2024年4月6日雅思考试机经-阅读.docx

2024年4月6日雅思?纸笔考试?机考

考试概述：

本场考试三篇，三篇旧题。第一篇延续上一场的物品发展史，介绍了铅笔的历史，难度一般，算是比较友好了；第二篇建筑类，探讨城市花园，花园或公园这个主题也是常考话题之一；第三篇生态环保，动物相关，难度高。

二、具体题目分析：

PassageOne：

文章题材：说明文（物品发展史）

文章题目：铅笔的历史

文章难度：★★★

题型及数量：填空+判断

题目及答案：

TheHistoryofPencil

(A)Thebeginningofthestoryofpencilsstartedwithaflashoflightning.Graphite,themainmaterialforproducingpencil,wasdiscoveredin1564inBorrowdaleinEnglandwhenaboltoflightningstruckalocaltreeduringathunder.Localpeoplefoundoutthattheblacksubstancespottedattherootoftheunluckytreewasdifferentfromburningashofwood.Itwassoft,thusleftmarkseverywhere.Chemistrywasbarelyoutofitsinfancyatthetime,sopeoplemistookitforlead,equallyblackbutmuchheavier.Itwassoonputtousebylocalsinmarkingtheirsheepforsignsofownershipandcalculation.

(B)Britainturnsouttobethemajorcountrywhereminesofgraphitecanbedetectedanddeveloped.Evenso,thefirstpencilwasinventedelsewhere.Asgraphiteissoft,itrequiressomeformofencasement.InItaly,graphitestickswereinitiallywrappedinstringorsheepskinforstability,becomingperhapstheveryfirstpencilintheworld.Thenaround1560,anItaliancouplemadewhatarelikelythefirstblueprintsforthemodern,wood-encasedcarpentrypencil.Theirversionwasaflat,oval,morecompacttypeofpencil.Theirconceptinvolvedthehollowingoutofastickofjuniperwood.Shortlythereafterin1662,asuperiortechniquewasdiscoveredbyGermanpeople:twowoodenhalveswerecarved,agraphitestickinserted,andthehalvesthengluedtogether–essentiallythesamemethodinusetothisday.Thenewsoftheusefulnessoftheseearlypencilsspreadfarandwide,attractingtheattentionofartistsallovertheknownworld.

(C)Althoughgraphitecoreinpencilsisstillreferredtoaslead,modernpencilsdonotcontainleadasthe“lead”ofthepencilisactuallyamixoffinelygroundgraphiteandclaypowders.