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剑桥雅思阅读11原文(test2)READING PASSAGE 1You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13, which are based on Reading Passage 1 below.Raising the Mary RoseHow a sixteenth-century warship was recovered from the seabedOn 19 July 1545, English and French fleets were engaged in a sea battle off the coast of southern England in the area of water called the Solent, between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight. Among the English vessels was a warship by the name of Mary Rose. Built in Portsmouth some 35 years earlier, she had had a long and successful fighting career, and was a favourite of King Henry VIII. Accounts of what happened to the ship vary: while witnesses agree that she was not hit by the French, some maintain that she was outdated, overladen and sailing too low in the water, others that she was mishandled by undisciplined crew. What is undisputed, however, is that the Mary Rose sank into the Solent that day, taking at least 500 men with her. After the battle, attempts were made to recover the ship, but these failed.The Mary Rose came to rest on the seabed, lying on her starboard (right) side at an angle of approximately 60 degrees. The hull (the body of the ship) acted as a trap for the sand and mud carried by Solent currents. As a result, the starboard sidefilled rapidly, leaving the exposed port (left) side to be eroded by marine organisms and mechanical degradation. Because of the way the ship sank, nearly all of the starboard half survived intact. During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the entire site became covered with a layer of hard grey clay, which minimised further erosion.Then, on 16 June 1836, some fishermen in the Solent found that their equipment was caught on an underwater obstruction, which turned out to be the Mary Rose. Diver John Deane happened to be exploring another sunken ship nearby, and the fishermen approached him, asking him to free their gear. Deane dived down, and found the equipment caught on a timber protruding slightly from the seabed. Exploring further, he uncovered several other timbers and a bronze gun. Deane continued diving on the site intermittently until 1840, recovering several more guns, two bows, various timbers, part of a pump and various other small finds.The Mary Rose then faded into obscurity for another hundred years. But in 1965, military historian and amateur diver Alexander McKee, in conjunction with the British Sub-Aqua Club, initiated a project called ‘Solent Ships’. While on paper this was a plan to examine a number of known wrecks in the Solent, what McKee really hoped for was to find the Mary Rose. Ordinary search techniques proved unsatisfactory, so McKee entered into collaboration with Harold E. Edgerton, professor of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1967, Edgerton’s side-scan sonar systems revealed a large, unusually shaped object, which McKee believed was the Mary Rose.Further excavations revealed stray pieces of timber and aniron gun. But the climax to the operation came when, on 5 May 1971, part of the ship’s frame was uncovered. McKee and his team now knew for certain that they had found the wreck, but were as yet unaware that it also housed a treasure trove of beautifully preserved artefacts. Interest in the project grew, and in 1979, The Mary Rose Trust was formed, with Prince Charles as its President and Dr Margaret Rule its Archaeological Director. The decision whether or not to salvage the wreck was not an easy one, although an excavation in 1978 had shown that it might be possible to raise the hull. While the original aim was to raise the hull if at all feasible, the operation was not given the go-ahead until January 1982, when all the necessary information was available.An important factor in trying to salvage the Mary Rose was that the remaining hull was an open shell. This led to an important decision being taken: namely to carry out the lifting operation in three very distinct stages. The hull was attached to a lifting frame via a network of bolts and lifting wires. The problem of the hull being sucked back downwards into the mud was overcome by using 12 hydraulic jacks. These raised it a few centimetres over a period of several days, as the lifting frame rose slowly up its four legs. It was only when the hull was hanging freely from the lifting frame, clear of the seabed and the suction effect of the surrounding mud, that the salvage operation progressed to the second stage. In this stage, the lifting frame was fixed to a hook attached to a crane, and the hull was lifted completely clear of the seabed and transferred underwater into the lifting cradle. This required precise positioning to locate the legs into the ‘stabbing guides’ of the lifting cradle. The lifting cradle was designed to fit the hull using archaeological surveydrawings, and was fitted with air bags to provide additional cushioning for the hull’s delicate timber framework. The third and final stage was to lift the entire structure into the air, by which time the hull was also supported from below. Finally, on 11 October 1982, millions of people around the world held their breath as the timber skeleton of the Mary Rose was lifted clear of the water, ready to be returned home to Portsmouth.Questions 1-4Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1?In boxes 1-4 on your answer sheet, writeTRUE if the statement agrees with the informationFALSE if the statement contradicts the informationNOT GIVEN if there is no information on this1 There is some doubt about what caused the Mary Rose to sink.2 The Mary Rose was the only ship to sink in the battle of 19 July 1545.3 Most of one side of the Mary Rose lay undamaged under the sea.4 Alexander McKee knew that the wreck would contain many valuable historical objects.Questions 5-8Look at the following statements (Questions 5-8) and the list of dates below.Match each statement with the correct date, A-G.Write the correct letter, A-G, in boxes 5-8 on your answer sheet.5 A search for the Mary Rose was launched.6 One person’s exploration of the Mary Rose site stopped.7 It was agreed that the hull of the Mary Rose should be raised.8 The site of the Mary Rose was found by chance.List of DatesA 1836 E 1971B 1840 F 1979C 1965 G 1982D 1967Questions 9-13Label the diagram below.Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer.Write your answers in boxes 9-13 on your answer sheet.Raising the hull of the Mary Rose: Stages one and twoREADING PASSAGE 2You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14-26, which are based on Reading Passage 2 on the following pages.Questions 14-20Reading Passage 2 has seven paragraphs, A-G.Choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below.Write the correct number, i-ix, in boxes 14-20 on your answer sheet.List of Headingsi Evidence of innovative environment management practicesii An undisputed answer to a question about the moaiiii The future of the moai statuesiv A theory which supports a local beliefv The future of Easter Islandvi Two opposing views about the Rapanui peoplevii Destruction outside the inhabitants’ controlviii How the statues made a situation worseix Diminishing food resources14 Paragraph A15 Paragraph B16 Paragraph C17 Paragraph D18 Paragraph E19 Paragraph F20 Paragraph GWhat destroyed the civilisation of Easter Island?A Easter Island, or Rapu Nui as it is known locally, is home to several hundred ancient human statues ?— the moai. After this remote Pacific island was settled by the Polynesians, it remained isolated for centuries. All the energy and resources that went into the moai — some of which are ten metres tall and weigh over 7,000 kilos —came from the island itself. Yet when Dutch explorers landed in 1722, they met a Stone Age culture. The moai were carved with stone tools, then transported for many kilometres, without the use of animals or wheels, to massive stone platforms. The identity of the moai builders was in doubt until well into the twentieth century. Thor Heyerdahl, the Norwegian ethnographer and adventurer, thought the statues had been created by pre-lnca peoples from Peru. Bestselling Swiss author Erich von Daniken believed they were built by stranded extraterrestrials. Modern science —linguistic, archaeological and genetic evidence — has definitively proved the moai builders were Polynesians, but not how they moved their creations. Local folklore maintains that the statues walked, while researchers have tended to assume the ancestors draggedthe statues somehow, using ropes and logs.B When the Europeans arrived, Rapa Nui was grassland, with only a few scrawny trees. In the 1970s and 1980s, though, researchers found pollen preserved in lake sediments, which proved the island had been covered in lush palm forests for thousands of years. Only after the Polynesians arrived did those forests disappear. US scientist Jared Diamond believes that the Rapanui people — descendants of Polynesian settlers — wrecked their own environment. They had unfortunately settled on an extremely fragile island —dry, cool, and too remote to be properly fertilised by windblown volcanic ash. When the islanders cleared the forests for firewood and farming, the forests didn’t grow back. As trees became scarce and they could no longer construct wooden canoes for fishing, they ate birds. Soil erosion decreased their crop yields. Before Europeans arrived, the Rapanui had descended into civil war and cannibalism, he maintains. The collapse of their isolated civilisation, Diamond writes, is a ‘worst-case scenario for what may lie ahead of us in our own futu re’.C The moai, he thinks, accelerated the self-destruction. Diamond interprets them as power displays by rival chieftains who, trapped on a remote little island, lacked other ways of asserting their dominance. They competed by building ever bigger figures. Diamond thinks they laid the moai on wooden sledges, hauled over log rails, but that required both a lot of wood and a lot of people. To feed the people, even more land had to be cleared. When the wood was gone and civil war began, the islanders began toppling the moai. By the nineteenth century none were standing.D Archaeologists T erry Hunt of the University of Hawaii andCarl Lipo of California State University agree that Easter Island lost its lush forests and that it was an ‘ecological catastrophe’ —but they believe the islanders themselves weren’t to blame. And the moai certainly weren’t. Archaeological excavations indicate that the Rapanui went to heroic efforts to protect the resources of their wind-lashed, infertile fields. They built thousands of circular stone windbreaks and gardened inside them, and used broken volcanic rocks to keep the soil moist. In short, Hunt and Lipo argue, the prehistoric Rapanui were pioneers of sustainable farming.E Hunt and Lipo contend that moai-building was an activity that helped keep the peace between islanders. They also believe that moving the moai required few people and no wood, because they were walked upright. On that issue, Hunt and Lipo say, archaeological evidence backs up Rapanui folklore. Recent experiments indicate that as few as 18 people could, with three strong ropes and a bit of practice, easily manoeuvre a 1,000 kg moai replica a few hundred metres. The figures’ fat bellies tilted them forward, and a D-shaped base allowed handlers to roll and rock them side to side.F Moreover, Hunt and Lipo are convinced that the settlers were not wholly responsible for the loss of the island’s trees. Archaeological finds of nuts from the extinct Easter Island palm show tiny grooves, made by the teeth of Polynesian rats. The rats arrived along with the settlers, and in just a few years, Hunt and Lipo calculate, they would have overrun the island. They would have prevented the reseeding of the slow-growing palm trees and thereby doomed Rapa Nui’s forest, even withou t the settlers’ campaign of deforestation. No doubt the rats ate birds’ eggs too. Hunt and Lipo also see no evidence that Rapanuicivilisation collapsed when the palm forest did. They think its population grew rapidly and then remained more or less stable until the arrival of the Europeans, who introduced deadly diseases to which islanders had no immunity. Then in the nineteenth century slave traders decimated the population, which shrivelled to 111 people by 1877.G Hunt and Lipo’s vision, therefore, is one of an island populated by peaceful and ingenious moai builders and careful stewards of the land, rather than by reckless destroyers ruining their own environment and society. ‘Rather than a case of abject failure, Rapu Nui is an unlikely story of succe ss’, they claim. Whichever is the case, there are surely some valuable lessons which the world at large can learn from the story of Rapa Nui.Questions 21-24Complete the summary below.Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.Write your answers in boxes 21-24 on your answer sheet.Jared Diamond’s ViewDiamond believes that the Polynesian settlers on Rapa Nui destroyed its forests, cutting down its trees for fuel and clearing land for 21 __________. Twentieth-century discoveries of pollen prove that Rapu Nui had once been covered in palm forests, which had turned into grassland by the time the Europeans arrived on the island. When the islanders were no longer able to build the 22 __________ they needed to go fishing, they began using the island’s 23 __________ as a food source, according to Diamond. Diamond also claims that the moai were built to show the power of the island’s chieftains, and that the methods of transporting the statues needed not only a great number of people, but also a great deal of 24 __________.Questions 25 and 26Choose TWO letters, A-E.Write the correct letters in boxes 25 and 26 on your answer sheet.On what points do Hunt and Lipo disagree with Diamond?A the period when the moai were createdB how the moai were transportedC the impact of the moai on Rapanui societyD how the moai were carvedE the origins of the people who made the moaiREADING PASSAGE 3You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27-40, which are based on Reading Passage 3 below.NeuroaestheticsAn emerging discipline called neuroaesthetics is seeking to bring scientific objectivity to the study of art, and has already given us a better understanding of many masterpieces. The blurred imagery of Impressionist paintings seems to stimulate the brain’s amygdala, for instance. Since the amygdala plays a crucial role in our feelings, that finding might explain why many people find these pieces so moving.Could the same approach also shed light on abstract twentieth-century pieces, from Mondrian’s geometri cal blocks of colour, to Pollock’s seemingly haphazard arrangements of splashed paint on canvas? Sceptics believe that people claim to like such works simply because they are famous. We certainly do have an inclination to follow the crowd. When asked to make simple perceptual decisions such as matching a shape to its rotated image, for example, people often choose a definitively wrong answer if they see others doing the same. It is easy toimagine that this mentality would have even more impact on a fuzzy concept like art appreciation, where there is no right or wrong answer.Angelina Hawley-Dolan, of Boston College, Massachusetts, responded to this debate by asking volunteers to view pairs of paintings — either the creations of famous abstract artists or the doodles of infants, chimps and elephants. They then had to judge which they preferred. A third of the paintings were given no captions, while many were labelled incorrectly —volunteers might think they were viewing a chimp’s messy brushstrokes when they were actually seeing an acclaimed masterpiece. In each set of trials, volunteers generally preferred the work of renowned artists, even when they believed it was by an animal or a child. It seems that the viewer can sense the artist’s vision in paintings, even if they can’t explain why.Robert Pepperell, an artist based at Cardiff University, creates ambiguous works that are neither entirely abstract nor clearly representational. In one study, Pepperell and his collaborators asked volunteers to decide how ‘powerful’ they considered an artwork to be, and whether they saw anything familiar in the piece. The longer they took to answer these questions, the more highly they rated the piece under scrutiny, and the greater their neural activity. It would seem that the brain sees these images as puzzles, and the harder it is to decipher the meaning, the more rewarding is the moment of recognition.And what about artists such as Mondrian, whose paintings consist exclusively of horizontal and vertical lines encasing blocks of colour? Mondrian’s works are deceptively simple, but eye-tracking studies confirm that they are meticulously composed, and that simply rotating a piece radically changes the way weview it. With the originals, volunteers’ eyes tended to stay longer on certain places in the image, but with the altered versions they would flit across a piece more rapidly. As a result, the volunteers considered the altered versions less pleasurable when they later rated the work.In a similar study, Oshin Vartanian of Toronto University asked volunteers to compare original paintings with ones which he had altered by moving objects around within the frame. He found that almost everyone preferred the original, whether it was a Van Gogh still life or an abstract by Miro. Vartanian also found that changing the composition of the paintings reduced activation in those brain areas linked with meaning and interpretation.In another experiment, Alex Forsythe of the University of Liverpool analysed the visual intricacy of different pieces of art, and her results suggest that many artists use a key level of detail to please the brain. Too little and the work is boring, but too much results in a kind of ‘perceptual overload’; according to Forsythe. What’s more, appealing pieces both abstract and representational, show signs of ‘fractals’ —repeated motifs recurring in different scales. Fractals are common throughout nature, for example in the shapes of mountain peaks or the branches of trees. It is possible that our visual system, which evolved in the great outdoors, finds it easier to process such patterns.It is also intriguing that the brain appears to process movement when we see a handwritten letter, as if we are replaying the writer’s moment of creation. This has led some to won der whether Pollock’s works feel so dynamic because the brain reconstructs the energetic actions the artist used as hepainted. This may be down to our brain’s ‘mirror neurons’, which are known to mimic others’ actions. The hypothesis will need to be thoroughly tested, however. It might even be the case that we could use neuroaesthetic studies to understand the longevity of some pieces of artwork. While the fashions of the time might shape what is currently popular, works that are best adapted to our visual system may be the most likely to linger once the trends of previous generations have been forgotten.It’s still early days for the field of neuroaesthetics — and these studies are probably only a taste of what is to come. It would, however, be foolish to reduce art appreciation to a set of scientific laws. We shouldn’t underestimate the importance of the style of a particular artist, their place in history and the artistic environment of their time. Abstract art offers both a challenge and the freedom to play with different interpretations. In some ways, it’s not so different to science, where we are constantly looking for systems and decoding meaning so that we can view and appreciate the world in a new way.Questions 27-30Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.Write the correct letter in boxes 27-30 on your answer sheet.27 In the second paragraph, the writer refers to a shape-matching test in order to illustrateA the subjective nature of art appreciation.B the reliance of modern art on abstract forms.C our tendency to be influenced by the opinions of others.D a common problem encountered when processing visual data.28 Angelina Hawley-Dolan’s findings indicate that peopleA mostly favour works of art which they know well.B hold fixed ideas about what makes a good work of art.C are often misled by their initial expectations of a work of art.D have the ability to perceive the intention behind works of art.29 Results of studies involving Robert Pepperell’s pieces suggest that peopleA can appreciate a painting without fully understanding it.B find it satisfying to work out what a painting represents.C vary widely in the time they spend looking at paintings.D generally prefer representational art to abstract art.30 What do the experiments described in the fifth paragraph suggest about the paintings of Mondrian?A They are more carefully put together than they appear.B They can be interpreted in a number of different ways.C They challenge our assumptions about shape and colour.D They are easier to appreciate than many other abstract works.Questions 31-33Complete the summary using the list of words, A-H, below.Write the correct letters, A-H, in boxes 31-33 on your answer sheet.Art and the BrainThe discipline of neuroaesthetics aims to bring scientific objectivity to the study of art. Neurological studies of the brain, for example, demonstrate the impact which Impressionist paintings have on our 31 __________. Alex Forsythe of the University of Liverpool believes many artists give their works the precise degree of 32 __________ which most appeals to the viewer’s brain. She also observes that pleasing works of artoften contain certain repeated 33 __________ which occur frequently in the natural world.A interpretationB complexityC emotionsD movementsE skillF layoutG concern H imagesQuestions 34-39Do the following statements agree with the views of the writer in Reading Passage 3?In boxes 34-39 on your answer sheet, writeYES if the statement agrees with the views of the writerNO if the statement contradicts the views of the writerNOT GIVEN if there is no information on this34 Forsythe’s findings contradicted previous beliefs on the function of ‘fractals’ in art.35 Certain ideas regarding the link between ‘mirror neurons’ and art appr eciation require further verification.36 People’s taste in paintings depends entirely on the current artistic trends of the period.37 Scientists should seek to define the precise rules which govern people’s reactions to works of art.38 Art appreciation should always involve taking into consideration the cultural context in which an artist worked.39 It is easier to find meaning in the field of science than in that of art.Question 40Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.Write the correct letter in box 40 on your answer sheet.40 What would be the most appropriate subtitle for the article?A Some scientific insights into how the brain responds toabstract artB Recent studies focusing on the neural activity of abstract artistsC A comparison of the neurological bases of abstract and representational artD How brain research has altered public opinion about abstract art剑桥雅思阅读11原文参考译文(test2)PASSAGE 1 参考译文：打捞玛丽玫瑰号船记一艘16世纪的战舰是如何从海底被打捞的索伦特水域地处英国南部海岸，位于朴茨茅斯和怀特岛之间，1545年7月19日，英国与法国舰队在这里展开了一场海战。
雅思剑桥11听力Test2Section 3真题解析
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雅思剑桥11听力Test2解析Section 3Question 21答案：A定位原文：scripts:COLIN: I just put something about getting experience of the different sorts of procedures used on a field trip. But we need something about what causes different organisms to choose particular habitats.HELEN: I agree. And something about finding out how to protect organisms in danger of dying out?解题思路：本题通过aim进行定位，听到need something…之后，选项A符合，但是选项B 可能会造成干扰，但是随即被否定，but we weren‘t really looking at that。
Question 22答案：A定位原文：scripts:COLIN: It was something about measuring the slope of the shore, but of course we didn't need it because we were measuring wind direction, and we'd brought the compass for that... HELEN: But not the piece of string to hold up in the air! Didn‘t Mr. Blake make a fuss about us leaving that behind.解题思路：题目问的是忘记带的东西是什么，ruler被提及，但是未表示是否携带，仅仅说明用途，compass说了已经携带。
剑桥雅思11 听力 Test3 Section2真题解析
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Question 14答案：A定位原文：scripts:Turning now to medical facilities, the town is served by family doctors in several medical practices - fewer than 50 years ago, but each catering for far more patients. Our hospital closed 15 years ago, which means journeys to other towns are unavoidable.解题思路：medical facilities 进行定位，后面直接听到our hospital closed 15 years ago 对应A 选项，B选项未被提及，C选项与原文内容相反。
Question 15答案：C定位原文：scripts:On the other hand, there are more dentists than there used to be. Employment patterns have changed, along with almost everything else. The number of schools and colleges has increased, making that the main employment sector. Services, such as website design and accountancy, have grown in importance, and surprisingly, perhaps, manufacturing hasn't seen the decline that has affected it in other parts of the country.Now I'll very quickly outline current plans for some of the town's facilities, before asking for your comments.解题思路：利用employed 定位听力原文，说到了，学校的数量在增加，成为了主要的就业区，当然选C。
剑桥雅思11Test3 阅读 Passage 2答案解析
雅思为各位考生推荐复习材料-剑桥雅思11Test3阅读 Passage 2答案解析，需要本单元其他相关解析的考生，请点击：剑11雅思阅读Test3Passage1原文+题目+答案解析；剑桥雅思11Test3阅读Passage3答案解析。
Test 3 Passage 2Question 14答案: False关键词: local gulls, arctic terns, food定位原文: 第2段前两句“An arctic tern, on its 20,000 km flight…”解题思路: local gulls 会为了herring 这样的 handouts 而 voraciously 俯冲下来，然而arctic tern却会继续飞行，显然二者在面对食物时表现得并不一样。
不考虑有可能很不多不认识的单词，但看while这个提示词又明确强化了是不一样的，与题干信息相悖。
Question 15答案: True关键词: expert's definitions, vary, area of study定位原文: 第3段第1句“But migration is a complex…”迁徙是个复杂的问题，生物学家依据研究的动物不同对定义也各不相同。
解题思路: 只需按照“专家的定义”找到原文中的相应描述即可，答案与题目“专家们对于迁徙的定义往往会根据他们的研究领域而各有不同”为同义表达。
Question 16答案： Not Given关键词： very few experts agree, movement of aphids定位原文：第4段前两句“But daily vertical movements by…”解题思路: 本题具有一定的迷惑性。
“蚜虫移动”这个信息不难定位，原文也以事实陈述的口吻指出：浮游生物和蚜虫的移动确实可以被视为某种形式的迁徙。
但此题是一道典型的“将事实与观点相混淆”思路的判断题，题干说“基本没有什么专家认同这个看法”，是明确的“专家观点表达”，与原文的“事实陈述”既不能说是矛盾，也不能说是一致，而是Not Given。
2011考研英语二真题及答案解析[完整版]
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The outbreak of swine flu that was first detected in Mexico was declared a global epidemic on June 11, 2009. It is the first worldwide epidemic_____1_____ by the World Health Organization in 41 years.The heightened alert _____2_____an emergency meeting with flu experts in Geneva that convened after a sharp rise in cases in Australia, and rising_____3_____in Britain, Japan, Chile and elsewhere.But the epidemic is "_____4_____" in severity, according to Margaret Chan, the organization's director general, _____5_____ the overwhelming majority of patients experiencing only mild symptoms and a full recovery, often in the _____6_____ of any medical treatment.The outbreak came to global_____7_____in late April 2009, when Mexican authorities noticed an unusually large number of hospitalizations and deaths_____8_____healthy adults. As much of Mexico City shut down at the height of a panic, cases began to _____9_____in New York City, the southwestern United States and around the world.In the United States, new cases seemed to fade_____10_____warmer weather arrived. But in late September 2009, officials reported there was _____11_____flu activity in almost every state and that virtually all the_____12_____tested are the new swine flu, also known as <A> H1N1, not seasonal flu. In the U.S., it has_____13_____more than one million people, and caused more than 600 deaths and more than 6,000 hospitalizations.Federal health officials_____14_____Tamiflu for children from the national stockpile and began_____15_____orders from the states for the new swine flu vaccine. The new vaccine, which is different from the annual flu vaccine, is ____16_____ ahead of expectations. More than three million doses were to be made available in early October 2009, though most of those _____17_____doses were of the FluMist nasal spray type, which is not_____18_____for pregnant women, people over 50 or those with breathing difficulties, heart disease or several other _____19_____. But it was still possible to vaccinate people in other high-risk group: health care workers, people _____20_____infants and healthy young people.1 [A] criticized [B] appointed [C]commented[D] designated2 [A] proceeded[B] activated [C] followed[D] prompted3 [A] digits [B] numbers [C] amounts[D] sums4 [A] moderate[B] normal[C] unusual [D] extreme5 [A] with[B] in[C] from [D] by6 [A] progress[B] absence [C]presence[D] favor7 [A]reality [B] phenomenon [C] concept [D]notice8. [A]over[B] for [C] among [D] to9 [A] stay up[B] crop up [C] fill up [D]cover up10 [A] as [B]if [C] unless [D]until11 [A]excessive [B] enormous[C] significant[D]magnificent12 [A]categories [B] examples [C] patterns[D] samples13 [A] imparted [B] immerse [C] injected[D] infected14 [A] released [B] relayed [C] relieved[D] remained15 [A] placing [B] delivering [C] taking[D] giving16 [A] feasible [B] available[C] reliable[D] applicable17 [A] prevalent[B] principal[C] innovative[D] initial18 [A] presented[B] restricted [C] recommended[D] introduced19 [A]problems [B] issues [C] agonies[D] sufferings20 [A]involved in [B] caring for[C] concerned with[D] warding offSection Ⅱ Reading comprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four passages. Answer the questions below each passage by choosing A, B, C and D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. <40 points>Text1The longest bull run in a century of art-market history ended on a dramatic note with a sale of 56 works by Damien Hirst, "Beautiful Inside My Head Forever",at Sotheby’s in London on September 15th 2008. All but two pieces sold, fetching more than ￡70m, a record for a sale by a single artist. It was a last victory. As the auctioneer called out bids, in New York one of the oldest banks on Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, filed for bankruptcy.The world art market had already been losing momentum for a while after rising bewilderingly since 2003. At its peak in 2007 it was worth some $65 billion, reckons Clare McAndrew, founder of Arts Economics, a research firm—double the figure five years earlier. Since then it may have come down to $50 billion. But the market generates interest far beyond its size because it brings together great wealth, enormous egos, greed, passion and controversy in a way matched by few other industries.In the weeks and months that followed Mr Hirst’s sale, spending of any sort became deeply unfashionable, especially in New York, where the bail-out of the banks coincided with the loss of thousands of jobs and the financial demise of many art-buying investors. In the art world that meant collectors stayed away from galleries and salerooms. Sales of contemporary art fell by two-thirds, and in the most overheated sector—for Chinese contemporary art—they were down by nearly 90% in the year to November 2008. Within weeks the world’s two biggest auction houses, Sotheby’s and Christie’s, had to pay out nearly $200m in guarantees to clients who had placed works for sale with them.The current downturn in the art market is the worst since the Japanese stopped buying Impressionists at the end of 1989, a move that started the most serious contraction in the market since the Second World War. This time experts reckon that prices are about 40% down on their peak on average, though some have been far more fluctuant. But Edward Dolman, Christie’s chief executive, says: "I’m pretty confident we’re at the bottom."What makes this slump different from the last, he says, is that there are still buyers in the market, whereas in the early 1990s, wh en interest rates were high, there was no demand even though many collectors wanted to sell. Christie’s revenues in the first half of 2009 were still higher than in the first half of 2006. Almost everyone who was interviewed for this special report said that the biggest problem at the moment is not a lack of demand but a lack of good work to sell. The three Ds—death, debt and divorce—still deliver works of art to the market. But anyone who does not have to sell is keeping away, waiting for confidence to return.21.In the first paragraph, Damien Hirst's sale was referred to as "a last victory"because ____.A.the art market hadwitnessed a succession of victoriesB.the auctioneer finally got the two pieces at the highest bidsC.Beautiful Inside My Head Forever won over all masterpiecesD.it was successfully made just before the world financial crisis22.By saying "spending of any sort became deeply unfashionable"<Line 1-2,Para.3>,the author suggests that_____.A. collectors were no longer actively involved in art-market auctionsB .people stopped every kind of spending and stayed away from galleriesC.art collection as a fashion had lost its appeal to a great extentD .works of art in general had gone out of fashion so they were not worth buying23. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A .Sales of contemporary art fell dramatically from 2007to 2008.B.The art market surpassed many other industries in momentum.C.The market generally went downward in various ways.D.Some art dealers were awaiting better chances to come.24.The three Ds mentioned in the last paragraph are ____A.auction houses ' favoritesB.contemporary trendsC.factors promoting artwork circulationD.styles representing impressionists25.The most appropriate title for this text could be ___A.Fluctuation of Art PricesB.Up-to-date Art AuctionsC.Art Market in DeclineD.Shifted Interest in ArtsI was addressing a small gathering in a suburban Virginia living room—a women's group that had invited men to join them. Throughout the evening one man had been particularly talkative, frequently offering ideas and anecdotes, while his wife sat silently beside him on the couch. Toward the end of the evening I commented that women frequently complain that their husbands don't talk to them. This man quickly nodded in agreement. He gestured toward his wife and said, "She's the talker in our family." The room burst into laughter; the man looked puzzled and hurt. "It's true," he explained. "When I come home from work, I have nothing to say. If she didn't keep the conversation going, we'd spend the whole evening in silence."This episode crystallizes the irony that although American men tend to talk more than women in public situations, they often talk less at home. And this pattern is wreaking havoc with marriage.The pattern was observed by political scientist Andrew Hacker in the late 1970s. Sociologist Catherine Kohler Riessman reports in her new book "Divorce Talk" that most of the women she interviewed—but only a few of the men—gave lack of communication as the reason for their divorces. Given the current divorce rate of nearly 50 percent,that amounts to millions of cases in the United States every year —a virtual epidemic of failed conversation.In my own research complaints from women about their husbands most often focused not on tangible inequities such as having given up the chance for a career to accompany a husband to his or doing far more than their share of daily life-support work like cleaning, cooking, social arrangements and errands. Instead they focused on communication: "He doesn't listen to me." "He doesn't talk to me." I found as Hacker observed years before that most wives want their husbands to be first and foremost conversational partners but few husbands share this expectation of their wives.In short the image that best represents the current crisis is the stereotypical cartoon scene of a man sitting at the breakfast table with a newspaper held up in front of his face, while a woman glares at the back of it, wanting to talk.26.What is most wives' main expectation of their husbands?A.Talking to them.B.Trusting them.C.Supporting their careers.D. Sharing housework.27.Judging from the context, the phrase "wreaking havoc"<Line 3,Para.2>most probably means ___ .A. generating motivation.B.exerting influenceC.causing damageD. creating pressure28.All of the following are true EXCEPT_______A.men tend to talk more in public than womenB.nearly 50percent of recent divorces are caused by failed conversationC.women attach much importance to communication between couplesD. a female tends to be more talkative at home than her spouse29.Which of the following can best summarize the main idea of this text?A.The moral decaying deserves more research by sociologists.B.Marriage break-up stems from sex inequalities.C.Husband and wife have different expectations from their marriage.D.Conversational patterns between man and wife are different.30.In the following part immediately after this text,the author will most probably focuson ______A.a vivid account of the new book Divorce TalkB.a detailed description of the stereotypical cartoonC.other possible reasons for a high divorce rate in the U.S.D. a brief introduction to the political scientist Andrew Hacker Text3Over the past decade, many companies had perfected the art of creating automatic behaviors — habits — among consumers. These habits have helped companies earn billions of dollars when customers eat snacks, apply lotions and wipe counters almost without thinking, often in response to a carefully designed set of daily cues."There are fundamental public health problems, like dirty hands instead of a soap habit, that remain killers only because we can’t figure out how to change people’s habits," Dr. Curtis said. "We wanted to learn from private industry how to create new behaviors that happen automatically."The companies that Dr. Curtis turned to — Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive and Unilever — had invested hundreds of mil lions of dollars finding the subtle cues in consumers’ lives that corporations could use to introduce new routines.If you look hard enough, you’ll find that many of the products we use every day — chewing gums, skin moisturizers, disinfecting wipes, air fresheners, water purifiers, health snacks, antiperspirants, colognes, teeth whiteners, fabric softeners, vitamins— are results of manufactured habits. A century ago, few people regularly brushed their teeth multiple times a day. Today, because of canny advertising and public health campaigns, many Americans habitually give their pearly whites a cavity-preventing scrub twice a day, often with Colgate, Crest or one of the other brands.A few decades ago, many people didn’t drink water outside of a meal. Then beverage companies started bottling the production of far-off springs,and now office workers unthinkingly sip bottled water all day long. Chewing gum, once bought primarily by adolescent boys, is now featured in commercials as a breath freshener and teeth cleanser for use after a meal. Skin moisturizers are advertised as part of morning beauty rituals,slipped in between hair brushing and putting on makeup."Our products succeed when they become part of daily or weekly patterns," said Carol Berning, a consumer psychologist who recently retired from Procter & Gamble, the company that sold $76 billion of Tide, Crest and other products last year. "Creating positive habits is a huge part of improving our consumers’ lives, and it’s essential to making new produc ts commercially viable."Through experiments and observation, social scientists like Dr. Berning have learned that there is power in tying certain behaviors to habitual cues through relentless advertising. As this new science of habit has emerged, controversies have erupted when the tactics have been used to sell questionable beauty creams or unhealthy foods.31.According to Dr.Curtis,habits like hand washing with soap________.[A] should be further cultivated[B] should be changed graduallyCare deeply rooted in historyD are basically private concerns32.Bottled water,chewing gun and skin moisturizers are mentioned in Paragraph 5 so as to____[A] reveal their impact on people’s habits[B] show the urgent need of daily necessities[C]indicate their ef fect on people’s buying power[D]manifest the significant role of good habits33. Which of the following does NOT belong to products that help create people’s habits?[A]Tide[B]Crest[C]Colgate[D]Unilever34.From the text weknow that some of consum er’s habits are developed due to _____[A]perfected art of products[B]automatic behavior creation[C]commercial promotions[D]scientific experiments35. T he author’sattitude toward the influence of advertisement on people’s habits is____[A]indifferent[B]negative[C]positive[D]biasedText4Many Americans regard the jury system as a concrete expression of crucial democratic values, including the principles that all citizens who meet minimal qualifications of age and literacy are equally competent to serve on juries; that jurors should be selected randomly from a representative cross section of the community; that no citizen should be denied the right to serve on a jury on account of race, religion, sex, or national origin; that defendants are entitled to trial by their peers; and that verdicts should represent the conscience of the community and not just the letter of the law. The jury is also said to be the best surviving example of direct rather than representative democracy. In a direct democracy, citizens take turns governing themselves, ratherthan electing representatives to govern for them.But as recently as in 1986, jury selection procedures conflicted with these democratic ideals. In some states, for example, jury duty was limited to persons of supposedly superior intelligence, education, and moral character. Although the Supreme Court of the United States had prohibited intentional racial discrimination in jury selection as early as the 1880 case of Strauder v. West Virginia,the practice of selecting so-called elite or blue-ribbon juries provided a convenient way around this and other antidiscrimination laws.The system also failed to regularly include women on juries until the mid-20th century. Although women first served on state juries in Utah in 1898,it was not until the 1940s that a majority of states made women eligible for jury duty. Even then several states automatically exempted women from jury duty unless they personally asked to have their names included on the jury list. This practice was justified by the claim that women were needed at home, and it kept juries unrepresentative of women through the 1960s.In 1968, the Congress of the United States passed the Jury Selection and Service Act, ushering in a new era of democratic reforms for the jury.This law abolished special educational requirements for federal jurors and required them to be selected at random from a cross section of the entire community. In the landmark 1975 decision Taylor vs. Louisiana, the Supreme Court extended the requirement that juries be representative of all parts of the community to the state level. The Taylor decision also declared sex discrimination in jury selection to be unconstitutional and ordered states to use the same procedures for selecting male and female jurors.36.From the principles of theUS jury system,welearn that ______[A]both liberate and illiterate people can serve on juries[B]defendants are immune from trial by their peers[C]no age limit should be imposed for jury service[D]judgment should consider the opinion of the public37.The practice of selecting so-called elite jurors prior to 1968 showed_____[A]the inadequacy of antidiscrimination laws[B]the prevalent discrimination against certain races[C]the conflicting ideals in jury selection procedures[D]the arrogancecommon among the Supreme Court justices38.Even in the 1960s,women were seldom on the jury list in some states because_____[A]they were automatically banned by state laws[B]they fell far short of the required qualifications[C]they were supposed to perform domestic duties[D]they tended to evade public engagement39.After the Jury Selection and Service Act was passed.___[A]sex discrimination in jury selection was unconstitutional and had to be abolished[B]educational requirements became less rigid in the selection of federal jurors[C]jurors at the state level ought to be representative of the entire community[D]states ought to conform to the federal court in reforming the jury system40. In discussing the US jury system,the text centers on_______[A]its nature and problems[B]its characteristics and tradition[C]its problems and their solutions[D]its tradition and development46.Directions:In this section there is a text in English .Translate it into Chinese. Write your translation on ANSWERSHEET2.<15points>"Suatainability" has become apopular word these days, but to Ted Ning, the concept will always have personal meaning. Having endured apainful period of unsustainability in his own life made itclear to him thatsustainability-oriented values must be expressed though everyday action and choice。
剑桥雅思11TEST 3阅读 PASSAGE 2 参考译文：大迁徙
雅思为各位考生推荐复习材料-剑桥雅思11TEST 3阅读 PASSAGE 2 参考译文：大迁徙,相应的解析，请点击：剑桥雅思11Test3 阅读 Passage 2答案解析。
TEST 3 PASSAGE 2 参考译文：大迁徙动物迁徒，无论如何下定义，都远不只是动物群的移动而已。
它可以大致被描述为按照规律的间隔(通常是以年度为循环周期)来进行的旅行，可能会涉及一个种群的许多成员，而且仅仅是在完成了长途跋涉之后才能获得回报。
这种行为显示出了遗传的本能。
生物学家Hugh Dingle总结出了五条在不同程度上或以不同组合方式，适用于所有迁徙行为的特点。
迁徙是旷日持久的长距离运动，将动物们带离熟悉的栖息地;它们往往是沿直线进行，而不是曲折迂回的;它们牵涉到一些与行前准备(例如超量进食)和到达有关的特殊行为;它们需要进行特殊的能量分配。
并且还有一样：迁徙中的动物有着一种对更远大使命的格外专注，这使它们不会被任何诱惑转移了注意力，也不会因为任何会让其他动物望而却步的挑战而裹步不前。
一只北极燕鸥，在它从南美洲的最南端飞向北极圈的20,000公里途中，对于一个观鸟者从小船上提供给它的一条散发浓烈气味的美味鲱鱼将会毫不在意。
本地海鸥将会贪婪地俯冲下来争食这般馈赠，而燕鸥却会继续向前飞去。
为什么?北极燕鸥之所以抗拒了这一分神因素，是因为那时那刻它被一种本能感觉所驱动着，我们人类发现这种感觉十分令人钦佩：它叫做“更远大的目标”。
换言之，它下定决心一定要到达它的目的地。
这只鸟感觉到它可以稍后再进食、休息和交配。
当前它的注意力完全集中在旅程本身上;它的绝对唯一目的就是抵达目的地。
去到北极的某个沙砾遍地的海岸，其他北极燕鸥都集结在了那里，这将让它达成那个由进化所塑造出来的更远大目标：找到某个地点、某个时间和一系列环境条件，它可以在其间成功地孵化和养育后代。
然而迁徙是个极其复杂的事件，而生物学家们对它的定义也各有不同，在某种程度上要取决于他们研究的是何种动物。
剑桥雅思11TEST 3阅读 PASSAGE 3 参考译文：《另外那半边如何思考：数学推理探险》前言
雅思为各位考生推荐复习材料-剑桥雅思11TEST 3阅读 PASSAGE 3 参考译文：《另外那半边如何思考：数学推理探险》前言,相应的解析，请点击：剑桥雅思11TEST 3阅读 PASSAGE 3 真题解析。
TEST 3 PASSAGE 3 参考译文：《另外那半边如何思考：数学推理探险》前言A 偶尔，在一些难于演绎的复杂乐章中，会有一些美妙但却容易上手的部分——这些部分如此简单，即使一个初学者也可以演奏它们。
数学里也有这样的情况。
高等数学中有一些发现并不仰仗专业的知识，甚至并不依赖代数、几何或三角函数。
正相反，它们可能最多只涉及一点点算术知识，比如“两个奇数之和为偶数”，再加上常识即可。
这本书八个章节中的每一章都能证明这一现象。
任何人都能理解这种推理过程中的每一个步骤。
每一章里的思维过程都最多只用到基本算术，有时候甚至连那个也用不上。
这样一来所有的读者都将有机会参与一场数学的体验，体会数学的美妙，并逐渐熟悉它那富有逻辑性的然而也是发乎直觉的思考风格。
B 我写这本书的目的之一，就是为那些到目前为止还从未有机会看到和欣赏什么才是真正数学的读者提供一个机会，借此玩味数学的思考方式。
我希望展示给读者的，不仅仅是一些引人入胜的发现，而且更重要的还是这些发现背后的思考推理行为。
从以上角度来说，这本书不同于大多数为大众写就的关于数学的书籍。
一些书描绘了某些数学家丰富多彩的人生。
另一些叙述了数学的重大用途。
还有一些虽则深入讲解了数学推演过程，但却假定读者必定在代数运用方面相当娴熟。
C 我希望这本书将能有助于架起一座桥梁，跨越那道臭名昭著的裂隙，从而沟通两种文化：人文与科学，或者我也许应该将之称为右脑(直觉性的)与左脑(分析性的，数字性的)。
正如以下书中章节将会展示的那样，数学并不仅仅局限于分析性和数字性;直觉扮演了一个重要角色。
那道所谓的鸿沟可以被任何人缩短或完全弥合，部分原因在于我们中的每个人都还远没有充分运用大脑任何一侧的全部能力。
剑桥雅思阅读11真题及答案解析（test3）
剑桥雅思阅读11真题及答案解析(test3)雅思阅读部分一直都是中国考生比较重视的题目，并且也是很有难度的题目，针对于雅思阅读真题资料也是大家需要重点分析的。
今天小编就给大家带来了关于剑桥雅思阅读11原文参考译文以及答案(test3)的内容，一起来分析一下吧。
剑桥雅思阅读11原文(test3)READING PASSAGE 1You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13, which are based on Reading Passage 1 below.THE STORY OF SILKThe history of the world’s most luxurious fabric, from ancient China to the present daySilk is a fine, smooth material produced from the cocoons —soft protective shells —that are made by mulberry silkworms (insect larvae). Legend has it that it was Lei Tzu, wife of the Yellow Emperor, ruler of China in about 3000 BC, who discovered silkworms. One account of the story goes that as she was taking a walk in her husband’s gardens, she discovered that silkworms were responsible for the destruction of several mulberry trees. She collected a number of cocoons and sat down to have a rest. It just so happened that while she was sipping some tea, one of the cocoons that she had collected landed in the hot tea and started to unravel into a fine thread. Lei Tzu found that she could wind this thread around her fingers. Subsequently, she persuaded her husband to allow her to rear silkworms on a grove of mulberry trees. She also devised a special reel to draw the fibres from the cocoon into a single thread so that they would be strong enough to be woven into fabric. While it is unknown just how much of this is true, it is certainly known that silk cultivationhas existed in China for several millennia.Originally, silkworm farming was solely restricted to women, and it was they who were responsible for the growing, harvesting and weaving. Silk quickly grew into a symbol of status, and originally, only royalty were entitled to have clothes made of silk. The rules were gradually relaxed over the years until finally during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911 AD), even peasants, the lowest caste, were also entitled to wear silk. Sometime during the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD), silk was so prized that it was also used as a unit of currency. Government officials were paid their salary in silk, and farmers paid their taxes in grain and silk. Silk was also used as diplomatic gifts by the emperor. Fishing lines, bowstrings, musical instruments and paper were all made using silk. The earliest indication of silk paper being used was discovered in the tomb of a noble who is estimated to have died around 168 AD.Demand for this exotic fabric eventually created the lucrative trade route now known as the Silk Road, taking silk westward and bringing gold, silver and wool to the East. It was named the Silk Road after its most precious commodity, which was considered to be worth more than gold. The Silk Road stretched over 6,000 kilometres from Eastern China to the Mediterranean Sea, following the Great Wall of China, climbing the Pamir mountain range, crossing modern-day Afghanistan and going on to the Middle East, with a major trading market in Damascus. From there, the merchandise was shipped across the Mediterranean Sea. Few merchants travelled the entire route; goods were handled mostly by a series of middlemen.With the mulberry silkworm being native to China, the country was the world’s sole producer of silk for many hundreds of years. The secret of silk-making eventually reached the rest ofthe world via the Byzantine Empire, which ruled over the Mediterranean region of southern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East during the period 330-1453 AD. According to another legend, monks working for the Byzantine emperor Justinian smuggled silkworm eggs to Constantinople (Istanbul in modern-day Turkey) in 550 AD, concealed inside hollow bamboo walking canes. The Byzantines were as secretive as the Chinese, however, and for many centuries the weaving and trading of silk fabric was a strict imperial monopoly. Then in the seventh century, the Arabs conquered Persia, capturing their magnificent silks in the process. Silk production thus spread through Africa, Sicily and Spain as the Arabs swept through these lands. Andalusia in southern Spain was Europe’s main silk-producing centre in the tenth century. By the thirteenth century, however, Italy had become Europe’s leader in silk production and export. Venetian merchants traded extensively in silk and encouraged silk growers to settle in Italy. Even now, silk processed in the province of Como in northern Italy enjoys an esteemed reputation.The nineteenth century and industrialisation saw the downfall of the European silk industry. Cheaper Japanese silk, trade in which was greatly facilitated by the opening of the Suez Canal, was one of the many factors driving the trend. Then in the twentieth century, new manmade fibres, such as nylon, started to be used in what had traditionally been silk products, such as stockings and parachutes. The two world wars, which interrupted the supply of raw material from Japan, also stifled the European silk industry. After the Second World War, Japan’s silk production was restored, with improved production and quality of raw silk. Japan was to remain the world’s biggest producer of raw silk, and practically the only major exporter of raw silk, untilthe 1970s. However, in more recent decades, China has gradually recaptured its position as the world’s biggest producer and exporter of raw silk and silk yarn. Today, around 125,000 metric tons of silk are produced in the world, and almost two thirds of that production takes place in China.Questions 1-9Complete the notes below.Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.Write your answers in boxes 1-9 on your answer sheet.THE STORY OF SILKEarly silk production in ChinaAround 3000 BC, according to legend:- silkworm cocoon fell into emperor’s wife’s 1 __________- emperor’s wife invented a 2 __________ to pull out silk fibresOnly 3 __________ were allowed to produce silkOnly 4 __________ were allowed to wear silkSilk used as a form of 5 __________- e.g. farmers’ taxes consisted partly of silkSilk used for many purposes- e.g. evidence found of 6 __________ made from silk around 168 ADSilk reaches rest of worldMerchants use Silk Road to take silk westward and bring back 7 __________ and precious metals550 AD: 8 __________ hide silkworm eggs in canes and take them to ConstantinopleSilk production spreads across Middle East and Europe20th century: 9 __________ and other manmade fibres cause decline in silk productionQuestions 10-13Do the following statements agree with the information in Reading Passage 1?In boxes 10-13 on your answer sheet, writeTRUE if the statement agrees with the informationFALSE if the statement contradicts the informationNOT GIVEN if there is no information on this10 Gold was the most valuable material transported along the Silk Road.11 Most tradesmen only went along certain sections of the Silk Road.12 The Byzantines spread the practice of silk production across the West.13 Silk yarn makes up the majority of silk currently exported from China.READING PASSAGE 2You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14-26, which are based on Reading Passage 2 below.Great MigrationsAnimal migration, however it is defined, is far more than just the movement of animals. It can loosely be described as travel that takes place at regular intervals ?— often in an annual cycle — that may involve many members of a species, and is rewarded only after a long journey. It suggests inherited instinct. The biologist Hugh Dingle has identified five characteristics that apply, in varying degrees and combinations, to all migrations. They are prolonged movements that carry animals outside familiar habitats; they tend to be linear, not zigzaggy; they involve special behaviours concerning preparation (such as overfeeding) and arrival; they demand special allocations of energy. And onemore: migrating animals maintain an intense attentiveness to the greater mission, which keeps them undistracted by temptations and undeterred by challenges that would turn other animals aside.An arctic tern, on its 20,000 km flight from the extreme south of South America to the Arctic circle, will take no notice of a nice smelly herring offered from a bird-watcher’s boat along the way. While local gulls will dive voraciously for such handouts, the tern flies on. Why? The arctic tern resists distraction because it is driven at that moment by an instinctive sense of something we humans find admirable: larger purpose. In other words, it is determined to reach its destination. The bird senses that it can eat, rest and mate later. Right now it is totally focused on the journey; its undivided intent is arrival.Reaching some gravelly coastline in the Arctic, upon which other arctic terns have converged, will serve its larger purpose as shaped by evolution: finding a place, a time, and a set of circumstances in which it can successfully hatch and rear offspring.But migration is a complex issue, and biologists define it differently, depending in part on what sorts of animals they study. Joe! Berger, of the University of Montana, who works on the American pronghorn and other large terrestrial mammals, prefers what he calls a simple, practical definition suited to his beasts: ‘movements from a seasonal home area away to another home area and back again’. Generally the reason for such seasonal back-and-forth movement is to seek resources that aren’t available within a single area year-round.But daily vertical movements by zooplankton in the ocean —upward by night to seek food, downward by day to escapepredators —can also be considered migration. So can the movement of aphids when, having depleted the young leaves on one food plant, their offspring then fly onward to a different host plant, with no one aphid ever returning to where it started.Dingle is an evolutionary biologist who studies insects. His definition is more intricate than Berger’s, citing those five features that distinguish migration from other forms of movement. They allow for the fact that, for example, aphids will become sensitive to blue light (from the sky) when it’s time for takeoff on their big journey, and sensitive to yellow light (reflected from tender young leaves) when it’s appropriate to land. Birds will fatten themselves with heavy feeding in advance of a long migrational flight. The value of his definition, Dingle argues, is that it focuses attention on what the phenomenon of wildebeest migration shares with the phenomenon of the aphids, and therefore helps guide researchers towards understanding how evolution has produced them all.Human behaviour, however, is having a detrimental impact on animal migration. The pronghorn, which resembles an antelope, though they are unrelated, is the fastest land mammal of the New World. One population, which spends the summer in the mountainous Grand Teton National Park of the western USA, follows a narrow route from its summer range in the mountains, across a river, and down onto the plains. Here they wait out the frozen months, feeding mainly on sagebrush blown clear of snow. These pronghorn are notable for the invariance of their migration route and the severity of its constriction at three bottlenecks. If they can’t pass through each of the three during their spring migration, they can’t reach their bounty of summer grazing; if they can’t pass through again in autumn, escaping south ontothose windblown plains, they are likely to die trying to overwinter in the deep snow. Pronghorn, dependent on distance vision and speed to keep safe from predators, traverse high, open shoulders of land, where they can see and run. At one of the bottlenecks, forested hills rise to form a V, leaving a corridor of open ground only about 150 metres wide, filled with private homes. Increasing development is leading toward a crisis for the pronghorn, threatening to choke off their passageway.Conservation scientists, along with some biologists and land managers within the USA’s National Park Service and other agencies, are now working to preserve migrational behaviours, not just species and habitats. A National Forest has recognised the path of the pronghorn, much of which passes across its land, as a protected migration corridor. But neither the Forest Service nor the Park Service can control what happens on private land at a bottleneck. And with certain other migrating species, the challenge is complicated further —by vastly greater distances traversed, more jurisdictions, more borders, more dangers along the way. We will require wisdom and resoluteness to ensure that migrating species can continue their journeying a while longer.Questions 14-18Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 2?In boxes 14-18 on your answer sheet, writeTRUE if the statement agrees with the informationFALSE if the statement contradicts the informationNOT GIVEN if there is no information on this14 Local gulls and migrating arctic terns behave in the same way when offered food.15 Experts’ definitions of migration tend to vary accordingto their area of study.16 Very few experts agree that the movement of aphids can be considered migration.17 Aphids’ journeys are affected b y changes in the light that they perceive.18 Dingle’s aim is to distinguish between the migratory behaviours of different species.Questions 19-22Complete each sentence with the correct ending, A-G, below.Write the correct letter, A-G, in boxes 19-22 on your answer sheet.19 According to Dingle, migratory routes are likely to20 To prepare for migration, animals are likely to21 During migration, animals are unlikely to22 Arctic terns illustrate migrating animals’ ability toA be discouraged by difficulties.B travel on open land where they can look out for predators.C eat more than they need for immediate purposes.D be repeated daily.E ignore distractions.F be governed by the availability of water.G follow a straight line.Questions 23-26Complete the summary below.Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.Write your answers in boxes 23-26 on your answer sheet.The migration of pronghornsPronghorns rely on their eyesight and 23 __________ to avoid predators. One particular pop ulation’s summer habitat is a national park, and their winter home is on the 24 __________,where they go to avoid the danger presented by the snow at that time of year. However, their route between these two areas contains three 25 __________. One problem is the construction of new homes in a narrow 26 __________ of land on the pronghorns’ route.READING PASSAGE 3You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27-40, which are based on Reading Passage 3 below.Preface to ‘How the other half thinks: Adventu res in mathematical reasoning’A Occasionally, in some difficult musical compositions, there are beautiful, but easy parts — parts so simple a beginner could play them. So it is with mathematics as well. There are some discoveries in advanced mathematics that do not depend on specialized knowledge, not even on algebra, geometry, or trigonometry. Instead they may involve, at most, a little arithmetic, such as ‘the sum of two odd numbers is even’, and common sense. Each of the eight chapters in this book illustrates this phenomenon. Anyone can understand every step in the reasoning.The thinking in each chapter uses at most only elementary arithmetic, and sometimes not even that. Thus all readers will have the chance to participate in a mathematical experience, to appreciate the beauty of mathematics, and to become familiar with its logical, yet intuitive, style of thinking.B One of my purposes in writing this book is to give readers who haven’t had the opportunity to see and enjoy real mathematics the chance to appreciate the mathematical way of thinking. I want to reveal not only some of the fascinating discoveries, but, more importantly, the reasoning behind them.In that respect, this book differs from most books on mathematics written for the general public. Some present the lives of colorful mathematicians. Others describe important applications of mathematics. Yet others go into mathematical procedures, but assume that the reader is adept in using algebra.C I hope this book will help bridge that notorious gap that separates the two cultures: the humanities and the sciences, or should I say the right brain (intuitive) and the left brain (analytical, numerical). As the chapters will illustrate, mathematics is not restricted to the analytical and numerical; intuition plays a significant role. The alleged gap can be narrowed or completely overcome by anyone, in part because each of us is far from using the full capacity of either side of the brain. To illustrate our human potential, I cite a structural engineer who is an artist, an electrical engineer who is an opera singer, an opera singer who published mathematical research, and a mathematician who publishes short stories.D Other scientists have written books to explain their fields to non-scientists, but have necessarily had to omit the mathematics, although it provides the foundation of their theories. The reader must remain a tantalized spectator rather than an involved participant, since the appropriate language for describing the details in much of science is mathematics, whether the subject is expanding universe, subatomic particles, or chromosomes. Though the broad outline of a scientific theory can be sketched intuitively, when a part of the physical universe is finally understood, its description often looks like a page in a mathematics text.E Still, the non-mathematical reader can go far in understanding mathematical reasoning. This book presents thedetails that illustrate the mathematical style of thinking, which involves sustained, step-by-step analysis, experiments, and insights. You will turn these pages much more slowly than when reading a novel or a newspaper. It may help to have a pencil and paper ready to check claims and carry out experiments.F As I wrote, I kept in mind two types of readers: those who enjoyed mathematics until they were turned off by an unpleasant episode, usually around fifth grade, and mathematics aficionados, who will find much that is new throughout the book.This book also serves readers who simply want to sharpen their analytical skills. Many careers, such as law and medicine, require extended, precise analysis. Each chapter offers practice in following a sustained and closely argued line of thought. That mathematics can develop this skill is shown by these two testimonials:G A physician wrote, ‘The discipline of analytical thought processes [in mathematics] prepared me extremely well for medical school. In medicine one is faced with a problem which must be thoroughly analyzed before a solution can be found. The proces s is similar to doing mathematics.’A lawyer made the same point, ‘Although I had no background in law — not even one political science course — I did well at one of the best law schools. I attribute much of my success there to having learned, through the study of mathematics, and, in particular, theorems, how to analyze complicated principles. Lawyers who have studied mathematics can master the legal principles in a way that most others cannot.’I hope you will share my delight in watching as simple, even na?ve, questions lead to remarkable solutions and purely theoretical discoveries find unanticipated applications.Questions 27-34Reading Passage 3 has seven sections, A-G.Which section contains the following information?Write the correct letter, A-G, in boxes 27-34 on your answer sheet.NB You may use any letter more than once.27 a reference to books that assume a lack of mathematical knowledge28 the way in which this is not a typical book about mathematics29 personal examples of being helped by mathematics30 examples of people who each had abilities that seemed incompatible31 mention of different focuses of books about mathematics32 a contrast between reading this book and reading other kinds of publication33 a claim that the whole of the book is accessible to everybody34 a reference to different categories of intended readers of this bookQuestions 35-40Complete the sentences below.Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.Write your answers in boxes 35-40 on your answer sheet.35 Some areas of both music and mathematics are suitable for someone who is a __________.36 It is sometimes possible to understand advanced mathematics using no more than a limited knowledge of __________.37 The writer intends to show that mathematics requires__________ thinking, as well as analytical skills.38 Some books written by __________ have had to leave out the mathematics that is central to their theories.39 The writer advises non-mathematical readers to perform __________ while reading the book.40 A lawyer found that studying __________ helped even more than other areas of mathematics in the study of law.剑桥雅思阅读11原文参考译文(test3)PASSAGE 1 参考译文：丝绸的故事世上最昂贵奢华织物的历史，从古代中国直到今天丝绸是种细软、光滑的布料，产自桑蚕(该昆虫的幼体形态)制作出的蚕茧——即其柔软的保护性外壳。
剑桥11 T2 S3+4听力文本
Now when we get to our findings I thought we could divide them up into the different zoneswe identified on the shore and the problems organisms face in each zone.So for the highest area.....The splash zone?Yeah, we found mostly those tiny shellfish that have strong hard shells that act as protection.But not from other organisms that might eat them, predators?No, that's not the main danger for them.But the shells prevent them from drying out because they're in the open air for most of the time. Right. And since they're exposed, they need to be able to find some sort of shelter,or cover themselves up, so they don't get too hot.Then in the middle and lower zones, nearer the sea, we need to discuss the effects of wave action...Yes, and how organisms develop structures to prevent themselves from being swept away,or even destroyed by being smashed against the rocks.I haven't done anything on the geological changes. I don't know what to put for that.No, we weren't concentrating on that. Maybe we need to find some websites.Good idea. I've got the lecture notes from Mr. Blake's geology course, but they're too general. But we could ask him which books on our Reading List might be most helpful.Right. OK, now I did a draft of the section of sources of possible error in our research,but I don't know if you agree.For example, the size of the sample, and whether it's big enough to make any general conclusions from.But I thought actually we did have quite a big sample.We did. And our general method of observation seemed quite reliable.But we might not be all that accurate as far as the actual numbers go.Yeah, we might have missed some organisms —if they were hiding under a rock for example.I wasn't sure about the way we described their habitats.I decided it was probably OK.Yeah, and the descriptions we gave of the smaller organisms, they weren't very detailed,but they were adequate in this context.I'm not sure we identified all the species correctly though.OK, we'd better mention that. Now, how we...S4We've been discussing the factors the architect has to consider when designing domestic buildings.I'm going to move on now to consider the design of public buildings,and I'll illustrate this by referring to the new Taylor Concert Hall that's recently been completed here in the city.So, as with a domestic building, when designing a public building, an architect needs to consider the function of the buildingfor example, is it to be used primarily for entertainment, or for education, or for administration? The second thing the architect needs to think about is the context of the building,this includes its physical location obviously but it also includes the social meaning of the building, how it relates to the people it's built for.And finally for important public buildings,the architect may also be looking for a central symbolic idea on which to base the design,a sort of metaphor for the building and the way in which it is used.Let's look at the new Taylor Concert Hall in relation to these ideas.The location chosen was a site in a run-down district that has been ignored in previous redevelopment plans.It was occupied by a factory that had been empty for some years.The whole area was some distance from the high-rise office blocks of the central business district and shopping centre,but it was only one kilometre from the ring road.The site itself was bordered to the north by a canalwhich had once been used by boats bringing in raw materials when the area was used for manufacturing.The architect chosen for the project was Tom Harrison.He found the main design challenge was the location of the site in an area that had no neighbouring buildings of any importance.To reflect the fact that the significance of the building in this quite run-down location was as yet unknown,he decided to create a building centred around the idea of a mystery--something whose meaning still has to be discovered.So how was this reflected in the design of the building?Well, Harrison decided to create pedestrian access to the building and to make use of the presence of water on the site.As people approach the entrance they therefore have to cross over abridge.He wanted to give people a feeling of suspense as they see the building first from a distance, and then close-up,and the initial impression he wanted to create from the shape of the building as a whole was that of a box.The first side that people see, the southern wall, is just a high, flat wall uninterrupted by any windows.This might sound off-putting, but it supports Harrison's concept of the buildingthat the person approaching is intrigued and wonders what will be inside.And this flat wall also has another purpose.At night-time projectors are switched on and it functions as a huge screen onto which images are projected.PART 2The auditorium itself seats 1500 people.The floor's supported by ten massive pads.These are constructed from rubber,and so are able to absorb any vibrations from outside and prevent them from affecting the auditorium.The walls are made of several layers of honey-coloured wood, all sourced from local beech trees. In order to improve the acoustic properties of the auditorium and to amplify the sound,they are not straight, they are curved.The acoustics are also adjustable according to the size of orchestra and the type of music being played.In order to achieve this, there are nine movable panels in the ceiling above the orchestra which are all individually motorized,and the walls also have curtains which can be opened or closed to change the acoustics.The reaction of the public to the new building has generally been positive.However the evaluation of some critics has been less enthusiastic.In spite of Harrison's efforts to use local materials they criticise the style of the design as being international rather than local,and say it doesn't reflect features of the landscape or society for which it is built.剑桥雅思听力11原文(test3)SECTION 1 Questions 1-10Questions 1-6Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.Free activities in the Burnham areaExampleThe caller wants to find out about events onA 27 June.B 28 June.29 June.1 The ‘Family Welcome’event in the art gallery begins atA 10 am.B 10.30 am.C 2 pm.2 The film that is now shown in the ‘Family Welcome’event is aboutA sculpture.B painting.C ceramics.3 When do most of the free concerts take place?A in the morningB at lunchtimeC in the evening4 Where will the 4 pm concert of Latin American music take place?A in a museumB in a theatreC in a library5 The boat race begins atA Summer Pool.B Charlesworth Bridge.C Offord Marina.6 One of the boat race teamsA won a regional competition earlier this year.B has represented the region in a national competition.C has won several regional competitions.Questions 7-10Complete the sentences below.Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.Paxton Nature Reserve7 Paxton is a good place for seeing rare __________ all year round.8 This is a particularly good time for seeing certain unusual __________.9 Visitors will be able to learn about __________ and then collect some.10 Part of the __________ has been made suitable for swimming.SECTION 2 Questions 11-20Questions 11-15Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.Changes in Barford over the last 50 years11 In Shona’s opinion, why do fewer people use buses in Barford these days?A The buses are old and uncomfortable.B Fares have gone up too much.C There are not so many bus routes.12 What change in the road network is known to have benefited the town most?A the construction of a bypassB the development of cycle pathsC the banning of cars from certain streets13 What is the problem affecting shopping in the town centre?A lack of parking spacesB lack of major retailersC lack of restaurants and cafes14 What does Shona say about medical facilities in Barford?A There is no hospital.B New medical practices are planned.C The number of dentists is too low.15 The largest number of people are employed inA manufacturing.B services.C education.Questions 16-20What is planned for each of the following facilities?Choose FIVE answers from the box and write the correct letter, A-G, next to Questions 16-20.PlansA It will move to a new location.B It will have its opening hours extended.C It will be refurbished.D It will be used for a different purpose.E It will have its opening hours reduced.F It will have new management.G It will be expanded.Facilities16 railway station car park __________17 cinema __________18 indoor market __________19 library __________20 nature reserve __________SECTION 3 Questions 21-30Questions 21-26Complete the table below.Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.Subject of drawing Change to be madeA 21 __________ surrounded by trees Add Malcolm and a 22 __________ noticing himPeople who are 23 __________ outside the forest Add Malcolm sitting on a tree trunk and 24 __________Ice-skaters on 25 __________ covered with ice Add a 26 __________ for each personQuestions 27-30Who is going to write each of the following parts of the report?Write the correct letter, A-D, next to Questions 27-30.A Helen onlyB Jeremy onlyC both Helen and JeremyD neither Helen nor JeremyParts of the report27 how they planned the project __________28 how they had ideas for their stories __________29 an interpretation of their stories __________30 comments on the illustrations __________SECTION 4 Questions 31-40Complete the notes below.Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.ETHNOGRAPHY IN BUSINESSEthnography: research which explores human culturesIt can be used in business:to investigate customer needs and 31 __________to help companies develop new designsExamples of ethnographic research in businessKitchen equipmentResearchers found that cooks could not easily see the 32 __________ in measuring cups.Cell phonesIn Uganda, customers paid to use the cell phones of entrepreneurs.These customers wanted to check the 33 __________ used.Computer companiesThere was a need to develop 34 __________ to improve communication between system administrators and colleagues.HospitalsNurses needed to access information about 35 __________ in different parts of the hospital.AirlinesRespondents recorded information about their 36 __________ while travelling.Principles of ethnographic research in businessThe researcher does not start off with a hypothesis.Participants may be selected by criteria such as age, 37 __________ or product used.The participants must feel 38 __________ about taking part in the research.There is usually direct 39 __________ of the participants.The interview is guided by the participant.A lot of time is needed for the 40 __________ of the data.Researchers look for a meaningful pattern in the data.。
2011text3英语二
2011text3英语二In 2011text3, the problem presented is an English language comprehension task. The text provides a passage about the benefits of reading for pleasure and the impactit has on academic success. The passage emphasizes the importance of fostering a love for reading in children and the positive effects it can have on their overall educational development. The reader is asked to answer questions based on the information provided in the passage.From a student's perspective, this type of task can be both challenging and rewarding. It requires careful reading and understanding of the passage in order to accurately answer the questions. For students who enjoy reading, this task may feel more manageable as they can draw from their own experiences and understanding of the benefits of reading for pleasure. However, for students who struggle with reading or have not developed a love for it, this task may feel daunting and require extra effort to comprehend the passage and formulate responses.From an educator's perspective, the 2011text3 problem provides an opportunity to assess students' reading comprehension skills and their ability to extract and apply information from a given passage. It also allows educators to gauge students' understanding of the importance of reading for pleasure and its impact on academic success. This type of task can help educators identify students who may need additional support in developing their reading skills and foster a love for reading.From a parent's perspective, the 2011text3 problem highlights the significance of encouraging children to read for pleasure. It emphasizes the positive correlation between reading for enjoyment and academic achievement, which can motivate parents to prioritize and promote reading in their children's daily routines. This task may also prompt parents to consider the ways in which they can create a supportive and stimulating reading environment at home to nurture their child's love for reading.From a societal perspective, the 2011text3 problemunderscores the broader implications of literacy and reading habits on educational outcomes. It draws attention to the role of reading for pleasure in shaping students' overall academic success and future opportunities. This task may prompt discussions about the importance of investing in literacy programs and resources to support children in developing strong reading skills and a passion for reading.Overall, the 2011text3 problem serves as a reminder of the multifaceted impact of reading for pleasure on individuals, educational institutions, families, and society as a whole. It encourages reflection on the value of promoting a love for reading and the ways in which it can contribute to academic success and overall well-being.。
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• F段倒数第三句 • Different smells can provide us with intimate and emotionally charged experiences and the value that we attach to these experiences is interiorised by the members of society in a deeply personal way.
• In fact, infants recognise the odours of their mothers soon after birth and adults can often identify their children or spouses by scent. （句式分析） In one well-known test, women and men were able to distinguish by smell alone clothing worn by their marriage partners from similar clothing worn by other people.
A段单词
• • • • • participant evoke grimace olfactory sensation
参加者 唤起，引起 鬼脸，痛苦的表情 嗅觉的 感觉，知觉
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• A A survey conducted by Anthony Synott at Montreal's Concordia University asked participants to comment on how important smell was to them in their lives. It became apparent that smell can evoke strong emotional responses.
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剑桥雅思11Test2Passage3阅读原文+译文：神经美学READING PASSAGE 3You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27-40, which are based on Reading Passage 3 below.NeuroaestheticsAn emerging discipline called neuroaesthetics is seeking to bring scientific objectivity to the study of art, and has already given us a better understanding of many masterpieces. The blurred imagery of Impressionist paintings seems to stimulate the brain’s amygdala, for instance. Since the amygdala plays a crucial role in our feelings, that finding might explain why many people find these pieces so moving.Could the same approach also shed light on abstract twentieth-century pieces, from Mondrian’s geometrical blocks of colour, to Pollock’s seemingly haphazard arrangements of splashed paint on canvas? Sceptics believe that people claim to like such works simply because they are famous. We certainly do have an inclination to follow the crowd. When asked to make simple perceptual decisions such as matching a shape to its rotated image, for example, people often choose a definitively wrong answer if they see others doing the same. It is easy to imagine that this mentality would have even more impact on a fuzzy concept like art appreciation, where there is no right or wrong answer.Angelina Hawley-Dolan, of Boston College, Massachusetts, responded to this debate by asking volunteers to view pairs of paintings — either the creations of famous abstract artists or the doodles of infants, chimps and elephants. They then had to judge which they preferred. A third of the paintings were given no captions, while many were labelled incorrectly — volunteers might think they were viewing a chimp’s messy brushstrokes when they were actually seeing an acclaimed masterpiece. In each set of trials, volunteers generally preferred the work of renowned artists, even when they believed it was by an animal or a child. It seems that the viewer can sense the artist’s vision in paintings, even if they can’t explain why.Robert Pepperell, an artist based at Cardiff University, creates ambiguous works that are neither entirely abstract nor clearly representational. In one study, Pepperell and his collaborators asked volunteers to decide how ‘powerful’ they considered an artwork to be, and whether they saw anything familiar in the piece. The longer they took to answer these questions, the more highly they rated the piece under scrutiny, and the greater their neural activity. It would seem that the brain sees theseimages as puzzles, and the harder it is to decipher the meaning, the more rewarding is the moment of recognition.And what about artists such as Mondrian, whose paintings consist exclusively of horizontal and vertical lines encasing blocks of colour? Mondrian’s works are deceptively simple, but eye-tracking studies confirm that they are meticulously composed, and that simply rotating a piece radically changes the way we view it. With the originals, volunteers’ eyes tended to stay longer on certain places in the image, but with the altered versions they would flit across a piece more rapidly. As a result, the volunteers considered the altered versions less pleasurable when they later rated the work.In a similar study, Oshin Vartanian of Toronto University asked volunteers to compare original paintings with ones which he had altered by moving objects around within the frame. He found that almost everyone preferred the original, whether it was a Van Gogh still life or an abstract by Miro. Vartanian also found that changing the composition of the paintings reduced activation in those brain areas linked with meaning and interpretation.In another experiment, Alex Forsythe of the University of Liverpool analysed the visual intricacy of different pieces of art, and her results suggest that many artists use a key level of detail to please the brain. Too little and the work is boring, but too much results in a kind of ‘perceptual overload’; according to Forsythe. What’s more, appealing pieces both abstract and representational, show signs of ‘fractals’— repeated motifs recurring in different scales. Fractals are common throughout nature, for example in the shapes of mountain peaks or the branches of trees. It is possible that our visual system, which evolved in the great outdoors, finds it easier to process such patterns.It is also intriguing that the brain appears to process movement when we see a handwritten letter, as if we are replaying the writer’s moment of creation. This has led some to wonder whether Pollock’s works feel so dynamic because the brain reconstructs the energetic actions the artist used as he painted. This may be down to our brain’s ‘mirror neurons’, which are known to mimic others’ actions. The hypothesis will need to be thoroughly tested, however. It might even be the case that we could use neuroaesthetic studies to understand the longevity of some pieces of artwork. While the fashions of the time might shape what is currently popular, works that are best adapted to our visual system may be the most likely to linger once the trends of previous generations have been forgotten.It’s still early days for the field of neuroaesthetics — and these studies are probably only a taste of what is to come. It would, however, be foolish to reduce art appreciation to a set of scientific laws. We shouldn’t underestimate the importance of the style of a particular artist, their place in history and the artistic environment of their time. Abstract art offers both a challenge and the freedom to play with different interpretations. In some ways, it’s not so different to science, where we are constantly looking for systems and decoding meaning so that we can view and。
剑桥雅思11test2雅思阅读passage2解析
剑桥雅思11test2雅思阅读passage2解析摘要：1.文章背景介绍2.文章主要内容概述3.剑桥雅思11 Test 2 阅读passage 2 解析4.试题答案及解析5.解题技巧分享6.总结正文：一、文章背景介绍本文节选自剑桥雅思11 Test 2 阅读passage 2，主题为“The rise of the far right in Europe”。
本文旨在通过分析欧洲极右翼势力的崛起，探讨其背后的原因及可能带来的影响。
二、文章主要内容概述文章首先介绍了欧洲极右翼势力崛起的背景，随后分析了导致这一现象的多种原因，如经济危机、难民危机、民族主义情绪等。
接着，文章讨论了极右翼政党在欧洲政治舞台上的表现，以及他们的政治理念和政策主张。
最后，文章展望了极右翼势力在欧洲的未来发展及其可能对欧洲一体化进程产生的影响。
三、剑桥雅思11 Test 2 阅读passage 2 解析1.试题答案及解析请根据文章内容回答以下问题：Q1: What is the main cause of the rise of the far right in Europe?A: Economic crisisQ2: Which of the following is NOT a reason for the rise of the far right in Europe?A: The growth of immigrationQ3: What are the political parties on the far right advocating for?A: Strong nationalism and protectionism2.解题技巧分享(1) 针对选择题，可通过定位关键词快速找到答案所在位置，再进行仔细阅读和分析。
(2) 针对事实细节题，注意文章中的转折、因果等关系，以及具体例子和数据。
(3) 针对是非题，注意文章中的绝对词汇，如“all”，“none”等。
剑桥雅思11test2passage3阅读答案解析
剑11解析来啦!今天雅思给大家带来了剑桥雅思11test2passage3阅读答案解析,还有剑桥11Test2雅思阅读Passage1解析+答案。
Question 27答案：C关键词：second paragraph, a shape-matching test定位原文：第二段解题思路：题目：在第二段，作者提到图形匹配试验是为了证明：A.艺术鉴赏的主观性质;B.现代艺术对抽象形式的依赖; C.我们倾向于被他人的意见影响;D.加工视觉数据时遇到的普遍问题。
本题问的是提及a shape-matching test的作用，首先需要在原文中找到这个信息，然后在周围寻找论点型的句子，这类句子往往在具体的例子之前。
题目中的a shape-matching test 出现在文章第二段第四句，而这句的内容是为了说明第三句的an inclination to follow the crowd, 然后在选项中寻找这个内容的同义替换，可以看到C选项表达的含义与此一致，因此本题答案为C。
Question 28：答案：D关键词：Angelina Hawley-Dolan定位原文：第三段解题思路：题目：Angelina Hawley Dolan的发现说明人们：A. 最喜欢那些他们了解很多的作品;B. 对于什么使艺术作品优秀持不变的观点;C. 经常被他们最初对作品的期待误导;D. 能力感知作品背后的意义。
本题可以通过人名Angelina Hawley-Dolan定位到文章第三段。
本段描述实验过程和观点，最后一句提到the viewer can sense the artist’s vision in paintings,这一表述与D选项的含义一致，因此本题答案为D。
Question 29：答案：B关键词：Robert Pepperell定位原文：第四段解题思路：题目： Robert Pepperell作品的研究结果表明人们：A. 在没有完全理解一幅作品的情况下欣赏它;B. 明白—幅作品的含义会令人有满足感;C. 欣赞作品所花费的时间会相差许多;D. 相比抽象艺术，人们通常更喜欢具象的艺术。
2011年考研英语阅读text2
2011年考研英语阅读text2摘要：I.引言A.介绍考研英语阅读Text 2B.阐述本篇文章的主题和结构II.主题部分A.社会流行病的影响1.定义社会流行病2.分析社会流行病的影响因素3.介绍社会流行病在现实生活中的例子B.社会流行病的原因1.探讨社会流行病发生的原因2.分析社会流行病如何传播3.介绍可能导致社会流行病的行为和习惯III.社会流行病的好处A.社会流行病对个人和社会的积极影响1.社会流行病对个体健康的改善2.社会流行病对社会整体的好处B.社会流行病对经济的影响1.社会流行病对消费市场的影响2.社会流行病对生产市场的影响3.社会流行病对就业市场的影响IV.预防和控制社会流行病A.预防和控制社会流行病的策略1.政府层面的措施2.社会层面的措施3.个人层面的措施B.成功案例分析1.介绍成功控制社会流行病的案例2.分析成功案例的控制策略和成效V.结论A.总结社会流行病的影响和原因B.强调预防和控制社会流行病的重要性C.提出未来预防和控制社会流行病的建议正文：考研英语阅读Text 2 的主题为社会流行病。
社会流行病是指一种在人群中广泛传播的行为或习惯，它会对个人和社会产生一定的影响。
本文将分析社会流行病的影响、发生原因、好处以及预防和控制策略。
社会流行病对个人和社会的影响是多方面的。
首先，社会流行病可以改善个体健康。
例如，随着人们对健康意识的提高，越来越多的人开始关注锻炼和健康饮食，从而提高了整体的健康水平。
其次，社会流行病对社会整体也有好处。
例如，环保行为的普及有助于改善环境质量，提高人们的生活水平。
社会流行病的发生原因多种多样，包括社会、经济、文化和心理等因素。
其中，信息传播和技术进步是社会流行病发生的重要原因。
随着互联网和社交媒体的发展，信息传播速度加快，容易导致一种行为或习惯在人群中迅速传播。
此外，社会流行病的发生还与人们的心理和行为有关。
例如，人们在面对压力和焦虑时，容易产生不健康的行为和习惯。
剑桥雅思11Test3阅读Passage3答案解析
上一篇雅思培训给大家带来了：剑11雅思阅读Test4passage2原文+题目+答案解析。
本片文章我们将分享剑桥雅思11Test3阅读Passage3答案解析。
部分考生在做完剑桥雅思系列资料后因为找不到答案解析而无法了解自己的做题情况，为了便于大家更好的进行分析，我们带来了答案解析哦！剑桥雅思11Test3阅读Passage3答案解析Question 27答案：D关键词：assume, lack of mathematical knowledge定位原文：D段第1句“Other scientists have written books to…”解题思路：题目：a reference to books that assume a lack of mathematical knowledge; 译文：提到了这样一些书，它们都设定其内容缺失数学专业知识。
books所进行的assume是针对书的读者而言，也就是说，它们假设的是“读者并不具有(或者说缺乏)特别深厚的数学知识”，但在英语地道表达中此句并不需要出现readers这个单词，需要考生自行领会。
回到原文中，have necessarily had to omit这个表达也清楚地表明这类书籍是“出于必要、不得不省略了”数学相关内容。
也就是说，这些书并不是故意对数学专业知识避而不谈，而是考虑到了读者群的具体情况而刻意避免了深入艰涩的数学内容。
Question 28：答案：B关键词：not a typical book定位原文： B部分第2段第1句“In that respect, this book differs from…”解题思路：题目：the way in which this is not a typical book about mathematics;译文：本书在何种意义上并非一本典型的数学题材相关书籍。
此题相対来说比较容易，只需考生看出not a typical book 与 differs from most books 的简单同义替换。
11年英语二第三篇
11年英语二第三篇The 11th-year English II exam, specifically the third section, has posed a significant challenge for many students. This section, which focuses on reading comprehension and critical thinking, has been a source of anxiety and stress for students as they prepare for the exam. The complexity of the reading passages, along with the demands of critical analysis, has left many students feeling overwhelmed and unprepared. As a result, there is a growing concern about the effectiveness of the exam in accurately assessing students' English language skills and critical thinking abilities.From the perspective of students, the 11th-year English II exam's third section presents a daunting task. The reading passages are often dense and complex, requiring a high level of reading comprehension and critical thinking skills. Many students struggle to understand the nuances and subtleties of the passages, leading to frustration and anxiety. Additionally, the time constraints of the exam addto the pressure, making it difficult for students to thoroughly analyze and respond to the questions. As a result, students often feel that the exam does not accurately reflect their true abilities in English and critical thinking.Teachers and educators also have concerns about the11th-year English II exam's third section. They worry that the exam places too much emphasis on rote memorization and test-taking strategies, rather than genuine understanding and critical thinking skills. The focus on specific reading passages and questions may not accurately assess students' overall language proficiency and critical thinking abilities. Additionally, the pressure of the exam may lead to a narrow and superficial approach to learning, rather than fostering a deep and meaningful understanding of the English language and critical thinking.Furthermore, parents and guardians of students are also worried about the impact of the 11th-year English II exam's third section on their children. Many parents see their children struggling with the demands of the exam and thepressure it places on them. They worry that the focus on exam preparation may detract from their children's overall learning experience and well-being. Additionally, parents are concerned that the exam may not accurately measuretheir children's true abilities and potential in English and critical thinking, leading to undue stress and anxiety.In conclusion, the 11th-year English II exam's third section presents significant challenges for students, teachers, and parents alike. The complexity of the reading passages, the demands of critical analysis, and the pressure of the exam have raised concerns about its effectiveness in accurately assessing students' English language skills and critical thinking abilities. It is essential to address these concerns and consideralternative approaches to evaluating students' proficiency in English and critical thinking. Only by doing so can we ensure a fair and accurate assessment of students'abilities and promote a positive and meaningful learning experience.。
2011年全国高考英语2卷试题及答案完整版[1]
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2011年全国高考英语2卷试题及答案完整版[1] 2011年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试英语本试卷分第一卷(选择题)和第二卷(非选择题)两部分。
第一卷1至12页。
第二卷13至14页。
考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
第一卷注意事项:1. 答第一卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。
2. 每小题选出答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。
不能答在试卷上。
第一部分英语知识运用(共三节，满分50分)第一节语音知识(共5小题;每小题1分，满分5分)1高1考1资1源1网1 从A, B, C, D四个选项中，找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
例:haveA. gaveB. saveC. hatD. made答案是C。
1 (cushionA. buttonB. butcherC. buryD. duty2. countryA.announceB. coughC. encourageD. shoulder3 (pillowA. flowerB. allowC. knowledgeD. follow4. reachA. breatheB. reallyC. pleasureD. heaven5 (ChristmasA. handkerchiefB. teacherC. acheD. merchant第二节语法和词汇知识(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)从A, B, C, D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
例:It is generally considered unwise to give a child he or she wants.A. howeverB. whateverC. whicheverD. whenever 答案是B。
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11年英二真题答案解析
11年英二真题答案解析Introduction:在备战英语考试过程中，解析历年真题是一种常见的有效策略。
本文将对2011年英语二真题进行解析，旨在帮助考生掌握解题技巧，并深入理解英语学科知识。
Section 1: 阅读理解阅读理解是英语考试中的重要部分，本节将对2011年英语二真题中的阅读理解部分进行分析。
1. Passage 1:该篇文章介绍了一个关于文化差异的实验，并要求考生理解其中的细节、观点和逻辑关系。
题目类型多样，包括选择题、配对题和填空题。
在解答该篇文章时，考生应先仔细阅读问题并扫描全文，然后根据问题的要求找到相关信息。
答案通常以原文中的关键词为线索，考生需要将原文信息与问题要求进行精确匹配。
2. Passage 2:本文主要涉及环保和能源议题。
题目类型包括选择题、判断题和填空题。
题目针对文章的观点、背景、详情等进行提问。
在解答该篇文章时，考生应注意文章结构和观点表达。
解题时可以先阅读问题，然后带着问题回到原文中寻找相关信息。
同时，考生还需注意选项之间的细微差别，以确保选择正确答案。
Section 2: 完型填空完型填空是考察考生对文本整体理解能力的重要题型。
本节将对2011年英语二真题中的完型填空部分进行分析。
该部分设有一篇短文，并伴有15个空格。
每个空格中都提供了四个选项。
考生需要在阅读全文后，结合上下文语境和词汇提示，选择出最恰当的选项。
在解答该部分时，考生应注意文章的逻辑连贯性和语境推断能力。
同时，了解词汇搭配和常用短语也能够帮助考生更好地理解和推测词义。
Section 3: 翻译翻译是英语考试中一个重要且具有挑战性的环节。
本节将对2011年英语二真题中的翻译部分进行分析。
该部分包含两个翻译任务，分别是中译英和英译中。
翻译任务的关键在于准确理解原文的意思，并能够正确地表达出来。
在解答该部分时，考生应根据所给的词汇和语法要求，将原文中的意思转化为流畅、准确、语法正确的句子。
平时的词汇积累和语法学习对提高翻译能力有一定的帮助。
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• B Odours are also essential cues in social bonding. One respondent to the survey believed that there is no true emotional bonding without touching and smelling a loved one.
• C段第二句 • The reason often given for the low regard in which smell is held is that, in comparison with its importance among animals, the human sense of smell is feeble and undeveloped.
• B段第五句： • Most of the subjects would probably never have given much thought to odour as a cue for identifying family members before being involved in the test, but as the experiment revealed, even when not consciously considered, smells register. • 大部分被测者在参加测试之前，很有可能从 来都没有意识到气味也能成为辨认家庭成员 的线索。
• 这样的联系在强到一定程度时，会让大众普遍 不喜欢的气味变得令特定个体愉快，也会让大 众公认为芳香的气味变得让特定个体讨厌。
• B段第四句 • In one well-known test, women and men were able to distinguish by smell alone clothing worn by their marriage partners from similar clothing worn by other people.
• In fact, infants recognise the odours of their mothers soon after birth and adults can often identify their children or spouses by scent. （句式分析） In one well-known test, women and men were able to distinguish by smell alone clothing worn by their marriage partners from similar clothing worn by other people.
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剑8 Test 2
Reading Passage 4
难句分析：
• 1. A段第四句： • Such associations can be powerful enough so that odours that we would generally label unpleasant become agreeable, and those that we would generally consider fragrant become disagreeable for particular individuals.
• 34 The experiment described in paragraph B • A shows how we make use of smell without realising it. • B demonstrates that family members have a similar smell. • C proves that a sense of smell is learnt. • D compares the sense of smell in males and A females.
• 浏览C段找主题句 • C段一二句In spite of its importance to our emotional and sensory lives, smell is probably the most undervalued sense in many cultures. The reason often given for the low regard in which smell is held is that, …… • 29题答案为 • vi Why our sense of smell is not appreciated
• 嗅觉遭受轻视的原因常常被归结为：相对 于十分重视嗅觉功能的动物而言，人类的 嗅觉功能较弱而且不发达。 •
• F段倒数第三句 • Different smells can provide us with intimate and emotionally charged experiences and the value that we attach to these experiences is interiorised by the members of society in a deeply personal way.
• 37 Tests have shown that odours can help people recognise the___________ belonging clothing to their husbands and wives.
• Most of the subjects would probably never have given much thought to odour as a cue for identifying family members before being involved in the test, but as the experiment revealed, even when not consciously considered, smells register.
• 浏览B段找中心句： • 首句： Odours are also essential cues in social bonding. • 28题答案为 • ii The role of smell in personal relationships
B段单词
• bonding • spouse • reveal
• 33 According to the introduction, we become aware of the importance of smell when A we discover a new smell. B we experience a powerful smell. C our ability to smell is damaged. D we are surrounded by odours.
• 不同的气味能为我们提供私人的、感情充 沛的经历，我们赋予这些经历的价值又会 被社会成员以极个人的方式吸纳。
前言单词
• • • • olfaction odour aroma faculty
嗅觉 气味 浓香，香气 机能，官能
• The sense of smell, or olfaction, is powerful. Odours affect us on a physical, psychological and social level. For the most part, however, we breathe in the aromas which surround us without being consciously aware of their importance to us. It is only when the faculty of smell is impaired for some reason that we begin to realise the essential role the sense of smell plays in our sense of well-being
• In one well-known test, women and men were able to distinguish by smell alone clothing worn by their marriage partners from similar clothing worn by other people. • 句式分析： • women and men主语 • were able to distinguish 谓语 • clothing 宾语
• 在一项著名的测试中，被测女性和男性都 能够仅通过气味在相同的衣物中区分自己 的配偶穿过的衣物和其他人穿过的衣服。
• In one well-known test, women and men were able to distinguish by smell alone clothing worn by their marriage partners from similar clothing worn by other people. • 句式分析： • women and men主语 • were able to distinguish 谓语 • clothing 宾语
• A scent associated with a good experience can bring a rush of joy, while a foul odour or one associated with a bad memory may make us grimace with disgust. Respondents to the survey noted that many of their olfactory likes and dislikes were based o• • • • • participant evoke grimace olfactory sensation