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2021年4月3日雅思?纸笔考试?机考
阅读机经
考试概述:
本场考试三篇,一旧两新,难度适中。第一篇旧题不算容易,因为文章段落特别多,达到了罕见的12段,所以对于阅读速度要求比较高;第二篇考察的是生物类的基因,算是比较热门常考的话题,考生备考阶段应该有所涉及;第三篇是艺术和建筑的结合,难度比较高,需要平时有比较好的词汇积累。
二、具体题目分析:
PassageOne:
文章题材:说明文(动物)
文章题目:恐龙的脚印和灭绝
文章难度:★★★
题型及数量:判断+填空
题目及答案:
ThedinosaursfootprintsandExtinction
AEverybodyknowsthatthedinosaurswerekilledbyanasteroid.Somethingbighittheearth65millionyearsagoand,whenthedusthadfallen,sohadthegreatreptiles.Thereisthusanice,ifironic,symmetryintheideathatosimilarimpactbroughtaboutthedinosaurs’rise.ThatisthethesisproposedbyPaulOlsen,ofColumbiaUniversity,andhiscolleaguesinthisweek’sScience.
BDinosaursfirstappearinthefossilrecord230myearsago,duringtheTriassicperiod.Buttheyweremostlysmall,andtheysharedtheearthwithlotsofothersortsofreptile.ItwasinthesubsequentJurassic,whichbegan202millionyearsago,thattheyoverrantheplanetandturnedintothemonstersdepictedinthebookandmovie“JurassicPark”.(Actually,though,thedinosaursthatappearedonscreenwerefromthestillmorerecentCretaceousperiod.)DrOlsenandhiscolleaguesarenotthefirsttosuggestthatthedinosaursinheritedtheearthastheresultofanasteroidstrike.Buttheyarethefirsttoshowthatthetakeoverdid,indeed,happeninageologicaleyeblink.
CDinosaurskeletonsarerare.Dinosaurfootprintsare,however,surprisinglyabundant.Andthesizesoftheprintsareasgoodanindicationofthesizesofthebeastsasaretheskeletonsthemselves.DrOlsenandhiscolleaguesthereforeconcentratedonprints,notbones.
DTheprintsinquestionweremadeineasternNorthAmerica,apartoftheworldthenfullofriftvalleyssimilartothoseinEastAfricatoday.LikethemodernAfricanriftvalleys,theTriassic/JurassicAmericanonescontainedlakes,andtheselakesgrewandshrankatregularintervalsbecauseofclimaticchangescausedbyperiodicshiftsinth
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