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雅思阅读机经试时间：2015年4月30日（周四）考试概述：本次考试三篇文章为一旧两新，文章选取中规中矩，题材均可以在历册雅思剑桥真题集中找到。第一篇标题为SSDP Project，介绍淡水净化，这一篇与剑十第一套第一篇的Stepwells很接近，都是在介绍一种大型工程的原理。第二篇Newly Hatched Birds，介绍刚孵化而成的小鸟，剑五第四套第三篇The Effects of Light on Plant and Animal Species和剑七第一套第一篇Let’s Go Bats都可以作为参考。第三篇The secrets of persuasion，是2013年3月23日和2011年3月5日的旧题，标题很难翻译，大致可理解为劝说的秘密，介绍的是心理学范畴，这在剑五第一套第二篇Nature or Nurture?中可以找到大致的参考。三、文章简介Passage 1:SSDP Project, 一种地热项目的研发及后期的淡水净化Passage 2:Newly Hatched Birds，介绍刚孵化而成的小鸟。Passage 3:The secrets of persuasion，劝说的秘密。四、篇章分析：Passage 1：文章内容一个叫Stavos的公司要在地中海地区的一个地方利用geothermalfluid做个项目。题型分布与答案参考填空题6题，答案为：Mineral extraction industry、grid、gravitation、corrosion、crust、operating cost判断题4题，答案为：NG、F、T、NG多选题3题，暂无答案相关拓展Geothermal springs for power plants. Currently, the most common way of capturing the energy from geothermal sources is to tap into naturally occurring hydrothermal convection systems, where cooler water seeps into Earths crust, is heated up, and then rises to the surface. Once this heated water is forced to the surface, it is a relatively simple matter to capture that steam and use it to drive electric generators. Geothermal power plants drill their own holes into the rock to more effectively capture the steam.There are three basic designs for geothermal power plants, all of which pull hot water and steam from the ground, use it, and then return it as warm water to prolong the life of the heat source. In the simplest design, known as dry steam, the steam goes directly through the turbine, then into a condenser where the steam is condensed into water. In a second approach, very hot water is depressurized or flashed into steam which can then be used to drive the turbine.In the third approach, called a binary cycle system, the hot water is passed through a heat exchanger, where it heats a second liquid—such as isobutane—in a closed loop. Isobutane boils at a lower temperature than water, so it is more easily converted into steam to run the turbine. The choice of which