雅思考生学术类阅读样本

雅思考生学术类阅读样本

学术阅读测试是60分钟长。文本为学术阅读测试从图书、期刊、杂志和报纸。使用多种问题,选择从以下类型:多种选择,识别信息,识别的作家的观点/索赔、匹配的信息,匹配标题,匹配特征,符合句子结尾,句子完成,完成,注意完成,表完成,集成完成,图标签完成,short-answer问题。

AcademicReadingsampletaskDiagramlabelcompletion[Note:ThisisanextractfromanAcademicReadingpassageonthesubjectofdungbeetles.Thetextprecedingthisextractgavesomebackgroundfactsaboutdungbeetles,andwentontodescribeadecisiontointroducenon-nativevarietiestoAustralia.]Introducingdung1beetlesintoapastureisasimpleprocess:approximately1,500beetlesarereleased,ahandfulatatime,intofreshcowpats2inthecowpasture.Thebeetlesimmediatelydisappearbeneaththepatsdiggingandtunnellingand,iftheysuccessfullyadapttotheirnewenvironment,soonbecomeapermanent,self-sustainingpartofthelocalecology.Intimetheymultiplyandwithinthreeorfouryearsthebenefitstothepastureareobvious.Dungbeetlesworkfromtheinsideofthepatsotheyareshelteredfrompredatorssuchasbirdsandfoxes.Mostspeciesburrowintothesoilandburydungintunnelsdirectlyunderneaththepats,whicharehollowedoutfromwithin.SomelargespeciesoriginatingfromFranceexcavatetunnelstoadepthofapproximately30cmbelowthedungpat.Thesebeetlesmakesausage-shapedbroodchambersalongthetunnels.TheshallowesttunnelsbelongtoamuchsmallerSpanishspeciesthatburiesdunginchambersthathanglikefruitfromthebranchesofapeartree.SouthAfricanbeetlesdignarrowtunnelsofapproximately20cmbelowthesurfaceofthepat.Somesurface-dwellingbeetles,includingaSouthAfricanspecies,cutperfectly-shapedballsfromthepat,whicharerolledawayandattachedtothebasesofplants.Formaximumdungburialinspring,summerandautumn,farmersrequireavarietyofspecieswithoverlappingperiodsofactivity.InthecoolerenvironmentsofthestateofVictoria,thelargeFrenchspecies【2.5cmslong】,ismatchedwithsmaller【halfthissize】,temperate-climateSpanishspecies.Theformerareslowtorecoverfromthewintercoldandproduceonlyoneortwogenerationsofoffspringfromlatespringuntilautumn.Thelatter,whichmultiplyrapidlyinearlyspring,producetwotofivegenerationsannually.TheSouthAfricanball-rollingspecies,beingasub-tropicalbeetle,preferstheclimateofnorthernandcoastalNewSouthWaleswhereitcommonlyworkswiththeSouthAfricantunnelingspecies.Inwarmerclimates,manyspeciesareactiveforlongerperiodsoftheyear.Glossary1.dung:thedroppingsorexcretaofanimals2.cowpats:droppingsofcowsAcademicReadingsampletaskDiagramlabelcompletionQuestions68Labelthetunnelsonthediagrambelowusingwordsfromthebox.Writeyouranswersinboxes6-8onyouranswersheet.