2024年1月13日雅思考试机经-阅读.docx

2024年1月13日雅思￡纸笔考试￡机考

考试概述：

本场考试三篇，两新一旧，难度中规中矩。第一篇老题大脑科学，只有两个题型，难度不高；第二篇动物类，算是中规中矩的话题；第三篇是新题，涉及文学类，难度比较高。

二、具体题目分析：

PassageOne：

文章题材：说明文（科学）

文章题目：开发大脑的科学研究

文章难度：★★★

题型及数量：判断+人名配对

题目及答案：

MentalGymnastics

A.THEworkingdayhasjuststartedattheheadofficeofBarclaysBankinLondon.SeventeenstaffarehelpingthemselvestoabuffetbreakfastasyoungpsychologistSebastianBaileyenterstheroomtobeginthemorning’sframingsession.Butthisisnoordinarytrainingsession.He’snotheretosharpentheirfinanceormanagementskills.He’sheretoexercisetheirbrains.

B.Today’sworkout,organisedbyacompanycalledtheMindGyminLondon,isentitled“havingpresence”.Whatfollowsisanintense90-minutesessioninwhichthisratherabstractconceptisgraduallybrokendownintoaconcretesetoffeelings,mentaltricksandbehaviours.Atonepointthebankersareinstructedtoshuttheneyesandvisualisethemselvesfillingtheroomandthenthebuilding.Theyfinishupbywalkingaroundtheroomactingoutvariouslevelsofpresence,fromlow-keytooverthetop.

C.It’seasytopokefun.Yetsimilarmentalworkoutsarehappeningincorporateseminarroomsaroundtheglobe.TheMindGymaloneofferssome70differentsessions,includingonesonmentalstamina,creativityforlogicalthinkersand“zoomlearning”.Otheroutfitsdrawmoredirectlyontheexerciseanalogy,offering“neurobics”courseswithnameslike“brainsets”and“cerebralfitness”.ThentherearebookswithtitleslikePumpingIons,fullofbrainteasersthatclaimto“flexyourmind”,andsoftwarepackagesofferingmemoryandspatial-awarenessgames.

D.Butwhateverthestyle,thecompanies’salespitchisinvariablythesame—followourroutinestoshapeandsculptyourbrainormind,justasyoumighttoneandtrainyourbody.And,ofcourse,theynearlyallclaimthattheirmentalworkoutsdrawonseriousscientificresearchandthinkingintohowthebrainworks.

E.Oneoutfit