2018年3月10日雅思閱讀考試回憶及解析

　　一、考試概述：

　　今天的考試雖然題型眾多，但是文章沒有涉及特別難懂的理論型實驗，也沒有出現(xiàn)過多的配多題目，所以整體難度中等。只要烤鴨們勤背單詞，扎實基本功，閱讀還是能夠穩(wěn)中取得高分的。

　　Passage 1

　　The history of farming農(nóng)業(yè)歷史和發(fā)展

　　5填空+8判斷

　　Passage 2

　　歐洲兒童健康

　　4小標題配對+4判斷+5單選

　　Passage 3

　　Managing the language barrier in business商業(yè)中的語言障礙

　　8摘要選詞+5句子填空+1單選

　　二、具體題目分析

　　Passage 1：

　　題目：The history of farming農(nóng)業(yè)歷史和發(fā)展

　　題型：5填空+8判斷

　　題號：新題

　　文章大意：從古至今農(nóng)業(yè)的發(fā)展以及具體形式。

　　參考答案：

　　1-5) 填空

　　1. shortages。農(nóng)業(yè)開始的原因：食物匱乏，所以填shortages

　　2. C開頭的一個詞

　　3. Isarel。地點是在Isarel

　　4. 和wheat并列的植物。

　　5. hunting動物。

　　6-13) 判斷

　　6. F.farming gathers 比古埃及人更瘦小。

　　7. T.

　　8. NG.

　　9. T。機械化種植產(chǎn)量更高

　　10. F

　　11. F。接下來20年，農(nóng)作物產(chǎn)量不能翻一番。

　　12. T。動物吃的比人多。

　　13. NG。UN對將來的農(nóng)業(yè)發(fā)展有信心

　　(答案僅供參考)

　　參考文章：

　　The History of Farming

　　"Over 80 percent of mankind's diet is provided by the seeds of less than a dozen plant species." Over the years man has invented new machines and techniques to increase the amount and variety of crop production. The following will be an overview of the history of farming. We will examine the major historical cultures, the development of the tractor, and the major types of agriculture practiced today.

　　The roots of farming began in the areas of present day Turkey and the Middle East about 10,000 years ago. Two of the earliest settlements are known as Catal Hüyük and Jericho. Catal Hüyük had, by 6000 B.C., more then 1000 houses. It is at this place that we have discovered evidence of people taking wild grasses and using the seeds for food and planting for the next years food. These seeds are now known as cereals and make up a large percentage of the worlds food supply.

　　Jericho, like many early cities, was located around a consistent water source, a spring which produced over 1000 gallons of water every minute. Jericho consisted of about eight to ten acres on which it is estimated that two to three thousand people lived. These people were supported by farming of wheat, barley, peas, and lentils. Archeologist believe the earliest settlers in this area were a small group of hunter-gathers. Hunter – gathers would live off the land forging berry and edible plants, as well as hunting wild animals. These types of people lived in smaller groups because they had to be mobile to find more food. It was not until man began to plant and harvest crops that large permanent settlements could be established, like at Jericho.

　　We find many of the early civilizations began along major river systems. For example Egyptians settled along the Nile River, Harappa culture along the Indus, Chinese Empire along the Huang River and the Mesopotamian Countries along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The river systems provided these early civilizations with a consistent source of silt from the yearly floods and water for the crops. The silt is like a natural fertilizer, bringing new minerals to enrich the crop depleted soil.

　　Farming changed very little from early times until about 1700. In the 1700's an agriculture revolution took place which led to a large increase in the production of crops. This increase of crops came about in a large part by ". . . little more then the final destruction of medieval institutions and the more general adoption of techniques and crops which had been known for a long time". Included in some of these changes was also the adoption of crops from the "new world" such as corn and potatoes which produced a very large yield.

　　In the 1850's, the industrial revolution spilled over to the farm with new mechanized methods which increased production rates. Early on, the large changes were in the use of new farm implements. Most of these early implements were still powered by horse or oxen. These new implements combined with crop rotation, manure and better soil preparation lead to a steady increase of crop yield in Europe.

　　The advent of steam power and later gas powered engines brought a whole new dimension to the production of crops. Yet, even as recent as 100 years ago, four-fifth of the world populations lived outside towns and were in some way dependent on agriculture. Even in 1970's Griggs suggests that half of the worlds working population is still employed in agriculture.

　　In the following pages we will examine the cultures, the farming types, the tools, and much more as they relate to agriculture.