雅思考试阅读考题回顾

雅思考试阅读考题回顾朗阁雅思培训中心李珂考试日期：2014年9月27日ReadingPassage1Title:骨头鉴定Questiontypes:TRUE/FALSE/NOTGIVEN(4)Flow-ChartCompletion(5)SentenceCompletion(4)文章内容回顾一个人在河边发现一根骨头，警察去调查尢果，后来专家鉴定是头骨，病理学家鉴定这是某位欧洲妇女的头骨。此发现震惊很多人，因为此头骨的主人早于记录中第一个发现新西兰的白人。题型难度分析本篇文章题型难度系数偏低。三种题型均是对于细节的考查，且均具有顺序性，而流程图填空和完成句子填空对于考生来说是抓住基础分的福音，所以只要细心，这篇文章的正确率完全可以保证。题型技巧分析是非无判断题到2014年目前为止只缺席了一场，出现频率极高。可以定位的词：特殊定位词（数字，大写，特殊符号）和名词。一定要带2-3个定位词一起定位，确保快速准确。考点：1.数子是否精确和准确，注忌数字前的nearly,almost,inexcessof,exceed,morethan,over.比较级，最高级，注意形容词的比较级和最高级，（not）as…as,themost.绝对限定词：all,only,fully,must,every,each,any,widely,largely等.因果关系词，asaresultof,dueto,leadto,contributeto,as,since,注思原囚和结果，不要弄反了。剑桥雅思推荐原文练习佥ij8TEST1PASSAGE1AChronicleofTimekeepingReadingPassage2Title:纸币的发展史Questiontypes:WhichparagraphcontainsthefollowinginformationTRUE/FALSE/NOTGIVENMultipleChoices(2/5)文章内容回顾最初Coin是财富的象征，如金币和银币。讲了制造纸币的三要素:ink,paperandengravingmethod。MarkPolo将14世纪中国的纸币技术引进了欧洲1。还提到纸币未来的发展趋势。

相关英文原文阅读Fromapproximately1000BCmoneyintheshapeofsmallknivesandspadesmadeofbronzewereinuseinthesocietyofChina,withcastbronzereplicasofcowrieshellsinusebeforethis.ThefirstmanufacturedcoinsseemstohavetakenplaceseparatelyinIndia,China,andincitiesaroundtheAegeanseabetween700and500BC.WhiletheseAegeancoinswerestamped(heatedandhammeredwithinsignia),theIndiancoins(fromtheGangesrivervalley)werepunchedmetaldisks,andChinesecoins(firstdevelopedintheGreatPlain)werecastbronzewithholesinthecentertobestrungtogether.Thedifferentformsandmetallurgicalprocessimpliesaseparatedevelopment.ThefirstrulerintheMediterraneanknowntohaveofficiallysetstandardsofweightandmoneywasPheidon.Mintingoccurredinthelatterpartsofthe7thcenturyamongstthecitiesofGrecianAsiaMinor,spreadingtoAegeanpartsoftheGreekislandsandthesouthofItalyby500BC.Thefirststampedmoney(havingthemarkofsomeauthorityintheformofapictureorwords)canbeseenintheBibliothequeNationaleofParis.Itisanelectrumstaterofaturtlecoin,coinedatAeginaisland.Thiscoindatesabout700BC.OthercoinsmadeofElectrum(anaturallyoccurringalloyofsilverandgold)weremanufacturedonalargerscaleabout650BCinLydia(onthecoastofwhatisnowTurkey).SimilarcoinagewasadoptedandmanufacturedtotheirownstandardsinnearbycitiesofIonia,includingMytileneandPhokaia(usingcoinsofElectrum)andAegina(usingsilver)duringthe6thcenturyBC.andsoonbecameadoptedinmainlandGreeceitself,andthePersianEmpire(afteritincorporatedLydiain547BC).Theuseandexportofsilvercoinage,alongwithsoldierspaidincoins,contributedtotheAthenianEmpire's5thcenturyBC,dominanceoftheregion.ThesilverusedwasminedinsouthernAtticaatLauriumandThorikosbyahugeworkforceofslavelabour.AmajorsilverveindiscoveryatLauriumin483BCledtothehugeexpansionoftheAthenianmilitaryfleet.Itwasthediscoveryofthetouchstonewhichledthewayformetal-basedcommoditymoneyandcoinage.Anysoftmetalcanbetestedforpurityonatouchstone,allowingonetoquicklycalculatethetotalcontentofaparticularmetalinalump.Goldisasoftmetal,whichisalsohardtocomeby,dense,andstorable.Asaresult,monetarygoldspreadveryquicklyfromAsiaMinor,whereitfirstgainedwideusage,totheentireworld.Usingsuchasystemstillrequiredseveralstepsandmathematicalcalculation.Thetouchstoneallowsonetoestimatetheamountofgoldinanalloy,whichisthenmultipliedbytheweightto

findtheamountofgoldaloneinalump.Tomakethisprocesseasier,theconceptofstandardcoinagewasintroduced.Coinswerepre-weighedandpre-alloyed,soaslongasthemanufacturerwasawareoftheoriginofthecoin,nouseofthetouchstonewasrequired.Coinsweretypicallymintedbygovernmentsinacarefullyprotectedprocess,andthenstampedwithanemblemthatguaranteedtheweightandvalueofthemetal.Itwas,however,extremelycommonforgovernmentstoassertthatthevalueofsuchmoneylayinitsemblemandthustosubsequentlyreducethevalueofthecurrencybyloweringthecontentofvaluablemetalGoldandsilverwereusedasthemostcommonformofmoneythroughouthistory.Inmanylanguages,suchasSpanish,French,andItalian,thewordforsilverisstilldirectlyrelatedtothewordformoney.Althoughgoldandsilverwerecommonlyusedtomintcoins,othermetalswereused.Forinstance,AncientSpartamintedcoinsfromirontodiscourageitscitizensfromengaginginforeigntrade.IntheearlyseventeenthcenturySwedenlackedmorepreciousmetalandsoproduced"platemoney",whichwerelargeslabsofcopperapproximately50?cmormoreinlengthandwidth,appropriatelystampedwithindicationsoftheirvalue.GoldcoinagebegantobemintedagaininEuropeinthethirteenthcentury.FredericktheIIiscreditedwithhavingre-introducedthemetaltocurrencyduringthetimeoftheCrusades.DuringthefourteenthcenturyEuropehadenmasseconvertedfromuseofsilverincurrencytomintingofgold.Viennatransferredfrommintingsilvertoinsteadgoldduring1328.Metalbasedcoinshadtheadvantageofcarryingtheirvaluewithinthecoinsthemselves-ontheotherhand,theyinducedmanipulations:theclippingofcoinsintheattempttogetandrecyclethepreciousmetal.Agreaterproblemwasthesimultaneousco-existenceofgold,silverandcoppercoinsinEurope.EnglishandSpanishtradersvaluedgoldcoinsmorethansilvercoins,asmanyoftheirneighborsdid,withtheeffectthattheEnglishgold-basedguineacoinbegantoriseagainsttheEnglishsilverbasedcrowninthe1670sand1680s.Consequently,silverwasultimatelypulledoutofEnglandfordubiousamountsofgoldcomingintothecountryataratenootherEuropeannationwouldshare.TheeffectwasworsenedwithAsiantradersnotsharingtheEuropeanappreciationofgoldaltogether—goldleftAsiaandsilverleftEuropeinquantitiesEuropeanobserverslikeIsaacNewton,MasteroftheRoyalMintobservedwithunease.StabilitycameintothesystemwithnationalBanksguaranteeingtochangemoneyintogoldatapromisedrate;itdid,however,

notcomeeasily.TheBankofEnglandriskedanationalfinancialcatastropheinthe1730swhencustomersdemandedtheirmoneybechangedintogoldinamomentofcrisis.EventuallyLondon'smerchantssavedthebankandthenationwithfinancialguarantees.Anotherstepintheevolutionofmoneywasthechangefromacoinbeingaunitofweighttobeingaunitofvalue.Adistinctioncouldbemadebetweenitscommodityvalueanditsspecievalue.Thedifferenceisthesevaluesisseigniorage.题型难度分析本篇文章是段落细节配对+是非无判断+多选题的题型配搭。对于绝大多数的考生来说，段落细节配对是难以逾越的难题，但如果可以把心态放平稳，可先处理具有顺序特点的是非无判断和较容易拿分的多选，再回到段落细节配对，解题压力也不会很大。剑桥雅思推荐原文练习剑5TEST3PASSAGE3TheReturnofArtificialIntelligenceReadingPassage3Title:超市顾客消费研究Questiontypes:YES/NO/NOTGIVENMultipleChoiceSummary（词库）文章内容回顾超市摄像头不仅监控偷盗行为，还可以研究顾客的消费习惯和心理。顾客会根据商品价格和便利性理性购物，研究者通过这些因素研究brainfunctions,大型超市用