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2013年3月23日雅思阅读考题回顾 来源：朗阁培训中心　　编辑：xm　　发布日期:2013-03-29 摘要：厦门朗阁培训中心为烤鸭们整理了3月23日雅思阅读考题回顾以及备考建议。 考试日期： 2013年3月23日 Reading Passage 1 Title: Otter（V100529的P1） Question types: Matching; Short-answer questions; 文章内容回顾 说水獭的生活习性，鼻子很灵，可以和狗一样。但是视力很差，不过不影响它捕鱼。它很害羞，不喜欢群居，虽然食物充足，但是它们就在很近的地方捕食，不跑远。 第一段讲：otter的shape, 比如它有powerful claws, 能游得很快，还有它的防水功能的外层在salt water中会被腐蚀，所以它们一般生活在coast. 第二段：otter’s sense and underwater vision 第三段：otter比较害羞，habitat在没有人的地方，有其他的otter占领的地方，它们也不会去挤。 第四段：它们的繁殖 第五段：它们的reproduction机制及小otter多久才会长大 第六段：污染什么的导致其数量减少 第七段：保护还是很有效的，有法律将其列为濒危动物 答案： 1. swimming speed 2. salt water 3. coastal otters 4. mammal moles 5. sense of sight 说它的fitness-purpose的特性是A段 有个未进化的功能是C段 讲它们成熟mate的四个阶段 E段 Social characteristic, 说它们活动范围小的那个是在倒数第二段 最后一段讲它们得到法律保护什么的 英文原文阅读 Life cycle The time of gestation in otters is about 60 to 86 days. The newborn pup is taken care of by the mother, the father, and all the other offspring. Female otters reach sexual maturity at approximately two years of age, while males can produce offspring at approximately three years of age. After one month, the young otter can come out of the cave and, after two months, it is able to swim. It lives with its family for about one year, so it can learn and be kept safe until maturity. Otters live up to 16 years. Characteristics Otters have long, slim bodies and relatively short limbs, with webbed paws. Most have sharp claws on their feet, and all except the sea otter have long, muscular tails. The 13 species range in adult size from 0.6 to 1.8 metres (2 to 6 ft) in length and 1 to 45 kilograms (2.2 to 100 lb) in weight. TheOriental small-clawed otter is the smallest otter species and the giant otter and sea otter are the largest. They have very soft, insulated underfur, which is protected by an outer layer of long guard hair. This traps a layer of air, and keeps them dry and warm under water. Many otters live in cold waters and have very high metabolic rates to help keep them warm. European ot