2024年7月20日雅思考试机经-阅读.docx

2024年7月20日雅思?纸笔考试?机考

考试概述：

本场考试三篇，一旧两新，难度高。第一篇延续上一场的动植物，难度中规中矩；第二篇是老题，2021/4/24考过；第三篇在某城市的实验，难度高。

二、具体题目分析：

PassageOne：

文章题材：说明文（动植物）

文章题目：骆驼

文章难度：★★★

题型及数量：待补充

题目及答案：待补充

可参考真题：剑桥19—TEST4Passage1TheimpactofclimatechangeonbutterfliesinBritain

PassageTwo：

文章题材：说明文（艺术与文化）

文章题目：艺术家是骗子吗？

文章难度：★★★★

题型及数量：小标题配对+多选+填空

题目及答案：

AreArtistsLiars?

Shortlybeforehisdeath,MarlonBrandowasworkingonaseriesofinstructionalvideosaboutacting,tobecalled“LyingforaLiving”.Onthesurvivingfootage,Brandocanbeseendispensinggnomicadviceonhiscrafttoagroupofenthusiastic,ifsomewhatbemused,Hollywoodstars,includingLeonardoDiCaprioandSeanPenn.BrandoalsorecruitedrandompeoplefromtheLosAngelesstreetandpersuadedthemtoimprovise(thefootageissaidtoincludeamemorablescenefeaturingtwodwarvesandagiantSamoan).Ifyoucanlie,youcanact,”BrandotoldJodKaftan,awriterforRollingStoneandoneofthefewpeopletohaveviewedthefootage.Areyougoodatlying?”askedKaftan.“Jesus,”saidBrando,“I’mfabulousatit.”

Brandowasnotthefirstpersontonotethatthelinebetweenanartistandaliarisafineone.Ifartisakindoflying,thenlyingisaformofart,albeitofalowerorder—asOscarWildeandMarkTwainhaveobserved.Indeed,lyingandartisticstorytellingspringfromacommonneurologicalroot-onethatisexposedinthecasesofpsychiatricpatientswhosufferfromaparticularkindofimpairment.Bothliarsandartistsrefusetoacceptthetyrannyofreality.Bothcarefullycraftstoriesthatareworthyofbelief—askillrequiringintellectualsophistication,emotionalsensitivityandphysicalself-control(liarsarewritersandperformersoftheirownwork).Suchparallelsarehardlycoincidental,asIdiscoveredwhileresearchingmybookonlying.

Acasestudypublishedin1985byAntonioDamasio,aneurologist,tellsthestoryofamiddle-agedwomanwithbraindamagecausedbyaseriesofstrokes.Sheretainedcognitive