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1、雅思阅读模拟题passage1雅思阅读模拟题 PASSAGE 1Practice IELTS Reading Test A (AcademicModule)READING PASSAGE 1PERSONAL TIME MANAGEMENTSince the early work of Halberg(1960),the existence of human circadian rhythms has been well-known to biologists and psychologists. Circadian rhythmsdictatethat there arecertaintime

2、s of the day when we are at our best both physically andpsychologically. At its simplest, themajorityof us feel more alive andcreativein the mornings, while come the evenings we are fit only forcollapsingwith a good book or in front of the television. Other of usnotethat in the morning we take a gre

3、at deal of time to get going physically and mentally, but by the evening are full of energy and bright ideas, while a very few of us feel mostalertandvigorousin the late afternoon .Irrespective of our personal rhythms, most of us have aproductiveperiod between . and noon, when the stomach,pancreas,s

4、pleenand heart all appear to be in their most active phases. Conversely, themajorityof us experience a low period in the hour or two after lunch (a time when people in some societiessensiblytake a rest), as most of our energy isdevotedto the process ofdigestion. The simple rules here are: dont waste

5、 too muchprimetime having a coffee break around you should be doing some of your best work, and dont make the after-lunch period even lessproductiveby overloading yourdigestion. A short coffee or tea break is ,in fact, best taken on arrival at the office ,when it helps us start the day in a positive

6、 mood, rather than mid-morning when it interrupts the flow of our activities. Lunch is best taken early, when we are just beginning to feel hungry, and we are likely to eat less than if we leave it until later. An early lunch also means that we can get back into our productivestrideearlier in the af

7、ternoon.Changes in ones attitude can alsoenhancepersonal time management. For example, the notion of pro-action is eminentlypreferabletoreaction. To pro-act means toanticipateevents and be in a position to takeappropriateaction as soon as the right moment arrives. Toreact, on the other hand, means t

8、o have littleanticipationand do something only when events force you to do so. Pro-actorstendto be the people who are always one step ahead of other people, who always seem to be in the right place at the right time, and who are always betterinformedthan anyone else. Many of us like an easy life, an

9、d so we tend to be reactors. This means that we arentalertto the challenges and opportunities coming our way, with theconsequencethat challengesbotherus or opportunities pass us by before were even properly aware theyre upon us. We can train ourselves in pro-action by regularly taking the time to si

10、t down andappraisethe likelyimmediatefuture, just as we sit down and review the immediate past.Psychologists recognise that we differ in the way in which we characteristicallyattributeresponsibility for the various things that happen to us in life. One of the ways in which we do this is known as loc

11、us ofcontrol(Weiner,1979), which refers to assigning responsibility. At its simplest, some individuals have a predominantlyexternallocus of control, attributing responsibility to outside causes (for example, the faults of others or the help given by them) ,while with other individuals the locus of c

12、ontrol is predominantlyinternal, in which responsibility is attributed to oneself (for example, ones own abilities or lack of them, hard work, etc.).However, the picture usually isnt as simple as this. Many peoples locus ofcontrolis more likely to bespecificto aparticularsituation, for exampleintern

13、alincertainareas, such as theirsociallives, andexternalin others, such as their working lives. Or, to take another example, they mayattributecertain kinds of results to themselves, such as their successes, and certain kinds of results to other people, such as their failures. Obviously the best kind

14、of locus ofcontrolis one that isrealisticand able to attribute every effect to itsappropriatecause, and this is particularly important when it comes to time management. Certainly, there are occasions when other people are more responsible for our time loss than we are, but for most of us, and for mo

15、st of the time, theblamemust fall fairly and squarely upon ourselves.Choose ONEphrase(A-J) from the list in the box below to complete each key point below. Write theappropriateletters (A-J) in boxes 1-6 on your answer sheet.The information in the completed sentences should be anaccuratesummaryof poi

16、nts made by the writer. There are more phrases (A-J) than sentences, so you will not use them all. You may use anyphrasemore than once.Questions 1-6Time management-key pointsAnswerExample Our patterns of circadian rhythms G1. A proactive person2. Areactiveperson3. Analysing circadian rhythms4. The i

17、dea that the best time to work is in the morning5. The notion of feelingalertin the late afternoon6.Productivityappears to be enhancedList of phrasesA) agrees with the circadian rhythms of most people.B) makes us feel alive andcreative.C) conforms to the circadian rhythms of aminorityof people.D) if

18、 our energy is in a low phase.E) is more able to takeadvantageof events when they happen.F) enables one togaugephysicalpotentialatparticulartimes throughout the day.G) canaffectus physically and mentally.H) when severalspecificinternalorgans are active.I) takes a morepassiveattitude toward events.J)

19、 when we eat lunch earlyQuestions 7-13Complete the sentences below with words taken from Reading Passage 1,ersonal Time Management. Use NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer. Write your answers in boxes 7-13 on your answer sheet.AnswerExample Most people are lessproductive after lunch7. Our influ

20、ence our physical andmentalperformance8. We are more likely to beproductivein the afternoon if we have .9. A person who reacts tends not to see when they are approaching.10. Assessing the aids us in becoming proactive.11. A person with a mainlyinternallocus ofcontrolwould likely directblametoward .1

21、2. A person with a mainlyexternallocus ofcontrolwould likely direct failure toward .13. A person with a healthy and balanced locus ofcontrolwouldattributea result, whethernegativeor positive, to .雅思阅读模拟题 PASSAGE 2READING PASSAGE 2You are advised to spend about 20minuteson Questions 14-25 which are b

22、ased on Reading Passage 2, The Muang Faai Irrigation SysTEM of Northern Thailand.Questions 14-19Reading Passage 2 has 7 sections.Choose the mostsuitableheadingfor each section from the list of headings (A-L) below. Write theappropriateletter (A-L) in boxes 14-19 on your answer sheet. There are more

23、headings than sections, so you will not use all of them.List of HeadingsA) Rituals and beliefsB) Topography of Northern ThailandC) The forests of Northern ThailandD) Preserving the systemE) Agricultural practicesF) Village lifeG) WaterdistributionprinciplesH) Maintaining natural balancesI) Structure

24、 of the irrigation systemJ) Users rightsK) Users obligationsL)Communitycontrol14. Section 115. Section 216. Section 317. Section 4AnswerExample Section 5 A18. Section 619. Section 7THE MUANG FAAI IRRIGATION SYSTEM OF NORTHERN THAILANDSECTION 1Northern Thailand consists mainly of long mountain chains

25、 interspersed with valley bottoms where streams and rice fieldsdominatethelandscape. Most of the remaining forests of the North are found at higher altitudes. The forestsensureregular seasonal rainfall for the whole area and at the same timemoderaterunoff, so that there is water throughout the year.

26、SECTION 2The lowland communities have developed an agricultural system adapted to, andpartiallydetermining, thedistinctiveecosystems of their areas. Practicing wet-rice agriculture in the valley-bottoms, the lowlanders also raise pigs, ducks and chickens andcultivatevegetable gardens in their villag

27、es further up the slopes. Rice, beans,cornand native vegetables are planted in hill fields above the villages, and wild vegetables and herbal medicines are gathered and wild game hunted in the forests higher up the hillsides. The forests also serve asgrazinggrounds for cows and buffalo, and are asou

28、rceof wood for household utensils, cookingfuel,constructionand farming tools. Fish are to be found in the streams and in the irrigation system and wet-rice fields, providing both food andpestcontrol.SECTION 3In its essentials, a muang faai system consists of a smallreservoirwhich feeds anintricate,

29、branchingnetworkof small channels carrying water in carefully calibrated quantities through clusters of rice terraces in valley bottoms. The system taps into astreamabove the highest rice field and, when there issufficientwater, discharges back into the same stream at a point below the bottom field.

30、 The water in the reservoir at the top, which isdivertedinto a mainchannel(Iam muang) and from there into the different fields, is slowed or held back not by animperviousdam, but by a series of barriersconstructedof bunches of bamboo or saplings which allowsilt, soil and sand to pass through.SECTION

31、 4Water from the Iam muang ismeasuredout among the farmers according to theextentof their rice fields and the amount of wateravailablefrom the mainchannel. Also considered are the height of the fields, their distance from the main channel and their soil type. The size and depth of side-channels are thenadjustedso that only the allocated amount of water flows into each farmers field.SECTION 5Rituals a