2023年9月2日雅思考试机经-阅读.docx

2023年9月2日雅思￡纸笔考试￡机考

考试概述：

本场考试三篇，一新两旧，难度中高。第一篇旧题，物种起源，作为第一来说，算是难度比较高的题材了，而且上来就有三个段落信息配对，很容易让考生心态崩溃；第二篇新西兰医疗改革旧题，2021/8/7考过；第三篇难度较高，讨论了北美移民的问题，好在题目关键词考生应该能够读懂。

二、具体题目分析：

PassageOne：

文章题材：说明文（科学）

文章题目：物种起源

文章难度：★★★

题型及数量：匹配（人名）+段落信息配对+摘要填空

题目及答案：

OriginofSpeciesContinentFormation

A

THEFACTTHATtherewasonceaPangeansupercontinent,aPanthalassaOcean,andaTethysOcean,hasprofoundimplicationsfortheevolutionofmulticellularlifeonEarth.Theseconsiderationswereunknowntothescientistsofthe19thcentury–makingtheirscientificdeductionsevenmoreremarkable.Quiteindependentlyofeachother,CharlesDarwinandhisyoungcontemporaryAlfredRusselWallacereachedtheconclusionthatlifehadevolvedbynaturalselection.WallacelaterwroteinMyLifeofhisowninspiration:

B

Whydosomespeciesdieandsomelife?Theanswerwasclearlythatonthewholethebestfittedlived.Fromtheeffectsofdiseasethemosthealthyescaped;fromenemiesthestrongest,theswiftestorthemostcunningfromfaminethebesthunters–thenitsuddenlyflashedonmethatthisself-actingprocesswouldimprovetherace,becauseineverygenerationtheinferiorwouldinevitablybekilledoffandthesuperiorwouldremain,thatis,thefittestwouldsurvive.

C

BothDarwin’sandWallace’sideasaboutnaturalselectionhadbeeninfluencedbytheessaysofThomasMalthusinhisPrinciplesofPopulation.Theirconclusion,however,hadbeenthedirectresultoftheirpersonalobservationofanimalsandplantsinwidelyseparatedgeographiclocations:DarwinfromhisexperiencesduringthevoyageoftheBeagle,andparticularlyduringtheship’svisittotheGalapagosIslandsintheEastPacificin1835;WallaceduringhisyearsoftravelintheAmazonBasinandintheIndonesia-AustralianArchipelagointhe1850s.

D

DarwinhadbeendocumentinghisideasonnaturalselectionformanyyearswhenhereceivedapaperonthisselfsamesubjectfromWallace,whoasked