2024年5月11日雅思考试机经-阅读.docx

2024年5月11日雅思?纸笔考试?机考

考试概述：

本场考试三篇，一旧两新，难度高。第一篇动物山雀，难度适中；第二篇老题沙漠靠，2017/11/25考过，难度比较高；第三篇记忆力超群的人，题型多，难度高。

二、具体题目分析：

PassageOne：

文章题材：说明文（动植物）

文章题目：山雀

文章难度：★★★

题型及数量：判断+填空

题目及答案：

TRUE

NOTGIVEN

TRUE

FALSE

FALSE

NOTGIVEN

moss

feathers

third

26grams

3weeks

caterpillars

imbalance

可参考真题：剑桥17——TEST3Passage1Thethylacine

PassageTwo：

文章题材：说明文（生态环境类）

文章题目：沙漠化

文章难度：★★★★

题型及数量：段落信息匹配+判断

题目及答案：

Deforestationinthe21stcentury

Whenitcomestocuttingdowntrees,satellitedatarevealsashiftfromthepatternsofthepast

A

Globally,roughly13millionhectaresofforestaredestroyedeachyear.Suchdeforestationhaslongbeendrivenbyfarmersdesperatetoearnalivingorbyloggersbuildingnewroadsintopristineforest.Butnownewdataappearstoshowthatbig,blockclearingsthatreflectindustrialdeforestationhavecometodominate,ratherthanthesesmaller-scaleeffortsthatleavebehindlong,narrowswathsofclearedland.GeographerRuthDeFriesofColumbiaUniversityandhercolleaguesusedsatelliteimagestoanalysetree-clearingincountriesringingthetropics,representing98percentofallremainingtropicalforest.Insteadoftheusual‘fishbonesignatureofdeforestationfromsmall-scaleoperations,large,chunkyblocksofclearedlandrevealanewmotiveforcuttingdownwoods.

B

Infact,astatisticalanalysisof41countriesshowedthatforestlossratesweremostcloselylinkedwithurbanpopulationgrowthandagriculturalexportsintheearlypartofthe21stcentury-evenoverallpopulationgrowthwasnotasstronganinfluence.‘Inpreviousdecades,deforestationwasassociatedwithplannedcolonisation,resettlementschemesinlocalareasandfarmersclearinglandtogrowfoodforsubsistence,DeFriessays.‘Whatwe’reseeingnowisashiftfromsmall-scalefarmersdrivingdeforestationtodistantdemandsfromurbangrowth,agriculturaltradeandexportsbeingmoreimportantdrivers.’

C

Inotherwords,theincreasingurbanisationoft