2009年1月17日雅思阅读机经及参考答案

2009年1月17日雅思阅读机经及参考答案Passage 1

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题

Tickling and laughter

文章大意是说抚摸和笑之间的关系什么的，人们对痒的敏感度不同，痒的身体部位不同，原因还不得而知。

题目类型Matching（段落信息配对）Summary

Matching（人物观点配对）

参考答案Matching:

第一大题是写得段落包含信息

这一大题中的, 第一小题和最后一小题我记得都选择E，

Summary:

最后的两个填空很简单，就是文中的原词：cortex(类似），第二个记不得了

Matching:

当一个人被告知要被tickle的时候,脑子里会产生一个什么东西不让你笑

有讲几个人其中有达尔文和几个科学家的观点 matching

Passage 2

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A Famous Management scholar 彼得德鲁克

文章大意讲一个人，他是管理学的开创者（pioneer of the business management），第一个把管理学从经济领域扩大到其他行业的。文中大篇幅的讲了管理者应该转变观念，视员工为knowledge source 而不是work machine。管理者和员工不仅仅是老板和雇员的关系，而是更介于其中的一种，有一个词不会翻译, 还有提到管理者应该来制定长远计划，而员工应该有自由来决定用什么方法去实现

题目类Heading

Y/N/NG (3) 多选

型

参考答案List of headings：

答案一：

第一段总述了一下他的成就，写过n本书，影响遍布各个角落

第二段他早期的三本书及大致内容，其中有一本现在还在印刷

第三段写此人的几个重要思想, 其中有好多他的经典理论

第四段一些人的针对性批评

第五段这些批评有的对有的不对，举了例子来辩护

后面还有一段/2段，不太记得了

答案二：

第一个是选择他的著作流行和对世界的广泛影响；第二个是他早期的publishing；第三个是写BLALANCED MANAGEMENT；第四个是PRO AND CON；第五个是find fault with DRUKER；第六个是the changing role of the employee.（不太肯定的有一个）

Y/N/NG:

1. 此人认为员工和老板应该有一样的地位 (yes/ NG 不详)

2. 第二题:政府能决定经济(NG)

3. 政治家无法控制经济发展这一项选择NG

多选：

1，哪两项是他的观点

貌似是CD 选项是他认为管理学应该超出管理的范围；员工管理要平衡（大意，记不清了）

2，别人批评他哪两点

貌似是AD 选项是批评者认为他的研究领域太广泛了，不专；另外一个记不清了

Passage 3

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Tortoise and turtles

文章大意有点难，是说动物从海里---陆地----海里的过程。重点说海龟。

大致讲了一下整个过程，还提到有些生物应为一些不适应，到陆地后又回到了海洋，举例是wahles有一到问答的细节题，问你wahles缺什么所以又回到海洋了

题目类型T/F/NG

Summary (4 steps流程图) 多选

简答

参考答案多选:

问你文中发现的海龟两项最惊人的事实是什么？

其中有一项C，他们在历史上竟然迁徙过多次

问答题：

the plants（进化到陆地必不可少的transfer） breathing and reproduction(进化的两个过程）

the gills(whale 缺少什么） DOLPHINS（那个怪物OLY。。。。什么的，像什么动物）

判断题：

乌龟是FIRST GROUP。。。。（NG，文中没说是第一批）

根据化石确定动物的habitat（yes，文中有提到，一个原始动物像dolphin and就和海豚一样在水中生活）

根据化石不能判断动物（NO，可以判断）

大填空

答案基本上都在后几段，好像用路龟和海龟的化石作了比较，其中有几个步骤，填空是按步骤来的。

耶鲁大学的几个人做实验研究化石判断远古动物的流程：(不好定位是因为开始我以为是跨段的，没想到就考察了接连的几句话，答案紧凑）回忆填过的空，）

on triangle graph paper

amphibious（题中原词）

half way （在wet 和 dry 两者间加入 amphibious 动物类别，放在两者中间偏上的位置）

最后一个空是写的dryland 乌龟。

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