2014年4月雅思考试摸底题及答案(第三套)_第5页

　　Match the beginnings of sentences with the appropriate endings.

　　a. The period between the Battle of Waterloo and the outbreak of the First World War

　　b. The rise in population meant more people were trying to earn a living from the same

　　amount of land

　　c. Scientists were surprised when they examined a camera from a lunar expedition and

　　d. Critics say that TV news is unreal and

　　e. Interest in alien life has increased, so have concerns

　　____ 41. found bacteria which seemed to have survived the hazardous journey across space.

　　____ 42. that mankind could spread contamination to other worlds through bacteria.

　　____ 43. is populated by another race of beings which portray a socially distant world.

　　____ 44. could be regarded as representing the largest peaceful human migration of any kind.

　　____ 45. and, inevitably, some were squeezed off it.

　　Essay

　　46. Present a written argument or case to an educated reader with no specialist knowledge of the following topic.

　　Libraries in many countries are not receiving enough funds from government or local authorities to keep their

　　stocks of books up to date. In fact, a visit to a library is often disappointing because many of the books do not

　　contain relevant information for the modern world. Pages are often missing and reference books sometimes

　　have notes written on them by other borrowers.

　　We can now find any information we require on the Internet - we can just 'Google' it. So much information is

　　available electronically that dusty libraries are now an anachronism which should be consigned to the past.

　　Do you think libraries are now irrelevant in modern society?

　　You should use your own ideas, knowledge and experience and support your arguments with examples and

　　relevant evidence.

　　Write at least 250 words.

　　47. You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

　　The graphs below contain information about Scottish whisky and Irish whiskey export sales to three countries

　　over a period of ten years.

　　Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information below.

　　Write at least 150 words.

　　Scottish whisky and Irish whisky sales by country. Figures are in millions of bottles.

　　Other

　　48. Read the topic card below carefully. You will have to talk about the topic for 1 to 2 minutes. You have one

　　minute to think about what you are going to say. You can make notes to help you if you wish.

　　Describe a good experience which you would like to have.

　　You should say:

　　what the experience would be

　　why you want to have this particular experience

　　if you would like to share the experience with anybody and explain how you would feel, or

　　what you would do, after you have had your special experience.