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2025年4月19日雅思考试题阅读回忆及答案

2025-04-21 10:32:12来源:网络 柯林斯词典

  2025年4月19日雅思考试已经结束, 那这次考试阅读都考了哪些内容呢?本文为大家整理了2025年4月19日雅思考试题阅读回忆及答案,希望对大家的备考有所帮助。

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  一、 考试概述:

  本场考试一新两旧,难度高。第一篇艺术与文化类,难度高;第二篇植物,难度中规中矩;第三篇人物传记,算是第三篇的题材里比较友好的白蚁丘,难度高。

  二、具体题目分析:

  Passage One:

  n 文章题材:说明文(艺术与文化)

  n 文章题目:皮克斯故事

  n 文章难度:★★★

  n 题型及数量:判断题+填空

  n 题目及答案:

  参考答案

  1. NOT GIVEN

  2. TRUE

  3. TRUE

  4. FALSE

  5. NOT GIVEN

  6. FALSE

  7. ZNL education operator

  8. confidence

  9. disappointment

  10. President

  11. listening

  12. vision

  13. heart

  可参考真题:剑桥17——TEST1 Passage3 To catch a king

  Passage Two:

  n 文章题材:说明文(动植物)

  n 文章题目:瑞士花

  n 文章难度:★★★

  n 题型及数量:待补充

  n 题目及答案:待补充

  可参考真题:剑桥19——TEST4 Passage1 The impact of climate change on butterflies in Britain

  n Passage Three:

  n 文章题材:议论文(动植物)

  n 文章题目:白蚁丘

  n 文章难度:★★★★

  n 题型及数量:LOHs+填空题+判断题

  n 题目及答案:

  Termite Mounds

  Could the vast towers of mud constructed by insects in sub-Saharan Africa hold the key to our energy-efficient building of the future?

  A. To most of us, termites are destructive insects which can cause damage on a devastating scale. But according to Dr Rupert Soar of Loughborough University’s School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, these pests may serve a useful purpose for us after all. His multi-disciplinary team of British and American engineers and biologists have set out to investigate the giant mounds built by termites in Namibia, in sub-Saharan Africa, as part of the most extensive study of these structures ever taken.

  B. Termite mounds are impressive for their size alone; typically they are three metres high, and some as tall as eight metres by found. They also reach far into the earth, where the insects ‘mine’ their building materials, carefully selecting each grain of sand they use. The termite's nest is contained in the central cavity of the mound, safely protected from the harsh environment outside. The mound itself is formed of an intricate lattice of tunnels, which spilt into smaller and smaller tunnels, much like a person’s blood vessels.

  C. This complex system of tunnels draws in air from the outside, capturing wind energy to drive it through the mound. It also serves to expel spent respiratory gases from the nest to prevent the termites from suffocating, so ensuring them a continuous provision of fresh, breathable air. So detailed is the design that the nest stays within three degrees of a constant temperature, despite variations on the outside of up to 50o C, from blistering heat in the daytime to below freezing on the coldest nights. The mound also automatically regulates moisture in the air, by means of best its underground ‘cellar’, and evaporation from the top of the mound. Some colonies even had ‘chimneys’ at a height of 20m to control moisture less in the hottest regions of sub-Saharan Africa.

  D. Furthermore, the termites have evolved in such a way as to outsource some of their biological functions. Part of their digestive process in camera out by a fungus, which they ‘farm’ inside the mound. This fungus, which is found nowhere else on earth, thrives in the constant and optimum environment of the mound. The termites feed the fungus with slightly chewed wood pulp, which the fungus then breaks down into a digestible sugary food to provide the insects with energy, and cellulose which they use for building. And, although the termites must generate waste, none ever leaves the structure, indicating that there is also some kind of internal waste-recycling system.

  E. Scientists are so excited by the mounds that they have labelled them a ‘super organism’ because, in Soar’s word. “They dance on the edge of what we would perceive to cool down, or if you’re too cold you need to thrive: that’s called homeostasis. What the termites have done is to move homeostatic function away from their body, into the structure in which they live. ‘As more information comes to light about the unique features of termite mounds, we may ultimately need to redefine our understanding of what constitutes a ‘living’ organism.

  F. To reveal the structure of the mounds, Soar’s team begins by filling and covering their plaster of Paris, a chalky white paste based on the mineral gypsum, which becomes rock-solid when dry. The researcher's hen carves the plaster of Paris into half-millimatre-thick slices, and photograph them sequentially. Once the pictures are digitally scanned, computer technology is able to recreate complex three-dimensional images of the mounds. These models have enabled the team to map termite architecture at a level of detail never before attained.

  G. Soar hopes that the models will explain how termite mounds create a self-regulating living environment which manages to respond to changing internal and external conditions without drawing on any outside source of power. If they do, the findings could be invaluable in informing future architectural design, and could inspire buildings that are self-sufficient, environmentally, and cheap to run. ‘As we approach a world of climate change, we need temperatures to rise, he explains, there will not be enough fuel to drive air conditioners around the world. It is hoped, says Soar, ‘ that the findings will provide clues that aid the ultimate development of new kinds of human habitats, suitable for a variety of arid, hostile environments not only on the earth but maybe one day on the moon and beyond.’

  Questions 1-7

  Reading Passage 3 has seven paragraphs A-G.

  Choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below.

  Write the correct number, i-ix, in boxes 1-7 on your answer sheet.

  List of heading

  i methods used to investigate termite mound formation

  ii challenging our assumptions about the nature of life

  iii reconsidering the termite’s reputation

  iv principal functions of the termite mound

  v distribution of termite mounds in sub-Saharan Africa

  vi some potential benefits of understanding termite architecture

  vii the astonishing physical dimensions of the termite mound

  viii termite mounds under threat from global climate change

  ix a mutually beneficial relationship

  1 Paragraph A

  2 Paragraph B

  3 Paragraph C

  4 Paragraph D

  5 Paragraph E

  6 Paragraph F 7 Paragraph G

  Questions 8-11

  Label the diagram below.

  Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.

  Write your answers in boxes 8-11 on your answer sheet.

  l network of 8__________ helps to give the termites a constant

  l 9__________ supply and to maintain a limited temperature range

  l cellar to aid control of 10__________ levels in mound

  l top of the mound permits 11__________

  Questions 12-14

  Do the following statements agree with the claims of the writer in Reading Passage?

  In boxes 12-14 on your sheet, write

  YES if the statement agrees with the claims of the writer

  NO if the statement contradicts with the claims of the writer

  NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this

  12 The termite mound appears to process its refuse material internally.

  13 Dr Soar’s reconstruction involves scanning a single photograph of a complete mound into acomputer.

  14 New information about termite architecture could help people deal with future energy crises.

  参考答案

  1. iii

  2. vii

  3. iv

  4. ix

  5. ii

  6. i

  7. vi

  8. tunnels

  9. air

  10. moisture

  11. evaporation

  12. YES

  13. NO

  14. NOT GIVEN

  可参考真题:剑桥9—TEST1 Passage3 The History of the Tortoise

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