雅思阅读练习题及答案

第第页雅思阅读练习题及答案雅思阅读考试需要大家在备考中积累很多的阅读方法和技巧，并且灵活应用。下面是我为大家搜索整理的雅思阅读练习题，希望大家能有所收获。

Youshouldspendabout20minutesonquestions1-15,whicharebasedonReadingPassage1below.

NationalParksandClimateChange

A

Nationalparks,naturereserves,protectedareasandsitesofspecialscientificinterest(SSSIs)areanimportantpartofthenaturallandscapeinmostcountries.Theirhabitatandterrainsvarymassively,fromtundraandglacierparksinthenorthtowetlandsinEurope,steppesincentralandeasternEurope,andprairiegrasslandsanddesertsinotherareas.Virtuallyallkindsoflandscapeareprotectedsomewhere.Andtheseprotectedareasareimportantforthevarietyofplantandanimallifetheyharbour:caribou,bears,wolves,raretypesoffishandbirds.

B

Buttheseareasareunderthreatfromarecentperil-globalclimatechange.Noamountoflegislationinanyonecountrycanprotectagainstaworldwideproblem.Whatexactlyaretheproblemscausedbyclimatechange?DavidWoodward,headoftheBritishCouncilforNatureConservation,spoketoScienceNowaboutsomeoftheseareas,andhisfirstpointhighlightedtheenormousvariationinnaturereserves.

C

Eachparkorreserveisanecosystem,hesays,andthelargerreserves,suchasthoseinCanada,mayhaveseveraltypesofecologicalsubsystemswithinit.TherearereserveswhicharehalfthesizeofWesternEurope,soitdoesntmakesensetotalkaboutthemasiftheywereallthesame,orasifthemicroclimateswithinthemwereuniform.WoodwardoutlinessomeofthedangersposedbyclimaticchangetoparksinthenorthernAmericas,forexample.

D

Ifclimaticchangeissevere,andinparticularifthechangeishappeningasquicklyasitisatthemoment,thentheboundariesoftheparknolongermakemuchsense.Aparkthatwasdesignatedasaprotectedarea90yearsagomaysuffersuchchangeinitsclimatethatthenatureofitchangestoo.Itwillnolongercontaintheanimalandplantlifethatitdid.Sotheareawhichonceprotected,say,aspeciesofreindeeroratypeofscenery,willhavechanged.Ineffect,youlosethethingyouweretryingtoprotect.ThiseffecthasalreadybeenseeninCanada,whereparkswhichoncecontainedglaciershaveseentheglaciersmeltedbyglobalwarming.

E

JennieLindstrom,ChiefExecutiveOfficerofH2O,thecharitywhichcampaignsonaninternationallevelonbehalfofmainlandEuropesprotectedwetlandandwildernessareas,isevenmorepessimistic.InalettertoScienceNow,shehasassertedthatupto70%ofsuchareasarealreadyexperiencingsuchsignificantchange...inclimatethatthedistributionpatterns.offloraandfaunaarechanging,andthatallareaswilleventuallybeaffected.SheestimatesthatthemostprofoundchangeisoccurringinthenorthernmostparksinareassuchasFinland,Greenland,IcelandandnorthernRussia,butaddsthatthereisnoplacewhichwillnotsuffertheeffectsofglobalwarming.Whatweareseeingisamassivechangeintheenvironment-andthatmeanstheextinctionofwholespecies,aswellasvisualandstructuralchangeswhichmeansthatareasliketheCamarguemayliterallylooktotallydifferentin50or60yearstime.

F

Theproblemsaremanifold.First,itisdifficultorimpossibletopredictwhichareasaremostinneedofhelp-thatis,whichareasareinmostdanger.Predictingclimatechangeisevenmoreunreliablethanpredictingtheweather.Secondly,thereisasensethatgovernmentsinmostareasareapathetictowardsaproblemwhichmaynotmanifestitselfuntillongafterthatgovernmentstermofofficehascometoanend.Inpoorareas,ofcourse,natureconservationislowonthelistofprioritiescomparedto,say,employmentorhealth.Third,andperhapsmostimportant,eveninareaswherethereisboththepoliticalwillandthefinancialmuscletodosomethingabouttheproblem,itishardtoknowjustwhattodo.MariaColehillofForestlife,anAmericanconservationbody,thinksthatinthecaseofclimatechange,themostwecanrealisticallydoismonitorthesituationandallowforthechangesthatwecannotprevent,whilelobbyinggovernmentsinternationallytomakethechangestothepollutionlaws,forexample,thatwillenableustodealwiththecausesoftheproblem.Iamdespondent,sheadmits.IhavenodoubtthatalotoftheworkwearedoingonbehalfoftheNorthAmericanlynx,forexample,willbewasted.Theanimalitselfcanliveinvirtuallyanyenvironmentwheretherearefewhumans,butofcourseitsnumbersaresmall.Ifclimatechangeaffectstheotheranimallifeintheareaswhereitnowlives,ifthefoodchainchanges,thenthelynxwillbeaffectedtoo.Lessfoodforthelynxmeansfewerlynxes,orlynxeswithnowheretogo.

G

Certainly,climatechangeisnotgoingtogoawayovernight.Itisestimatedthatfossilfuelsburntinthe1950swillstillbeaffectingourclimateinanother30years,sothechangeswillcontinueforsometimeafterthat.Ifwewanttoprotecttheremnantsofourwildlandscapesforfuturegenerations,theimpetusforchangemustcomefromthegovernmentsoftheworld.

Questions1-7

DothefollowingstatementsagreewiththeinformationgiveninReadingPassage1?

Inboxes1-7onyouranswersheet,writeYesifthestatementagreeswiththeinformation,Noifthestatementcontradictstheinformation,NotGivenifthereisnoinformationonthisinthepassage.

1Everycountryhasprotectedareasornationalparks.

2Countriescanprotecttheirparksbychangingtheirlaws.

3Aprotectedareaorparkcancontainmanydifferentecosystems.

4DavidWoodwardthinksthatCanadianparkswillallbedifferentin90years.

5Canada,morethananyothercountry,hasfelttheeffectsofglobalwarming.

6H2Oworkstoprotectwetlandsallovertheworld.

7Somepartsoftheworldwillfeeltheresultsofglobalwarmingmorethanothers.

Questions8-13

Completethesummarybelow.Chooseyouranswersfromtheboxbelowthesummaryandwritetheminboxes8-13ontheanswersheet.Therearemorewordsthanspaces,soyouwillnotuseallthegivenwords.

Thereare________(8)encounteredinattemptingtostoptheeffectsof________(9).Oneisthedifficultyofpredictingchange.Anotherisalackof________(10)tochangethesituation;mostgovernmentsinterestinthematterislimitedbecauseitwillnotbecomeveryserious________(11).Finally,thereisthequandaryofwhatactionweshouldactuallytake.Onesolutionisbothtokeepaneyeonthesituationasitdevelops,andtopushforchanges________(12).Evenifwedothis,theproblemisnotgoingto________(13),sinceittakesaconsiderabletimeforglobalwarmingtohappen.

willingnessoftheauthorities

lotsofways

globalwarming

internationally

formanyyears

locally

disappearstraightaway

manyproblems

afterall

Questions14and15

ReadingPassage1hassevenparagraphsA-G.Whichparagraphsstatethefollowinginformation?WritetheappropriatelettersA-Ginboxes14and15onyouranswersheet.

14Allareasoftheworldarelikelytobeaffectedbyglobalclimatechanges.

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15Remediesforglobalwarmingwillnotreversethesetrendsimmediately.

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参考答案：

1.No2.No3.Yes