雅思阅读话题：人文科学 8月21日雅思阅读考试真题回忆

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本文目录一览：

• 1、雅思阅读话题：人文科学
• 2、2021年8月21日雅思阅读考试真题回忆
• 3、2020年8月1日雅思阅读考试真题答案

雅思阅读话题：人文科学

很多烤鸭们备考雅思阅读的时候发现即使自己背了很多词汇，阅读方法也掌握了不少，但正确率仍旧不是很高，而且速度不够快。通过实际教学经验发现，这其中的一个主要原因在于烤鸭们对于雅思阅读考察的话题不熟悉。为了解决烤鸭们的这个难题，专家对雅思阅读的话题进行了归类总结，让烤鸭们在考场上找到一种“他乡遇故人”的感觉，同时也给出了烤鸭们做阅读的一些方法建议，让烤鸭们在考场上不只是“他乡遇故人”更要“知故人”。

经过对历年的雅思阅读考试的分析，阅读话题主要有两大类，分别是自然科学类和人文社科类。上文中我们已经探讨过自然科学类的话题，本文将重点对人文科学类话题的文章进行分析。雅思阅读人文科学类的话题主要分为三大块：教育类，语言学类，发展史。同时还会涉及到企业管理和心理类。

1. 教育类

首先，教育类的话题一直是雅思考试阅读部分的热门话题。在2011年的考试中，主要涉及到了儿童的性格，欧洲女子教育，儿童心理教育，儿童情感发展，教育方法的研究，噪音对儿童的影响，儿童文学，家长参与教育，天才教育，学习历史的意义。在2012年上半年的考试来看，教育类涉及到了学术道德，阅读方法的探讨，年轻人当父母，澳大利亚文盲。从去年及今年上半年的教育类话题分析，儿童教育及家庭教育是教育类话题的中心。在剑桥雅思真题集中这类型话题的分布也很广泛，比如剑桥5 Test3 passage1 “Early Childhood Education”, 这篇文章主要是关于儿童教育的，讲解了两个项目'Headstart' programme和'Missouri' programme; 剑桥6 Test4 passage2 “Do Literate Women Make Better Mothers?”, 这篇文章讨论了高学历女性是否可以是更好的妈妈，有关儿童的家长问题。剑桥8 Test4 Passage1 'Land of the Rising Sum' 探讨了日本的数学教育。

因此，各位烤鸭应多关注一下这类型的文章，如果没有时间进行课外泛读，也可以对剑桥雅思真题集4-8的教育类文章先进行限时训练，做完对了答案将错误修改之后，建议烤鸭们在这时千万别以为这篇文章就已经做完了，一定要再对整篇文章进行泛读，每段的大意应该知道，并最好用中文标在每段后面，然后把每段主题句中的关键词标出来，如果有不认识的最好摘下来。这样到了考场上才能真正体会到“他乡知故人”，否则，只是遇到了但不够熟悉，做题时仍然会比较困难。

2. 语言类

雅思阅读人文科学类的第二大话题就是语言类。从2011年全年来看，主要涉及到语言的传播，笔译，国际公司的外语策略培训，语言对商业的作用，语言的起源，语言的消失，对语言发展的态度。在 2012年上半年来看，语言类话题主要有交流与文化，语义的理解，双语学习的利弊。从去年到今年上半年，语言类话题主要涉及到了语言对商业，文化等的影响，语言的保护以及语言与教育的结合。这类型话题在剑桥雅思真题集中也有广泛分布，比如：剑桥4 Test2 Passage1 Lost for Words, 这篇文章主要讲解了少数语言的消亡，探讨了语言消亡的原因以及相应的解决办法。除此之外，剑桥4 Test3 Passage3 Obtaining Linguistic Data也是关于语言的，这篇文章相对比较专业化，讲述了获取语料的方法并讨论了这些方法的利弊，但即使这样做这篇文章时也不需要理解那些专业化的词汇。剑桥5 Test2 Passage3 The Birth of Scientific English, 这篇文章结合了语言与发展史，讲述了科学英语的诞生及发展。烤鸭们在遇到这类型的话题时，很多都会觉得相当困难，除非有些烤鸭们的专业就是语言学专业。因为语言学本身就包括了很多分支比如语音学，词汇学，句法学等等。每一个分支都会有很多相关的专业术语，烤鸭们尤其是还在读高中的小烤鸭们会觉得异常难懂，但是要记住一点：雅思考试的一大特色就是“非专业性”。也就是说，虽然考试中会考到很多有关语言学的内容，但是大多是关于语言传播方式，如何保护语言等等比较简单易懂的方面，并不会出现太专业性的内容。即使有专业词汇出现，也应该感到高兴，因为它们不会涉及同意转换。

3. 发展史

第三类的话题就是有关各种事物的发展史。2011年的雅思阅读考试中主要涉及到了欧洲印刷术，古人记事，茶的历史与发展，加拿大移民史，英国战后农业政策，澳大利亚羊毛产业，非洲部落发展等。2012年上半年的雅思阅读考试中主要有管理学之父彼得德鲁克，远古电脑，奥运火炬演变发展，剧院，超市模式的诞生，地图的发展状况，英国人的农业发明-犁地机，小提琴*，库克发现新大陆。这类型话题在剑桥雅思真题集中也有体现，比如：剑桥5 Test1 Passage1 'Johnson's Dictionary', 这篇文章讲述了约翰字典的发展历史，相对来说比较容易理解，而且题目也比较容易做。Test2 Passage1 The Birth of Modern Plastics, 这篇文章论述了现代塑料的发展历程，并讲解了*过程。专业术语较多，但没有同意转换，因此这些专业术语不会影响做题。剑桥7 Test1 Passage2 'Making Every Drop Count', 这篇文章涉及到了人类用水的情况。剑桥8 Test1 Passage1 A Chronicle of Time Keeping, 这篇文章是很典型的发展史类的阅读文章，讲述了计时器的发展历史，讲述的是有史以来不同国家发明的钟表和计时器，也可当作钟表或计时器的发展史来准备这个话题。这类话题是各位烤鸭们必需关注的话题，原因很简单，所有的东西都有历史、有来由，而且这也是近期考试的一个主要话题。考生不可能准备所有的发展史，但是备考过程中完全放弃又很可惜，所以在所有的发展史中，那些曾经考过的发展史考生一定要列为重点准备的内容。比如说“Co*etic Painting”讲述了化妆品发展的历史，从野人时代到现代，但是讲述现代化妆的比较少，主要是对比古代。“人类货币的进化史”，提到了巴比伦货币，中国货币，日本货币，非洲货币等等，以及剑桥雅思真题集上给出的文章一定要做到。

2021年8月21日雅思阅读考试真题回忆

对于刚刚完成的8月21日的雅思考试，很多学生对于它的真题回顾比较感兴趣。那么这次的雅思考试都考了哪些方向的题目？随来看看2021年8月21日雅思的阅读考试真题回顾。

一、2021年8月21日雅思阅读真题与答案

Passage1：泰晤士河隧道

题型：判断+填空

1-8 判断

1. NOT GIVEN

2. TRUE

3. TURE

4. FALSE

5. TURE

6. NOT GIVEN

7. 待补充

8. FALSE

9-13 填空

9. technique

10. solidarity

11. headaches

12. accidents

13. government

Passage2：针对孩子的广告

题型：匹配+填空+选择14-20 匹配待回忆

21-23 填空

21.role-play

22.selling23.persuasive intend

24-25 选择

24.E25.B

Passage3: 植物如何传播种子

题型：待补充

二、雅思阅读考试要点

1、时间永远是您的敌人

在IELTS阅读测试中，TIME对绝大部分学生，特别是英文阅读水平相对一般的学生来说，更尤为至关重要。即使是英语为母语的人(NATIVE-ENGLISH SPEAKER)也无法在IELTS测试规定的时间内完全理解所有的词汇。因此，一定控制好TIME。

2、所问所答

IELTS测试的金玉良言就是："所问所答"。首先，要完全了解问题的类型，及根据所提供的信息，再去回答问题。有的学生在参加完IELTS测试后总感觉所得分数与自己估算的分数相差甚远，原因无它，就在于对问题理解不够彻底，因此，也就无法对所提问题做到精确回答。

3、系统地制定学习计划

大部分参加(GENERAL MODULE)普通类测试的考生都已离开学校多年，甚至很长时间没有继续英文方面的学习。因此，必须尽量每天安排一定的时间，比如说每天一小时，并根据自身英文情况制定一个学习计划，稳步、系统地学习。阅读训练：争取每天阅读一定量的原版英文报刊、书籍，并非要读懂每一个字，或完全理解，只要能理解其中大至含义既可。可采取3:1的比例进行泛读与精读。

4、增加阅读速度

要增加英语阅读的速度，当然并非一朝一日即可达到。通常需要相当长一段时间的学习及训练。但无论如何，应加强英文基础训练，掌握必要的测试技巧，从而在现有的英文基础之上取得的成绩。

三、雅思阅读答题技巧

1、顺序细节题(except Matching题)基本上按顺序出题， 偶尔一两个题乱序

2、第一题一般根据头两段， 最后一题一般根据最后一段

3、考点插图一般有考点， 括号/引号里常有考点

4、转折词后常有考点

5、T/F/NG题出现only80%选FALSE, 出现some, most一般选TRUE

6、NG很少连续出现， T:F:NG = 2:2:1

7、Multiple Choice题All of the above 90%是正确答案

8、多选题的答案一般会集中出现

9、LOH题 &Matching题出现prediction, suggestion, solution等字眼一般在最后一段

10、Summary题一般有一两个题目需要自己归纳概括， 尤其要注意被动语态

11、图表题冒号/破折号后面常常是图表题的答案出处

12、图表题根据原文具体某一段话

2020年8月1日雅思阅读考试真题答案

8月1号进行了八月初的第一场雅思的考试，相信大家对真题以及答案会非常的感兴趣、今天就由的我为大家介绍2020年8月1日雅思阅读考试真题答案。

一、考题解析

P1 土地沙漠化

P2 澳大利亚的鹦鹉

P3 多重任务

二、名师点评

1.8月份首场考试的难度总体中等，有出现比较多的配对题，没有出现Heading题，其余主要以常规的填空，判断和选择题为主。文章的话题和题型搭配也是在剑桥真题中都有迹可循，所以备考重心依然还是剑桥官方真题。

2. 整体分析：涉及环境类（P1）、动物类（P2）、社科类（P3）。

本次考试的P2和P3均为旧题。P2是动物类的话题，题型组合为：段落细节配对+单选+summary填空，难度中等。题型上也延续19年的出题特点，出现配对题，考察定位速度和准确度。P3也出现了段落细节配对，主要是段落细节配对+单选+判断。三种题型难度中等，但是文章理解起来略有难度。

3. 部分答案及参考文章：

Passage 1：土地沙漠化

题型及答案待确认

Passage 2：澳大利亚的鹦鹉

题型：段落细节配对+单选+Summary填空

技巧分析：由于段落细节配对是完全乱序出题，在定位时需要先做后面的单选题及填空题，最大化利用已读信息来确定答案，尽量避免重复阅读，以保证充分的做题时间。

文章内容及题目参考：

A 概况，关于一个大的生物种类

B 一些物种消失的原因，题干关键词：an example of one bird species extinct

C 一种鹦鹉不能自己存活，以捕食另一种鸟为生，吃该鸟类的蛋。题干关键词：two species competed at the expense of oneanother

D 吸引鹦鹉的原因以及鹦鹉嘴的特点。题干关键词：*ysis of reasons as Australian landscapeattract parrots

E 植物是如何适应鹦鹉。题干关键词：plants attract birds which make the animal adaptto the environment

F 南半球对英语的影响

G 两种鹦鹉从环境改变中获益并存活下来。题干关键词：two species of parrots benefit fromm theenvironment change

H 外来物种及本地鹦鹉

I 鸟类栖息地被破坏以及人类采取的措施

J 作者对于鹦鹉问题的态度

单选题：

why parrots in the whole world are lineal descendants of

选项关键词：continent split from Africa

the writer thinks parrots species beak is for

选项关键词：adjust to their suitable diet

which one is not mentioned

选项关键词：should be frequently maintained

填空题：分布在文章的前两段

one-sixth

16th century

mapmaker

John Gould

Passage 3：多重任务

题型：段落细节配对+单选+判断

参考答案及文章

28 F

29I

30C

31B

32G

33C

34B

35A

36YES

37YES

38NO

39NOT GIVEN

40NO

Passage3： multitasking

Multitasking Debate—Can you do them at the same time？

Talking on the phone while driving isn＇t the only situationwhere we＇re worse at multitasking than we might like to think we are. Newstudies have identified a bottleneck in our brains that some say means we arefundamentally incapable of true multitasking. If experimental findings reflectreal-world performance， people who think they are multitasking are probablyjust underperforming in all-or at best， all but one -of their parallelpursuits. Practice might improve your performance， but you will never be asgood as when focusing on one task at a time.

The problem， according to René Marois， a psychologist atVanderbilt University in Nashville， Tennessee， is that there＇s a sticking pointin the brain. To demonstrate this， Marois devised an experiment to locate nteers watch a screen and when a particular image appears， a red circle，say， they have to press a key with their index finger. Different colouredcircles require presses from different fingers. Typical response time is about half a second， and thevolunteers quickly reach their peak performance. Then they learn to listen todifferent recordings and respond by making a specific sound. For instance， whenthey hear a bird chirp， they have to say ＂ba＂； an electronic soundshould elicit a ＂ko＂， and so on. Again， no problem. A normal personcan do that in about half a second， with almost no effort. The trouble comeswhen Marois shows the volunteers an image， then almost immediately plays them asound. Now they＇re flummoxed. ＂If you show an image and play a sound atthe same time， one task is postponed，＂ he says. In fact，if the second taskis introduced within the half-second or so it takes to process and react to thefirst， it will simply be delayed until the first one is done. The largestdual-task delays occur when the two tasks are presented simultaneously； delaysprogressively shorten as the interval between presenting the tasks lengthens（See Diagram）.

There are at least three points where we seem to getstuck， says Marois. The first is in simply identifying what we＇re looking  can take a few tenths of a second， during which time we are not able tosee and recognise a second item. This limitation is known as the＂attentional blink＂： experiments have shown that if you＇re watchingout for a particular event and a second one shows up unexpectedly any timewithin this crucial window of concentration， it may register in your visualcortex but you will be unable to act upon it. Interestingly， if you don＇texpect the first event， you have no trouble responding to the second. Whatexactly causes the attentional blink is still a matter for debate.

A second limitation is in our short-term visual ＇s estimated that we can keep track of about four items at a time， fewer ifthey are complex. This capacity shortage is thought to explain， in part， our astonishinginability to detect even huge changes in scenes that are otherwise identical，so-called ＂change blindness＂. Show people pairs of near-identicalphotos -say， aircraft engines in one picture have disappeared in the other -andthey will fail to spot the differences （if you don＇t believe it， check out theclips at /~rensink/flicker/download）. Here again， though， thereis disagreement about what the essential limiting factor really is. Does itcome down to a dearth of storage capacity， or is it about how much attention aviewer is paying？

A third limitation is that choosing a response to astimulus -braking when you see a child in the road， for instance，or replyingwhen your mother tells you over the phone that she＇s thinking of leaving yourdad -also takes brainpower. Selecting a response to one of these things willdelay by some tenths of a second your ability to respond to the other. This iscalled the ＂response selection bottleneck＂ theory， first proposed in1952.

Last December， Marois and his colleagues published apaper arguing that this bottleneck is in fact created in two different areas ofthe brain： one in the posterior lateral prefrontal cortex and another in thesuperior medial frontal cortex （Neuron， vol 52， p 1109）. They found this byscanning people＇s brains with functional MRI while the subjects struggled tochoose among eight possible responses to each of two closely timed tasks. Theydiscovered that these brain areas are not tied to any particular sense but aregenerally involved in selecting responses， and they seemed to queue theseresponses when presented with multiple tasks concurrently.

Bottleneck？ What bottleneck？

But David Meyer， a psychologist at the University ofMichigan， Ann Arbor， doesn＇t buy the bottleneck idea. He thinks dual-taskinterference is just evidence of a strategy used by the brain to prioritisemultiple activities. Meyer is known as something of an optimist by his  has written papers with titles like ＂Virtually perfect time-sharing indual-task performance： Uncorking the central cognitive bottleneck＂（Psychological Science， vol 12， p101）. His experiments have shown that withenough practice -at least 2000 tries -some people can execute two taskssimultaneously as competently as if they were doing them one after the  suggests that there is a central cognitive processor that coordinates allthis and， what＇s more， he thinks it uses discretion： sometimes it chooses todelay one task while completing another.

Even with practice， not all people manage to achieve thisharmonious time-share， however. Meyer argues that individual differences comedown to variations in the character of the processor -some brains are just more＂cautious＂， some more ＂daring＂. And despite urban legend，there are no noticeable

differences between men and women. So， according to him，it＇s not a central bottleneck that causes dual-task interference， but rather＂adaptive executive control＂， which ＂schedules task processesappropriately to obey instructions about their relative priorities and serialorder＂.

Marois agrees that practice can sometimes eraseinterference effects. He has found that with just 1 hour of practice each dayfor two weeks， volunteers show a huge improvement at managing both his tasks atonce. Where he disagrees with Meyer is in what the brain is doing to achievethis. Marois speculates that practice might give us the chance to find lesscongested circuits to execute a task -rather like finding trusty back streetsto avoid heavy traffic on main roads -effectively making our response to thetask subconscious. After all， there are plenty of examples of subconsciou*ultitasking that most of us routinely manage： walking and talking， eating andreading， watching TV and folding the laundry.

But while some dual tasks benefit from practice， otherssimply do not. ＂Certain kinds of tasks are really hard to do two atonce，＂ says Pierre Jolicoeur at the University of Montreal， Canada， whoalso studies multitasking. Dual tasks involving a visual stimulus andskeletal-motor response （which he dubs ＂in the eye and out the hand＂）and an auditory stimulus with a verbal response （＂in the ear and out themouth＂） do seem to be amenable to practice， he says. Jolicoeur has foundthat with enough training such tasks can be performed as well together asapart. He speculates that the brain connections that they use may be somehowspecial， because we learn to speak by hearing and learn to move by looking. Butpair visual input with a verbal response， or sound to motor， and there＇s nodramatic improvement. ＂It looks like no amount of practice will allow youto combine these，＂ he says.

For research purposes， these experiments have to be keptsimple. Real-world multitasking poses much greater challenges. Even the upbeatMeyer is sceptical about how a lot of us live our lives. Instant-messaging andtrying to do your homework？ ＂It can＇t be done，＂ he says. Conducting ajob interview while answering emails？ ＂There＇s no way you wind up being asgood.＂ Needless to say， there appear to be no researchers in the area ofmultitasking who believe that you can safely drive a car and carry on a phoneconversation. In fact， last year David Strayer at the University of Utah inSalt Lake City reported that people using cellphones drive no better thandrunks （Human Factors， vol 48， p 381）. In another study， Strayer found thatusing a hands-free kit did not improve a driver＇s response time. He concludedthat what distracts a driver so badly is the very act of talking to someone whoisn＇t present in the car and therefore is unaware of the hazards facing thedriver.

“No researchers believe it＇s safe to drive a car andcarry on a phone conversation”

It probably comes as no surprise that， generallyspeaking， we get worse at multitasking as we age. According to Art Kramer atthe University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign， who studies how ageing affectsour cognitive abilities， we peak in our 20s. Though the decline is slow throughour 30s and on into our 50s， it is there； and after 55， it becomes moreprecipitous. In one study， he and his colleagues had both young and oldparticipants do a simulated driving task while carrying on a conversation. Hefound that while young drivers tended to miss background changes， older driversfailed to notice things that were highly relevant. Likewise， older subjects hadmore trouble paying attention to the more important parts of a scene than youngdrivers.

It＇s not all bad news for over-55s， though. Kramer alsofound that older people can benefit from practice. Not only did they learn toperform better， brain scans showed that underlying that improvement was achange in the way their brains become active.

Whileit＇s clear that practice can often make a difference， especially as we age， thebasic facts remain sobering. ＂We have this impression of an almightycomplex brain，＂ says Marois， ＂and yet we have very humbling andcrippling limits.＂ For most of our history， we probably never needed to domore than one thing at a time， he says， and so we haven＇t evolved to be ableto. Perhaps we will in future， though. We might yet look back one day on peoplelike Debbie and Alun as ancestors of a new breed of true multitaskers.

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