雅思模拟试题

雅思模拟试题

INTERNATIONALENGLISHLANGUAGE

TESTINGSYSTEM

ACADEMICREADING

Test2

TIMEALLOWED:1hour

NUMBEROFQUESTIONS:40

Instructions

ALLANSWERSMUSTBEWRITTENONTHEANSWERSHEET

Thetestisdividedasfollows:

Startatthebeginningofthetestandworkthroughit.Youshould

answerallquestions.Ifyoucannotdoaparticularquestionleaveit

andgoontothenext.Youcanreturntoitlater.

Youshouldspendabout20minutesonQuestionsI-14whicharebasedonReading

PassageIbelow.

DIABETES

Herearesomefactsthatyouprobablydidn'tknowaboutdiabetes.Itistheworld'sfastest

growingdisease.ItisAustralia's6thleadingcauseofdeath.Over1millionAustralianshaveitthough50%ofthoseareasyetunaware.Every10minutessomeoneisdiagnosedwithdiabetes.Somuchforthefactsbutwhatexactlyisdiabetes?Diabetesisthenamegiventoagroupof

differentconditionsinwhichthereistoomuchglucoseintheblood.Here'swhathappens;thebodyneedsglucoseasitsmainsourceoffuelorenergy.Thebodymakesglucosefromfoodscontainingcarbohydratesuchasvegetablescontainingcarbohydrate【likepotatoesorcorn】andcerealfoods【likebread,pastaandrice】aswellasfruitandmilk.GlucoseiscarriedaroundthebodyinthebloodandtheglucoseleveliscalledglycanGlycan【bloodsugarlevels】inhumansandanimalsmustbeneithertoohighnortoolow,butjustright.Theglucoserunningaroundin

thebloodstreamnowhastogetoutofthebloodandintothebodytissues.Thisiswhereinsulinentersthestory.Insulinisahormonemadebythepancreas,aglandsittingjustbelowthestomach.Insulinopensthedoorsthatletglucosegofromthebloodtothebodycellswhereenergyismade.Thisprocessiscalledglucosemetabolism.Indiabetes,thepancreaseithercannotmakeinsulinortheinsulinitdoesmakeisnotenoughandcannotworkproperly.Withoutinsulindoingitsjob,theglucosechannelsareshut.Glucosebuildsupinthebloodleadingtohighbloodglucoselevels,whichcausesthehealthproblemslinkedtodiabetes.Peoplerefertothediseaseasdiabetesbutthereareactuallytwodistinctivetypesofthedisease.Type1diabetesisaconditioncharacterizedbyhighbloodglucoselevelscausedbyatotallackofinsulin.Itoccurswhenthebody'simmunesystemattackstheinsulin-producingbetacellsinthepancreasanddestroysthem.Thepancreasthenproduceslittleornoinsulin.Type1diabetesdevelopsmostoften,inyoungpeoplebutcanappearinadults.Type2diabetesisthemostcommonformofdiabetes.Intype2diabetes,eitherthebodydoesnotproduceenoughinsulinorthecellsignoretheinsulin.Insulinisnecessaryforthebodytobeabletousesugar.Sugaristhebasicfuelforthecellsinthebody,andinsulintakesthesugarfromthebloodintothecells,

Questions28-35

Matchtheviews28-35withthepeoplelistedbelow.

28Thereisadoubleadvantagetothenewtechniques.

29Expectationsofendusersofagriculturalproductsaffecttheproducts.

30Theworkondevelopingthesealternativetechniquesisnotfinished.

31Eatingfoodthathashadchemicalsusedinitsproductionisdangeroustoour

health.

32Changingcurrentfarmingmethodsisnotacheapprocess.

33Resultshaveexceededanticipations.

34Theresearchdoneshouldbetranslatedintopracticalprojects.

35TheU.S.producesthebestfoodintheworld.

ListofPeople

TBTonyBrown

PLPatrickLeahy

BBBillBowler

PJPaulJepson

APArtPimms

SBSteveBlack

RHRickHilton

Questions36-40

ReadthepassageaboutalternativefarmingmethodsinOregonagainandlookatthe

statementsbelow.

Inboxes36-40onyouranswersheet,write

TRUEMifthestatementistrue

FALSEifthestatementisfalse

NOTGIVENiftheinformationisnotgiven

36IntegratedPestManagementhasgenerallybeenregardedasasuccessintheU.S.

37Oregonfarmersofapplesandpearshavebeenpromotedassuccessfulexamplesof

IntegratedPestManagement.

38TheIPPCusesscientistsfromdifferentorganizations.

39Strawmulchexperimentsproducedunplannedbenefits.

40Theappleindustryisnowfacingalotofcompetitionfromabroad.