2023年5月13日雅思考试机经-阅读.docx

2023年5月13日雅思￡纸笔考试￡机考

考试概述：

本场考试三篇，三篇全新，难度偏高。第一篇动物类，属于比较友善的话题，考生应该重点拿分；第二篇食品包装，难度中规中矩；第三篇环保类，讨论英国的林地保护，相较心理学、文学等题材来说，环保类其实不算是很难的第三篇话题。

二、具体题目分析：

PassageOne：

文章题材：说明文（动物）

文章题目：关于鲸鱼的讨论

文章难度：★★★

题型及数量：待补充

题目及答案：待补充

附上相同题材的《鲸鱼文化》供各位考生复习使用~

Whaleculture

AMostsocialscientistsstubbornlyresisttheideathatanimalshaveculture.Evensuchadvancedcetaceanmammalsaswhalesanddolphinsclearlydon’thaveart.literature,orarchitecture.Butpatientobservationovermanyyearshasbeguntorevealbehaviorsthatcanonlyhavebeenlearntfromotherwhales.Andthat,saywhalebiologists,constitutesculture.

BSofar,humpbackandkillerwhalesprovidethebestevidenceofcultureincetaceans,andthesongofthemalehumpbackisamongthemoststrikingexamples.Humpbackpopulationsindifferentoceanssingdifferentsongs,butwithinthesameoceantheyallsticktothesameone.However,duringthebreedingseasonthesoundschange,asitappearsthatfemalesaredrawntonovelsongs.Onemalemightaddanextrasetofgroans;anothermightdropaseriesofgrunts.Soonalltheothermaleshavealteredtheirownrenditiontoincorporatethechangesuntiltheyareonceagainsingingthesamesong.Sincethisoccursamongthousandsofwhalesspreadacrossavastpartoftheplanet,thechangecannotbeinresponsetoanyfactorintheanimals’environment.Thelatestversionofthesongcanbelearntonlyfromotherwhales-almostcertainlybyimitation.

C.Cultureplaysanevenbiggerpartinthelifeofkillerwhales.Nowhereisthismoreobviousthanalongthenorth-westcoastofAmerica,wherekillerwhalesaresplitintotwodistinctpopulations-‘residents’and‘transients’.Theyliveinthesamestretchofwater,buttheydon’tmingle.Ineffect,theybelongtotwoquiteseparatecultures.Residentsliveinstablegroups,or‘pods’,madeupoftwoorthreemothersandtheiroffspring-perhaps20whalesinall.Calvesstaywiththeirmothersthroughoutad