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Cambridge15Test1听力部分解析
变化常态化
雅思听力主要出现了以下的变化:
变化1:读题速度要加快,删去了example示例答案部分题目和录音,这对基础一般的学生尤其是6.5分以下的学生是一个巨大的挑战,因为他们可能无法及时看完题目,从而增大心理压力,听不到题目的关键提示词,错失答案。
变化2:听力的section变成了part
那么不变在哪?
不变:题型和去年全年的基本保持比例一致,场景一致,难度基本保持一致
如part1求职场景对话,part2旅游场景独白,part3学术场景对话,part4学术场景讲座。
Part1解析
这个Part1属于求职场景,考察的仍然是常见考点:人名拼写,基本的对话抓取信息,答案词都比较简单,干扰项比较少而且集中在数字部分.
做题方式:划关键提示词,反应该词,判断词性,抓取符合词性的单词,偶尔有替换
1.Jamieson
必拿分题目,不解释。
2.Afternoon
3.Communication
havegood__skills,肯定形式的题干,排除isn’thavingbusinessskills,对应原文:It’scommunicationthatreallymatters.
4.Week
干扰项month,题干atleast,是工作要求而不是女生的愿望哦!you’remorelikelytobeofferedsomethingforaweekatfirst-是usuallyget的转述。
5.10
题干usually要求填写一般的价格,故10是答案,11ifyouarelucky,expecting8or9都是错误答案。
6.Suit
Icanprobablyborrowasuitforamonth.回答是goodidea!态度肯定,答案确定。
7.Passport
Amber:Whataboutmypassport
William:Ohyes,theywillasktoseethat.
肯定回答,词语符合词性,正确答案。
8.Personality
原文:Sotherearequestionsaboutpersonalitythattheyalwaysaskcandidates,题干的questions定位,即可找到答案。
9.Feedback
用benefit和interview定位,theinterviewwillbeusefulbecausethey’llgiveyoufeedbackonyourperformancesoyoucanimprovenexttime.
10.Time
less定位词,名词,不存在替换直接选择答案,Iexpectfindingatemporaryjobthiswaytakesalotlesstime.
Part2解析
旅游场景独白,介绍了一个家族企业型的度假旅游公司的业务,基本特色和六天的行程
11-14单项选择题multiplechoice
选择题部分难度容易,比较容易排除干扰项
11.A
sowedon’taimtocompetewithothercompaniesonthenumberofcustomers.Whatwedoisbuildonourmanyyears’experience,morethanalmostanyotherrailholidayscompanytoensureweprovideperfectholidaysinasmallnumberofdestinations,whichwegottoknowextremelywell.
由此排斥BC两个选项-numberofcustomers和destinations。
12.B
tourmanager定位,OurholidaystartsinHeysham,whereyourtourmanagerwillmeetyou.
13.A
Youhavefivenightsinthehotelandthepricecoversfivebreakfastsanddinnersandlunchonthethreeday.
这道题要求的是耐心threedays.
14.C
考察的是payextra不免费的含义
Ifyoumakeabooking,thenneedtochangethestartdate,forexample,becauseofillness,you’rewelcomedtochangetoanalternativedateoradifferenttourforasmalladministrativefee.
15-20属于表格填空题,难度较小
15.river
干扰项harbour,原文lookouttotheriverclosetowhereitflowstotheharbor.
16.1422
hatitdatesbackto979.However,theearliestsurvivingreferencetoitisfrom1422,利用题干not979定位。
17.Top
利用专有名词大写定位it’san8-kilometerrideintheSnaefellMountainRailwaytothetop.
18.pass
pass通票,day4定位,Day4isfreeforyoutoexplore,usingthepasswhichwe’llgiveyou。
19.Steam
day5定位,然后是填写名词it’s,forsomepeople,thehighlight,oftheholidaywitharideonthesteamrailwayfromDouglastoPortErin.----arideto....是take.....的转述。
20.Capital
此题较为简单,former-原文:whichusedtobethecapitaloftheIsleofMananditsmedievalcastle.转述。
Part3解析
Part3学术场景,围绕birthorder出生顺序和siblingrivalry兄弟姐妹之间的竞争主题展开
考察的是常规题型。
21-26属于信息匹配题matchinginformation
这个题型对不少学术来说是拦路虎,主要体现在选项众多而且都是替换很少出现选项的词语,信息密度集中。
解决办法:
首先,确定是题目顺序按照听力顺序还是选项按照听力顺序,该题选项多余题目个数,不会重复,大部分情况可能是:题目按照听力顺序。同时,课后需要训练提升一些基本思维,看选项时候学会思维降级:
association联想法
抽象-具象思维法
还有一个建议:练习笔记抓取重点信息的练习。
21.G
positivenote-goodatnurturing,inthepast,lookafter-其中nurture和lookafter就是caring“关心体贴,会照顾人的”意思。
22.F
easiertogetonwithsiblings,helpful,eagertoplease----只有选项cooperative符合
易错选项为A,outgoing-外向的人一定会拍马屁,取悦别人吗?哈哈,不成任何逻辑
23.A
sociable,confident,makefriendseasily---是选项outgoing的具体化转述。
24.E
shyinsocialsituations---introverted内向的,近义词替换。
25.B
loners,worldrevolvesaroundthem,don‘thavetofightfortheirparents’attention-由后面排除attention-seeking。selfish就是抽象化概括---自私的人一般都会认为全世界都围绕着他/她转吧!
26.C
growupmorequickly,areexpectedtodobasicthingsforthemselveslikegettingdressed-----independent的具体化转述。
27-30单项和双向选择题
其中单项的选项有很多陷阱,比如限定词little,slightly等
27.C
Performancesinintelligencetestsdeclineslightlyfromtheeldestchildtohisorheryoungersiblings.Thishasbeenprovedinlotsofrecentstudies.----排除具有littledoubt.....
并没有谈到一堆的evidence信息不一致conflictingevidence,所以A错误选项
whatmanyofthemdidn’ttakeintoconsiderationwasfamilysze.正确答案,替换neglect....
28.A
Themoresiblingsthereare,thelikelythefamilyistohavealowsocioeconomicstatus,whichcanalsoaccountfordifferencesbetweensiblingsinacademicperformances.
很多人可能选择该选项,然而选项是社会经济因素和出生顺序之间的比较
原文:用surprising该词定位和理解,注意说话人是女生,
It’snotonlythattheybenefitintellectuallyfromextraattentionatayoungage,whichwaswhatIwouldhaveexpected.It’sthattheybenefitfrombeingteachersfortheiryoungersiblingsbyverbalizingprocesses.由此排除C选项的littledifference,little否定含义。
因此选择A
29-30.BD(ineitherorder)
用题干siblingrivalry定位,找关键的信息,寻找基本同义替换即可得出答案,此题不难。通根据原文:ButIthinkthishasmademeastrongerperson.Iknowhowtodefendmyself.其中defend捍卫,-符合选项standupforoneself。
Imightwouldhavediedratherthanapologizetohim.据此排除saysorry,毕竟宁“死”不屈!
wehavetoputupwitheachotherandmostofthetimewecoexistedamiablyenough.关键动词putupwithsb容忍某人,和选项tolerant容忍的,宽容的,近义词替换。
Part4解析
Part4属于笔记填空题,考察的是澳大利亚常见的树-桉树,亦称”尤伽利”树,面临的环境问题挑战和一种鸟bell-miner对这种树的无情摧残。
难度:适中
大部分可以通过定位词直接找到答案,答案词简单,无较难词。
31.Shelters/shelter
该词较难,可能存在官方考题答案两个均可的现象
32.Oil
disinfectant定位,原文:It’susefultoushumanstoobecausewecankillgermswithadisinfectantmadefromoilextractedfromEucalyptus’leaves.
33.Roads
Itwasn’tuntil2004thattheyfoundthecauseoftheproblemwaslime,orcalciumhydroxide,togiveititsproperchemicalname,whichwasbeingusedintheconstructionofroads.根据lime定位。
34.Insects(无难度)
35.Grass
Ifthereareveryfrequentbushfiresintheregion,thisencouragesgrasstogrowafterwards.同义转述:Veryfrequent——highfrequency,Encourage——resultin。
36.Water
whichwouldconsumewaterneededbyEucalyptustrees题干availableto.....的转述,名词
37.Soil
affectingthecompositionofthesoilandremovingnutrientsfromit.
Thequalityof-题干“.....的质量”--名词,soil
composition构成-nutrients营养
这是质量的一部分-容易选错)
38.Dry
容易,后面还有wet...提示。
39.Simple
容易,所听即所得。
40.Nests
容易,finditidealisthebell-minerbirdwhichbuildsitsnestsintheundergrowththere.Butagain,that’snothelpfulfortheEucalyptustree.利用ideal一词来定位信息。
生词总结
学完这一套题,下来复习一下下列词汇,看看还有没有没有掌握透的。
Temporary(adj)暂时的
Clerical(adj)文职的
Admin(adj)口语形式,administrative-行政的
Extended(adj)延长的,延期饿
Registrationprocess登记/注册流程
Candidates(n)考生,候选人,应聘者等
Harbour/harbor(n)海港,港口
Tram(n)电缆车
Railway(n)铁路
Inadvance提前
Supplement(n)附加费用
Parliament(n)议会,国会
Ferry(n)渡船,轮渡
Onapositivenote=onthebrightside往积极的一方面来说
Revolvearound围绕......旋转
Clamor(v)吵闹,喧嚣,嚷嚷要.....
Clamorforspecialtreatment吵着要得到特殊待遇
Accountfor=explain解释
Nectar(n)树汁,花朵的蜜汁等
Suckup吮吸
bushfire森林大火
Proliferate(v)繁衍=multiply=reproduce
Frequency(n)频率
Nest(n)巢穴
Cambridge15Test1Passage1阅读部分解析
1-4填空题
第1题原文(第一段第四行)
Thetreeisthicklybranchedwithdensefoliageoftough,darkgreenovalleaves,andproducessmall,yellow,bell-shapedflowersandpaleyellowpear-shapedfruits
题目1
theleavesofthetreeare1._oval______inshape
Thefruitisencasedinafleshyhusk.Whenthefruitisripe,thishusksplitsintotwohalvesalongaridgerunningthelengthofthefruit.
题目2
the2._husk______surroundsthefruitandbreaksopenwhenthefruitisripe
Insideisapurple-brownshinyseed,2–3cmlongbyabout2cmacross,surroundedbyalacyredorcrimsoncoveringcalledan‘aril’.Thesearethesourcesofthetwospicesnutmegandmace,theformerbeingproducedfromthedriedseedandthelatterfromthearil
题目3&4
the3._seed_____isusedtoproducethespicenutmeg
thecoveringknownasthearilisusedtoproduce4._mace______
第5题原文(第二段第四行)
NutmegwasahighlyprizedandcostlyingredientinEuropeancuisineintheMiddleAges,andwasusedasaflavouring,medicinal,andpreservativeagent.Throughoutthisperiod,theArabsweretheexclusiveimportersofthespicetoEurope.TheysoldnutmegforhighpricestomerchantsbasedinVenice,buttheyneverrevealedtheexactlocationofthesourceofthisextremelyvaluablecommodity.
题目5:False
IntheMiddleAges,mostEuropeansknewwherenutmegwasgrown.
解析:
原文说buttheyneverrevealedtheexactlocationofthesourceofthisextremelyvaluablecommodity,故大部分欧洲人不知道nutmeg的种植地址
第6题原文(第四段第二行)
In1602,DutchmerchantsfoundedtheVOC,atradingcorporationbetterknownastheDutchEastIndiaCompany.By1617,theVOCwastherichestcommercialoperationintheworld.
题目6:NG
TheVOCwastheworld’sfirstmajortradingcompany.
解析
原文说VOC是最有钱的组织,并没提及其是否是第一个贸易公司,故NG
第7题原文(第五段倒数第五行)
TherewasonlyoneobstacletoDutchdomination.OneoftheBandaIslands,asliveroflandcalledRun,only3kmlongbylessthan1kmwide,wasunderthecontroloftheBritish.Afterdecadesoffightingforcontrolofthistinyisland,theDutchandBritisharrivedatacompromisesettlement,theTreatyofBreda,in1667.Intentonsecuringtheirholdovereverynutmeg-producingisland,theDutchofferedatrade:iftheBritishwouldgivethemtheislandofRun,theywouldinturngiveBritainadistantandmuchlessvaluableislandinNorthAmerica.TheBritishagreed.
题目7:True
FollowingtheTreatyofBreda,theDutchhadcontrolofalltheislandswhere
nutmeggrew.
结合前两句可知,原文说对于Dutch的统治阻力是一个叫Run的岛屿,其被英国控制。经过多年荷兰人和英国人的对抢夺该岛屿的战争,他们终于达成协议theTreatyofBreda。为获取每一个生产nutmeg的岛屿,荷兰人提供了一个贸易:如果英国人给他们Run这个岛屿,他们可以给英国人另一个遥远且没那么珍贵的岛屿。最后英国人同意了。故符合题目意思,即荷兰人最终控制了所有生产nutmeg的岛屿,答案为T
填空题8-13
NutmegwasahighlyprizedandcostlyingredientinEuropeancuisineintheMiddleAges,andwasusedasaflavouring,medicinal,andpreservativeagent.Throughoutthisperiod,theArabsweretheexclusiveimportersofthespicetoEurope.
第10题原文(第五段第八行)
By1617,theVOCwastherichestcommercialoperationintheworld.Thecompany
had50,000employeesworldwide,withaprivatearmyof30,000menandafleetof200ships.Atthesametime,thousandsofpeopleacrossEuropeweredyingoftheplague,ahighlycontagiousanddeadlydisease.Doctorsweredesperateforawaytostopthespreadofthisdisease,andtheydecidednutmegheldthecure.
Inaddition,allexportednutmegwascoveredwithlimetomakesuretherewasnochanceafertileseedwhichcouldbegrownelsewherewouldleavetheislands.
第11题原文(第五段倒数第四行)
lofthistinyisland,theDutchandBritisharrivedatacompromisesettlement,theTreatyofBreda,in1667.Intentonsecuringtheirholdovereverynutmeg-producingisland,theDutchofferedatrade:iftheBritishwouldgivethemtheislandofRun,theywouldinturngiveBritainadistantandmuchless
valuableislandinNorthAmerica.TheBritishagreed.ThatotherislandwasManhattan,whichishowNewAmsterdambecameNewYork.
第12题原文(第六段第二行)
Then,in1770,aFrenchmannamedPierrePoivresuccessfullysmugglednutmegplantstosafetyinMauritius,anislandoffthecoastofAfrica.
Next,in1778,avolcaniceruptionintheBandaregioncausedatsunamithatwipedouthalfthenutmeggroves
本次解析的答案是参考答案,具体以官方正式版剑桥真题15answerkey为准