雅思考試閱讀考題回顧朗閣雅思培訓(xùn)中心李珂考試日期：2014年9月27日ReadingPassage1Title:骨頭鑒定Questiontypes:TRUE/FALSE/NOTGIVEN(4)Flow-ChartCompletion(5)SentenceCompletion(4)文章內(nèi)容回顧一個(gè)人在河邊發(fā)現(xiàn)一根骨頭，警察去調(diào)查尢果，后來(lái)專家鑒定是頭骨，病理學(xué)家鑒定這是某位歐洲婦女的頭骨。此發(fā)現(xiàn)震驚很多人，因?yàn)榇祟^骨的主人早于記錄中第一個(gè)發(fā)現(xiàn)新西蘭的白人。題型難度分析本篇文章題型難度系數(shù)偏低。三種題型均是對(duì)于細(xì)節(jié)的考查，且均具有順序性，而流程圖填空和完成句子填空對(duì)于考生來(lái)說(shuō)是抓住基礎(chǔ)分的福音，所以只要細(xì)心，這篇文章的正確率完全可以保證。題型技巧分析是非無(wú)判斷題到2014年目前為止只缺席了一場(chǎng)，出現(xiàn)頻率極高?？梢远ㄎ坏脑~：特殊定位詞（數(shù)字，大寫(xiě)，特殊符號(hào)）和名詞。一定要帶2-3個(gè)定位詞一起定位，確?？焖贉?zhǔn)確?？键c(diǎn)：1.數(shù)子是否精確和準(zhǔn)確，注忌數(shù)字前的nearly,almost,inexcessof,exceed,morethan,over.比較級(jí)，最高級(jí)，注意形容詞的比較級(jí)和最高級(jí)，（not）as…as,themost.絕對(duì)限定詞：all,only,fully,must,every,each,any,widely,largely等.因果關(guān)系詞，asaresultof,dueto,leadto,contributeto,as,since,注思原囚和結(jié)果，不要弄反了。劍橋雅思推薦原文練習(xí)僉ij8TEST1PASSAGE1AChronicleofTimekeepingReadingPassage2Title:紙幣的發(fā)展史Questiontypes:WhichparagraphcontainsthefollowinginformationTRUE/FALSE/NOTGIVENMultipleChoices(2/5)文章內(nèi)容回顧最初Coin是財(cái)富的象征，如金幣和銀幣。講了制造紙幣的三要素:ink,paperandengravingmethod。MarkPolo將14世紀(jì)中國(guó)的紙幣技術(shù)引進(jìn)了歐洲1。還提到紙幣未來(lái)的發(fā)展趨勢(shì)。

相關(guān)英文原文閱讀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.題型難度分析本篇文章是段落細(xì)節(jié)配對(duì)+是非無(wú)判斷+多選題的題型配搭。對(duì)于絕大多數(shù)的考生來(lái)說(shuō)，段落細(xì)節(jié)配對(duì)是難以逾越的難題，但如果可以把心態(tài)放平穩(wěn)，可先處理具有順序特點(diǎn)的是非無(wú)判斷和較容易拿分的多選，再回到段落細(xì)節(jié)配對(duì)，解題壓力也不會(huì)很大。劍橋雅思推薦原文練習(xí)劍5TEST3PASSAGE3TheReturnofArtificialIntelligenceReadingPassage3Title:超市顧客消費(fèi)研究Questiontypes:YES/NO/NOTGIVENMultipleChoiceSummary（詞庫(kù)）文章內(nèi)容回顧超市攝像頭不僅監(jiān)控偷盜行為，還可以研究顧客的消費(fèi)習(xí)慣和心理。顧客會(huì)根據(jù)商品價(jià)格和便利性理性購(gòu)物，研究者通過(guò)這些因素研究brainfunctions,大型超市用