雅思A类阅读模拟练习题(4)

　　Several aspects of language development discussed in Reading Passage 3 are listed below.

　　Match each aspect with the appropriate model from the box below, according to the information in the Reading Passage. Write the appropriate letter (A,B,C,or D) in boxes 33-36 on your answer sheet.

　　Aspects of language development

　　Answer

　　Example Population of territory A

　　33. "wave" model

　　34. Romance languages

　　35. proto-Indo-European

　　36. European languages

　　Models

　　A Colonization C Convergence

　　B Divergence D Replacement

　　Questions 37-39

　　Answer the following questions using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS, according to the information in the Reading Passage. Write your answers in boxes 37-39 on your answer sheet.

　　37. What are three ways in which the languages of Europe are related?

　　38. On what basis does the author decide that Chinese and Japanese are not related to European languages?

　　39. According to the tree model, what was the original proto-language for English?

　　1. E

　　2. I

　　3. F

　　4. A

　　5. C

　　6. H

　　7. circadian rhythms.

　　8. (an) early lunch

　　9. opportunities // challenges // challenges and opportunities

　　10. (likely) immediate future // immediate past

　　11. himself // herself

　　12. others // other people // outside causes // faults of others

　　13. (its) appropriate cause(s)

　　Reading Passage 2 The Muang Faai Irrigation System ……

　　14. B

　　15. E

　　16. I

　　17. G

　　18. L

　　19. J

　　20. two correct out of : vegetables, herbal medicines, herbs, wood

　　21. two correct out of : rice, beans, corn, (native) vegetables

　　22. two correct out of : pigs, ducks, chickens

　　23. (wet) rice / (fish)

　　24. E, A, D [any order]

　　25. Two correct out of : F, A, C [any order]

　　Reading Passage 3 The Origins of Indo-European Languages

　　26. A

　　27. L

　　28. C

　　29. G

　　30. J

　　31. I

　　32. D

　　33. C

　　34. B

　　35. D

　　36. B

　　37. vocabulary, grammar, phonology [all three must be correct]

　　38. comparison of words/vocabulary/numbers/features // compare (the) words

　　39. proto-Indo-European