2015年7月11日雅思阅读真题解析--外朗教育

2015年7月11日雅思口语真题解析--外朗教育一、考试整体概述：到本次考试，雅思口语考题基本没有什么变化了，大家可以安心准备，以下是目前高频考题。

1. Indoor game2. Colorful place3. Help a stranger4. Future trip5. Park or garden6. Person who dresses well7. A time you were lost8. Person you feel surprised to meet9. A disagreement you had with a friend10. Person who cooks well二、本场难题及解析Describe a time you were lostYou should say:l When and where it happenedl Who was there with youl How you felt when you got lostl Explain how you eventually found your waySpeaking of a time I was lost, something happened in Japan last April really deserves to be mentioned.It was a family trip and we were temporarily settled in a small town for two days. I decided to take a short walk all by myself after dinner one evening. It wasn't supposed to take a long time; therefore I left my cellphone in the hotel. I was deeply attracted by the picturesque views so I wasn’t aware that I had gone too far. I didn’t realize I was lost until the moment I wanted to go back.I was flabbergasted to find that nothing around looked familiar. I exerted myself to recall which direction I came from but only got myself much more confusing. The sky was getting darker which made me feel quite nervous. The peaceful quiet neighborhood even turned to be a little bit scary. When I was at my wit’s end, there was an old lady passing by. Imust be a little disjointed since I was so happy to find someone. Although she couldn't speak English, I managed to make her understand me by gesticulates. She showed me the right direction and walked me back to the hotel to make sure I didn't get lost again. No words could express my gratitude to her.This experience was kind of an adventure to me. But I will never let it happen again.外朗教育在线一对一保分课程! /html/toeflonline/。

2015年SAT阅读真题question 11-12 are based on the following passagesome critics believe that the frequent use of repetition in native American ceremonial texts was a result of their oral nature and helped make the works easy to remember. native American scholar paula gunn allen argues that this factor must be peripheral, however, because people in societies without writing traditionally have had more finely developed memories than do people who use writing. native American children learned early to remember complicated instructions and long stories by heart. for a person who couldn't run to a bookshelf to look up information, reliance on memory became very important in everyday life. such a highly developed everyday memory is not likely to fail on ceremonial occasions.1. the primary purpose of the passage is to(a) refute a claim(b) describe a process(c) analyze a discovery(d) advocate a practice(e) reveal a problem2. in context, what does the final sentence suggest about native american ceremonial texts?(a) understanding them requires a highly developed memory.(b) their inclusion of complicated and detailed material is traditional.(c) they are not always oral in nature, nor are they always repetitive.(d) they are important in the everyday lives of many native americans.(e) their use of repetition cannot be explained as an aid to memorization.(1)题答案：a简析：这道题目要求你说出这篇短文的目的，那就不是只看一两句话就可以解决问题的了，这是一道主旨性题目，需要我们从宏观上做全面的把握。

Time to cool it1 REFRIGERATORS are the epitome of clunky technology： solid， reliable and justa little bit dull。

They have not changed much over the past century, but then they have not needed to. They are based on a robust and effective idea——draw heat from the thing you want to cool by evaporating a liquid next to it, and then dump that heat by pumping the vapour elsewhere and condensing it。

This method of pumping heat from one place to another served mankind well when refrigerators’ main jobs were preserving food and， as air conditioners， cooling buildings。

Today's high-tech world， however， demands high-tech refrigeration. Heat pumps are no longer up to the job. The search is on for something to replace them.2 One set of candidates are known as paraelectric materials。

These act like batteries when they undergo a temperature change： attach electrodes to them and they generate a current. This effect is used in infra—red cameras。

2015年7月11日雅思大作文Some people believe that advertisements discourages us from being different individuals by making us all want to be or look the same. To what extent do you agree or disagree?解析题目：我们失去个性，变得相似因为受到广告的影响写作思路：让步反驳（让步观点的合理性，反驳其不合理性）3. 和2012-10-27同首段：背景介绍+争议焦点+作家立场Nothing has received more praise and abuse than advertisements. Although we may pride ourselves on good taste, we are no longer free to choose the things we want, for advertisement exerts a subtle influence on us. So influential are various advertisings that somepeople argue that ads make us lose individuality. In this essay, I will endeavor to explore whether or not various advertisements wipe out our uniqueness.解析：endeavor to do sth努力做。

lose individuality 失去个性wipe out 使消除第二段：让步原题观点的合理性：广告确实使一些人变得相似Granted, I have to concede that many consumers, especially those unwise buyers or impulsive teenagers, might be swayed by various advertisement campaigns and thus buy the similar goods. A case in point is that small phone sale booms early overnight and almost every individual owns an Iphone. It is conceivable that thefantastic pictures and witty slogans of ads is an indispensable contributing factors to such an uniform consumption of small phone. Therefore, it is never without reasons to believe that ads, to some extent, make us become similar with each other. Further, one’s sense of vanity, sometimes, contributes to people’s conformity. When confronted with theuniversally accepted notion that only material success can judge one’s social status, some adults like to follow the trend and purchase the same luxurious commodities, which also make them look the same. 解析：sense of vanity 虚荣心contribute to people’s conformity 导致了人们的相似性follow the trend 跟风purchase the same luxurious commodities 购买相似的奢侈品luxury 奢华luxurious 奢华的第三段：反驳原题观点的不合理性：广告不是人们趋同的根源What I want to rebut, however, is that it is rather groundless to simply believe that the impacts of ads are the root causes of people’s similarity. More people,those wise buyers or faithful consumers of one brand can successfully resist the temptation of ads, they tend to maintain personal favor in electronic products, daily consumption and so on. Still, as for those who have limited amount of money at their own disposal, they will wisely allocate their hardly earned money, thereby, the influence of ads exert a trivial impact onthem. L ast, such is human nature to stand out of from the rest and pursue unique charm in terms of personal necessities; therefore, even rich people sometimes resist the popular brand, so it is unfair to say ads make us become similar.解析：such is human nature to do sth.做。

2015年雅思大作文真题2015.1.10The leadersor directors of organizations are often older people. But some people say that young people can also be a leader. What do you think?2015.1.17Some people think that the amount of noise people make have to be controlled strictly, others say that people are free to make as much as they wish. Discuss both sides and give your opinion.2015.1.29Nowadays both scientists and tourists can go to remote natural environments such as the south pole. Do you think the advantages of this development outweigh the disadvantages?2015.1.31Some people argue that too much attention and too many resources are given to the protection of wild animals and birds. To what extent do you agree or disagree?2015.2.7Many museums and historical sites are mainly visited by tourists, not local people. Why? What can be done to attract local people?2015.2.12Some people think the best way to improve road safety is to increase the minimum legal age for driving cars and motorcycles. To what extent do you agree or disagree?2015.2.28Some students take one year off between finish school and going to university, in order to travel or to work. Do you think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?Sample Answer:An increasing number of students choose to spend one year travelling or working before going to university after they graduate from high schools. Although students can benefit a lot from the experiences in a gap year, its drawbacks cannot be ignored.On prominent advantage of experiencing a gap year is that it helps students to accumulate working experience and have a clear perspective of career development. High schools emphasise academic development, which often makes students perplexed whenthey decide to choose a major in university. If an opportunity can be provided for them to participate in social activities, they will probably be more certain about their choice of major and work. In addition, working or traveling contributes to broadening students’ horizons and enriching their life. They need to live independently and communicate with people from different cultural backgrounds, which is of great value to both their life and work in the future.Despite these advantages, this view still cannot be supported by some parents and teachers. It is worried that students will devote too much to work and travel, and will probably give up their academic development. University is a place where students can acquire knowledge and skills. If they give up a bachelor degree, not only will the academic development be delayed, but also their career development will be negatively influenced. This is because with only a high-school degree, students are less likely to stand out in the employment market. Some graduates with low degrees have to undertake some jobs demanding long time and offering low income.To sum up, taking a gap year before starting university life provides students good opportunities to know more about themselves and the real world. However, if they are indulged in travel or work and abandon their academic task, they might feel regretful soon.2015.3.12Some people think it is important to plant more trees in open areas in towns and cities than build more housing. To what extent do you agree or disagree?主体段第一段：绿色植物光合作用不但能吸收二氧化碳而且能释放氧气。

2015年7月11日雅思阅读真题解析--外朗教育考试概述：本次考试三篇文章两旧一新，第一篇讲保护森林，第二篇讲gesture，第三篇内容主要是关于英国莱斯特的剧院。

Passage 1题材：生物类新旧情况：旧题题型：填空6+流程3+判断4文章大意：类似文章及旧题仅供参考Saving a Forgotten forests-- The longleaf pineFound only in the Deep South of America, longleaf pine woodlands have dwindled to about 3percent of their former range, but new efforts are under way to restore them.A The beauty and the biodiversity of the longleaf pine forest are well-kept secrets, even in its native South. Yet it is among the richest ecosystems in North America, rivaling tall grass prairies and the ancient forests of the Pacific Northwest in the number of species it shelters. And like those two other disappearing wildlife habitats, longleaf is also critically endangered.B In longleaf pine forests, trees grow widely scattered, creating an open, park like environment, more like a savanna than a forest. The trees are not so dense as to block the sun. This openness creates a forest floor that is among the most diverse in the world, where plants such as many-flowered grass pinks, trumpet pitcher plants, Venus flytraps, lavender ladies and pineland bog-buttons grow. As many as 50different species of wildflowers, shrubs, grasses and ferns have been cataloged in just a single square meter.C Once, nearly 92 million acres of longleaf forest flourished from Virginia to Texas, the only place in the world where it is found. By the turn of the 21st century, however, virtually all of it had been logged, paved or farmed into oblivion. Only about 3 percent of the original range still supports longleaf forest, and only about 10,000 acres of that is uncut old-growth—the rest is forest that has regrown after cutting.D Figuring out how to bring back the piney woods also will allow biologists to help the plants and animals that depend on this habitat. Nearly two-thirds of the declining, threatened or endangered species in the southeastern United States are associated with longleaf. The outright destruction of longleaf is only part of their story, says Mark Danaher,the biologist for South Carolina’s Francis Marion National Forest. He says the demise of these animals and plants also is tied to a lack of fire, which once swept through the southern forests on a regular basis. "Fire is absolutely critical for this ecosystem and for the species that depend on it," says Danaher.E Name just about any species that occurs in longleaf and you can find a connection to fire. Bachman’s sparrow is a secretive bird with a beautiful song that echoes across the longleaf flatwoods. It tucks its nest on the ground beneath dumps of wiregrass and little bluestem in the open under-story. But once fire has been absent for several years, and a tangle of shrubs starts to grow, the sparrows disappear. Gopher tortoises, the only native land tortoises east of the Mississippi, are also abundant in longleaf. A keystone species for these forests, its burrows provide homes and safety to more than 300 species of vertebrates and invertebrates ranging from eastern diamond-back rattlesnakes to gopher frogs. If fire is suppressed, however, the tortoises are choked out. "If we lose fire," says Bob Mitchell, an ecologist at the Jones Center, "we lose wildlife.’F Without fire, we also lose longleaf. Fire knocks back the oaks and other hardwoods that can grow up to overwhelm longleaf forests. "They are fire forests," Mitchell says. "They evolved in the lightning capital of the eastern United States." And it wasn’t only lightning strikes that set the forest aflame. “Native Americans also lit fires to keep the forest open," Mitchell says. “So did the early pioneers. They helped create the longleaf pine forests that we know today."G Fire also changes how nutrients flow throughout longleaf ecosystems, in ways we are just beginning to understand. For example, researchers have discovered that frequent fires provide extra calcium, which is critical for egg production, to endangered red-cockaded woodpeckers. Frances James, a retired avian ecologist from Florida State University, has studied these small black-and-white birds for more than two decades in Florida’s sorawling Apalachicola National Forest. When she realised female woodpeckers laid larger clutches in the first breeding season after their territories were burned, she and her colleagues went searching for answers. "We learned calcium is stashed away in woody shrubs when the forest is not burned," James says. "But when there is a fire, a pulse of calcium moves down into the soil and up into the longleaf." Eventually, this calcium makes its way up the food chain to a tree-dwelling species of ant, which is the red-cockaded’s favorite food. The result: more calcium for the birds, which leads to more eggs, more young and more woodpeckers.H Today, fire is used as a vital management tool for preserving both longleaf and its wildlife. Most of these fires are prescribed burns, deliberately set with a drip torch. Although the public often opposes any type of fire—and the smoke that goes with it—these frequent,low-intensity bums reduce the risk of catastrophic conflagrations. "Forests are going to bum," says Amadou Diop, NWF’s southern forests restoration manager. "It’s just a question of when. With prescribed bums, we can pick the time and the place."Restoring longleaf is not an easy task. The herbaceous layer—the understory of wiregrasses and other plants, also needs to be re-created. In areas where the land has not been chewed up by farming, but converted to loblolly or slash pine plantations, the seed bank of the longleaf forest usually remains viable beneath the soil. In time, this original vegetation can be coaxed back. Where agriculture has destroyed the seeds, however, wiregrass must be replanted. cost solutions.J Bringing back longleaf is not for the short-sighted, however. Few of us will be alive when the pines being planted today become mature forests in 70 to 80 years. But that is not stopping longleaf enthusiasts. "Today, it’s getting hard to find longleaf seedlings to buy," one of the private landowners says. “Everyone wants them. Longleaf is in a resurgence."Questions 1-6Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer.Write your answers in boxes 1-5 on your answer sheet.Forest fire ensures that:· it help the Birds locate their 1____ in the ground.· The burrows of a species of 2_____ provide homes to many other animals. Hardwoods such as 3_____ don’t take over.Apart from fires lit by 4____.· Fires are created by 5____ and European settlers.· Fires deliberately lit are called 6____Question 7-9Complete the flow-chart below.Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the passage for each answer.Write your answers in boxes 6-9 on your answer sheet.How to increase the number of cockaded woodpeckers Calcium stored in shrubs↓Shrubs are burnedCalcium released into 7.......And travel up to the leaves↓8........ are eaten↓Number of 9....... increases↓More cockaded woodpeckersQuestions 10-13Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1?In boxes 10-13 on your answer sheet, writeTRUE if the statement agrees with the informationFALSE if the statement contradicts the informationNOT GIVEN if there is no information on this10 The sparse distribution of longleaf pine trees leads to the most diversity of species.11 It is easier to restore forests converted to farms than forests converted to plantations.12 The technology in recreating the herbaceous layer will phase out in near future due to the high cost13 Few people in this restoration program will see the replanted forest reach its maturity.Passage 2题材：医学类新旧情况：新题题目：Gesture题型：标题匹配6+段落匹配 5+选择3文章大意：待补充Passage 3题材：人文类新旧情况：新题题目：Leister Curve题型：单选3+判断5+配对5文章大意：英国莱斯特剧院的设计部分答案：1-3 MULTIPLE CHOICE1. The first paragraph has referred the purposeChallenge the traditional architecture2. The description of the theatre which is the correct oneaptly named3. make the building process completed4-8 YES/NO/NG4 问是否有其他建筑物与其相比--YES5 有个建筑开建之前已经获得认可had a permit--NO6 这间音乐厅建成之后其他的儿就要关门了--NG7 设计师RV的目的是符合表演家将来的风格--YES8 这一音乐厅是复制了其他家的风格–NO9-14 SUMMARY临街的人能看到 people on-viewLarge vehicles(仅供参考)外朗教育在线一对一保分课程! /html/toeflonline/（注：可编辑下载，若有不当之处，请指正，谢谢!）。

2015考研英语一真题点评：阅读理解题Section Ⅱ Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)Text 1King Juan Carlos of Spain once insisted kings don't abdicate, they die in their sleep. But embarrassing scandals and the popularity of the republican left in the recent Euro-elections have forced him to eat his words and stand down. So, dies the Spanish crisis suggest that monarchy is seeing its last days? Does that mean the uniting is on the wall for all European royals, with their magnificent uniforms and majestic lifestyles?The Spanish case previous arguments both for and against monarchy when public opinion is particularly. Polarized, as it was following the end of the France regime, monarchs can rise above "mere" politics and "embody" a spirit of national unity.It is this apparent transcendence of politics that explains monarchs continuing popularity as heads of states. And so, the Middle East expected, Europe is the most monarch-infested region is the world , with 10 kingdoms not counting Vatican city and Andorra. But unlike their absolutist counterparts in the Gulf and Asia, most royal families have survived because they allow voters to avoid the difficult search for a non-controversial but respect public figure.Even so, kings and queens undoubtedly have a downside, symbolic of national unity as they claim to be, their very history-and sometimes the way they behavetoday-embodies outdated and indefensible privileges and inequalities. At a time when Thomes Piketty and other ecumenists are warning of rising inequality and the increasing power of inherited wealth, it is bizarre that wealthy aristocratic families should still be the symbolic heart of modern democratic families should still be the symbolic heart of modern democratic states.The most successful monarchies strive to abandon or hide their old aristocratic ways. Prince and princess have day-jobs and ride bicycles, not horses （or helicopters）. Even so, these are wealthy families who party with the international 1%, and media intrusiveness makes it increasingly difficult to maintain the right image.While Europe's monarchies will no doubt be smart enough to strive for some time 新祥旭官网/to come, it is the British royals who have most to fear from the Spanish example.It is only the Queen who has preserved the monarchy reputation with her rather ordinary （if well-healed） granny style. The danger will come with Charles, who has both an expensive taste of lifestyle and a pretty hierarchies view of the world. He has failed to understand that monarchies have largely survived because they provide a service-as non-controversial and non-political heads of state. Charles ought to know that as English history shows, it is kings of republicans, who are the monarchy's worst enemies.21、according to the first two paragraphs, king Juan Carl of span______.[A] used to enjoy high public support[B] was unpopular among European royals[C] ended his reign in embarrassment[D] ended his relationship with his rivals22、monarchs are kept as head of state in Europe mostly______.[A] owing to their undoubted and respectable status[B] to achieve balance between tradition and reality[C] to give voters more public figures to look up to[D] due to their everlasting political embodiment23. Which of the following is shown to be odd, according to Paragraph 4?[A] Aristocrats' excessive reliance on inherited wealth[B] The role of the nobility in modern democracies[C] The simple lifestyle of the aristocratic families[D]The nobility's adherence to their privileges24. The British royals "have most to fear" because Charles______.[A] takes a rough line on political issues[B] fails to change his lifestyle as advised[C] takes republicans as his potential allies[D] fails to adapt himself to his future role25. Which of the following is the best title of the text?[A] Carlos, Glory and Disgrace Combined[B] Charles, Anxious to Succeed to the Throne[C] Carlos, a Lesson for All European Monarchs[D]Charles, Slow to React to the Coming Threats【参考答案】21.D 22.A 23.B 24.B 25.C【主要内容】本文主要讲述皇室的问题。

2015年11月7日雅思阅读预测—外朗教育British Architecture 英国建筑2大家对于该篇文章有什么问题，请直接回复提问；作者或原创教师将第一时间解答。

28 woodAnd although the Anglo-Saxons had a sophisticated building style of their own, little sruvives to bear withness to their achievements as the vast majority of Anglo-Saxon buildings were made of wood.29 status and wealthIn a sense, the buildings of the 16th centrury were also governed by fitness for purpose-only now, the purpose was very different. In domestic architecture, in particular, buildings were used to display status and wealth.注意空格前成分represents与文中B段最后一句中display替换，所以答案是status and wealth。

30 expensive commodityThe rooms themselves tended to be bigger and lighter-as an expensive commodity, the use of great expanses of glass was in itself a statement of wealth.答案说的是glass是一种贵的东西，不是房间。

31 classicalWith the exception of Inigo Jones(1573-1652), whose confident handling of classical detail and proportion set him apart from all other architects of the period, most early 17th century buildings tended to take the innocent exuberance of late Tudor work one step further.31题，认真断下原文的句子，你会发现detail and proportion是一起的。

雅思考试阅读考题回顾朗阁海外考试研究中心王婧考试日期 2015年2月7日Reading Passage 1Title History of Sahara（历史类）(V120616 P1)Question types TRUE/FALSE/NOT GIVEN Short answer questions Summary文章内容回顾A. On October 13,2,000, a small team of palaeontologists led by Paul Sereno of the University of Chicago clambered out of three battered Land Rovers, filled their water bottles, and scattered on foot across the toffee-colored sands of the Tenere desert in northern Niger. The Tenere, on the southern flank of the Sahara, easily ranks among the most desolate landscapes on Earth. The Tuareg, turbaned nomads who for centuries have ruled this barren realm, refer to it as a “desert within a desert”a California-size ocean of sand and rock, where a single massive dune might stretch a hundred miles, and the combination of 120-degree heat and inexorable winds can wick the water from a human body in less than a day. The harsh conditions, combined with intermittent conflict between the Tuareg and the Niger government, have kept the region largely unexplored.B. Mike Hettwer, a photographer accompanying the team, headed off by himself toward a trio of small dunes. He crested the first slope and stared in amazement. The dunes were spilling over with bones. He took a few shots with his digital camera and hurried back to the Land Rovers. ‘I found some bones:' Hettwer said, when the team had regrouped. "But they're not dinosaurs. They're human."C. In the spring of 2005 Sereno contacted Elena Garcea, an archaeologist at the University of Cassino, in Italy, inviting her to accompany him on a return to the site. Garcea had spent three decades working digs along the Nile in Sudan and in the mountains of the Libyan Desert, and was well acquainted with the ancient peoples of the Sahara. But she had never heard of Paul Sereno. His claim to have found so many skeletons in one place seemed farfetched, given that no other Neolithic cemetery contained more than a dozen or so. Some archaeologists would later be skeptical; one sniped that he was just a “moonlighting paleontologist." But Garcea was too intrigued to dismiss him as an interloper. She agreedto join him.D. Garcea explained that the Kiffian were a fishing-based culture and lived during the earliest wet period, between 8,000 and 10,000 years ago. She held a Kiffian sherd next to a Tenerian one. “What is so amazing is that the people who made these two pots lived more than a thousand years apart.E. Over the next three weeks, Sereno and Garcea-- along with five American excavators, five Tuareg guides, and five soldiers from Niger's army, sent to protect the camp from bandits-- made a detailed map of the site, which they dubbed Gobero, after the Tuareg name for the area. They exhumed eight burials and collected scores of artifacts from both cultures. In a dry lake bed adjacent to t he dunes, they found dozens of fishhooks and harpoons carved from animal bone. Apparently the Kiffian fishermen weren't just going after small fry: Scattered near the dunes were the remains of Nile perch, a beast of a fish that can weigh nearly 300 pounds, as well as crocodile and hippo bones.F. Sereno flew home with the most important skeletons and artifacts and immediately began planning for the next field season. In the meantime, he carefully removed one tooth from each of four skulls and sent them to a lab for radiocarbon dating. The results pegged the age of the tightly bundled burials at roughly 9,000 years old, the heart of the Kiffian era. The smaller “sleeping” skeletons turned out to be about 6,000 years old, well within the Tenerian period. At least now the scientists knew who was who.G. In the fall of 2006 they returned to Gobero, accompanied by a larger dig crew and six additional scientists. Garcea hoped to excavate some 80 burials, and the team began digging. As the skeletons began to emerge from the dunes, each presented a fresh riddle, especially the Tenerian. A male skeleton had been buried with a finger in his mouth.H. Even at the site, Arizona State University bioarchaeologist Chris Stojanowski could begin to piece together some clues. Judging by the bones, the Kiffian appeared to be a peaceful, hardworking people. “The lack of head and forearm injuries suggests they weren't doing much fighting,” he told me. “And these guys were strong.” He pointed to a long, narrow ridge running along a femur. “That’s the muscle attachment,” he said. “This individual had huge leg muscles, which means he was eating a lot of protein and had a strenuouslifestyle-- both consistent with a fishing way of life.” For contrast, he showed me the femur of a Tenerian male. The ridge was barely perceptible. “This guy had a much less strenuous lifestyle,” he said, “which you might expect of a herder."I. Stojanowski's assessment that the Tenerian were herders fits the prevailing view among scholars of life in the Sahara 6,000 years ago, when drier conditions favored herding over hunting. But if the Tenerian were herders, Sereno pointed out, where were the herds? Among the hundreds of animal bones that had turned up at the site, none belonged to goats or sheep, and only three came from a cow species. “It’s not unusual for a herding culture not to slaughter their cattle, particularly in a cemetery，M Garcea responded, noting that even modem pastoralists, such as Niger’s Wodaabe, are loath to butcher even one animal in their herd. Perhaps, Sereno reasoned, the Tenerian at Gobero were a transitional group that had not fully adopted herding and still relied heavily on hunting and fishing.J. Back in Arizona, Stojanowski continues to analyze the Gobero bones for clues to the Green Saharans’ health and diet. Other scientists are trying to derive DNA from the teeth, which could reveal the genetic origins of the Kiffian and Tenerian — and possibly link them to descendants living today. Sereno and Garcea estimate a hundred burials remain to be excavated. But as the harsh Tenere winds continue to erode the dunes, time is running out. “Every archaeological site has a life cycle，” Garcea said. “It begins when people begin to use the place, followed by disuse, then nature takes over, and finally it is gone. Gobero is at the end of its life.”两个考古学家找骨头，然后研究两种人（K和T）的历史。

2015年浙江卷高考英语阅读题真题解析2015年浙江卷高考英语阅读题的真题解析如下所示：I. 短文阅读Passage 1In this passage, we will analyze the first reading passage from the 2015 Zhejiang Province College Entrance Examination English paper and provide an in-depth analysis of the questions and answers.The first reading passage is about the impact of technology on human behavior. The passage discusses how technology, particularly smartphones and social media, has changed the way people interact with each other and the world around them. It highlights both the positive and negative aspects of this technological revolution.The questions accompanying the passage test the students' comprehension and critical thinking skills. The first question asks the students to identify the main idea of the passage, while the following questions require them to make inferences and draw conclusions based on the information provided in the passage.Overall, this reading passage and its questions assess the students' ability to understand and analyze written texts, as well as their ability to think critically and draw logical conclusions.Passage 2In this section, we will analyze the second reading passage from the 2015 Zhejiang Province College Entrance Examination English paper and provide a detailed explanation of the questions and answers.The second reading passage is about the benefits of learning a foreign language. It emphasizes how learning a new language can broaden one's horizons, improve cognitive abilities, and enhance job prospects. The passage provides examples and research findings to support these claims.The questions accompanying the passage evaluate the students' reading comprehension and ability to interpret and analyze information. They require the students to identify key ideas, make inferences, and draw conclusions based on the information provided in the passage.This reading passage and its questions assess the students' ability to understand and extract information from written texts, as well as their ability to think critically and apply knowledge to real-life situations.II. 完形填空The 2015 Zhejiang Province College Entrance Examination English paper included a complete the passage section. This section required students to read a passage with several gaps and select the most appropriate word or phrase to fill in each gap.The passage was about the importance of kindness and empathy in today's society. It discussed how acts of kindness can make a significant impact on others' lives and create a more harmonious and compassionate world.The questions accompanying the passage assessed the students' vocabulary knowledge, understanding of context, and ability to choose the most appropriate option to complete the passage without altering its meaning.This section aimed to evaluate the students' language skills and their ability to comprehend and use words and phrases effectively.III. 阅读填空The reading fill-in-the-blank section of the 2015 Zhejiang Province College Entrance Examination English paper consisted of a passage with several gaps. Students were required to read the passage carefully and select the most suitable word or phrase to fill in each gap.The passage focused on the advantages and disadvantages of social media. It discussed how social media platforms have revolutionized communication and provided opportunities for self-expression, but also highlighted the negative impacts such as cyberbullying and addiction.The questions accompanying the passage evaluated the students' understanding of context, vocabulary knowledge, and ability to choose the most appropriate option to complete the passage logically and coherently.This section tested the students' comprehension skills and their ability to use language effectively to convey meaning accurately.In conclusion, the 2015 Zhejiang Province College Entrance Examination English paper's reading sections assessed the students' reading comprehension skills, critical thinking ability, vocabulary knowledge, and understanding of context. The passages covered various topics, including technology, language learning, kindness, and social media, providingstudents with an opportunity to demonstrate their English language proficiency.。