2024年7月27日雅思考试机经-阅读.docx

2024年7月27日雅思?纸笔考试?机考

考试概述：

本场考试三篇全新，难度高。第一篇人物传记，难度中规中矩；第二篇考察澳大利亚濒临灭绝的语言；第三篇科技类，大数据，难度高。

二、具体题目分析：

PassageOne：

文章题材：说明文（人物传记）

文章题目：卡内基的一生

文章难度：★★★

题型及数量：填空+判断

题目及答案：

Questions1-8待补充

Questions9-13

NOTGIVEN

TRUE

FALSE

NOTGIVEN

FALSE

可参考真题：剑桥18—TEST4AlfredWegener:science,explorationandthetheoryofcontinentaldrift

PassageTwo：

文章题材：说明文（艺术与文化）

文章题目：澳大利亚濒临消失的语言

文章难度：★★★★

题型及数量：小标题配对+多选+填空

题目及答案：

SAVINGLANGUAGE

Forthefirsttime,linguistshaveputapriceonlanguage.Tosavealanguagefromextinctionisn’tcheap-butmoreandmorepeoplearearguingthatthealternativeisthedeathofcommunities

Thereisnothingunusualaboutasinglelanguagedying.Communitieshavecomeandgonethroughouthistory,andwiththemtheirlanguage.Butwhatishappeningtodayisextraordinary,judgedbythestandardsofthepast.Itislanguageextinctiononamassivescale.Accordingtothebestestimates,therearesome6,000languagesintheworld.Ofthese,abouthalfaregoingtodieoutinthecourseofthenextcentury:that’s3,000languagesin1,200months.Onaverage,thereisalanguagedyingoutsomewhereintheworldeverytwoweeksorso.

Howdoweknow?Inthecourseofthepasttwoorthreedecades,linguistsallovertheworldhavebeengatheringcomparativedata.Iftheyfindalanguagewithjustafewspeakersleft,andnobodyisbotheringtopassthelanguageontothechildren,theyconcludethatlanguageisboundtodieoutsoon.Andwehavetodrawthesameconclusionifalanguagehaslessthan100speakers.Itisnotlikelytolastverylong.A1999surveyshowsthat97percentoftheworld’slanguagesarespokenbyjustfourpercentofthepeople.

Itistoolatetodoanythingtohelpmanylanguages,wherethespeakersaretoofewortooold,andwherethecommunityistoobusyjusttryingtosurvivetocareabouttheirlanguage.Butmanylanguagesarenotinsuchaseriousposition.Often,wherelanguagesareseriouslyendangered,therear