2018年1月18日雅思阅读机经预测完整版

　　文章题目 Gesture

　　题材 人文社科题型 小标题 6+段落细节配对 5+选择 3

　　文章大意 讲了手势研究。开始用电话铃声作比喻说手势为什么大家都看得懂，后面讲到手势的个体差异，文化差异，包括各国的举例。

　　文章题目 Fluoridation in the water

　　题材 医疗健康

　　题型 选择题 3+判断 6+句子填空 5

　　文章大意 本文讲述了氟化物添加对健康影响。对要不要对饮用水进行氟化处理，学者有两派不同的意见。

　　文章题目 The influence of social network to people's loneliness

　　题材 人文社科

　　题型 配对 6+选择 4+判断 4

　　文章大意 社交媒体对人孤独的影响.越来越多的人开始使用社交媒体，有些人认为社交媒体使人变得更加孤独，有些人却不同意。在大学生中做了一个调查，结果表明孤独感与人们花时间在社交媒体上无关。社交媒体会使人变得焦虑，也会让人上瘾。

　　文章题目 Ancient Greek Coins

　　重复年份 人文社科题材

　　题型 判断+流程图+简答

　　文章大意 古希腊钱币。介绍了硬币的制造过程，生产工艺及当时的时代背景。

　　参考阅读： The history of Ancient Greek coinage can be divided (along with most other Greek art forms) into four periods, the Archaic, the Classical, the Hellenistic and the Roman. The Archaic period extends from the introduction of coinage to the Greek world during the 7th century BC until the Persian Wars in about 480 BC. The Classical period then began, and lasted until the conquests of Alexander the Great in about 330 BC, which began the Hellenistic period, extending until the Roman absorption of the Greek world in the 1st century BC. The Greek cities continued to produce their own coins for several more centuries under Roman rule. The coins produced during this period are called Roman provincial coins or Greek Imperial Coins. ...

　　文章题目 Who should look after the child?

　　题材 人文社科

　　文章大意 英国年轻人当父母的事儿，爸妈谁应照顾孩子

　　Working Mothers

　　In the United States today, more than half of mothers with young children work, compared to about one third in the 1970s. Working mothers are now the rule rather than the exception. Women have been moving into the workforce not only for career satisfaction but also because they and their families need the income.

　　Why Women Work

　　In many families today, mothers continue to work because they have careers that they have spent years developing. Some women return to work soon after giving birth because they know that most employers in this country are not sympathetic to working mothers who wish to take time off to be with their young children. If these women stop working, even for several months, they may give up some of the advantages they have earned or risk losing certain career opportunities...

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