雅思阅读知识点

‘因果’的表达：

1 (be) linked with:

eg. The invention of rockets is linked with the invention of ‘black powder’. C3T1P1 p15

2 (be) linked to:

eg. The increasing self-reliance of many elderly people is probably linked to

a massive increase in the use of simple home medical aids. C6T2P2 p45

3 cause:

eg. Yet opinion polls suggest that many people nurture the belief that environmental standards are declining and four factors seem to cause this disjunction between perception and reality. C5T1P3 p24

As we know, carbon dioxide emissions are causing the planet to warm.

4 (be) associated with:

eg. And finally, most forms of environmental pollution either appear to have been exaggerated, or are transient- associated with the early phrases of industrialisation. C5T1P3 p24

the rise of the dictionaries is associated with the rise of English middle class

5 generate:

eg. The impetus behind the development of these early plastics was generated by a number of factors. C5T2P1 p38

6 trigger:

eg. Researchers believe social situations, rather than cognitive events such as jokes, trigger these instinctual markers of play or appeasement.C5T2P2 p43

7 as a result of

but humans, who have developed a much more complicated internal life as a result of language. C5T2P2 p44

8 connection:

eg. This growing concern about intellectual property rights was a feature of the period- it reflected both the humanist notion of the individual, rational scientist who invents and discovers through private intellectual labour, and the growing connection between original science and commercial exploitation. C5T2P3 p49

9 bear little (no) relationship to与…无关

eg. Most important of all, the traditional measures of ‘risk’, such as parents’ age and education or whether they were a single parent, bore little or no relationship to the measures of achievement and language development.

10 lead to:

eg. The one factor that was found to affect the child’s development was family stress leading to a poor quality of parent-child interaction.

11 consequently:

eg. An important characteristic is their marked seasonality, with harsh conditions prevailing for many months each year. Consequently, most human activities, including tourism, are limited to quite clearly defined parts of the year. C5T4P1 p86

12 because:

eg. In some hill-regions, this has led to a serious decline in farm output and a change in the local diet, because there is insufficient labour to maintain terraces and irrigation systems and tend to crops. C5T4P1 p86

13 result in:

eg. Local concern about the rising number of second home developments in the Swiss Pays d’Enhaut resulted in limits being imposed on their growth. C5T4P1 p86

14 due to:

eg. Eighty panes of its toughened glass shattered due to inclusions before experts were finally called in. C5T4P2 p90

15 owe to:

eg. The vast expansion in international trade owe s much to a revolution in the business of moving freight. C6T1P2 p22