2018年1月20日雅思阅读考试小范围预测

　　Odd and curious money本文主要讲解不同国家古老钱币的形状，作用和意义。

　　题型 单选 5，配对 8

　　题材 人文社科

　　选择 5

　　14. 中国 19 世纪用的货币是：silver ingots

　　15. 泰国用虎骨做钱币的原因：it is hard to obtain

　　16. 用狗牙做项链：worth a higher value

　　17. 用鲸鱼的一部分项链：the chief of a tribe

　　18. Cross 货币如何制造的：pouring the melting iron in a sandmould.

　　Alcohol fuel in England乙醇作为新燃料地提炼过程和与汽油的对比。英国/美国的一种新能源，能从玉米中提取乙醇作为燃料。

　　题型 判断 5+流程图填空 5

　　题材 能源

　　部分参考答案：

　　判断：

　　1. 英国农民不太可能会为了制造乙醇燃料大种甘蔗 TRUE

　　2. 在 UK 的农民将扩大生产更多乙醇植物 FALSE

　　3. A gallon ethanol have more engineer than a gallon gasoline NG

　　4. in future US 将会有充足的 crop 来制造氢气 FALSE

　　5. 乙醇 producers 会尽量减少生产过程中使用的能量 NG

　　Undergraduate students study dramas文学专业学生的课程指南，提到了让学生观看英国不同时期剧院中的戏剧，并列举了不同时期四种剧院的特点。

　　题材 人文社科

　　参考阅读： Medieval period Main article: Medieval theatre By the medieval period, the mummers' plays had developed, a form of early street theatre associated with the Morris dance, concentrating on themes such as Saint George and the Dragon and Robin Hood. These were folk tales re-telling old stories, and the actors travelled from town to town performing these for their audiences in return for money and hospitality...

　　The influence of social network to people's loneliness　　社交媒体对人孤独的影响.越来越多的人开始使用社交媒体，有些人认为社交媒体使人变得更加孤独，有些人却不同意。在大学生中做了一个调查，结果表明孤独感与人们花时间在社交媒体上无关。社交媒体会使人变得焦虑，也会让人上瘾。

　　题型 配对 6+选择 4+判断 4

　　题材 人文社科

　　参考阅读： Ethan Kross, a psychologist at the University of Michigan, suggests that his recent research shows that online social media use, rather than making us as users feel inter-connected, contributes to overall life dis-satisfaction and loneliness.

　　This side-effect can have drastic results, considering over 1.1 billion users around the world are linked up on Facebook alone.

　　The study monitored 82 participants’ feelings and well-being, compared to their social media use, over a long period of time. This kind of LONG TERM comparative research was the first of its kind to be conducted. ...