2017年11月2日雅思阅读机经预测

　　文章题目 The power of music

　　重复年份 20160109A 20131212*

　　题材 艺术

　　题型 段落信息配对 5+填空 4+人名配对 4

　　文章大意 音乐对人的影响。讲到了音乐的作用，与大脑的联系，不同映月表达出来的

　　不同情绪对人类甚至动物的影响，最后谈到几个实验，证明音乐的治疗效果，以及音痴有救

　　参考阅读：

　　Entertainment isn't the whole story

　　Here in the West, we think of music as entertainment, or an accompaniment to entertainment. Most of us can't remember life without phonograph records, cassette tapes or Compact Discs and the artists we all have listened to on them. The great majority of radio stations exist to play music, and there is hardly a minute on TV - other than news shows - that doesn't have theme music, background music or commercial music.

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　　文章题目 Children and robots

　　重复年份 20160305 20141002

　　题材 科技

　　题型 小标题 5+配对 5+填空 3

　　文章大意 机器人对孩子学习的影响。主要讲到把机器人放在学校可以辅助老师还有陪

　　学生玩，还可以让它们拥有表情促进交流，但是过度使用可能会造成伦理问题，此外还提到了几个科学家和他们的观点。

　　参考阅读：

　　Robotics is making inroads into society, not only in factories and industry but also in homes and schools, where social robots are helping children cope better with conditions such as diabetes and autism.

　　A robot and child

　　Studies show that interaction with a robot can benefit children with certain medical conditions such as diabetes, as well as autism and other developmental disorders. (Image: ALIZ-E project.)

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　　文章题目 British Woodlands

　　重复年份 20160430 20120421

　　题材 自然环境

　　题型 段落细节配对 7+选词填空 7

　　文章大意 讲的是英国森林的演变利用和最后的管理，大致文章脉络是在人类的入侵之

　　前英国的植被覆盖情况，工业革命之后，人们对森林的掠夺从以燃烧原料和建筑材料为目的到了以工业发展为目的，后来人们意识到保护森林的重要，

　　开始投入人力物力进行保护。

　　部分答案参考：

　　段落细节配对：

　　27 a description of careless working practices that harm woodland F

　　28 details of landscape prior to human intervention B

　　29 arguments against cash rewards H

　　30 a botanical source of evidence for the appearance of primitive woodland B

　　31 reasons for reduced economic importance of woodland E

　　32 a reason for recent improvements of woodland management G

　　33 an implication for people of unhealthy tree A

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　　文章题目 Fish communications

　　重复年份 20151203 20130713

　　题材 动物

　　题型 判断 6+填空 7

　　文章大意 讲了鱼类的交流，德国科学家在红海发现红色的鱼，发现是激发荧光。鱼用这个荧光来识别种群、标识位置、吓退敌人、掩盖自己和捕捉猎物。

　　参考阅读：

　　Fish Communication

　　Can fish "talk?" And if they do, can other fish hear what they are saying?

　　The answer to both questions is yes, but fish "talk" and "hear" somewhat differently than humans. Although not extremely common, there are several species of fish that are able to produce sound to communicate with members of their own and other species. Most of the fish that produce sound do it at such low frequencies that divers cannot hear the noises. But several species do produce sound in the range that humans can hear. For example, grunts are able to produce sound by grinding their flat teeth together (hence the name grant!) The large Jewfish, Nassau and Black groupers are known to make very loud "booms" when startled or cornered. Jewfish have also been observed to make these loud sounds during courtship.

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