4-9分达人雅思阅读真题还原及解析4.c

Test1···························································································1Test2·························································································15Test3·························································································29Test4·························································································44Test5·························································································59Test6·························································································74真题解析·····················································································89AnswerKeys··········································································240目 录Test1TheImpactofthePotato2014年6月28日AncientChineseChariots2014年3月15日2012年6月30日StealthForcesinWeightLoss2014年5月24日Test2AndreaPalladio:ItalianArchitect2013年5月16日CorporateSocialResponsibility2015年3月21日2014年5月15日TheSignificantRoleofMotherTongueinEducation2012年5月26日Test3VoyageofGoing:BeyondtheBlueLine22012年5月26日DoesIQTestProveCreativity?2009年12月5日MonkeysandForests2012年10月11日Test4T-rex:HunterorScavenger?2013年11月16日2012年4月12日Leaf-cuttingAntsandFungus2013年5月18日2012年4月28日HoneyBeesinTrouble2015年5月30日Test5AntsCouldTeachAnts2014年7月19日TheDevelopmentofPlastics2014年7月26日GlobalWarminginNewZealand2014年7月12日Test6ComputerGamesforPreschoolers:Nintendo’sResearchandDesignProcess2014年7月19日TheHistoryofPencil2014年8月2日MotivatingDrives2014年8月21日本书所收集文章及对应考试日期一览449分达人雅思阅读真题还原及解析4TEST4READINGPASSAGE1Youshouldspendabout20minutesonQuestions1-13,whicharebasedonReadingPassage1below.T-rex:HunterorScavenger?JackHornerisanunlikelyacademic:hisdyslexiaissobadthathehastroublereadingabook.Buthecanreadtheimprintoflifeinsandstoneormuddyshaleacrossadistanceof100years,anditisthisgiftthathasmadehimcuratorofpalaeontologyatMontanaStateUniversity’sMuseumoftheRockies,theleaderofamulti-milliondollarscientificprojecttoexposeacompletesliceoflife68millionyearsago,andaconsultanttoStevenSpielbergandotherHollywoodfigures.HisfatherhadasandandgravelquarryinMontana,andtheyoungHornerwasacollec-torofstonesandbones,completewithnotesaboutwhenandwherehefoundthem.“Myfatherhadownedaranchwhenhewasyounger,inMontana,”hesays.“Hewasenoughofageologist,beingasandandgravelman,tohaveaprettygoodnotionthattheyweredinosaurbones.SowhenIwaseightyearsoldhetookmebacktotheareathathadbeenhisranch,towherehehadseenthesebigoldbones.Ipickedupone.Iamprettysureitwastheupperarmboneofaduckbilleddinosaur:itprobablywasn’taduckbilleddinosaurbutcloselyrelatedtothat.Icataloguedit,andtookgoodcareofit,andthenlaterwhenIwasinhighschool,excavatedmyfirstdinosaurskeleton.ItobviouslystartedearlierthaneightandIliterallyhavebeendriveneversince.IfeellikeIwasbornthisway.”Hornerspentsevenyearsatuniversity,butnevergraduated.“Ihavealearningdisability,Iwouldcallitalearningdifference—dyslexia,theycallit—andIjusthadaterribletimewithEnglishandforeignlanguagesandthingslikethat.Foradegreeingeologyorbiologytheyrequiredtwoyearsofaforeignlanguage.TherewasnowayintheworldIcoulddothat.Infact,Ididn’treallypassEnglish.SoIcouldn’tgetadegree,Ijustwasn’tcapableofit.ButItookallofthecoursesrequiredandIwroteathesisandIdidallsortsofthings.SoIhavetheeducation,Ijustdon’thavethepieceofpaper.”hesays.“Wedefinitelyknowweareworkingonaverybroadcoastalplainwiththestreamsandriversborderedbyconifersandhardwoodplants,andtheareasinbetweentheseriverswereprobablyfern-covered.Therewerenograssesatall:justfernsandbushes—anunusuallandscape,kindoftakingthesouth-easternUnitedStates—Georgia,Florida—andmixing45TEST4itwiththemoorsofEnglandandflatteningitout,”hesays.“Triceratopsisverycommon:theyarethecowsoftheCretaceous,theyareeverywhere.Duckbilleddinosaursarerela-tivelycommonbutnotascommonastriceratopsandT-rex,forameat-eatingdinosaur,isverycommon.Whatwewouldconsiderthepredator-preyratioseemsreallyoffthescale.Whatisinterestingisthelittledromaeosaurs,theonesweknowforsureweregoodpreda-tors,arehaven’tbeenfound.”ThatiswhyheseesT-rexnotasthelionoftheCretaceoussavannahbutitsvulture.“LookatthewildebeestthatmigrateintheSerengetiofAfrica,amillionindividualsloseabout200,000individualsinthatannualmigration.Thereisatremendouscarrionbasethere.Andsoyouhavehyenas,youhavetremendousnumbersofvulturesthatarescavenging,youdon’thaveallthatmanyanimalsthataregoodpredators.IfT-rexwasatoppredator,especiallyconsideringhowbigitis,you’dexpectittobeextremelyrare,muchrarerthanthelittledromaeosaurs,andyettheyareeverywhere,theyareadimeadozen,”hesays.A12-tonneT-rexisalotofvulture,buthedoesn’tseethemonsterasclumsy.Heinsistedhistheoryandfinding,dedicatedtofurtherresearchuponit,ofcourse,hewouldliketoreeval-uateifthereisanycasethatadditionalevidencefoundorexplanationraisedbyothersinthefuture.HeexaminedthelegbonesoftheT-rex,andcomparedthelengthofthethighbone(upperleg)totheshinbone(lowerleg).Hefoundthatthethighbonewasequalinlengthorslightlylongerthantheshinbone,andmuchthickerandheavier,whichprovesthattheanimalwasbuilttobeaslowwalkerratherthanfastrunning.Onth