考前须知
雅思考试1小时,答40道题,平均一道题1分半,时间非常紧凑,要找准阅读方法,不然时间绝对不够,我目前一篇文章大约半小时,这个肯定不行,要看看怎么提速。
要达到6.5分,正确率要满足27/40。不过只要多对3道题,也就是30分以上,就能上7(满分9分)。所以还是以7为目标努力!
第一道题目标12分, 第二道题 8分,第三道题 7分,就能27分。为了上7,那就是 12-9-9或者 13-8-9。
C18-TEst3-passage1
materials to take us beyond concrete
1.原文意思是对 生产混凝土潜在原材料的工作流程进行解释,我理解错了,我翻译成了“在工业进程中会潜在的产出混凝土原材料的一种解释”,然后直接选择了“生产规模太大”那一部分。还是没读懂原题。
3.widely这个词我当时只注意看到了第一段的9.8亿,其实它的关键词是raw–“原材料”,所以这里对应的原文词是 ingredients,这个词不认识,所以就错了。还是要提升词汇量。其实这里还有一个关键词就是abundance,这个词背过,但是没记住,该打。
4. 题干里有一个viable(可行的), 关键词就是as it grow以及limition
5.encouraging SB to do, 鼓励XX人去做,而且题干里的encouraging对应文章里的driving
8.in term of 是在…方面,原文是Construction experts say that wooden buildings can be constructed at a greater speed than ones of concrete and steel and the process, it seems, is quieter.意思是木头建筑相比较水泥和钢铁做的更快而且更轻。当时读的时候没读对。
9. environmental advantage of cement alternatives may not be as great as initially assumed ,这里说到了一个“替代了水泥的环境进步不如假设的那么完美”,这句话在原文是没有的,是提炼出来的。这个考验的提炼能力。
12. 原话是`Some novel cements have been discussed for more than a decade within the research community, without breaking through. At present, these alternatives are rarely as cost-effective as conventional cement, and they face raw-material shortages and resistance from customers. 这里的偏僻词是novel,它有新型的意思,然后还有一个就是 conventional,它有传统的意思, cost-effective就是成本,所以对应题干里的expense has been a factor
【感觉】这个文章很难,专业术语比较多,然后幻读的情况我还是有,所以要关注这个幻读的情况。
生词: raw:生的,未加工的 row:行
C18-TEst3-passage2
steam car
23. 题干里的选项B,是raised financial capital,说的是增加了资本投入。原文写的是seek invest in his automobile design,which he used to open a compangy。我选的是A,说的是“迁移产品去一个新的城市”,这么一看还是B更准确,还是要更注意细节,当时A也是硬头皮选的,硬头皮选的的确都不太准。
26. 答案是strict,严格的law,我写的是today,这种说法本身也是不符合语法的,的确也是硬凑的,可见硬凑的答案还需要再多一点耐心去往后看看。
剑18-test4-passage1
green roofs
2. 题干说“一个城市有绿色屋顶已经加速了很多年了”,我选择了A,其实应该是C
3. 题干说是“一个观点(belief这里是观点)就是现有的绿色屋顶应该是一个新的模板”,我理解错了,把题干里的new one错误理解成了new building,关键词找错了,实际应该是E. 这个错的有点不应该。
4. 题干说是“绿色舞动如何与其他的绿色城市建筑合作的例子”,这里应该选B,B里不但有integrate这个与combination这个差不多的词,而且还有医生用绿色来治疗患者的例子。
7. 原文是food,结果写成了foods,不应该错
8. 通过后面的as an XXX,可见这里应该写一个名词,gardening是名词,+ing形式,而outdoors不是名词,是形容词。
13. 题干说的是“在E段落提到的绿色顶棚新的概念两个主要的目的”,文中原词是“there are also combinations of green roofs with solar panels”,这里solar panels指的是太阳能板,所以对应D选项的“通过稳定来源收集能量”。E选项是硬选的,果然硬选的都应该再斟酌,但是solar panels不认识也白搭,panel这个词在grafana里多次见到过,但是 solar还是不熟,应该加大词汇量。
C18-test4-passage2
growth mindset
16. 原文说 fixed mindset led them fear of failure and lack of effort,所以我选了A,让他们变得缺少竞争性。但是正确答案是D,说当看到极限的时候就害怕去push自己,我觉得A可能没那么完美,但是D也不完美,所以这个错了也没办法。
18. 单纯没找到对应的段落,感觉人和观点不是一对一的关系的时候,还是难度挺高的。但是其实原文里是有misunderstood,正好跟题干里的incorrectly相符合,所以这个不应该错。
20. 题干里的关键词是promoted without being aware,在不关注中促进。文中说的是在受关注effect下就会undo,所以这道题要关注的是反义词,而不是同义词。
21. 原文说的是growth mindset不是简单的让学生boost morale(点燃斗志)的方法。这个题也是没找到段落,而且即使找到了当时也没读懂这句话,不过后面有一个not just making students feel good,感觉feel good跟boost morale不是一个意思,就没选。感觉这个题挺恶心。
26. 题干说的是“深思熟虑deliberate 的尝试是鼓励孩子去达到更高的成就可能会有负面效果”。这里我找错段落了,我直接找的第9段,实际应该在第8段。但是我觉得第八段最后一句话也跟这个不太相关,所以这个错了也没招。
C15-test2-passage2
Should we try to bring extinct species back to life?
15. 我理解题干的意思是“让灭绝物种复活的方法只能用它自己物种的DNA的解释”。这个问题答案选择A,虽然我选择C肯定是不对,但是A我感觉也不咋地。
17. 我理解题干的意思是“提到精确指出特殊的物种会灭绝”,但是实际意思是“提及某个物种灭绝的确切时间点”,这里的point 是 时间点,我以为是“point at”是指出,应该是 point out(操蛋的是,它文章里第二段有point out原文)。不过,point 指时间点我之前也没遇到过,这个错了也没招。
18. 题干说的是这个哥们研究如何低于寒冷,所以我这里写trying to indentify “cold resistance” which enabled mammoths to live in the tundra.而这里后面写的定语是“让猛犸象生活在tundra”,所以这里不能是抵御寒冷了,而是研究generic traits,不过traits这个词我不认识,这个题错了也没招。
23. 我理解题干的意思是“重新介绍一个灭绝物种对于它自己的习性可能会提升它生活在这里的健康”,但是实际意思是“Reintroducing an extinct species to its original habitat could improve the health of a particular species living there.将已灭绝物种重新引入其原栖息地,可以改善生活在那里的特定物种的健康状况。”Reintroducing我以为是重新介绍的意思,没想到是重新引入。habitat是栖息地,我混淆了habit。
24. 我理解题干的意思是“汇总动物灭绝的原因很重要”concentrate(集中 专心于),这个题的对应原文是“She prefers to focus the debate on how this emerging technology could be used to fully understand why various species went extinct in the first place”,in the first place是“起初”的意思,而且这句话让我有错觉,以为表达她的态度。
25. 我理解题干的意思是“一个灭绝的物种复活是非常有好处的,影响到他的vegetation (生长)”,实际意思是“A species brought back from extinction could have an important beneficial impact on the vegetation of its habitat.一个从灭绝中复活的物种可能会对其栖息地的植被产生重要的积极影响。” 它题干里提到了vegetation,但是我没懂vegetation是植被意思,不然很容易定位。还是词汇量太少。
【生词】insufficient 不足的。 in the first place 最开始,起初 pop up breed 繁殖 scatter 散开 disturbance 扰乱 骚乱
【感想】这个文章第二段里有大量的医学词和动物词语,很恶心。不过觉得这个偏动物学、自然界的文章,其实主要还是词语的丰富度。
C15-test1-passage2
- schemes for __ will be more workable,什么的日程安排会更有工作化。答案是 Automation means that initiatives for “car-sharing” become much more viable, particularly in urban areas with significant travel demand。首先schemes后面肯定是一个“解决方案”而不是“一个现象”,其次workable跟viable这里做了同义词。
- 这题错的不应该,原题percent drop in __ of cars.后面已经有 cars了,所以原文里的vehicle ownership,就只要ownership即可,所以说题中写的是不超过2个单词,也不定只有一个题是一个单词。同理,下一题yearly后面空格,原文有了annual mileage,所以annual就不要写了。做这个题还是要关注上下文。
【生词】initiatives 首创精神 implement 贯彻实施 onward 向前 gather 收集 compromise 妥协,折中 enforcement 强制 robust 粗鲁 vital 生死攸关
【感想】这个题不难。
C20-Test1-passage2
Return of the elm: reintroducing the beloved tree to Britain
【关注】这个文章是我第一次用关键词方法做的,就是照关键词去文中,然后快读,20分钟强制交卷,不纠结分数,只是找找感觉。具体感觉如下:1.标记了“关键词”不一定就在那个段落,有可能这个段落只是一个“印子”,下几段中的一个才是具体的解释。2.时间还是紧,找关键词还是要更准。 3.人名题,不要只搜索全称,推荐只搜索姓氏,因为有时候文中只有姓氏。
14. 我理解题干的意思是“调查出现多个问题源自于只有一些大elm生长”。 原文是“reference to the research problems that arise from there being only a few surviving large elms”指的是由于仅存少量大型榆树而引发的研究问题。
15. 我理解题干的意思是“关于elm对于英国而言的价值需要被重新审视的一些不同看法”, 原文是”details of a difference of opinion about the value of reintroducing elms to Britain”,这里reintroducing是“重新引入”的意思。
16. 我理解题干的意思是“荷兰elm疾病是如何带到英国的?” 选择B,这个不应该错。
17. 我理解题干的意思是“对英国有一个地方可以避免荷兰elm疾病的条件的描述”。这个关键词我找的是escape,然后发现C段落里有一个地名,对应了location,但是不能选C。因为这里只是一个引子,具体的description其实在下面的E段落里。
18. 我理解题干的意思是“哪个阶段年轻的elm对荷兰elm病很脆弱”。C段落提到的是15厘米的树很容易被甲壳虫吃。
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20. 不应该错,都找到人了,原话也说了’Sometimes the best thing you can do is just give nature time to recover
25. 文中的flooring既可以描述用于覆盖地面的材料,也可以指代铺设地板的过程。所以这里要用flooring而不是floor,因为前面有一个wood for XXX ,所以这里不能写 wood for floor,语法错误。
【生词】beetles 甲壳虫
C19-Test2-Passage3
An inquiry into the existence of the gifted child – 这里是inquiry(调查研究),不是injury(受伤)
【关注】这篇文章是25mins之内完成的,10/14,还算不错。
31. satisfaction 满足、满意,我写的是achievement。原文是“Of course, the most rewarding part is the “Aha” moment, the excitement of discovery and enjoyment of understanding something new”,就是恍然大悟的那个时刻,我觉得很有成就感的,答案是很满足的,我也不知道说啥了。
32. innovative 创新的,这个词背过,但是还理解成“进化的”,该打。 intent 意图 Deliberate 深思熟虑,这也背过好几次了。 went on to outperform others 表现优于他人
33. end up 最後處於;最後成爲;以…告終
35. 题干里有“reach agreement”,关键词其实是making the difference
36. 我认为题干的意思是“爱因斯坦对公众对他工作的看法很不爽”,原文是Einstein was upset by the public’s view of his life’s work. 应该是C,文中没写,这个不应该错。
37. put his success down to 把成功归功于…
38. 我认为题干的意思是“是什么让eyre相信让孩子们平等的天赋标准是必须要的?”,原文是“What does Eyre believe is needed for children to equal ‘gifted’ standards?”,其实是“艾尔认为,要让孩子达到“天才”的标准,需要具备哪些条件?”,主要是equal这里翻译错了。 原文是在“most individuals can reach levels of performance associated in school with the gifted and talented. However, they must be taught the right attitudes and approaches to their learning and develop the attributes(归因于、特性、特质) of high performers - curiosity, persistence and hard work”
C19-Test1-Passage3
The Unselfish Gene
【关注】这篇文章是25mins之内完成的,9/14,还算不错。
28. “It presented a view that was in line with the attitudes of its time.“它所表达的观点与当时的社会态度相符。原文是”it fitted so well with - and helped to justify - the competitive and individualistic ethos that was so prevalent in late 20th-century societies.“ prevalent 流行
30. 不应该错
31. egalitarianism 平均主义,其实我已经定位到了,但是这个词我不认识,我认识前面那个political,但是我幻读成了polite(有礼貌的),就写了有礼貌,这个也不应该错。
34. domineering 盛气凌人,形容词。 domineer,霸凌,作威作福,这个是动词。 这个词猜出来啥意思了,但是词性不敢保证,于是就写错了。
39. 我认为题干的意思是“负面情绪在现代的集群里表现得比其他集群跟明显”,这里错了,cluture是文化,cluster才是集群。(Negative traits(特点) are more apparent in some modern cultures than in others.)
C20-Test1-Passage3
How stress affects our judgement
【关注】这篇文章也是25分钟搞定的,8/14,我发现基本上passage 3 25分钟想通读基本不可能,完全靠看你能不能第一时间找到关键句,要不就快速读的能力,但是一定切记幻读的情况。 然后这种文章会有一段来讲“做社会实验的具体方法,比如找XX人,用什么AB-tests,或者是什么手段来测试他们的反应”。
28. 我认为B选项的意思是“他们解决压力的策略是调查者非常感兴趣的”。但是这个题干提到了“作者的point是啥”,那么题干里的them这类的信息其实主语就是“作者”,所以A 项:The regular changes of stress levels in their working lives make them ideal study subjects.(他们日常工作中压力水平的频繁变化使得他们成为理想的研究对象。)这里的study不是消防员而是作者。
31. 这个题找关键句找错了,应该在前面。不应该错。
32. thought it more likely that they would experience something bad.(认为自己更有可能遭遇坏事。),选项没读明白…
33. behaved(行为举止) in a similar manner, regardless of the circumstances.(表现如常,并不会因场景不同而变化。)
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39. 我认为题干的意思是“被社交媒体的帖子传递的压力会让我们产生不必要的提前预防”,这个没有关键句,但是整个倒数第二段都是在描述具体的事情来表达这个意思。
【生词】 quite a bit 相当多 conscientious 尽职尽责的 likelihood 可能性 pattern 图案、模式 weigh up 权衡 perceive 感知
C15-test1-passage3
What is exploration(探险)?
【关注】这篇文章也是25分钟搞定的,8/14,感觉有点稳定了呢…
29. 我认为题干的意思是“作者引用heath这个人的描述是为了干啥”。 从文中“Thomas Hardy set some of his novels in Egdon Heath”,可以看出heath这个是一个小说的设定。
30. 原文写的是“We think back to a golden age, as if exploration peaked somehow in the 19th century - as if the process of discovery is now on the decline, though the truth is that we have named only one and a half million of this planet’s species, and there may be more than 10 million - and that’s not including bacteria.”我以为“我们回想黄金时代,它在19世纪到了顶峰,现在发现的进程已经下滑了”,但是后面还有一个though表示转折,我说怎么感觉前后说的不是一回事呢,关键词“though”,这个不应该错。
32. 原文关键句是最后一句“and this is what interests me: how a fresh interpretation, even of a well-travelled route, can give its readers new insights.” 即使是well-travelled的经历(路由),也会有新鲜的解释,也会给读者新的领悟。所以选B
33. Wilfred Thesiger, who crossed Arabia’s Empty Quarter in 1946, and belongs to an era of unmechanised travel now lost to the rest of us, told me, ‘If I’d gone across by camel when I could have gone by car, it would have been a stunt.’ To him, exploration meant bringing back information from a remote place regardless of any great self-discovery. 我理解这句话是这个跨过沙漠的哥们说“当我看可以开车的时候我选择了骑骆驼,那会是一个stunt特技(表演)或噱头”对他来说,探索就是从远方带来信息 ,而无关于自己发现。 对应的是 He referred to the relevance of the form of transport used.
35. Then Robin Hanbury-Tenison, a campaigner on behalf of remote so-called ‘tribal’ peoples, said, ‘A traveller simply records information about some far-off world, and reports back; but an explorer changes the world.’ 这里不要只看他说的话,其实要看全部,这里有一个behalf。所以选择 He worked for the benefit of specific groups of people.
36. 还是33题那个人,关键词“ regardless of any great self-discovery.”。 所以选择 He did not consider learning about oneself an essential part of exploration.他没有考虑到学习是探险这个过程里不可缺少的一部分
【生词】emotional 情绪 landscape 风景 delve 钻研、探究 attraction 吸引 negotiate 谈判 incline 倾向于 confine 限制 边界
C20-test2-passage2
【关注】这篇文章是20分钟搞定的,正确率10/13,很棒!也是没通读,就是扫了一眼,了解一下大概意思,整个文章还是比较简单,通过扫一眼就能大概明白它在说啥。
15. 这个题干有1个生词不认识,一个是realisation,我猜测题干的意思是“其他也会拖延的真相是啥”,其实 realisation 是“实现”的意思,题干的意思是“reference to the realisation that others also procrastinate” 指的是意识到其他人也会拖延。 F段的原话是“We should remind ourselves that we’re not the first person to procrastinate, nor the last.”这句话是关键句,我想说的是我一直以为这种题是从上到下的,可见不是,这种题就是混顺序的。
16. neurological evidence of a link between procrastination and emotion 这里的 neurological (神经学)这个词我不认识,我看后面的logical 以为是啥逻辑。其实题干是 神经学证据表明拖延与情绪之间存在联系 。这题如果你不知道neurological真的选不出来,所以这个错了也就错了。 但是这种题其实难就难在它的答案是在文中的一句话里,所以要通读,但是具体例子可以不用看那么细,所以这种题的确很花时间,我大约花了10分钟在这上面。
18. 前面有一个identifing,也就是“发现XXX”,原文里的“detection of threats”,所以这里写threats,这个不应该错,都应该定位到具体的句子了。
23. 题干写的是“Which TWO comparisons(对比) between employees who often procrastinate and those who do not are mentioned in the text?” 这里要注意,说是“empolyees who often 拖延” and“those who do not”,也就是“拖延的员工和不拖延的员工的comparison(比较)在文中被提起的两点”。不要理解成“没有在文中提到的两点”,那就彻底理解错了。
C20-test2-passage3
【关注】这篇文章是25分钟搞定的,11/14,很棒!这个系列第一次上了7分,一共对了30道题,极大地鼓舞了我!不过这篇文章要是懂一点棒球知识会更轻松,它涉及到一个棒球场地的问题。
30. The hundred-mile-an-hour fastball led to a more exciting style of play. 原文是“The results showed that everyone wanted more action: more hits, more defense, more baserunning. This type of baseball essentially hasn’t existed since the 1960s, when the hundred-mile-an-hour fastball, which is difficult to hit and control, entered the game. It flattened the game into strikeouts, walks, and home runs—a type of play lacking much action.” 的确让比赛变得更无聊的,更没有对抗,这个题不应该错。
38. appeal有“呼吁、上诉”的意思,在体育环境下还有“诉诸裁判”的意思。 但是我选的A,意思是说可能比赛会有错误,这个是不对的,因为原文写的是“compared with a human’s, the robot’s strike zone seems too precise(精确的、准确的、确切的、精密的或严谨的)”,这里precise词没反应过来意思,所以错了。
40. accuracy 精准度,我选的B,只能说相比较C更准确一点。
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Can the planet’s coral reefs be saved?
【关注】这篇文章是20分钟搞定的,错的很惨,4/13,基本这套题上6.5是不可能了。这种生态题比较恶心,主要是它的生物名词比较多,这篇文章主要讲珊瑚礁的。
14. Two clear educational goals, 两个清晰的教育目标。“教育”这里就很有混淆性,全文并没有“教育”人做什么,放到这里我觉得有点商榷
15. Cooperation beneath the waves,这里waves就直接当水就行,而不是波浪,这个其实就简单理解成“水下合作”就行,而不是“波动下的合作”,过多的纠结“波动”,就选不到这个。
19. Promot 推动的意思,prompting hope,就是传递希望的意思、
25. 原文是“These polyps are transparent but get their brilliant tones of pink, orange, blue, green, etc. from algae that live within them, which in turn get protection, while their photosynthesising of the sun’s rays provides nutrients for the polyps.” 这个题其实很好定位,但是有一个关键词就是in turn(反之,反过来),懂了这个就知道答案是protection
【其他】 as well as = and
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Robots and us
【关注】这个题做了30分钟,这个文章其实很新颖,就是有四个问题让三个人去回答,这里面就需要记得住这三个大哥都说了啥。
第一问题:Should robots be used to colonise other planets? 应该让机器人去殖民其他星球吗?
Martin Rees:should be preserved with a status that is analogous to Antarctica here on Earth
Daniel Wolpert:有那功夫不如研究在地球采矿
Kathleen Richardson:没明确表达
第二个问题:How soon will machine intelligence outstrip human intelligence? 机器智能啥时候能超越人类智能?
Martin Rees:Should we feel guilty about exploiting [sophisticated robots]? Should we fret if they are underemployed, frustrated, or bored?’ 我们过度使用机器人是否应该内疚,当导致人类大量下岗焦虑的时候我们是否应该担忧?但是这里的they是咋对应到“人类”的???
Daniel Wolpert:Expecting a machine close to the creative intelligence of a human within the next 50 years would be highly ambitious. 可以期待未来50年机器人的智商超越我们
Kathleen Richardson:这源于人类将无生命物体拟人化的倾向:我们根据自身的形象来创造机器,想象机器像我们一样思考和行动,因此将它们视为一种自主的威胁。“认为问题出在机器上的后果之一是……我们倾向于想象它们比实际更强大、更有权势,而随后它们也确实变得如此。”
第三个问题:Should we be scared by advances in artificial intelligence? 我们应该害怕人工智能吗?
Martin Rees:I think we should ensure that robots remain as no more than “idiot savants” lacking the capacity to outwit us, even though they may greatly surpass us in the ability to calculate and process information.’不要让机器人太强,要确保他们remain一个状态–idiot
Daniel Wolpert:Similarly, while there may be misuses of robotics in the near future, the benefits that they will bring are likely to outweigh these negative aspects。虽然有些黑客,但是机器人的好处还是大于负面影响。
Kathleen Richardson:Not all fear [robots]; many people welcome machine intelligence。不要怕,其实人类很喜欢AI
第四个问题:What can science fiction tell us about robotics? 这个我没太看懂,其实意思是“科幻小说能告诉我们关于机器人学的哪些信息?”
Martin Rees:让学生看一流小说,而不是二流的
Daniel Wolpert: 未来的世界都是有机器人的
Kathleen Richardson:要把现实和虚拟做出一个区分
- 这个题干我没读懂,The ideas in high-quality science fiction may prove to be just as accurate as those found in the work of mediocre scientists. 其实意思是“高质量科幻作品中的理念,或许与平庸科学家的研究成果一样准确。”
- There are those who look forward to robots developing greater intelligence。期待机器人开发出更高级的人工智能,这个是C。
- What potential advance does Rees see as a cause for concern? 我认为题干说的是“Rees担心那些潜在的进步”。这里 advance其实更应该翻译成“进展”。 artificial intelligence developing independent thought ai开发出独立的想法。
- 这个不应该错了,这个要是对了就6.5了。
- 只能A很有迷惑性,但是C更准确。
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The case for mixed-ability classes
【关注】这个题做了25分钟,到点直接交卷,6/14,不及格,不过这个文章的确比较恶心,我没看懂啥意思。The case for mixed-ability classes 从标题而言,感觉就是水平参差不齐的班级,“其实是有一定的好处的”。然后第一段用纯说明文说明,同样一篇文章,有的学生反应很傻比,有的就能思考的很深。
30. C. the assistance given to a student in their initial stages of learning 这个选项,我当时因为里面提到了initial(开端,初级),所以我没敢选,毕竟段落里没有这个initial的同义词,但是其实相比较另外三个,这个的确是“矮子里拔大个”了,所以遇到这种题,第一还是要读懂,不要指望直接找到原文,第二就是拔大个。
31. 这类它规定的内容然后往里选的类型题,是我拿分不高的题,因为设计到两次转换,一次是根据原文你要选择一下你的答案,但是也要根据它的选项、思路来确认,所以这个题我正确率不高而且还费时间。
32. 原文是low sets ,这里选bottom sets,其实原文
33. disadvantaged backgrounds 弱势背景
34. These students tend to have much higher representation of low socioeconomic class.这里的class又指的是阶级,然后还用了socioeconomic这个“复合词”来形容poor,增加了难度。representation这个要一眼看出来是‘出现’。
35. lower expectations 降低预期,原文是:Streaming students by diagnosed achievement automatically limits what the teacher feels the student is capable of.这里limit是动词“限制”的意思。
38. 原文是 Streaming students by diagnosed achievement automatically limits what the teacher feels the student is capable of. 这题基本都没时间了,开始蒙了。
39. The priority should be to ensure that the highest-achieving students attain their goals. 这个其实根据题干也可以觉得这个说法太绝对了,所以还是要读懂题干。
40. Taking part in collaborative outdoor activities with teachers and classmates can improve student outcomes in the classroom. 这个其实快速浏览一下,的确没说。这个和上面那个不应该错,主要开始时间不够,果然还是难。
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Alfred Wegener: science, exploration and the theory of continental drift
【关注】这个题做了25分钟,到点直接交卷,7/14,不及格,这个文章我觉得不难,但是分数这么低,要好好看看了。后来一看还是那种“选择填空题”错的多,要是普通的填空题,肯定至少11/14.
29. Wegener relied on a limited range of scientific fields to support his theory of continental drift.魏格纳依靠有限的科学领域来支持他的大陆漂移学说。这里的“a limited range of scientific”,我误解了,我以为原文说了很多词,但是是一个一个列出的,所以是 limit。
30. The similarities between Wegener’s theory of continental drift and modern-day plate tectonics are enormous.魏格纳的大陆漂移学说与现代板块构造学说有着巨大的相似之处。原文我看是“Wegener’s idea – that the continents move – is at the heart of the theory that guides Earth sciences today: namely plate tectonics. Plate tectonics is in many respects quite different from Wegener’s proposal, in the same way that modern evolutionary theory is very different from the ideas Charles Darwin proposed in the 1850s about biological evolution.” 这里其实是有转折的,但是它没有however这种词,所以看到前面是heart就选择了yes。
38. C选项的C. He did not adopt many of the scientific practices of the time. 当时没认出来adopt(收养、采取) adapt(改编、适应) adept(擅长)。所以还是四个选项里拔大个,选A。
【其他】respect不止有尊重的意思,还是细节、方面的意思
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Henry Moore (1898–1986)
【关注】这个题做了12分钟,因为题比较简单,原文简单题干也简单,所以12/13,达到目标,很棒~
- After leaving school, Moore hoped to become a sculptor, but instead he complied with his father’s wish that he train as a school teacher. 这个不应该,应该拿满分的。comply 遵循、答应,这个词竟然没想起来,该打。
【其他】turn away 解雇,背离,避开,走开
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【关注】这个题做了15分钟,题比较简单,原文简单题干也简单,10/13,我觉得还是有点低的,该打!所以说第一篇文章,力求12分乃至满分,打一个好的基础。12分的话,剩下两篇文章27道题拿18分,咱就能上7了。虽然有点难度,但是要为之努力。
- 答案是erosion 侵蚀、腐蚀。这个词其实是背过的,但是还是没记住,我写了一个missing,这个还是以原文原词为准。
- fuel是燃料的意思,对应文中的for heating,所以应该是branches,这个也不该丢。
- 应该是trunk,这里拼写错误了,没检查,这个不该丢。
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Case Study: Tourism New Zealand website
【关注】这个题做了15分钟,题比较简单,原文简单题干也简单,10/13,我觉得还是有点低的,该打!所以说第一篇文章,力求12分乃至满分,打一个好的基础。12分的话,剩下两篇文章27道题拿18分,咱就能上7了。虽然有点难度,但是要为之努力。
8. The website www.newzealand.com aimed to provide ready-made itineraries and packages for travel companies and individual tourists. 网站 www.newzealand.com 旨在为旅行社和个人游客提供现成的行程安排和旅游套餐。 这个其实原文写了是一个“The website was set up to allow both individuals and travel organisations to create itineraries and travel packages to suit their own needs and interests.”与ready-made相悖,所以选B。
9. It was found that most visitors started searching on the website by geographical location.研究发现,大多数访问者都是从地理位置开始在网站上搜索的。 原文说的是“On the website, visitors can search for activities not solely by geographical location, but also by the particular nature of the activity.”其实跟这个题干没关,所以应该是not given.
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Bringing cinnamon to Europe
【关注】这个题做了15分钟,9/13,我觉得还是有点低的,该打!这个错题,主要是生词比较多,第一时间没看出来导致在根据语境去猜,还是要多背单词,真正的记住单词。
- It was known in biblical times, and is mentioned in several books of the Bible, both as an ingredient that was mixed with oils for anointing people’s bodies, 这里生词是ingredient(混合物)和anointing(涂油,用油擦)
- In ancient Rome, mourners attending funerals burnt cinnamon to create a pleasant scent. Most often, however, the spice found its primary use as an additive to food and drink.这句话生词挺多,mourners哀悼者,funeral葬礼 scent(味道,气味)
- Cinnamon was also reported to have health benefits, and was thought to cure various ailments, such as indigestion.这道题就是B站一个博主说的such as的问题,indigestion(消化不良)。这题其实不应该错。
- The spice trade maintained its economic importance during the 19th century. 我看到原文的“By the middle of the 19th century, production of cinnamon reached 1,000 tons a year, after a lower grade quality of the spice became acceptable to European tastes.”我就以为是对的,其实后面还有“By that time,…”在那时的意思。所以后半句是很重要的,“Not only was a monopoly of cinnamon becoming impossible, but the spice trade overall was diminishing in economic potential, and was eventually superseded by the rise of trade in coffee, tea, chocolate, and sugar.” superseded这个是关键词,被超越的意思。所以选false。这个题以后要注意关键词,还是要通读,不能只看19th century 这个点。
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Roman tunnels
【关注】这个题做了15分钟,9/13,我觉得还是有点低的。这里的文章的第一个图像题型有点新颖,但是考验到了一些常用词但是不经常的翻译方法,比如direct,一般都是形容词“直接的”,这里考察的是它动词的意思。然后weight,这里考察的是名词的意思。这种题就比较考验平时背单词的丰富度,但是也给我一个提醒,有些词可以大胆想象多种词性,但是这上面花费的时间较多。这里时间用的多,后面的题就没时间,所以该果断还是要果断。
- 这里direct有动词“笔直,指引方向”的意思。 这里用post,post有“柱子、杆子、岗位、邮件、邮政、公告”的意思。原文是“In the early first millennium BCE, they introduced the qanat method of tunnel construction, which consisted of placing posts over a hill in a straight line, to ensure that the tunnel kept to its route, and then digging vertical shafts down into the ground at regular intervals.”
- Only experienced builders were employed to construct a tunnel using the counterexcavation method. 只有有经验的人才能被雇佣来使用counterexcavation方法来制造隧道。原文写的是“This method required greater planning and advanced knowledge of surveying, mathematics and geometry as both ends of a tunnel had to meet correctly at the center of the mountain.”这个方法需要各种知识,所以我选的是yes,但是答案是not given。
- What type of mineral were the Dolaucothi mines in Wales built to extract? 原文写的是“Traces of such tunnels used to mine gold can still be found at the Dolaucothi mines in Wales.” 这个题不应该错,因为当时时间有点少了,就有点慌了。
- In addition to the patron, whose name might be carved onto a tunnel? 这里写了in addition to(除了),所以应该是Most tunnels had inscriptions showing the names of patrons who ordered construction and sometimes the name of the architect.这个也是没认真审题,时间太少了,所以不应该丢分。
【其他】 inscription 题词。 construction 建造 consist 组成,构成 vertical 垂直 Remarkably 引人注目的 weight 重量、重力、砝码(名词词性)使变重(动词) deviate脱离、偏离 mineral vein 矿脉 pursue 追求
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Adapting to the effects of climate change
【关注】这个题做了20分钟,8/13,首先做题时间还是不够,尤其是定位词不太容易找到的情况下,还需要快读的能力,那么快读为了不漏细节那么要笔记以及第一次读就准确。这5道题我看了一下基本也没什么低级错误。
14. how a type of plant functions as a natural protection for coastlines。这个题当时做的时候没时间了,就看F段写的是“种树降温”就选了F,其实是C,原文写的是“There have been many attempts to restore the island’s coastal mangroves: ecosystems of trees and shrubs that help defend coastal areas by trapping sediment in their net-like root systems, elevating the sea bed and dampening the energy of waves and tidal currents.”人们曾多次尝试恢复该岛的沿海红树林:红树林是由树木和灌木组成的生态系统,它们通过网状根系截留沉积物来帮助保护沿海地区,抬升海床,并减弱波浪和潮汐流的能量。
17. a mention of a technology used to locate areas most in need of intervention。这个题其实是F,原文写的是“Using a Geographic Information System data mapping tool, the programme identified streets with low tree canopy cover in three of the city’s neighbourhoods and covered them with a light-grey, light-reflecting coating, which had already been shown to lower road surface temperature in Los Angeles by 6°C.” 该项目利用地理信息系统数据映射工具,确定了该市三个街区树冠覆盖率低的街道,并用浅灰色反光涂层覆盖这些街道。此前已有研究表明,这种涂层可以将洛杉矶的路面温度降低 6°C。
20. 这个题比较难,因为根据not-for-profit关键字定位到原文是“a not-for-profit organisation that has been researching and retrofitting amphibious houses since 2006”。 amphibious(两栖),这个词我不认识,所以就写了这个词,其实应该写float,但是这个的确隐藏的很深,所以错了也没啥好说的。
23. It is essential to adopt strategies which involve and help residents of the region.采取能够让该地区居民参与并帮助他们的策略至关重要。
26. The number of locations requiring action to adapt to flooding has grown in recent years.近年来,需要采取措施应对洪水灾害的地区数量有所增加。,这个题选C,我觉得有待商榷。
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MAKING EVERY DROP COUNT
【关注】这个题做了18分钟,早于预期2分钟,12/13,很棒!
19. An explanation for reduced water use,这个意思是“对水减少的解释”,我理解成“减少的人用在哪里的解释”。我选择的选项是“The financial cost of recent technological improvements”(近期技术进步带来的经济成本),但是的确G段里提到钱的地方不多,可以理解吧。
【其他】 relevance 相关的 jeopardize 损害 dispute 争议 outset 开始开端
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A new role for livestock guard dogs
【关注】这个题做了22分钟,10/14,还行吧…
30. claims by different academics that the use of livestock guard dogs is a successful way of protecting farmers’ herds。不同学者声称,使用牲畜护卫犬是保护农民牲畜群的有效方法。academics(学者)
33. Claims of a change in behaviour from those using livestock guard dogs may not be totally accurate.(使用牲畜护卫犬的人声称行为发生了改变,这种说法可能并不完全准确。)原文是“but warned that such self-reported results must be taken with a pinch of salt.”“A pinch of salt” 字面意思是“一撮盐”(用拇指和食指捏起的一小撮),在习语 take it with a pinch of salt 中文通常译为“持保留态度”、“半信半疑”、“听听就好”或“不可尽信”,
39. They may also compete with other carnivores for food. 这里carnivores不认识,是“肉食动物”的意思,错了就错了。
‘There is common ground from the livestock perspective and from the conservation perspective,’ she says. ‘If ranchers don’t have a dead cow, they will not make a call to apply for a permit to kill a wolf.’ 这种不好好说话,举例子的方式其实很难翻译。 ‘There is common ground from the livestock perspective and from the conservation perspective,’ she says. ‘If ranchers don’t have a dead cow, they will not make a call to apply for a permit to kill a wolf.’ 还有这句话,也很难翻译。
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The Truth about the Environment
【关注】这篇文章20分钟做完的,10/14,但是应该可以更好。
30. Extinct species are being replaced by new species.灭绝的物种被新的物种取代,我理解就是“新的物种开始灭绝?” 这句话的确在原文没有,不应该错的。
31. It would be best to attempt to slow down economic growth. 最好的尝试是限制经济增长。这个原文写的是 therefore best cured not by restricting economic growth, but by accelerating it. therefore (因此)
38.&39. 这道题跟以往不同的是,它要从前面的内容去定位,在前几段写的是:One form of pollution - the release of greenhouse gases that causes global warming - does appear to be a phenomenon that is going to extend well into our future, but its total impact is unlikely to pose a devastating problem. A bigger problem may well turn out to be an inappropriate response to it. “extend well into our future”说明是长期作战,“inappropriate”说的是不合适,所以要用right way。
【其他】poll 投票 nurture 养育、培养 disjunction 分离 disjunction between perception and reality(感知与现实之间的脱节) roll in(资金)投入 nevertheless 尽管如此,然而 instantly 立即、马上 perception 看法 percept 看法、感知 impartial 公正,不偏不倚 intuition 直觉
A trade organisation arguing for, say, weaker pollution controls is instantly seen as self-interested. Yet a green organisation opposing such a weakening is seen as altruistic, even if an impartial view of the controls in question might suggest they are doing more harm than good. (例如,一个主张放松污染控制的行业组织,会立即被视为出于自身利益。然而,一个反对放松污染控制的环保组织,却会被视为无私奉献,即便客观地看待这些控制措施可能会表明,它们弊大于利。)
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【关注】这篇文章15分钟做完的,8/13,这特么的不行啊。
2. synthetic(合成的、人造的,同Artificial),这个词当时不确定不把握,所以看到后面写了一个thermosetting,就前面写了一个thermoplastic。其实根因是定位定错了,应该看“Bakelite had the distinction of being the first totally synthetic thermosetting plastic”这句话,因为主语是bakelite。
5. 原文是“Other substances were then introduced: including fillers, such as woodflour, asbestos or cotton, which increase strength and moisture resistance, catalysts (substances to speed up the reaction between two chemicals without joining to either) and hexa, a compound of ammonia and formaldehyde which supplied the additional formaldehyde necessary to form a thermosetting resin.” 这里我写的是substances(物质),更准确的应该是fillers(填充物),多看几个词就看到了,这个以后要注意。
9&10. Which TWO of the following factors influencing the design of Bakelite objects are mentioned in the text?文中提到哪两个因素会影响bakelike的设计。 原文有“The object could not be designed so that it was locked into the mould and therefore difficult to extract.”所以选BC,这里题当时定位错了。
13. Bakelite was only available in a limited range of colours. bakelite只有有限的几个颜色可以选择。 原文是“Electrical manufacturers seized on its insulating properties, and consumers everywhere relished its dazzling array of shades, delighted that they were now, at last, no longer restricted to the wood tones and drab browns of the preplastic era.”这里关键词是shade(阴凉处、阴影、色调、灯罩或遮光物)有色调的意思,所以这里选false。这个错了就错了,下次要记住。
【其他】 constituents 成分 revert 恢复 thus 因此、从而、这样 fixed 固定、定格 stage 阶段 combine 混合 kettle 水壶 moisture 潮湿 govern 管理、支配 disdain 鄙视 despise 也是鄙视 innovate 革新、创新 relish 尽情享用