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2021年4月3日雅思口纸笔考试口机考

阅读机经

一、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，到达了罕见的12段，所以对于阅读速度要求比拟高；第二篇考察的是生物类的基因，算是比拟热门常考的话题，考生备考阶段应该有所涉及；第三篇是艺术和建筑的结合，难度比拟高，需要平时有比拟好的词汇积累。

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,symmetryintheideathatosimilarimpactbroughtaboutthedinosaursrise.ThatisthethesisproposedbyPaulOlsen,ofColumbiaUniversity,andhiscolleaguesinthisweeksScience.

BDinosaursfirstappearinthefossilrecord230myearsago,duringtheTriassicperiod.Buttheyweremostlysmall,andtheysharedtheearthwithlotsofothersortsofreptile.ItwasinthesubsequentJurassic,whichbegan202millionyearsagozthattheyoverrantheplanetandturnedintothemonstersdepictedinthebookandmovieJurassicPark”.(Actually,though,thedinosaursthatappearedonscreenwerefromthestillmorerecentCretaceousperiod.)DrOlsenandhiscolleaguesarenotthefirsttosuggestthatthedinosaursinheritedtheearthastheresultofanasteroidstrike.Buttheyarethefirsttoshowthatthetakeoverdid,indeed,happeninageologicaleyeblink.

CDinosaurskeletonsarerare.Dinosaurfootprintsare,however,surprisinglyabundant.Andthesizesoftheprintsareasgoodanindicationofthesizesofthebeastsasaretheskeletonsthemselves.DrOlsenandhiscolleaguesthereforeconcentratedonprints,notbones.

DTheprintsinquestionweremadeineasternNorthAmerica,apartoftheworldthenfullofriftvalleyssimilartothoseinEastAfricatoday.LikethemodernAfricanriftvalleys,theTriassic/JurassicAmericanonescontainedlakes,andtheselakesgrewandshrankatregularintervalsbecauseofclimaticchangescausedbyperiodicshiftsinth