考试日期：

2014年7月10日

Reading Passage 1 (新）

Title:

进口食品  （社会问题类）

Question types:

Summary 7 ; T/F/NG 6

部分答案

摘要填空：

Traditional seeds

判断：

食物在比从非洲进口更加环保 F

文章大意

 前半部分说全球饥饿的问题，特别穷的农民得到的都是转基因的种

子，不能再次种植，因此他们更需要的是 traditional seeds。

 后半部分说食物从非洲进口更加环保。很多人认为在欧洲直接种植比

从非洲进口更环保。但是其实不是这样的。如果在英国当地种，成本

更高、带来的环境影响会更大

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剑桥系列七 TEST2 PASSAGE2

9分达人(2)TEST3-2 (Page33) The Seed hunters

Reading Passage 2 (旧题) 2011. 11. 5

Title:

The conquest of Malaria in Italy （科普/历史类）

Question types:

摘要填空 4

判断 4

段落信息配对 5

部分答案

Summary: 14-17 (所有答案都出现在第二段)
the link between malaria and insects
M开头人的theory, 认为是unclean air 造成的
the belief of hereditary
rural people have extremely short life expectancy

T/F/NG： 18-21
The volunteers are from all over the Italy NG
有些错误的观点导致了对疾病认识的倒退   True

疫苗给 all the inhabitant     False

Paragraph Matching ：22-26 以下事件出现在哪一段

发现了蚊子和 malaria 的关系 (第三段,breakthrough那段)

A professor 为了实验不让打疫苗 not restrict the spread of

disease（倒数第三段）

The significance of the book/the story for today’s readers(此书的重要性的阐述出现在最后)

文章大意

疟疾，从历史，言论，志愿者一直到当今科技，讲人们是怎么误会疟疾的及原因。

疟疾在意大利的湿热地区疟疾肆虐 死亡率很高 寿命预期只有22.7岁开始大家都认为这是一种空气传播的疾病，没人想到是insects在搞鬼，直到后来一个意大利的学者貌似把活人拉到疟疾重灾区不让 蚊子咬（好残忍），意大利人在疫区情况表明某些人有免疫力，不得疟疾，终于找到病源啦。

后来在第四段为了治疗疟疾 意大利政府颁布了法律给公民发放奎宁 还成立治疗中心 终于控制大多数疾病的发生,尽管药物有副作用 利用强制力政府给所有公民发放药物,但是有反抗,意大利80%的疟疾被消除了；但是有很多人怀疑这东西而不使用，惨啊。

后来的研究进入近代研究洛克菲勒中心啊，美国啊都支持的研究。1913一战使得政府把大多数资金用于战争 疾病有反复 二站时 有个人故意散播疾病 二站结束后政府采用了新药消灭的疟疾60年代最后一个疟疾被消灭

最后一段疟疾是非常危险的疾病，直到现在仍然能杀死人，通过这个故事给人们警示。

补充阅读

   Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease of humans and other animals caused by parasiticprotozoans (a type of unicellular microorganism) of the genus Plasmodium.   Commonly, the disease is transmitted by a bite from an infected female Anopheles mosquito, which introduces the organisms from its saliva into a person's circulatory system. In the blood, the parasites travel to the liver to mature and reproduce. Malaria causes symptoms that typically include fever and headache, which in severe cases can progress to coma or death.

Five species of Plasmodium can infect and be transmitted by humans. The vast majority of deaths are caused by P. falciparum and P. vivax, while P. ovale, and P. malariae cause a generally milder form of malaria that is rarely fatal. The zoonotic species P. knowlesi, prevalent in Southeast Asia, causes malaria in macaques but can also cause severe infections in humans. Malaria is common in tropical and subtropical regions because rainfall, warm temperatures, and stagnant waters provide an environment ideal for mosquito larvae. Malaria is typically diagnosed by the microscopic examination of blood using blood films, or with antigen-based rapid diagnostic tests. Modern techniques that use the polymerase chain reaction to detect the parasite's DNA have also been developed, but these are not widely used in malaria-endemic areas due to their cost and complexity.

Disease transmission can be reduced by preventing mosquito bites by using mosquito nets and insect repellents, or with mosquito-control measures such as spraying insecticides and draining standing water. Despite a need, no effective vaccine exists, although efforts to develop one are ongoing. Several medications are available to prevent malaria in travellers to malaria-endemic countries. A number of antimalarial medications are available in those who have the disease. Severe malaria is treated with intravenous or intramuscular quinine or, since the mid-2000s, the artemisinin derivativeartesunate, which is better than quinine in both children and adults and is given in combination with a second anti-malarial such as mefloquine. Resistance has developed to several antimalarial drugs; for example, chloroquine-resistant P. falciparum has spread to most malarial areas, and emerging resistance to artemisinin has become a problem in some parts of Southeast Asia.

The disease is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions in a broad band around the equator, including much of Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and the Americas. The World Health Organization estimates that in 2010, there were 219 million documented cases of malaria. That year, the disease killed between 660,000 and 1.2 million people, many of whom were children in Africa. The actual number of deaths is not known with certainty, data is unavailable in many rural areas, and many cases are undocumented. Malaria is commonly associated with poverty and may also be a major hindrance to economic development.

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9分达人(2) TEST7-2 (Page81) The Conquest of Malaria in Italy, 1900-1962

Reading Passage 3 (新题)

Title:

The extinction of Australian animals (生物类)

Question types:

选择 7

判断 3

句子配对 4

部分答案

选择题：

大型哺乳动物灭绝：干旱，没有草，因此选择 the shortage of

food supply

判断题：

有一种蛇是世界上最重的爬行动物 F

文章大意

讲了澳大利亚的大型哺乳动物，小型哺乳动物，爬行动物的灭绝

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9分达人（2）TEST2 PASSAGE1(P17) Ambergris ,

TEST7 PASSAGE1(P77) Health in the Wild

难度分析

本场雅思阅读考试作为2014年下半年7月的第一场考试而言，难度不低。

1.从话题来看，本场考试两新一旧，其中第二篇The Conquest of Malaria是2011年11月5日的旧题重现。其中自然科普类话题的趋势有增无减。继上半年生物类话题即猩猩，鹦鹉和猛犸象（古生物类）等话题的出现，本场考试出现了澳大利亚史前动物灭绝的新题。各位烤鸭在备考时务必关注此类话题，浏览国家地理，自然，科学美国人等网站，多多积累自然科普知识，如本年度还未考过的鳄鱼，恐龙，考拉，龙涎香，塔斯马里亚虎等经典话题。

2.从考试题型来看，涉及到摘要填空，是非无判断，段落细节信息匹配，单选和句子配对。其中判断题和摘要填空所占比重较大，共有24题之多。建议烤鸭们在备考时一定要注意对高频题型的熟练度，速度的把控和正确率的提升；此外也不要忽视做完阅读题之后对全文段落大意和作者写作逻辑的梳理，以便更从容的应对list of Headings （主旨配对）和Paragraph Matching (段落细节信息匹配)。