雅思官網除了報名還有哪些用途
雅思官網 ,除了報名還有哪些用途?今天小編給大家?guī)硌潘脊倬W用途,希望能夠幫助到大家,下面小編就和大家分享,來欣賞一下吧。
雅思官網 除了報名還有哪些用途?
雅思官網許多烤鴨們來說,只是用于兩個簡單的目的和一種心情的:戰(zhàn)戰(zhàn)兢兢地報名,戰(zhàn)戰(zhàn)兢兢地查分。事實上除了最基本的考位選擇、考試注冊,雅思官網上還有不少的視頻學習資料:“雅思之路”。
這份長達120小時,包含300多種互動練習,由英國文化教育協(xié)會英語專家來講解的備考指導視頻,涵蓋了各種題型的練習及解析,以及可供下載的模擬測試題等,如果你還剛剛開始雅思復習的腳步,就和小編一起來了解一下如何利用它吧~
一、這里有題型變化、出題思路的權威解釋
雖然市面上關于雅思考試的應試指導層出不窮,但來自官方的講解總是最令人信服,也是最原始的版本。點進“雅思之路”的學習板塊,你就可以直接使用體驗版(預計10小時練習時間)搞懂考試流程與題型介紹,省去了暖場考的麻煩。
二、這里能及時并且有針對性地解答你的問題
“雅思之路”按照考試程序、聽說讀寫和成績寄送等不同方面,分別給出了充分的備考指導和題型練習,對于萌新烤鴨來說非常實用了。雖然考試規(guī)則不難,但比起在訓練時盲目追求速度和正確率,結果因為對考試流程不熟悉而失分來說,還是對此有充分準備更好。通過官網上面的視頻講解,大家一定會對題目分數的分布把握的更準確,也能更淡定。
三、這里可以多做幾道模擬題,節(jié)約復習成本
到2018年為止,雅思的考費已經突破了2k,讓不少烤鴨捉襟見肘。在這種情況下,官網的練習題不失為減少邊際成本的一個好辦法,動動鼠標,你就可以在上面做4套題目,完成聽寫練習和詞匯摘錄,并且聽到音頻版的講解。結合劍橋雅思真題系列(OG)的教材,你可以省下不少搜集習題的功夫。
當然官網也不是萬能的,它只能告訴你評分標準和出題原則,真題和機經你就不要期待了。當
雅思閱讀配對題六特點
雅思閱讀配對題總是讓很多考生敗下陣來,因為題型設置問題,錯一個就可能連鎖性的引起多個錯誤。通常在解雅思閱讀配對題時,很多雅思考生習慣于機械地通過閱讀各個段落的首句,第二句或者最后一句來尋找各個段落的主題句( topic sentence),即該段中歸納概括段落大意或中心思想的句子。
然而,在全面分析完劍橋雅思全真試題集5-10中所有收錄的段落標題配對題后,筆者發(fā)現,絕大部分此類題的正確答案確實可以通過確定主題句獲得,但有些雅思閱讀段落安排以及正確選項的歸納并沒有考生期待得那么簡單。
粗略歸納一下,大致有以下幾個特殊性。本文將從這些特殊段落的特點出發(fā),舉實例來具體分析其應對策略。
雅思閱讀配對特點1:段落內容均為舉例
策略:略讀舉例內容,大致了解舉例目的(即論據部分所支持的觀點),并將其與選項進行對照,與舉例目的表達相同觀點的選項即為正解。
例:The Dutch are not the only would-be moles. Growing numbers of Europeans are burrowing below ground to create houses, offices, discos and shopping malls…; in winter months in Montreal, Canada, for instance, citizens can escape the cold in an underground complex compete with shops and even health clinics. In Tokyo builders are planning a massive underground city to be begun in the next decade, and underground shopping malls are already common in Japan…
分析:很明顯,此段沒有所謂的主題句,而是以Europe, Canada 以及Tokyo為例.在快速看完舉例部分后,我們不難總結出,舉例的目的是要說明世界各地正著手開發(fā)包括地下城市,地下診所,地下舞廳和地下購物中心在內的多樣化地下服務設施.而這一觀點正好跟選項Developing underground services around the world 相吻合。
雅思閱讀配對特點2:段落本身有主題句,但正確選項并未根據主題句歸納
策略:繼續(xù)讀主題句后面部分的內容,即擴展句(supporting sentences, 對主題句起支持或進一步解釋說明的句子)部分,正確選項往往就是對擴展句具體涉及內容的概括。
例: There are big advantages, too, when it comes to private homes. A development of 194 houses which would take up 14 hectares of land above ground would occupy 2.7 hectares below it, while the number of roads would be halved… An underground dweller himself, Carpenter has never paid a heating bill …
分析:不難看出,劃線的句子作為本段的首句,具有概括性,實為主題句。如果正確選項是依據此句來歸納的話,那理應包含advantages 或是同樣表示優(yōu)勢、優(yōu)點、長處的其它詞。可事實是,所給選項中沒有一項涉及此類詞。單純找主題句看來對于這個段落已不適用。繼續(xù)往后讀,我們發(fā)現,后面部分其實是對地下住宅所具備的優(yōu)點的進一步舉例解釋。列舉數字無非是要說明地下住宅節(jié)省土地和空間;而以Carpenter這個地下住宅居住者為例,就是要說明這種住宅既省錢又節(jié)能。由此,答案鎖定為Demands on space and energy are reduced.
雅思閱讀配對特點3:段落中涉及多個觀點內容
策略:正確答案常常依據段落中所占篇幅較多或作者要強調的觀點來歸納
例:Building big commercial buildings underground can be a way to avoid distinguishing or threatening a beautiful or ‘environmentally sensitive’ landscape. Indeed many of the buildings which consume most land - such as cinemas, supermarkets, theatres, warehouses or libraries - have no need to be on the surface since they do not need windows.
分析:此段總共包含兩個句子,但各句表明不同的觀點。前者認為修建大型地下建筑可以避免破壞城市風景,而后者則強調很多建筑因為不需要窗戶可以被建在地下。Indeed(確實,甚至)的出現,正好表明本段的重心是要突出強調后者觀點,即有些建筑不需要窗戶(自然采光)。所以毫無疑問地選擇 Some buildings do not require natural light。
雅思閱讀配對特點4:比較關系出現在句中
策略:忽略作為參照物的前者,后者才是作者真正要說明的觀點
例: Working Germans are particularly vulnerable, with a 33 percent higher risk at the beginning of the working week. Non-workers, by comparison, appear to be no more at risk on a Monday than any other day.
分析:此段兩句以by comparison 銜接,同時也體現了前后兩者的比較關系。以working Germans 作為參照物,本段真正的目的在于表明后者,即那些失業(yè)人員在星期一患心臟病的機率并不比其它任何一天高。所以正確答案為Jobless but safer。
雅思閱讀配對特點5:轉折、讓步關系出現在句中
策略:忽略讓步狀語從句內容,重點關注轉折部分,即but 或however等表示轉折關系的連接詞后面的內容。
例: The risk of having a heart attack on any given day should be one in seven, but a six-year study coordinated by researchers at the Free University of Berlin of more tan 2,600 Germans revealed that the average person had a 20 percent higher chance of having a heart attack on a Monday than on any other day.
分析:but的出現引導我們關注其后面所要表明的內容。又因為段落標題配對是對段落大意的概括,所以在理解轉折部分的內容時,我們只需要把握住句子的主干就可以了。由此,根據主干a study revealed that the average person had a 20 percent higher chance of having a heart attack on a Monday than on any other day 研究顯示普通人在星期一患心臟病的比率比其它任何一天高出百分之二十, 我們選擇選項 High-risk Monday。
雅思閱讀配對特點6:表達相同含義的詞或短語相繼出現在段落各句中
策略:尋找含有雅思高頻詞匯的選項
例: … If we are to believe the forecasts, it is predicted that two-thirds of the world population will be without fresh water by 2025…While some areas are devastated by flooding, scarcity of water in many other places is causing conflicts. The state of Texas in the United States of America is suffering a shortage of water … there is now talk of water being the new oil.
分析:本段各句中都涉及水資源的短缺,相關詞匯分別為:without fresh water, scarcity of water, a shortage of water 以及 water being the new oil。根據詞義對應選項,得出正解為 shortage of water。
總之,在應對雅思閱讀段落標題配對題時,我們不能一味單純地從尋找主題句出發(fā),只有熟悉其可能出現的各種特殊情況,在策略上做出相對應的調整,我們才有可能靈活自如地提高正確率。
雅思閱讀全真練習系列:Global warming
雅思閱讀全真練習
Global warming
You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13 which are based on Reading Passage 1 below.
Questions 1-5 Reading Passage 1 has six paragraphs A-F .
Choose the most suitable headings for paragraphs B-F from the list of headings below.
Write the appropriate numbers i-viii in boxes 1 - 5 on your answer sheet.
List of Headings
i The plaintiffs?viewpoints on regulating emission
ii Federal government being taken to court
iii Possible impact of the case on other lawsuits
iv Regulating air pollution by twelve States
v Stance of the Bush administration
vi Viewpoints of Bill Clinton on regulation
vii The call for emission caps and reduction
viii Uncertainty in ruling by the Supreme Court
Example Answer
Paragraph A ii
1. Paragraph B _____
2. Paragraph C _____
3. Paragraph D_____
4. Paragraph E _____
5. Paragraph F _____
Green states take the federal government to court
Nov 30th 2006
From The Economist print edition
A WHEN the subject is global warming,the villain is usually America . Although it produces a quarter of the greenhouse gases that are heating up the planet,it refuses to regulate them. When other countries agreed on an international treaty to do so——he Kyoto protocol——America failed to ratify it. But not all American officialdom is happy with the federal government's stance. In fact,12 states disagree so fiercely that they are suing to force it to curb emissions of carbon dioxide,the most common greenhouse gas. The Supreme Court heard argument in the case on November 29th. The outcome will not be known for months,but the political wind seems to be shifting in favour of firmer action to counter climate change.
B The Clean Air Act charges the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with regulating air pollution from vehicles. But the EPA argues that Congress did not intend to include CO2 under that heading,and that to do so would extend the EPA's authority to an unreasonable extent. Furthermore,it contends that regulating emissions would not do good unless all or most other countries did the same. That is in keeping with the policies of President George Bush,who opposes mandatory curbs on emissions and believes that any international accord on global warming should apply to all countries——unlike the Kyoto protocol,which exempts poor ones,including big polluters such as China and India . Ten states,among them gas-guzzling Texas and car-making Michigan,also back the EPA.
C The plaintiffs comprise 12 states,three cities,various NGOs,and American Samoa,a Pacific territory in danger of vanishing beneath the rising ocean. They are supported by a further six states,two power companies,a ski resort,and assorted clergymen,Indian tribes and agitated grandees such as Madeleine Albright,a former secretary of state. They point out that under the administration of Bill Clinton,the EPA decided that it did have the authority to regulate CO2. The act,they note,says the EPA should regulate any air pollutant that "may reasonably be interpreted to endanger public health or welfare". It goes on to define public welfare to include "effects on soils,water,crops,vegetation,manmade materials,animals,wildlife,weather,visibility,and climate".
D The Supreme Court may give a mixed ruling,decreeing that carbon dioxide is indeed a pollutant,but one the EPA is free to ignore or regulate as it pleases. Or it might dismiss the complaint on the grounds that the plaintiffs did not have the right to lodge it in the first place. In theory,they must prove that the EPA's foot-dragging has caused them some specific harm that regulation might remedy——a tall order in a field as fraught with uncertainty as climatology. Even if the court found in the plaintiffs' favour,rapid change is unlikely. By the time the EPA had implemented such a ruling,Congress would probably have superseded it with a new law.
E That is the point,environmental groups say. They want Congress to pass a law tackling global warming,and hope that a favourable court ruling will jolly the politicians along. Moreover,the case has a bearing on several other bitterly-contested lawsuits. Carmakers,for example,are trying to get the courts to strike down a Californian state law based on certain provisions of the Clean Air Act that require them to reduce their vehicles' CO2 emissions. If the Supreme Court decides that the act does not apply to CO2,then the Californian law would also be in jeopardy. That,in turn, would scupper the decision of ten other states to adopt the same standard.
F However the Supreme Court rules,many state governments are determined to tackle climate change. California is in the vanguard. Its legislature has passed a law that will cap and then reduce industrial emissions of greenhouse gases. Seven eastern states have formed the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative,which will treat emissions from power plants the same way. Almost 400 mayors have signed an agreement to cut their cities' emissions in line with Kyoto . Many businesses,even some power companies,would rather see regulation now than prolonged uncertainty. And several of the leading contenders for 2008's presidential election are much keener on emissions caps than Mr Bush. Change is in the air.
Questions 6-9 Do the following statements reflect the views of the writer in the reading passage?
In boxes 6 - 9 on your answer sheet write
YES if the statement reflects the views of the writer
NO if the statement contradicts the views of the writer
NOT GIVEN if there is no information about this in the passage
6. Texas and Michigan are among the 12 states which call for regulating air pollution.
7. An American island is in danger of disappearing beneath the rising ocean.
8. The plaintiffs can prove that the EPA抯 foot-dragging has caused them harm that the regulation might remedy.
9. The Supreme Court's ruling may influence the results of other lawsuits.
Questions 10-13 Answer the following questions with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS each in boxes 10 - 13.
10. What country produces 25% of the world's greenhouse gases?
11. Which president opposes mandatory curbs on emission, George Bush or Bill Clinton?
12. Who are trying to get the courts to strike down a Californian state law that require them to reduce their vehicles' CO2 emissions?
13. What would some power companies rather see than prolonged uncertainty at present?