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整理雅思阅读UNIT1Food
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UNIT1Food
Warmup—ThinkingabouttheTopic
Lookatthetwopicturesbelow。
Talkaboutthemwithyourpartner。
1Whattypeofenvironmentdothesepeopleandtheseplantslivein？
2Matchthesedescriptionstotherightpicture：
a。
。
.。
looklikeacactus，butarenotrelated。
b....growindrysandyorrockyareas.
c.。
。
。
movearoundtheKalaharidesertinsearchoffood.
d。
...walklongdistancesonthehotsand。
e.。
。
.onlygrowabout400cmtall。
f...haveflowerswhichare3—4cmacross。
g。
。
。
。
aretraditionalhunter-gatherers,whodonotgrowfood。
3Now,worktogetherwithapartnertomakesomesentencesabouttheSanpeopleandthehoodiaplant.Speak，donotwrite。
“Thesan…Hoodiaplants…
TIP
ForIELTSreading，youneedtobeabletoreadQUICKLYtofindmainideasandthestructure，ororganisation,ofthereadingpassage。
Beginningtoread
Skimming—FindingthePassageStructureandtheMainIdea
Completetheactivitiesbelowtopracticehowtodothis.Keeptothetimelimit！
Hoodia
A
TheSanliveinthatpartofAfricacalledtheKalahariDesert.Lifethereishard，andnaturecanbeharsh。
Therearesomewherebetween45,000and100，000ofthemlivingincountrieslikeZambiaandZimbabwe.They'renotrichandtheydon'tliveinexpensivehouses.Therearenoroadsorschoolsorhospitalsnearthem.Theydon’thavemanymaterialpossessionslikecarsorcomputers,thingsthatpeopleinthedevelopedworldcan’tdowithout。
Infact，theyhavemanyproblemssuchasunemploymentandpoverty。
Ontopofthis,theyalsosufferfromalcoholism,drinkingtoforgettheirproblems.They'retheSan，atribeoftraditionalhunter-gatherers,whousedtotravelinsearchoffoodfortheirfamiliesinsteadofgrowingitorkeepinganimals。
Theyhaveaculturethatis20，000yearsold,buttheiroldwayoflifeisdisappearingfastandhasnearlygoneforever。
Soyes，they’repoor,andyes，theirlifestyleisnotattractivetooutsiders，buttheydohaveonethingthatcertainpeopleinthedevelopedworldarevery，veryinterestedinandwanttohave，andthatmaymakethemsomemoney.It'scalledhoodia.
B
Manycountrieshavebasic，commoncropsthat。
peopleplantforfood，suchasriceorpotatoes。
PotatoesaregrowninmanyEuropeancountriesaswellasSouthAmerica（Theyoriginatedthere!
），andriceisastaplefoodinAsia.Butnotallplantsaregrowjustforfood；someofthemcanalsobeusedasmedicine.Afewexamplesaregarlic,whichissaidtohelpwithcoldsorhighbloodpressure，gingertohelpwithheadachesortoothache,orthemagnoliatreewhichisusedinChinesetraditionalmedicinetotreatsomeformsofcancerandheartdisease.Hoodia,acactus-likeplant,onlygrowsintheareawheretheSanlive,andtheyknowwheretofinditandthebesttimetouseit。
Theyhaveknownaboutitforcenturiesandtheyunderstandhowtouseit,buttheydon’tuseitforfood，andtheydon'tuseittocurediseaseeither.Theyuseittofighthunger。
C
IntheolddayswhentheSanhadtotravelinsearchoffood，theyandtheirchildrensometimeshadtogowithoutfoodforseveraldays.Thiswasevenlongerintimesoffamineorwhentherainsfailed。
Theyatethehoodiaplantwhentheywerestarving，tohelpthemsurviveuntiltheyfoundfood,tostoptheirchildrenfromcrying,andtogivethemthestrengthtocontinuetheirsearch。
However，itdidn'tgivethemenergylikenormalfoodwould.Instead,thechemicalsinthehoodiaplantkilledthefeelingofhungerandstoppedthemwantingfood。
Theydidn’tknowexactlyhowitworked;theonlythingtheyknewforcertainwasthatitdidwork。
D
ScientistshavenowdiscoveredthattheplantcontainsasubstancewhichtheyhavecalledP57。
Thischemicalmakesthebrainbelievethatthestomachisfullandthatthebodydoesn'tneedfood.Thatiswhypeopleinthedevelopedworld,especiallythoseinpharmaceuticalcompanies，areextremelyinterestedinthisverypromisingplant.
E
Obesityinthedevelopedworldisahugeandgrowingproblem,notonlyamongadults,butincreasinglyamongchildren.Ithasbeenestimatedthatupto50％ofpeopleinthedevelopedworldareoverweightand20％oftheseareobese；atthetimeofwriting,forexample,30％ofChinesechildrenwereconsideredtobetooheavyfortheirage。
Onecauseofobesityiseatingtoomuch，toooften,andanotheriseatingthewrongkindoffood。
Ourgrandparentshadthetimetopreparesimpleyetnourishingmeals,andtheydidn'thavemoneytoaffordexpensivefood.Theydidn’teatasmuchmeatorfattyfoodsaswedonowadays,andthat'sonereasonwhytheywereslimmerandhealthierthantheirdescendants.Todaywehavelesstimetocook，andwehavemoremoney,sotheeasiestthingtodoistobuyready—mademeals。
Theymaybeconvenientandtastegood,butthey’reoftenhighinfat，saltandsugar。
Toomuchofthesemakepeopleunhealthyandfat.Theyneedtoloseweight，andthat’swherehoodiacomesin.
F
Itseemstobetheperfectsolution.PeopleintheWestwanttoloseweightandhoodiaisideal。
Westerncompaniespayfortherighttousethesecretsofthehoodiaplant；bysellingtheserightstotheWest,theSanmakemoneyandcanthenhelpthemselves。
ObesepeopleloseweightandtheSanpeoplemakeaprofit,soeveryoneishappy.
ReadthefirstandlastsentenceONLYofeachparagraphinthereadingpassage.TakeNOMORETHANFIVEminutestodothis.
4Putthesesimpleheadingsintothesameorderasthepassageitself.Writethenumberoftheparagraphbesideeachone.
a。
_________Hoodiamayhelppeopletoloseweight.
b._________Somechildrenhaveaweightprobleminthedevelopedworld。
c。
_________Mostplaceshaveastaplefood.
d._________TheSancanbefoundinKalaharidesertinAfrica。
e._________TheSanlearnttosurvivewithoutfoodfordaysonend.
f。
__________HoodiacontainsP57.
SkimmingtoSummarisetheReadingPassage
1Now,workwithapartnertocompleteabriefsummaryofthisreadingpassage.Speak，donotwrite。
Thispassageisabout.。
。
Itdescribes。
。
.Themainideaisthat。
。
。
IELTSTypeQuestion:
ReadingforDetailsandforMainIdeas
Now,youshouldbeabletoreadthispassagequicklytofinddetailsandanswerthefollowingquestions.
MultipleChoiceQuestions
Circlethecorrectletter.Somequestionsmayhavemorethanonecorrectanswer;andthiswillbeindicatedintheinstructions.
1）TheSan:
a.herdcowsandcollectplants
b.huntanimalsandgrowplants
c.huntanimalsandcollectplants
TIP
Thesequestionsusuallyfollowtheorderofthepassage
d.herdcowsandgrowplants
2）WhichproblemisNOTmentionedinthepassage?
a.theycan’tfindjobs
b。
theyhavefamilyproblems
c。
theydrinktoomuchalcohol
d.theyareverypoor
3）Examplesofstaplefoodsare:
a.riceandpotatoes
b。
garlicandginger
c。
magnoliaandhoodia
d.alloftheabove
4）Intheolddays，theSan:
a。
atehoodiaeveryday
b.atehoodiawhentheywerehungry
c.atehoodiawhentherewasafamine
d。
atehoodiawhentheywantedtodiet
5）IntheWest：
a.mostpeopleareoverweight
b.30%ofpeopleareoverweight
c。
20％ofpeopleareoverweight
d。
themajorityofpeoplearenotoverweight
LocatingInformation
Thepassagehassixparagraphs,A—FWhichparagraphcontainsthefollowinginformation？
Writethecorrectletter,A—F,besidethestatementsbelow。
NOTE:
youmayuseanylettermorethanonce.Youmaynotneedtousealltheletters.
6）___________Somefoodsareusedtocurehealthproblems。
7）___________Manymodernpeopledonoteatwellandhaveweightproblems。
8）___________TheSanhavesomethingthatpeopleintheWestwant。
9）___________ThesaleofhoodiafromAfricatotheWestmighthelpeveryone.
10）__________HoodiawasusedbytheSantocontrolhungerwhenfoodwasscarce。
ShortAnswers
Answerthequestionsbelow.ChooseNOMORETHANFOURWORDSfromthepassageforeachanswer.
11）WhatdotheSannothavethatpeopleindevelopedcountriesmostlyhave?
____________________________________________________________
12）HowlonghavetheSanpeopleknownabouthoodia？
__________________________________________
13）Whatdoeshoodiahavethatmakesitsousefulforwesternpeople？
______________________________________________________
14）Whatsortofmealsdoesthewritersayourgrandparentsprepared？
_____________________________________________________
15）Whatdidourgrandparentseatlessof，comparedtopeoplethesedays？
_________________________________________________________
TIP
Watchcarefullyforwordendingsandgrammarcluestohelpyouwiththis.
SummaryCompletion
Completethesummaryofthepassageusingwordsfromtheboxbelow.Therearemorewordsthangaps.
nourishing
obesity
ideal
hoodia
desire
unemployment
cactus
material
overcome
attractive
originate
traditional
TheSanareatribeofhunter—gatherersintheKalaharidesertwhose16）___________lifestyleischangingfast。
Theynowsufferfrom’modern'problemssuchasalcoholism,povertyand17）____________。
Sinceancienttimestheyhaveusedacactus-likeplant，hoodia,tohelp18）___________hungerwhenfoodwasscarce。
IntheWest,where19）____________isbecomingamajorhealthissue,hoodiaisseenasasolutionasitappearstocontrolthe20）_____________toeat.
CircletheLetterfortheCorrectAnswer:
GlobalMulti—Choice
TIP1
Youwillusually
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