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整理雅思阅读UNIT1Food
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
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