and produces cooling from an electrical source. Unlike paraelectrics, a significant body of researchers is already working on it.14. radiatorSee Paragraph 9: The last word in computer cooling, though, may go to a system even less techy than a heat pump--a miniature version of a car radiator.文档内容到此结束，欢迎大家下载、修改、丰富并分享给更多有需要的人。
雅思阅读试题练习与答案全解析
雅思阅读试题练习与答案全解析一、练习题阅读Passage 1：阅读以下段落，回答问题1-5。
1. What is the main topic of the passage?A. The advantages of the Internet.B. The disadvantages of the Internet.C. The impact of the Internet on society.D. The history of the Internet.2. According to the passage, which of the following is a problem caused by the widespread adoption of the Internet?A. Environmental pollution.B. Privacy issues.C. Economic growth.D. Educational improvement.3. Why does the Internet lead to social isolation?A.因为它改变了人们的交流方式B.因为它使人们更容易获取信息C.因为它促进了全球连接D.因为它提供了更多的娱乐方式4. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?A. Privacy issues.B. The spread of misinformation.C. Social isolation.D. Education inequality.5. In the author's opinion, how should people use the Internet responsibly?A. They should limit their online activities to protect their privacy.B. They should only consume information from trusted sources.C. They should spend more time on social media to stay connected.D. They should use the Internet as an educational tool to enhance their knowledge.阅读Passage 2：阅读以下段落，回答问题6-10。
剑桥雅思阅读AUSTRALIA’SSPORTINGSUCCESS及答案解析
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‘His turn times were 44 hundredths of a second behind the other guy,’says Mason.‘If he can improve on his turns, he can do much better.’ This is the kind of accuracy that AIS scientists’research is bringing to a range of sports.With the Cooperative Research Centre for Micro Technology in Melbourne, they are developing unobtrusive sensors that will be embedded in an athlete’s clothes or running shoes to monitor heart rate,sweating, heat production or any other factor that might have an impact on an athlete’s ability to run.There’s more to it than simply measuring performance.Fricker gives the eXample of athletes who may be down with coughs and colds 11 or 12 times a year.After years of eXperimentation, AIS and the University of Newcastle in New South Wales developed a test that measures how much of the immune-system protein immunoglobulin A is present in athletes’ saliva.If IgA levels suddenly fall below a certain level, training is eased or dropped altogether.Soon, IgA levels start rising again, and the danger passes.Since the tests were introduced, AIS athletes in all sports have been remarkably successful at staying healthy.E Using data is a compleX business.Well before a championship, sports scientists and coaches start to prepare the athlete by developing a ‘competition model’, based on what they eXpect will be the winning times.’ You design the model to make that time,’ says Mason.’ A start of this much, each free-swimming period has to be this fast, with a certain stroke frequency and stroke length, with turns done in these times.’All the training is then geared towards making the athlete hit those targets, both overall and for each segment of the race.Techniques like these have transformed Australia intoarguably the world’s most successful sporting nation.F Of course, there’s nothing to stop other countries copying — and many have tried.Some years ago, the AIS unveiled coolant-lined jackets for endurance athletes.At the Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996, these sliced as much as two per cent off cyclists’ and rowers’ times.Now everyone uses them.The same has happened to the ‘altitude tent’, developed by AIS to replicate the effect of altitude training at sea level.But Australia’s success story is about more than easily copied technological fiXes, and up to now no nation has replicated its all-encompassing system.剑桥雅思阅读AUSTRALIA’S SPORTING SUCCESS题目Questions 1-7Reading Passage 1 has siX paragraphs, A-F.Which paragraph contains the following information?Write the correct letter, A-F, in boXes 1-7 on your answer sheet.NB You may use any letter more than once.1 a reference to the eXchange of eXpertise between different sports2 an eXplanation of how visual imaging is employed in investigations3 a reason for narrowing the scope of research activity4 how some AIS ideas have been reproduced5 how obstacles to optimum achievement can be investigated6 an overview of the funded support of athletes7 how performance requirements are calculated before an eventQuestions 8-11Classify the following techniques according to whether the writer states theyA are currently eXclusively used by AustraliansB will be used in the future by AustraliansC are currently used by both Australians and their rivalsWrite the correct letter, A, B or C, in boXes 8-11 on your answer sheet.8 cameras9 sensors10 protein tests11 altitude tentsQuestions 12 and 13Answer the questions below.Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS ANDIOR A NUMBER from the passage for each answer.Write your answers in boXes 12 and 13 on your answer sheet.12 What is produced to help an athlete plan their performance in an event?13 By how much did some cyclists’ performance improve at the 1996 Olympic Games?剑桥雅思阅读AUSTRALIA’S SPORTING SUCCESS答案Question 1答案：B关键词：eXchange of eXpertise, between different sports/collaborate, across a number of sports定位原文：B段第2、3句“...and collaborates with… a number of sports …”解题思路: 题干中讲到不同体育领域的专业知识交流正好跟原文中跨不同体育专家之间的合作相对应，理解意思即可容易找到正确答案。
雅思阅读真题及答案：rainwaterharvesting
雅思阅读真题及答案：rainwaterharvesting为了关心大家在备考雅思的时候能够练习到更多的真题材料，下面我给大家带来雅思阅读真题及答案：rainwater harvesting，望喜爱！雅思阅读真题：rainwater harvestingReading Passage 1Title：村庄储存（雨水）的活动Rainwater harvesting (旧)Question types:Short Answer Questions 6YES/ NO/ NOT GIVEN 8（文章）内容：雨水回收系统。
一个干旱地区，主要是描述一个村庄进展了一种储水系统进行雨水的收集。
文章分析：Rainwater harvestingFor two years southern Sri Lanka suffered a prolonged drought, described by locals as the worst in 50 years. Some areas didnt see a successful crop for four or five consecutive seasons. Livestock died，water in wells dropped to dangerously low levels, children were increasingly malnourished and school attendance has fallen. Anestimated 1.6 million people were affected.A Muthukandiya is a village in Moneragaladistrict, one of the drought-stricken areas in the dry zone of southern Sri Lanka (斯里兰卡), where half the countrys population of18 million lives. Rainfall in the area varies greatly from year to year, often bringing extreme dry spells inbetween monsoons (季风).But this drought was much worse than usual. Despite some rain inNovember, only half of Moneragalas 1,400 tube wells were in workingorder by March. The drought devastated supplies of rice and freshwaterfish, the staple diet of inland villages. Many local industries closed downand villagers headed for the towns in search of work.B The villagers of Muthukandiya arrived in the 1970s as part of agovernment resettlement scheme. Each family was given six acres of land,with no irrigation system. Because crop production, which relies entirelyon rainfall, is insufficient to support most families, the village economyrelies on men and women working as day-labourers in nearby sugar-caneplantations. Three wells have been dug to provide domestic water, butthese run dry for much of the year. Women and children may spendseveral hours each day walking up to three miles (five kilometres) to fetchwater for drinking, washing and cooking.(部分文章节选)雅思阅读真题题目解析：rainwater harvestingQ1-6: 简答题( NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS)1. What is the major way for local people make barely a support of living in Muthukandiya village?Crop production B段第三行2. Where can adult workers make extra money from in daytime?Sugar-cane plantations3. What have been dug to supply water for daily household life?Three wells4. In which year did the plan of a new project to lessen the effect of drought begin?19985. Where do the gutters and pipes collect rainwater from?roofs of houses6. What help family obtain more water for domestic needs than those relying on only wells and ponds?Storage tanksQ7-14: YES/NO/NOT GIVEN7. NGMost of the governments actions and other programs have somewhat failed.8. YESMasons were trained for the constructing parts of the rainwater harvesting system.9. NOThe cost of rainwater harvesting systems was shared by local villagers and the local government.10. YESTanks increase both the amount and quality of the water for domestic use.11. NOTo send her daughter to school, a widow had to work for a job in rainwater harvesting scheme.12. NOT GIVENHouseholds benefited began to pay part of the maintenance or repairs.13. NOT GIVENTraining two masons at the same time is much more preferable to training single one.14. NOOther organizations had built tanks larger in size than the tanks built in Muthukandya.雅思阅读--自答自问的嬉戏雅思与（其它）标准考试(如GRE)不同，它仅考查语言。
雅思英语阅读练习题及答案
雅思英语阅读练习题及答案：第一篇内容摘要：The failure of a high-profile cholesterol drug has thrown a spotlight on the complicated machinery that regulates cholesterol levels.★Why did a promising heart drug fail?Doomed drug highlights complications of meddling with cholesterol.1. The failure of a high-profile cholesterol drug has thrown a spotlight on the complicated machinery that regulates cholesterol levels. But many researchers remain confident that drugs to boost levels of 'good' cholesterol are still one of the most promising means to combat spiralling heart disease.2. Drug company Pfizer announced on 2 December that it was cancelling all clinical trials of torcetrapib, a drug designed to raise heart-protective high-density lipoproteins (HDLs). In a trial of 15000 patients, a safety board found that more people died or suffered cardiovascular problems after taking the drug plus a cholesterol-lowering statin than those in a control group who took the statin alone.3. The news came as a kick in the teeth to many cardiologists because earlier tests in animals and people suggested it would lower rates of cardiovascular disease. "There have been no red flags to my knowledge," says John Chapman, a specialist in lipoproteins and atherosclerosis at the National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM) in Paris who has also studied torcetrapib. "This cancellation came as a complete shock."4. Torcetrapib is one of the most advanced of a new breed of drugs designed to raise levels of HDLs, which ferry cholesterol out of artery-clogging plaques to the liver for removal from the body. Specifically, torcetrapib blocks a protein called cholesterol ester transfer protein (CETP), which normally transfers the cholesterol from high-density lipoproteins to low density, plaque-promoting ones. Statins, in contrast, mainly work by lowering the 'bad' low-density lipoproteins.Under pressure5. Researchers are now trying to work out why and how the drug backfired, something that will not become clear until the clinical details are released by Pfizer. One hint lies in evidence from earlier trials that it slightly raises blood pressure in some patients. It was thought that this mild problem would be offset by the heart benefits of the drug. But it is possible that it actually proved fatal in some patients who already suffered high blood pressure. If blood pressure is the explanation, it would actually be good news for drug developers because it suggests that the problems are specific to this compound. Other prototype drugs that are being developed to block CETP work in a slightly different way and might not suffer the same downfall.6. But it is also possible that the whole idea of blocking CETP is flawed, says Moti Kashyap, who directs atherosclerosis research at the VA Medical Center in Long Beach, California. When HDLs excrete cholesterol in the liver, they actually rely on LDLs for part of this process. So inhibiting CETP, which prevents the transfer of cholesterol from HDL to LDL, might actually cause an abnormal and irreversibleaccumulation of cholesterol in the body. "You're blocking a physiologic mechanism to eliminate cholesterol and effectively constipating the pathway," says Kashyap.Going up7. Most researchers remain confident that elevating high density lipoproteins levels by one means or another is one of the best routes for helping heart disease patients. But HDLs are complex and not entirely understood. One approved drug, called niacin, is known to both raise HDL and reduce cardiovascular risk but also causes an unpleasant sensation of heat and tingling. Researchers are exploring whether they can bypass this side effect and whether niacin can lower disease risk more than statins alone. Scientists are also working on several other means to bump up high-density lipoproteins by, for example, introducing synthetic HDLs. "The only thing we know is dead in the water is torcetrapib, not the whole idea of raising HDL," says Michael Miller, director of preventive cardiology at the University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore.(613 words nature)Questions 1-7This passage has 7 paragraphs 1-7.Choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below. Write the correct number i-ix in boxes 1-7 on your answer sheet.List of Headingsi. How does torcetrapib work?ii. Contradictory result prior to the current trialiii. One failure may possibly bring about future successiv. The failure doesn’t lead to total loss of confidenc ev. It is the right route to followvi. Why it’s stoppedvii. They may combine and theoretically produce ideal resultviii. What’s wrong with the drugix. It might be wrong at the first placeExample answerParagraph 1 iv1． Paragraph 2 vi2． Paragraph 3 ii3． Paragraph 4 vii4． Paragraph 5 ix5． Paragraph 6 viii6． Paragraph 7 ivQuestions 7-13Match torcetrapib，HDLs，statin and CETP with their functions （Questions 8-13）.. Write the correct letter A, B, C or D in boxes 8-13 on your answer sheet.NB You may use any letter more than once.7．It has been administered to over 10,000 subjects in a clinical trial.8．It could help rid human body of cholesterol.9．Researchers are yet to find more about it.10. It was used to reduce the level of cholesterol.11. According to Kashyap, it might lead to unwanted result if it’s blocked.12. It produced contradictory results in different trials.13. It could inhibit LDLs.List of choicesA. TorcetrapicB. HDLSC. StatinD. CETP(by Zhou Hong)Suggested Answers and Explanations1． vi2． ii3． vii 本段介绍了torcetrapib和statin的治病原理，但是同时短语“in contrast”与之前第二段后半段的内容呼应，暗示了这两种药在理论上能相辅相成，是理想的搭配。
雅思阅读真题附答案(完整版)
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雅思阅读练习题目及答案
雅思阅读练习题目及答案题目一Passage 1Question 1What is the main topic of the passage?- a) The benefits of exercise- b) The importance of a healthy diet- c) The effects of stress on mental health- d) The relationship between exercise and mental healthAnswer:d) The relationship between exercise and mental health题目二Passage 2Question 1According to the passage, what is the definition of sustainable development?- b) Balancing economic growth with environmental conservation.- d) Using renewable energy sources to power industries.Answer:题目三Passage 3Question 1What is the main purpose of the passage?- a) To provide historical background on the development of the internet.- b) To discuss the advantages and disadvantages of social media.- c) To explain the process of data encryption.Answer:题目四Passage 4Question 1What is the author's opinion about genetically modified foods?- a) They are safe for consumption and offer many benefits.- b) They pose significant health risks and should be avoided.- c) They have not been properly tested and their long-term effects are unknown.- d) They should be labeled clearly so consumers can make informed choices.Answer:d) They should be labeled clearly so consumers can make informed choices.题目五Passage 5Question 1What is the main idea of the passage?- a) The importance of early childhood education- b) The benefits of outdoor play for children- c) The role of parents in a child's education- d) The impact of technology on learningAnswer:b) The benefits of outdoor play for children题目六Passage 6Question 1According to the passage, what is the current state of renewable energy sources?- a) They are widely used and have replaced fossil fuels.- b) They are growing in popularity but still account for a small percentage of global energy production.- c) They are expensive and not financially viable.- d) They are causing environmental damage and should be phased out.Answer:b) They are growing in popularity but still account for a small percentage of global energy production.。
雅思剑桥练习题
雅思剑桥练习题1. 阅读以下段落并回答后面的问题。
The rise of the internet has revolutionized the way we communicate and access information. It has also had a significant impact on the economy, education, and social interactions. Discuss the positive and negative effects of the internet on society.2. 根据所给的图表，描述过去十年间全球手机用户数量的变化趋势。
3. 听录音并完成填空。
录音中提到了五种不同的交通方式。
请根据录音内容，将下列句子补充完整。
- The most environmentally friendly mode of transportation is ________.- The fastest way to travel long distances is ________.- ________ is not recommended for daily commuting due to its high cost.- ________ is the most common mode of transportation in urban areas.- ________ is the safest mode of transportation for children.4. 阅读以下对话并回答问题。
Person A: I can't believe we're finally going to see the band we've been following for years live in concert!Person B: I know, it's going to be amazing. I've been looking forward to this for months.- What are Person A and Person B most likely going to do?- How long have they been anticipating this event?5. 根据所给的地图，描述城市中心的交通布局，并指出主要的交通枢纽。
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雅思阅读练习题：Does online preschool program work?Preschool is good for children, but it’s expensive.Can 4-year-olds learn what they need to know for kindergarten by sitting in front of a computer for 15 minutes a day?Utah is betting they can. This year, more than 6,600 children across the state are learning by logging on to laptops at home in a taxpayer-funded online preschool program that is unlike any other.This is preschool without circle time on the carpet, free play with friends and real,live teachers.In online preschool, children navigate(航行)through a series of lessons, games and songs with the help of a computer mouse and two animated raccoons(浣熊)named Rusty and Rosy.The Obama administration last year awarded an $11.5 million grant to expand the online program into rural communities to study how well it prepares children for kindergarten.Schools in South Carolina are testing it, and Idaho lawmakers are considering a pilot program(试点项目).It’s a sign of the growing interest among educators in using technology to customize(定制)learning, even for the youngest children. It also gives children who might otherwise not get any preparation for elementary school a chance to experience an academic program. (这也给了那些上小学前原本可能没有任何准备的孩子一个机会来体验学习课程。
雅思阅读练习题：Why Hollywood refuses actors of color-
雅思阅读练习题：Why Hollywood refuses actors of color?Four of the year’s 25 top-grossing movies(票房收入的电影)star a minority in a leading role. All but two had white directors. And the number of minority actors forecasters expect to get Oscar nominations(提名)can be counted on one hand. (有望获得奥斯卡提名的少数族裔演员屈指可数。
) In the year since the Sony Pictures hack exposed racially insensitive emails and cast a spotlight on Hollywood’s diversity problem,movie studios have shown little progress in hiring more people of color for their casts and crews.The industry is ignoring a gold mine. Every year for the past half-decade,the average white American has bought a ticket to fewer films than the average black,Hispanic or Asian moviegoer,industry data shows. Though 37 percent of the U.S. population, minorities bought 46 percent of the $1.2 billion in tickets sold in the United States last year.Some of the year’s biggest surprises had diverse actors and small budgets but ended up dominating(控制)the silver screen. For five straight weeks ending in September,movies with predominately(占绝大多数地)black casts topped the box office(票房), including the Christian drama “War Room, ” thriller “The Perfect Guy” and rap biography “Straight Outta Compton, ” which has made $200 million on a $28 million budget to become the highest-grossing biopic of all time.More recently, “Creed, ” a “Rocky” spinoff starring Michael B. Jordan and directed by Ryan Coogler — both 20-something black men who led the 2013 critical darling “Fruitvale Station” — has triumphed with $72 million at the box office and one of the best opening weekends in the boxing franchise’s(连锁加盟店)40-year history.High-profile hires of actors such as Jordan in “Creed” and John Boyega in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” have remained the exception in a Hollywood that has shown only stuttering(结巴的;不持续的)progress over the past year in getting more-diverse talent into blockbuster(大片) roles. (《信念》中用乔丹当演员，以及《星球大战：力量苏醒》用约翰.勃耶加，如此高调的行为在好莱坞仅仅是例外而已。
雅思阅读模拟试题练习
最新雅思阅读模拟试题练习文学之知识乃是学问之门禁，以下是为大家搜索的最新阅读模拟试题练习，希望能给大家带来帮助!更多精彩内容请及时关注我们!Maybe Ben & Jerry's and The Body Shop set themselves up for a fall by appearing to have a monopoly on nuking an honest buck. But their struggles are a lesson on how little we know about the minefield of "ethical" marketing.The Body Shop, along with the American ice cream maker Ben and Jerry's, was hailed as a new breed of green, or environmentally conscious, business.Ben and Jerry’sA Ben & jerry's offers a very sweet benefits package to employees. First, every one of the 700+ Ben & Jerry's workers is entitled to three free pints of ice cream,sorbet or frozen yogurt per day worked. (Some workers even use allotments of their free treats to barter for other goods and services in town such as haircuts). Beyond the freebies,personnel receives a 50% discount on the pany's frozen goodies, a 40% discount on merchandise and a further 30% break on non-Ben & Jerry's foods at pany outlets.B Workers are further entitled to be paid family leave and may take advantage of the Employee Stock Purchase Program to purchase pany stock (after six months with the organization) at a 15% discount. Beginning in 1998, 316 stock options are awarded to each worker (excludingdirectors and officers) and stock is also assigned to each employee's 401K plan at the end of the calendar year. These contributions are intended to achieve the pany's goal of linked prosperity, i.e. to assure that future prosperity is widely shared by all employees.C Other benefits include:Health insurance, including coverage for well baby-care and mammogramsLife insurance (twice the employee's annual salary)Dental insuranceLong-term disability plan paying 60% of salary six months after disability for duration of disability Short-term disability plan paying 60% of salary for six monthsMaternity leave with full pay for six weeks after deliveryThe Body ShopD History of The Body Shop Anita Roddick started The Body Shop with a mere ?4,000 and a dream. With over 1,900 stores in 50 countries. The Body Shop was founded in 1976in Brighton, England. From her original shop, which offered a line of 25 different lotions, creams, and oils, Roddick became the first suessful marketer of body care products that bined natural ingredients with ecologically-benign manufacturing processes. Her pany's refusal to testproducts on animals, along with an insistence on nonexploitative labor practices among suppliers around the world, appealed especially to upscale, mainly middleclass women, who were and have continued to be the pany's primary market As sales boomed, even the conservative financial markets approved of The Body Shop's impressive profit picture, and a public stock offering in 1984 was suessful. An expansion campaign followed. In 1988 the pany entered the U.S. market by opening a store in New York City, and by 1997 the pany boasted 1,500 stores, including franchises, in 47 countries. Anti-marketing seemed to be smart marketing, at least as far as The Body Shop was concerned.E Part of the secret of The Body Shop’s early suess was that it had created a market niche for itself. The pany was not directly peting against the traditional cosmetics panies, which marketed their products as fashion aessories designed to cover up flaws and make women look more like thefashion models who appeared in their lavish ads. Instead, The Body Shop offered a line of products that promised benefits other than appearance—healthier skin,for instance—rather than simply a better-looking plexion. The pany is known for pioneering the natural-ingredient cosmetic market and establishing social responsibility as an integral part of pany operations. The Body Shop is knownfor its ethical stances, such as its moary donations to the munities in which it operates, and its business partnerships with developing countries. In 1988 Roddick opened her first store in the United States, and by that time—through various social initiatives such as the "Stop the Bum" campaign to save the Brazilian rainforest (the source of many of the pany's natural ingredients，and strong support of employee volunteerism——The Body Shop name had bee synonymous with social activism and global preservation worldwide. The pany had also bee immensely profitable.F By the mid-1990s, however. The Body Shop faced growing petition, forcing it to begin its first major advertising initiative, the most prominent part of which was the “Ruby” campaign. The campaign was personified by Ruby, a doll with Rubenesque proportions who was perched on an antique couch and who looked quite pleased with herself and her plump frame. Randy Williamson, a spokesperson for The Body Shop, said, “Ruby is the fruit of our long-established practice of challenging the way the cosmetic industry talks to women. The Ruby campaign is designed to promote the idea that The Body Shop creates products designed to enhance features, moisturize, cleanse, and polish, not to correct ‘flaws’. The Body Shop philosophyis that there is real beauty in everyone. We are not claiming that our products perform miracles."G The Competition the Body Shop lost market share in the late 1990’s to product-savvy petitors that offered similar cosmetics at lower prices. The main petitors areH20, Sephora, Bath and Body Works, and Origins. Research Results Research showed that women appreciate The Body Shop for its ethical standards. They are pleased by panies with green actions, not promises. The research proved that The Body Shop has been put on the back burner in many people's minds: overcrowded by newer, fresher Brands Companies like the Body Shop continually hype their products through advertising and marketing, often creating a demand for something where a real need for it does not exist. The message pushed is that the route to happiness is through buying more and more of their products. Under such consumerism, the increasing domination of multinationals and their standardised products is leading to global cultural conformity. Other downfall factors also include misleading the public, low pay and against unions, exploiting indigenous people ; Also the mass production, packaging and transportation of huge quantities of goods is using up the world's resources faster than they can be renewed and filling the land, sea and air with dangerous pollution and waste.H The Problem The Body Shop has used safe and timid advertising over the last decade, decreasing market share and brand value. With the rise of new, more natural and environmentally friendly petitors, The Body Shop can no longer stand behind being the greenest or most natural. The Solution The Body Shop is the originator of ethical beauty with our actions speaking louder than our words. This is the new direction of The Body Shop. We will be a part of different acts of kindness in big cities. We will eliminate unwanted graffiti, purify city air, and give the customer an opportunity to be a part of something good.Questions 1-4The reading Passage has seven paragraphs A-H.Which paragraph contains the following information?Write the correct letter A-H, in boxes 1-4 your answer sheet.1 An action taken to Establishing social responsibility in conservation project2 a description of the conventional way the ads applied to talk to its customers3 A history of a humble origin and expansion4 management practices arc intended to lined up the pany's goal with participants' prosperityQuestions 5-7Choose the three correct letter, A- F.Write your answers in boxes 5-7 on your answer sheet.5-7) What are true about the Ben & Jerry's pany managementA There was little difference between the highest salary and the lowestB They were advertising their product with powerful internal marketing.C They offer the employee plimentary productD Employee were encouraged to give services back to the munityE the products are designed for workers to barter for other goods and servicesF offered a package of benefits for disable employeesQuestions 8-10Choose the three correct letter, A- F.Write your answers in boxes 8-10 on your answer sheet.What are the factors once contributed to the suess for the BODY SHOP ?A pioneering the natural-ingredient cosmetics marketB appealed to primary market mainly of the rich womenC focused on their lavish ads campaignD The pany avoided producing the traditional cosmetics productsE its moral concept that refuses to use animals- tested ingredientsF its moary donations to the munities and in developing countriesQuestions 11-13Choose the three correct letter, A- F.Write your answers in boxes 11-13 on your answer sheet.What arc the factors leading to the later failure for BODY SHOP pany?A its philosophy that there is real beauty in everyone is faultyB fail to fulfill promises while acted like misleading the publicC faced growing petitionD its creating demand for something that the customers do not actually needE its newer, fresher Brands are not suessful in the MarketF fail to offer cosmetics at lower prices than petitors文章题目：营销的新概念篇章结构体裁论说文题目营销的新概念结构 A段：Ben & Jerry为员工提供商品和折扣福利B段：Ben & Jerry为员工提供带薪探亲假和股票购置优惠C段：Ben & Jerry为员工提供的其他福利D段：The Body Shop的开展历程和营销策略E段：The Body Shop早期成功的秘诀F段：The Body Shop为应对竞争，发起名为Ruby的运动G段：The Body Shop衰落的因素H段：The Body Shop存在的问题和解决方法题目类型：LIST OF HEADINGS题号定位词文中对应点题目解析1 Establishing social responsibilities E段第四句 E段第四句提到The pany is know for… and establishing social responsibility as an integral part of pany operations.因此，此题答案为E。
雅思阅读考试模拟试练习题及答案解析
雅思阅读考试模拟试练习题及答案解析Time to cool itFrom The Economist print edition1 REFRIGERATORS are the epitome of clunky technology: solid, reliable and just a little bit dull. They have not changed much over the past century, but then they have not needed to. They are based on a robust and effective idea--draw heat from the thing you want tocool by evaporating a liquid next to it, and then dump that heat by pumping the vapour elsewhere and condensing it. This method of pumping heat from one place to another served mankind well when refrigerators' main jobs were preserving food and, as air conditioners, cooling buildings. Today's high-tech world, however, demands high-tech refrigeration. Heat pumps are no longer up to the job. The search is on for something to replace them.2 One set of candidates are known as paraelectric materials. These act like batteries when they undergo a temperature change: attach electrodes to them and they generate a current. This effect is used in infra-red cameras. An array of tiny pieces of paraelectric material can sense the heat radiated by, for example, a person, and the pattern of the array's electrical outputs can then be used to construct an image. But until recently no one had bothered much with the inverse of this process. That inverse exists, however. Apply an appropriate current to a paraelectric material and it will cool down.3 Someone who is looking at this inverse effect is Alex Mischenko, of Cambridge University. Using commercially available paraelectric film, he and his colleagues have generated temperature drops five times bigger than any previously recorded. That may be enough to change the phenomenon from a laboratory curiosity to something with commercial applications.4 As to what those applications might be, Dr Mischenko is still a little hazy. He has, nevertheless, set up a company to pursue them.He foresees putting his discovery to use in more efficient domestic fridges and air conditioners. The real money, though, may be in cooling computers.5 Gadgets containing microprocessors have been getting hotter fora long time. One consequence of Moore's Law, which describes the doubling of the number of transistors on a chip every 18 months, is that the amount of heat produced doubles as well. In fact, it more than doubles, because besides increasing in number, the componentsare getting faster. Heat is released every time a logical operationis performed inside a microprocessor, so the faster the processor is, the more heat it generates. Doubling the frequency quadruples theheat output. And the frequency has doubled a lot. The first Pentium chips sold by Dr Moore's company, Intel, in 1993, ran at 60m cycles a second. The Pentium 4--the last "single-core" desktop processor--clocked up 3.2 billion cycles a second.6 Disposing of this heat is a big obstruction to further miniaturisation and higher speeds. The innards of a desktop computer commonly hit 80℃. At 85℃, they stop working. Tweaking theprocessor's heat sinks (copper or aluminium boxes designed to radiate heat away) has reached its limit. So has tweaking the fans that circulate air over those heat sinks. And the idea of shifting from single-core processors to systems that divided processing power between first two, and then four, subunits, in order to spread the thermal load, also seems to have the end of the road in sight.7 One way out of this may be a second curious physical phenomenon, the thermoelectric effect. Like paraelectric materials, thisgenerates electricity from a heat source and produces cooling from an electrical source. Unlike paraelectrics, a significant body of researchers is already working on it.8 The trick to a good thermoelectric material is a crystal structure in which electrons can flow freely, but the path ofphonons--heat-carrying vibrations that are larger than electrons--is constantly interrupted. In practice, this trick is hard to pull off, and thermoelectric materials are thus less efficient thanparaelectric ones (or, at least, than those examined by Dr Mischenko). Nevertheless, Rama Venkatasubramanian, of Nextreme Thermal Solutionsin North Carolina, claims to have made thermoelectric refrigerators that can sit on the back of computer chips and cool hotspots by 10℃. Ali Shakouri, of the University of California, Santa Cruz, says his are even smaller--so small that they can go inside the chip.9 The last word in computer cooling, though, may go to a system even less techy than a heat pump--a miniature version of a car radiator. Last year Apple launched a personal computer that is cooled by liquid that is pumped through little channels in the processor,and thence to a radiator, where it gives up its heat to the atmosphere. To improve on this, IBM's research laboratory in Zurichis experimenting with tiny jets that stir the liquid up and thus make sure all of it eventually touches the outside of the channel--thepart where the heat exchange takes place. In the future, therefore, a combination of microchannels and either thermoelectrics or paraelectrics might cool computers. The old, as it were, hand in hand with the new.(830 words)Questions 1-5Complete each of the following statements with the scientist or company name from the box below.Write the appropriate letters A-F in boxes 1-5 on your answer sheet.A. AppleB. IBMC. IntelD. Alex MischenkoE. Ali ShakouriF. Rama Venkatasubramanian1. ...and his research group use paraelectric film available from the market to produce cooling.2. ...sold microprocessors running at 60m cycles a second in 1993.3. ...says that he has made refrigerators which can cool the hotspots of computer chips by 10℃.4. ...claims to have made a refrigerator small enough to be built into a computer chip.5. ...attempts to produce better cooling in personal computers by stirring up liquid with tiny jets to make sure maximum heat exchange.Questions 6-9Do the following statements agree with the information given in the reading passage?In boxes 6-9 on your answer sheet writeTRUE if the statement is true according to the passageFALSE if the statement is false according to the passageNOT GIVEN if the information is not given in the passage6. Paraelectric materials can generate a current when electrodes are attached to them.7. Dr. Mischenko has successfully applied his laboratory discovery to manufacturing more efficient referigerators.8. Doubling the frequency of logical operations inside a microprocessor doubles the heat output.9. IBM will achieve better computer cooling by combining microchannels with paraelectrics.Question 10Choose the appropriate letters A-D and write them in box 10 on your answer sheet.10. Which method of disposing heat in computers may have a bright prospect?A. Tweaking the processors?heat sinks.B. Tweaking the fans that circulate air over the processor抯heat sinks.C. Shifting from single-core processors to systems of subunits.D. None of the above.Questions 11-14Complete the notes below.Choose one suitable word from the Reading Passage above for each answer.Write your answers in boxes 11-14 on your answer sheet.Traditional refrigerators use...11...pumps to drop temperature. At present, scientists are searching for other methods to produce refrigeration, especially in computermicroprocessors....12...materials have been tried to generate temperature drops five times bigger than any previouslyrecorded. ...13...effect has also been adopted by many researchers to cool hotspots in computers. A miniature version of a car ...14... may also be a system to realize ideal computer cooling in the future.Key and Explanations:1. DSee Paragraph 3: ...Alex Mischenko, of Cambridge University. Using commercially available paraelectric film, he and his colleagues have generated temperature drops...2. CSee Paragraph 5: The first Pentium chips sold by Dr Moore's company, Intel, in 1993, ran at 60m cycles a second.3. FSee Paragraph 8: ...Rama Venkatasubramanian, of Nextreme Thermal Solutions in North Carolina, claims to have made thermoelectric refrigerators that can sit on the back of computer chips and cool hotspots by 10℃.4. ESee Paragraph 8: Ali Shakouri, of the University of California, Santa Cruz, says his are even smaller梥o small that they can go inside the chip.5. BSee Paragraph 9: To improve on this, IBM's research laboratory in Zurich is experimenting with tiny jets that stir the liquid up and thus make sure all of it eventually touches the outside of the channel--the part where the heat exchange takes place.6. TRUESee Paragraph 2: ...paraelectric materials. These act like batteries when they undergo a temperature change: attach electrodes to them and they generate a current.7. FALSESee Paragraph 3 (That may be enough to change the phenomenon from a laboratory curiosity to something with commercial applications. ) and Paragraph 4 (As to what those applications might be, Dr Mischenko is still a little hazy. He has, nevertheless, set up a company to pursue them. He foresees putting his discovery to use in moreefficient domestic fridges?8. FALSESee Paragraph 5: Heat is released every time a logical operation is performed inside a microprocessor, so the faster the processor is, the more heat it generates. Doubling the frequency quadruples the heat output.9. NOT GIVENSee Paragraph 9: In the future, therefore, a combination of microchannels and either thermoelectrics or paraelectrics might cool computers.10. DSee Paragraph 6: Tweaking the processor's heat sinks ?has reached its limit. So has tweaking the fans that circulate air over those heat sinks. And the idea of shifting from single-core processors to systems?also seems to have the end of the road in sight.11. heatSee Paragraph 1: Today's high-tech world, however, demands high-tech refrigeration. Heat pumps are no longer up to the job. The search is on for something to replace them.12. paraelectricSee Paragraph 3: Using commercially available paraelectric film, he and his colleagues have generated temperature drops five times bigger than any previously recorded.13. thermoelectricSee Paragraph 7: ...the thermoelectric effect. Like paraelectric materials, this generates electricity from a heat source and produces cooling from an electrical source. Unlike paraelectrics, asignificant body of researchers is already working on it.14. radiatorSee Paragraph 9: The last word in computer cooling, though, may go to a system even less techy than a heat pump--a miniature version of a car radiator.。
2022年雅思阅读模拟练习题2新
2022年雅思阅读模拟练习题2This reading test contains 10 questions. You should spend about 20 minuteson this task.To make it more authentic, download the test and do it with pen and paper.Read the passage below and answer 10 questions.Ethnic Groups in SingaporeIn addition to being one of the smallest (and youngest) countries in theworld, Singapore, with its population of less than four million, is one of theworld’s most ethnically mixed countries. It is primarily Chinese, a group towhich over three quarters of permanent residents assign themselves, but even inthis group there are differences in languages and cultures. The other two mainethnic groups in Singapore are Malays and Indians, each representing around tenpercent of the population. It has long been the goal of the government to promote Singapore as a multicultural society in which all three of these maingroups enjoy equal access to the wealth, education, and social systemsthatSingapore offers.For nearly seven hundred years, Chinese have been travelling to SoutheastAsia in search of wealth and prosperity. Those who settled in Singapore camemainly from southern China and spoke different languages depending on which areawas home. Hokkien, one of the main Chinese languages spoken in Singapore,originates from Fujian Province. Speakers of Teochew had ancestors from easternGuangdong. Hakka has roots in both Fujian and Guangdong. Cantonese is alsospoken in Singapore today, and originates from Guangzhou. All of these languages(and more) are spoken by the Chinese population of Singapore today, though thereare very few communities now that are linguistically isolated as they were inthe past, and in recent years the government has also heavily promoted theteaching and learning of Mandarin to serve as a common language for the Chinesecommunity.Though representing a much smaller proportion of the population, the Malaysare the second largest ethnic group in Singapore and the original inhabitants ofSingapore. They are still today the main ethnic group throughout the regionstretching from Malaysia to Indonesia and the Philippines. The Malaycommunityin Singapore came mainly from the Malaysian peninsula, though many also camefrom Java and other Indonesian islands. The Malay community practices Islam,which came to the area via Arab and Indian traders in the 1400s, but their religion also retains some features of pre-islamic Hindu beliefs.The third largest ethnic group in Singapore, slightly smaller than the Malay community, is that of the Indians. Migration from India dates mainly fromthe days of the British colony of Malaya in the 18th century, and most Indianscame to the area as labourers recruited by the British to work on plantations.Most of the Indian community are Tamil from the southern part of India, but asizeable portion originates from Kerala in the southwest.Another group of people with a long history in Singapore are known as thePeranakans. The word peranakan in Malay means ‘half-caste’ and the Peranakansare the descendants of Chinese immigrants who settled in the area and marriedMalay women. The groups of Chinese who travelled and settled in the regioncenturies ago were predominantly (if not entirely) men, and so a most weremarried to local women. The culture of the Peranakans is a mix of both Chineseand Malay traditions, and in most cases this group adopted the name and religionof their Chinese fathers, but retained the language and customs of their Malaymothers. Today, the Peranakan population speaks a version of Malay which borrowsfrom Hokkien so much that Malay speakers often cannot understand the dialect.While the Peranakan culture is being preserved and revived by organisations inSingapore, there are just a few thousand Peranakan Malay speakers left on theisland.According to the information in the reading passage, which group(s) havethe following features:A ChineseB MalaysC IndiansD Peranakans1) Has/Have features of more than ethnic group?2) Is/Are united strongly through religion?3) Speak / Speaks many different languages?4) Is/Are not native to the Singapore region?5) Was originally made up mostly of men?In boxes 6-10 on your answer sheet writeYes if the statement is true according to the articleNo if the statement is not true according to the articleNOT GIVEN if it is not possible to determine the truth of the statementfrom the article6) Originally, many Chinese communities in Singapore couldn’t communicateeasily with each other due to linguistic differences.7) Mandarin is the main language of Singapore.8) Indians were the most recent of the three to arrive in Singapore.9) Arab and Indian traders settled in Singapore in the 1400s.10) The Peranakan language is being increasingly used in Singapore.Answers1) D2) B3) A4) A, C5) A6) YES7) NOT GIVEN8) YES9) NO10) NO文档内容到此结束，欢迎大家下载、修改、丰富并分享给更多有需要的人。
雅思阅读模拟练习题：完成句子题
雅思阅读模拟练习题：完成句子题Striking Back at Lightning With LasersSeldom is the weather more dramatic than when thunderstorms strike. Theirelectrical fury inflicts death or serious injury on around 500 people each yearin the United States alone. As the clouds roll in, aleisurely round of golf canbecome a terrifying dice with death - out in the open, a lone golfer may be alightning bolt's most inviting target. And there is damage to property too.Lightning damage costs American power companies more than $100 million ayear.But researchers in the United States and Japan are. planning to hit back.Already in laboratory trials they have tested strategies for neutralising thepower of thunderstorms, and this winter they will brave real storms, equippedwith an armoury of lasers that they will be pointing towards the heavens todischarge thunderclouds before lightning can strike.The idea of forcing storm clouds to discharge their lightning on command isnot new. In the early 1960s, researchers tried firing rockets trailing wiresinto thunderclouds to set up an easy discharge path for the huge electriccharges that these clouds generate. The technique survives to this day at a testsite in Florida run by the University of Florida, with support from theElectrical Power Research Institute (EPRI), based in California. EPRI, which isfunded by power companies, is looking at ways to protect the United States'power grid from lightning strikes. 'We can cause thelightning to strike wherewe want it to using rockets,' says Ralph Bernstein, manager of lightningprojects at EPRI. The rocket site is providing precise measurements of lightningvoltages and allowing engineers to check how electrical equipment bears up.Bad behaviourBut while rockets are fine for research, they cannot provide the protectionfrom lightning strikes that everyone is looking for. The rockets cost around$1,200 each, can only be fired at a limited frequency and their failure rate isabout 40 per cent. And even when they do trigger lightning, things still do notalways go according to plan. 'Lightning is not perfectly well behaved,' saysBernstein. 'Occasionally, it will take a branch and go someplace it wasn'tsupposed to go.'And anyway, who would want to fire streams of rockets in a populated area ?'What goes up must come down,' points out Jean-Claude Diels of the University ofNew Mexico. Diels is leading a project, which is backed by EPRI, to try to uselasers to discharge lightning safely - and safety is a basic requirement sinceno one wants to put themselves or their expensive equipment at risk. With around$500,000 invested so far, a promising system is just emerging from thelaboratory.The idea began some 20 years ago, when high-powered lasers wererevealing.their ability to extract electrons out of atoms and create ions. If alaser could generate a line of ionisation in the air all the way up to a stormcloud, this conducting path could be used to guide lightning to Earth, beforethe electric field becomes strong enough to break down theair in anuncontrollable surge. To stop the laser itself being struck, it would not bepointed straight at the clouds. Instead it would be directed at a mirror, andfrom there into the sky. The mirror would be protected by placing lightningconductors close by. Ideally, the cloud-zapper (gun) would be cheap enough to beinstalled around all key power installations, and portable enough to be taken tointernational sporting events to beam up at brewing storm clouds.A stumbling blockHowever, there is still a big stumbling block. The laser is no niftyportable： it's a monster that takes up a whole room. Dielsis trying to cut downthe size and says that a laser around the size of a small table is in theoffing. He plans to test this more manageable system on live thunderclouds nextsummer.Bernstein says that Diels's system is attracting lots of interest from thepower companies. But they have not yet come up with the $5 million that EPRIsays will be needed to develop a commercial system, by making the lasers yetsmaller and cheaper. 'I cannot say I have money yet, but I'm working on it,'says Bernstein. He reckons that the forthcoming field tests will be the turningpoint - and he's hoping for good news. Bernstein predicts 'an avalanche ofinterest and support' if all goes well. He expects to see cloud-zapperseventually costing $50,000 to $100,000 each.Other scientists could also benefit. With a lightning'switch' at theirfingertips, materials scientists could find out what happens when mightycurrents meet matter. Diels also hopes to see the birth of 'interactivemeteorology' - not just forecasting the weather but controlling it. 'If we coulddischarge clouds, we might affect the weather,' he says.And perhaps, says Diels, we'll be able to confront some othermeteorological menaces. 'We think we could prevent hail by inducing lightning,'he says. Thunder, the shock wave that comes from a lightning flash, is thoughtto be the trigger for the torrential rain that is typical of storms. A laserthunder factory could shake the moisture out of clouds, perhaps preventing theformation of the giant hailstones that threaten crops. With luck, as the stormclouds gather this winter, laser-toting researchers could, for the first time,strike back.。
雅思阅读试题练习与答案全解析
雅思阅读试题练习与答案全解析
简介
本文档旨在提供全面的雅思阅读试题练与答案的解析，帮助考生更好地准备雅思考试。
阅读练与答案解析
以下是一系列的雅思阅读练题目及其答案解析：
题目1：
题目：根据短文内容，回答以下问题：XXXXX
答案：根据短文第X段，可以得出答案为XXXXX。
解析：在这个题目中，我们需要从短文中寻找相关信息来回答问题。
根据短文第X段的描述，我们可以得出答案为XXXXX。
题目2：
题目：根据短文内容，判断以下陈述是否正确：XXXXX
答案：正确
解析：在这个题目中，我们需要判断陈述的正确性。
根据短文第X段的描述，我们可以得出陈述为正确。
题目3：
题目：根据短文内容，选择最佳的选项：XXXXX
答案：B
解析：在这个题目中，我们需要根据短文的内容选择最佳的选项。
根据短文第X段的描述，选项B最符合短文的意思。
总结
本文提供了一系列的雅思阅读练题目及其答案解析，帮助考生进行针对性的练和复。
阅读理解是雅思考试中的重要部分，通过对题目和答案的解析，考生可以更好地理解和掌握解题技巧，提高阅读能力。
希望考生能够充分利用这些练题目，并在考试中取得好成绩！。
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People often ask which is the most difficult language to learn, and it is not easy to answer because there are many factors to take into consideration. Firstly, in a first language the differences are (66) as people learn their mother tongue naturally, so the question of how hard a language is to learn is only (67 ) when learning a second language.A native speaker of Spanish, (68) , will find Portuguese much easier to learn than a native speaker of Chinese, because Portuguese is very similar to Spanish, (69) Chinese is very different. So first language can (70) learning a second language. The greater the differences between the second language and our first are, the (71) it will be for most people to learn. Many people answer that Chinese is the hardest language to learn, possibly (72) by the thought of learning the Chinese writing system, and the pronunciation of Chinese does appear to be very difficult for many foreign learners. (73) , for Japanese speakers, who already use Chinese characters in their own language, learning (74) will be less difficult than for speakers of languages using the Roman alphabet.Some people seem to learn languages (75) , while others find it very difficult. Teachers and the (76) in which the language is learned also play an important role, as well as each learner's motivation for learning. If people learn a language because they need to use it (77) , they often learn it faster than people studying a language that has no direct use in their day to day life.(78) from different cultures will find different languages more difficult. No language is easy to learn well, (79) languages which are related to our first language are easier. Learning a completely different writing system is a huge (80) , but that does not necessarily make a language more difficult than another.66. A. apparent B. extensive C. decline D. unimportant67. A. relevant B. permanent C. essential D. progressive68. A. by contrast B. in addition C. for example D. after all69. A. when B. while C. where D. whether70. A. affect B. achieve C. attach D. assemble71. A. easier B. harder C. faster D. slower72. A. inherited B. overtaken C. influenced D. restricted73. A. However B. Moreover C. Therefore D. Anyhow74. A. speaking B. listening C. reading D. writing75. A. gradually B. steadily C. readily D.subconsciously76. A. learners B. materials C. tutors D.circumstances77. A. occasionally B. professionally C. properly D. informally78. A. societies B. characters C. individuals D. visitors79. A. as B. though C. because D. since80. A. success B. surprise C. opportunity D. challenge 66—70 DACBA 71—75 BCADC 76—80 DBCBD“Business is war.” The traditional language of business certainly makes it sound that way: winning the competition, getting market share, beating up suppliers, locking up customers. There are the victors and the losers.But today in doing business, you have to listen to stomers, work with suppliers, keep good relations-even with competitors. That doesn’t sound like war. Besides, there are few victors when business is looked upon as war.Most businesses succeed only if others also succeed. Business is competition and cooperation as well. In other words, business is war and peace.To bring together competition and cooperation, we turn to game theory. Game theory provides that whether one person wins or loses depends on what other people do. It is particularly effective when there are many interdependent factors and no decision can be made in isolation（孤立）from other decisions.Game theory breaks down the game into key elements（要素）:players, added values, rules, tactics, and scope（范围）(PARTS).Every element affects the result of the game. This means that each of the five elements gives you a way to change an existing game into entirely new one. Change one of the PARTS, and you change the whole.Why change the game? An old Chinese saying explains: If yo u continue on the course you’re heading, that’s where you’ll end up. Sometimes that’s good, sometimes not. You can play the game very well, and still suffer great loss. That’s because you’re playing the wrong game: you need to change it. Even a good game can be made into a better one. Real success comes from actively shaping the game you play-from making the game you want, not taking the game you find.1, What’s the main idea of this passage? ______________________________________________________________2, The author of this passage is in favor of the idea that “Business is war.” (True/False)3, In game theory, cooperation no longer exists. (True/False)4, If you change one of the elements in PARTS, the game is changed entirely. (True/False)5, “PARTS” sta nds for _______.A．players, added values, rules, tactics and scopeB．all of the elements in the game theoryC．the parties in a gameD．the parts that affect the result of the game6, The author emphasizes that _______.A．we shall play very hardB．we shall continue in the course we are headingC．we shall play in the right directionD．we shall always change no matter the change is good or not7, Choose the best answer, interdependent:ⅰbe depended ⅱdepending on each other ⅲdepend on others8, Choose the best answer, tactics:ⅰstrategy ⅱelement ⅲlawF F T A C ⅱⅰHere’s an unusual story：a diamond ring was recently found in an egg．The magician，Liu Qian，discovered it，in front of an audience of millions at CCTV’s Spring Festival Gala．Liu’s magic tricks have made the centuries-old art of magic fashionable once again，and made him the hottest magician in China．As a seasoned young magician from Taiwan，Liu is popular worldwide for his magic shows．Countries he has performed in include the United States，Japan，South Korea and the UK．Witnessing something impossible happen right before your eyes is the root of people’s love for magic．Liu is known for his interaction with his audiences．He has a unique understanding of showmanship．“It’s actually thinking rather than one’s manipulation skills，that is more important to achieving a successful magic show．I think carefully about how to design the shows creatively，to mak e them appear more interesting,” Liu said .Liu Qian’s success dated back to his childhood．Born in 1976 in Taiwan，he found himself attracted to a magic toy in a shop when he was seven years old．At the age of 12，he won Taiwan’s Youth Magic Contest，which was judged by the great American magician，David Copperfield．Yet，Liu never planned on becoming a professional magician．He studied Japanese literature at university and only hoped to be an amateur magician in his spare time．However，his failure to find a proper job after graduation pushed him towards magic as a career．To refine his performing skills，he has performed on streets，roads and fields，for passers-by，policemen and farmers．“Street shows are the biggest challenge for us magicians．We have to deal wit h unexpected situations and tough crowds, ” Liu said．1．The story is about________________．A．how Liu Qian became China’s hottest magicianB．why people love magic C．what magic tricks are D．how fashionable magic is 2．Which of the following is the key reason that Liu Qian decided to make magic his career? A．He was interested in magic when he was littleB．He had won Taiwan’s Youth Magic Contest．C．He became all amateur magician in his spare time．D．He couldn’t find an acceptable job after g raduation．3．From the story we know that_______________．A．Liu Qian competed in many magic competitionsB．Liu Qian often invites audiences to be in his magic showC．Liu Qian performs on streets in order to increase his fameD．Liu Qian does street show to make money4. What does the word “seasoned” in Paragraph 2 mean?A．季节性的 B．刚出道的C．老练的 D．职业的5. Choose the best answer, Witnessing:A. see sthB. hear sthC. do sthD. smell sth6. Choose the best answer, amateur:A. 专业的B. 业余的C. 艺术的D. 文学的7. Choose the best answer, refine:A. make sth worseB. increase the valueC. to improveD. none of the above ADBCABC1 One of the most intelligent animals on the planet is the dolphin.2 These unique animals have been regarded highly by humans for many centuries.3 In ancient Greece, if sailors saw dolphins swim by their ships when they were starting out ______ a voyage, they believed they would have good luck.4 One unique characteristic that makes them different from other sea animals is the way that they communicate.5 Dolphins use sound, touch and taste in order to learn about their world; however, unlike dogs, dolphins cannot smell.6 They use a whistle or sound waves to see and feel their way around their environment.7 This makes them different from many other sea animals and also helps them communicate _______ people.8 Another unique thing about dolphins is that the bones in their fins are similar ______ those in human arms and hands. 9 However, the connective tissue that surrounds the bones forms a flipper (鳍状肢) instead of a hand with individual fingers. 10 Even though dolphins live in the oceans, they do not drink the salt water around them. 11 Their bodies absorb water from the wide variety of creatures they eat.12 Loving a dolphin is an easy thing to do but, unlike a dog or a cat, the dolphin cannot come home with you from the ocean. 13 That is why many people like collecting dolphin souvenirs. 14 One can find many such things in almost every shop around the world. 15 Even the ancient people painted the images of dolphins on their vases.1. Fill in the blanks with prepositions:____________; _____________; ________________.2. What is paragraph one mainly talking about?_________________________________________ _____________ paragraph two:_____________________________________________________ paragraph three:______________________________________________. paragraph four:______ ________________________________________3. Change sentence 2 into active voice:_______________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________4. The special way dolphins communicate with those around them is by ______.A. touching others with their finsB. making special gesturesC. smelling the creatures around themD. using whistles and sound waves5. The water dolphins consume mainly comes from ____.A. ocean waterB. what they eatC. rain waterD. sea plants6. From the passage, we can infer that ______.A. it is rather difficult to train dolphinsB. ancient people were fond of dolphinsC. dolphins are good petsD. all shops sell dolphin productson with toDBBWhen a rather dirty, poorly dressed person kneels at your feet and puts out his hands to beg for a few coins, do you hurry on, not knowing what to do, or do you feel sad and hurriedly hand over some money? What should our attitude to beggars be? There can be no question that the world is full of terribly sad stories. It must be terrible to have no idea where our next meal is going to come from. It seems cruel not to give some money to beggars.Certainly, most of the world’s great religions order us to be open-hearted and share what we have with those less fortunate than ourselves. But has the world changed? Maybe what was morally right in the old days, when one knew exactly who in the village had suffered misfortune and needed help, is no longer the best idea. Quite a few people will not give to beggars. Let us look at their arguments.First, some believe that many city beggars dress up on purpose to look pitiable and actually make a good living from begging. Giving to beggars only encourages this sort of evil. Secondly, there is the worry that the money you give will be spent on beer, wine or drugs. Thirdly, there is the opinion that there is no real excuse for begging. One might be poor, but that is no reason for losing one’s sense of pride and self-dependence.Related to this is the opinion that the problem should be dealt with by the government rather than ordinary people. Some people think beggars should go to the local government department and receive help.It is hard to come to any final conclusion; there are various cases and we must deal with them differently. A few coins can save a life in some situations, and even if the money is wasted, that does not take away the moral goodness of the giver.1.What is mainly discussed in the passage?_____________________________________________________________________ 2. What is the author’s attitude toward beggars?_____________________________________________________________________ 3. Change the underlined sentence into active voice.Related to this is the opinion that the government rather than ordinary people should _____________ the problem.4. Choose the best answer, Quite a few:A. manyB. a fewC. some5. Choose the best answer, pitiable:A. deserving pityB. lovableC. hateful6. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?A. Some people dress up to pretend to be beggars.B. Some beggars want money to help their children go to school.C. Some beggars use the money to buy drugs.D. Some beggars have no excuse for begging.7. In the last paragraph, the writer thinks that it is hard to come to any final conclusion，because ______.A. the cases can be so differentB. there are so many beggarsC. there is so much money wastedD. there are so many different arguments1. Arguments on giving to beggars.2. We should give some money to beggars.4. A5. A6.B7.AWhat Is Natural MedicineNatural Medicine is to use the natural environment, the nature of the material itself to cure diseases and restore the health. It involves bettering one’s breathing way, sunbathing, impr oving one’s diets and so on, which play an important part in our healthcare.Start a Rewarding Career TodayThe Australian Institute of Applied Sciences College of Natural Medicine provides you with Nationally Recognized natural medicine courses that can be studied in the comfort of your own home, or at our Brisbane campus in the heart of Stones Corner. AIAS College of Natural Medicine has been providing accredited natural health courses for more than 20 years, and offers accredited certificate, diploma and advanced diploma level natural medicine, beauty and massage courses.Why Study at the Australian Institute of Applied SciencesWith over 36 years of specialized training and 120 courses, our Natural Medicine College is Australia’s longest running and mos t sought after training provider for Natural Medicine Education. Our art facilities, highly experienced instructors and friendly support staff make us the first choice for Distance Education and On-campus study.Studying at HomeAll of our courses are available to study at home. We provide all the material and support you will need to successfully complete your course.Benefits of Studying at Home●Work at your own pace.●No need to travel or relocate closer to a campus.●No interruption to your existing commitments.●You are still in full contact with the college via Telephone, Email and Post, so you won’t be out of touch with the latest training t echniques.1. Choose the best answer, accredited:ⅰ. the most excellentⅱ. the highestⅲ. having official approval to do something2. Choose the best answer, relocate:ⅰ. to move to a different placeⅱ. to go awayⅲ. to put sth. into the correct order3. You can learn how to apply science to our life at the Australian Institute of Applied Sciences College of Natural. (T/F question)________4. One of the reasons for your choice of going to the college is that it offers more courses than any other college. (T/F question)________5. You can learn massage courses in AIAS College. (T/F question)________6. If you take the courses at home, you are more likely to _______.A. focus on your own interestsB. adjust your study schedulesC. get any help from instructorsD. keep up with new techniques Answer questions according to the passage.7. Can you name a few examples of Natural Medicine?_____________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________8. What does AIAS stand for?_______________________________________________________________________9. What are the advantages of Natural Medicine College?_____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________1. ⅲ2. ⅰ3. F4. F5. T6. BPatients and doctors alike have long believed in the healing (治疗) power of humor. It is claimed that humor not only affects patients’ moods, but can actually help them recover faster.Several studies seem to support this. Patients in better spirits are known to have higher immune cell counts. Some have even claimed to have healed themselves of serious illnesses by reading comics and watching comedies.Despite all this, many researchers are not convinced. They point out the fact that many sufferings have been known to disappear naturally, with or without a daily dose of laughter. They also say that while optimism in general does seem to be related to better health, it is hard to tell which comes first.Humor in times of stress, however, clearly makes us feel better. On one level, it takes our minds off our troubles and relaxes us. On another, it releases powerful endorphins, a chemical produced by your body that reduces pain.There are cases where the appreciation of a good joke is indeed directly related to a person’s health. It can show, for example, whether a person has suffered damage to one particular area of the brain: the right frontal lobe (额叶).Scientists confirmed this by having people read jokes and asking them to choose the funniest endings from a list. Subjects with normal brains usually chose endings that were based on a relatively complex synthesis (综合) of ideas. Subjects with specifically located brain damage, however, responded only to slapstick (闹剧) endings, which did not depend on a particular context. When pressed, the brain-damaged subjects saw the logic in the correct endings. They simply did not find them funny.Of course, humor is largely an individual matter. Next time your friend does not get one of your jokes, there is no need to accuse him of being a lamebrain. However, you might suggest that he lighten up—for the health of it.58. We can infer from the passage that ________.A. all researchers have agreed on the healing power of humorB. people seldom accuse their friends of not understanding jokesC. the author holds a positive attitude to the healing power of humorD. reading comics will surely become a popular way of treating diseases59. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. Many researchers are not convinced of the healing power of humor.B. Patients in bad moods are known to have higher immune cell counts.C. Optimism in general does seem to be related to better health.D. People should try their best to cheer up for their good health.60. Scientists had some people read jokes and asked them to choose the funniest endings from a list to confirm that ________.A. the brain-damaged people are different from those with normal brainsB. a person with a normal brain usually responds to slapstick endingsC. a person suffering certain brain damage doesn’t appreciate a good jokeD. humor takes our minds off our troubles by releasing powerful endorphins61. Which would be the best title for the passage?A. Which comes first, humor or health?B. Humor can cure different illnessesC. People need humor in times of stressD. Humor contributes to good healthCBC DBirthdays often involve surprises. But this year’s surprise on the birthday of the great British playwright William Shakespeare is surely one of the most dramatic.On April 22, one day before his 441st birthday anniversary, experts discovered that one of the most recognizable portraits of William Shakespeare is a fake. This means that we no longer have a good idea of what Shakespeare looked like. "It’s very possible that many pictures of Shakespeare might be unreliable because many of them are copies of this one," said an expert from Brita in’s National Portrait Gallery.The discovery comes after four months of testing using X-rays, ultraviolet light, microphotography and paint samples. The experts from the gallery say the image—commonly known as the “Flower portrait” —was actually painted in the 1800s, about two centuries after Shakespeare’s death. The art experts who work at the gallery say they also used modern chemistry technology to check the paint on the picture. These checks found traces of paint dating from about 1814. Shakespeare died in 1616, and the date that appears on the portrait is 1609.“We now think the portrait dates back to around 1818 to 1840. This was when there was a renewed interest in Shakespeare’s plays,”Tarnya Cooper, the gallery’s curator(馆长), told the Associated President.The fake picture has often been used as a cover for collections of his plays. It is called the Flower portrait because one of its owners, Desmond Flower, gave it to the Royal Shakespeare Company.“There have always been questions about the painting,” said David Howells, curator for the Royal Shakespeare Company. “Now we know the truth, we can put the image in its proper place in the history of Shakespearean po rtraiture.”Two other images of Shakespeare, are also being studied as part of the investigation(调查) and the results will come out later this month.______________________________________________________________.1.Why this year’s surprise on the birthday of Shakespeare is dramatic?_______________________________________________________________________________2. Now we know what Shakespeare looked like. (T/F)3. “Flower portrait”was actually painted using X-rays, ultraviolet light, microphotography and paint samples. (T/F)4. In history, many people doubted the painting. (T/F)5．Which is the best sentence to fill in the blank in the last paragraph?A．Soon we’ll know which portrait is reliable.B．Maybe we cannot find a real portrait of Shakespeare.C．If the two portraits are found to be false, they will test more.D．For now what Shakespeare really looked like will remain a mystery.1. The Flower portrait has been found to be a fake.2. F3. F4. T5. D。