雅思阅读机经20150418.docx

雅思考试机经 雅思阅读机经考试时间：2015年4月18日（周六） 考试概述： 本次考试三篇为两新一旧，题材比较新鲜，适合精读，但对于考试来说会让部分学生稍显走心。第一篇The history of Russian Ballet，出自于2012年11月24日，介绍的是俄罗斯的芭蕾舞发展，此类涉及到历史类的文章，目前剑十第二套第一篇tea and industrial revolution，讲的是茶叶和工业革命的历史，有类似的写作结构。第二篇episodic memory，讲述人的情景记忆，剑十第四套第二篇second nature与它题材类似。第三篇Vehicles running in new energy新能源汽车，可以用剑十第一套第二篇European Transport System作参照。 三、文章简介 Passage 1: The history of Russian Ballet，俄罗斯的芭蕾舞发展 Passage 2: Episodic memory，讲述人的情景记忆。 Passage 3: Vehicles running in new energy，新能源汽车。 四、篇章分析： Passage 1： 文章内容整篇文章按照时间和人物顺序安排， 第一段主要讲17世纪俄罗斯对待芭蕾的态度。 第二段讲两任沙皇罗曼诺夫和彼得大帝对待芭蕾的不同。 第三、四段讲几位艺术家在俄罗斯的遭遇，其中有普希金，尼金斯金等。题型分布与答案参考判断题6题，填空题7题 其中判断题答案为True、True、False、False、NG、True相关拓展In the 20th century styles of ballet continued to develop and strongly influence broader concert dance, for example, in the United States choreographer George Balanchine developed what is now known as neoclassical ballet, subsequent developments have included contemporary ballet and post-structural ballet, for example seen in the work of William Forsythe in Germany. While France was instrumental in early ballet, other countries and cultures soon adopted the art form, most notably Russia. Russia has a recognized tradition of ballet, and Russian ballet has had great importance in its country throughout history. After 1850, ballet began to wane in Paris, but it flourished in Denmark and Russia thanks to masters such as August Bournonville, Jules Perrot, Arthur Saint-Léon, Enrico Cecchetti and Marius Petipa. In the late nineteenth century, orientalism was in vogue. Colonialism brought awareness of Asian and African cultures, but distorted with disinformation and fantasy. The East was often perceived as a faraway place where anything was possible, provided it was lavish, exotic and decadent. Petipa appealed to popular taste with The Pharaohs Daughter (1862), and later The Talisman (1889), and La Bayadère (1877). Petipa is best remembered for his collaborations with Tchaikovsky. He used h