1、雅思（阅读）模拟试卷 13 及答案与解析 一、 Reading Module (60 minutes) 1 READING PASSAGE 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13, which are based on Reading Passage 1 below. Fix it with Favour A Gabriele Dionisi, a 38-year-old Italian computer wizard living in London, is a true individualist when it come
2、s to food. He has been known to live for days on dry toast and mashed potato. Hes also very fond of tinned mackerel with biscuits, washed down with, say, an apple-and-tomato milkshake. For some unfathomable reason he sometimes has problems with his guts. Then he makes himself a hot cup of camomile t
3、ea with honey and half a spoonful of chilli flakes. “Its an old Italian recipe,“ he says. “My grandmother taught me to make it. Its very good for the digestion.“ B Spices such as chilli have been used for medicinal purposes in Europe for centuries. Medieval herbalists believed that spices could be u
4、sed to treat a range of pains, diseases and ailments. Sometimes they got it right; sometimes they were way off the end of the spice rack. For example, they used to pound up cloves to extract the oil, which was used to treat toothache. Sensible move: modern scientists know that cloves contain eugenol
5、, a chemical which is an effective local anaesthetic. Cloves also contain salicylic acid, the basis of aspirin. C Ginger was held to be good for stomach upsets, and it is now known to have anti-nausea properties. It is also believed to have a painkilling effect, which is being studied at the Univers
6、ity of Arizona. Unfortunately, those muddled medieval medics also believed that ginger was a cure for the Black Death - it isnt - and that eating borage would give you courage, just because the words rhymed. D Doctors in India have long used spices as medicines. They understood that spices could be
7、used as remedies. Their motto was: Let food be thy medicine. The Indian chefs favourite medical spice is turmeric, the yellow ingredient used in almost all Indian cookery. Turmeric is an antiseptic and disinfectant, and it is used widely not so much for its taste but for its antibacterial properties
8、. E Turmeric is used in Indian homes as a first-aid treatment. For example, if you had a small cut on your finger, youd run it under the tap and then dust the wound with turmeric. It is also supposed to be a cure for arthritis and scientists are now researching its potential ability to suppress the
9、growth of cancer cells. F In 2002, staff at the oncology department of Leicester University noticed that of 500 patients with colon cancer, only two were Asian, despite that fact that 20 per cent of the population in Leicester is Asian. The scientists believed this was due to their spicy diet. And,
10、in America, researchers at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons are investigating Zyflamend, a herbal treatment for arthritis, which contains turmeric and ginger. Zyflamend has shown an ability to reduce prostate cancer cell proliferation by as much as 78% and in- duce cancer c
11、ell death. G Studies at the Indian Institute of Science, in Bangalore, suggest that curcumin, the chemical that gives turmeric its yellow colour, might also help to treat malaria. Mice were infected with the malaria parasite Plasmodium berghei and given five daily doses orally. After 20 days, a thir
12、d of the treated mice were alive, whereas the untreated animals all died by day 13. H If you want to know what chillis do to the body, cut open a fresh chilli and hold it on the back of your hand for 15 or 20 minutes. It will make the hand red and sore. If you eat it in excess it can give you gastri
13、c problems. However, in small doses chilli can aid digestion. Chilli contains vitamins A and E and is a good source of potassium, beta-carotene and folic acid. Also chilli contains twice as much vitamin C as an orange and it really can help to protect the body from colds and flu. One chilli contains
14、 100mg of vitamin C, more than the daily recommended amount, and capsaicin, the chemical in chillis that gives them heat, is also a natural decongestant. I The pleasure of chillis comes from the pain of eating them. Literally. The burning sensation in the mouth triggers the release of endorphins, an
15、 opiate-like pain-killing chemical, in the brain. This makes you feel good; so good, in fact, that it is possible to become a chilli junkie. In the light of this, perhaps the late Signora Dionisi should have taught her favourite grandson how to make something other than chilli camomile tea. 1 Questi
16、ons 1-4 The text has 9 paragraphs (A-I). Which paragraph contains each of the following pieces of information? 1 The reason that turmeric is yellow. 2 How turmeric is used by Indians. 3 A medieval cure for stomach aches. 4 The method Gabriele Dionisi uses to solve stomach aches. 5 Questions 5-8 Comp
17、lete the following sentences using NO MORE THAN TWO WORD$ from the text. 5 The article refers to medieval herbalists as _ because they didnt always use herbs properly. 6 The article provides no support for the suggestion that turmeric can help to deal with _ , though this is being investigated. 7 A
18、single chilli provides more _ than a person needs in a day. 8 Eating chillis creates a feeling of _, thanks to the release of endorphins. 9 Questions 9-13 Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1? In boxes 9-13 on your answer sheet write TRUE if the informati
19、on in the text agrees with the statement FALSE if the information in the text contradicts the statement NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this 9 Cloves are used to make aspirin. （ A）真 （ B）假 （ C） NOT GIVEN 10 Turmeric is not used in Indian cooking because of its taste. （ A）真 （ B）假 （ C） NOT GIVE
20、N 11 Zyflamend can kill cancer cells. （ A）真 （ B）假 （ C） NOT GIVEN 12 Chillis help prevent colds because they contain capsaicin. （ A）真 （ B）假 （ C） NOT GIVEN 13 Signora Dionisi taught her favourite grandson many traditional Italian recipes. （ A）真 （ B）假 （ C） NOT GIVEN 14 READING PASSAGE 2 You should spen
21、d about 20 minutes on Questions 14-26, which are based on Reading Passage 2 below. Clicks, Bricks and Bargains A Its a new phenomenon called “Cyber Monday“. On November 28th millions of Americans returned to work after the Thanksgiving holiday and fired up their office computers to take advantage of
22、 high-speed Internet links and continue the arduous task of hunting for Christmas presents. Visits to some retail websites more than doubted and Visa reported that online spending by its cardholders grew by 26% compared with the same day a year ago. Despite concerns about a fall in consumer confiden
23、ce putting the brake on store sates, online purchases are soaring in most countries. Something else is happening, too. Increasingly, the websites run by conventional retailers-once considered dinosaurs of the bricks-and-mortar age-are growing the fastest. Indeed, on Thanksgiving day itself, the numb
24、er of visitors to Wal-Marts website exceeded those visiting Amazon-the first time that has ever happened, says Hitwise, which monitors internet usage. B Online sates in America (excluding travel) are expected to grow to more than $19 billion in the crucial two months running up to Christmas-24% more
25、 than the same period last year-according to comScore Networks, a research firm. Online sates of toys, computer games, clothing and jewellery are all more than 30% higher. In many countries the websites run by eBay and Amazon get the most visitors. Both are considered “pure internet plays“, since th
26、ey have no physical shops. Their business models have changed markedly and they now resemble online versions of vast department stores, where thousands of big and small third-party merchants also offer their wares. During Thanksgiving in 2004, Amazon for the first time sold more consumer electronics
27、 than it did books. C Amazon was the company that proved online retailing could be a huge business-and it still leads the pack. Things are changing quickly. The rise online of mighty Wal-Mart, the worlds biggest retailer, is being closely followed by its chief supermarket rival, Target, which now op
28、erates the fourth-most-popular retail website in America. In Britain, Argos, a catalogue merchant, is the third-most-popular retail site, followed by Tesco, the countrys biggest supermarket chain. Europeans are surfing the web in record numbers and almost haft now visit retail websites, especially t
29、hose of traditional merchants. According to Nielsen/NetRatings, the leading retail websites in Europe include Germanys Tchibo, a diversified chain; OTTO, a German mail-order specialist, and Fnac, a French high-street favourite. D Far from wrecking retailers businesses, the web plays to their strengt
30、hs. Shopping-comparison sites, including Americas Shopzilla and Ciao in Europe, are among the fastest-growing destinations on the web. These sites allow users to compare products, read reviews-and most important of all-see who is offering the lowest prices. They make money from advertising or chargi
31、ng retailers when users click on a link to the retailers website. With huge economies of scale it is hardly surprising that giants such as Wal-Mart often emerge as the vendor offering the cheapest prices. Besides attracting an online purchase, shopping-comparison searches can also be used by ordinar
32、y retailers as a relatively cheap way to advertise and attract consumers to their physical stores. E The traditional retailers are finding many other advantages in expanding their stores online. One is that in cyberspace, even the biggest super-centre is unconstrained by planning Laws or dogged by p
33、rotests, as Wal-Mart often is when it tries to expand offline. Both Wal-Mart and Target also use the web to test the market for certain products before they send them to their stores. Conventional shopkeepers might be late coming to the internet, but they now realise that they can offer more to thei
34、r customers online, and that the technology required to do so is relatively easy to use, says Michael Silverstein of the Boston Consulting Group: “Retailers are starting to recognise that their most profitable customers . find the convenience of an online offering complementary to an in-store experi
35、ence,“ he says. As examples of successful exponents of this in America, Mr Silverstein points to Neiman Marcus, which has taken a lead in online top-end fashion, Victorias Secret in lingerie and Circuit City in consumer electronics. F Circuit City was a pioneer of the “pick-up in-store“ option, whic
36、h is proving increasingly popular with Internet shoppers. Around haft the customers buying goods online from Circuit City collect their purchases at a shop. For this holiday season the company is offering what it calls a “24/24 Pick-up Guarantee“: if goods ordered online or over the telephone are no
37、t available for collection at a local store within 24 minutes of purchase, the customer can claim a $24 gift voucher. Apart from instant consumer gratification, why would someone want the convenience of buying online only to trek to a store to take delivery? There are, it appears, many reasons. Some
38、 people want to examine items before they accept them; some want to save on delivery costs; others want to avoid hanging around for the delivery man to call. For many, the chief reason is that they trust a big retailing brand with a focal store-not least because they will know where goods can be ret
39、urned if there is a problem. With more than 3700 stores in America alone, this hands Wal-Mart another big advantage. It is developing services that link the web with its stores, such as e-mailing digital pictures and picking up the prints. G Does this mean retailing giants will come to dominate the
40、web just as they do the high street? Some might carve out large chunks of cyberspace. Tesco, for instance, has a huge 30% share of the British grocery market. Online it is even more popular: Nielsen/NetRatings says almost 70% of online shoppers plan to buy groceries this Christmas from . Even the bi
41、g traditional retailers still face competition online. For instance, Wal-Mart may have more than five times the annual sates of Target, but Targets website is growing faster and, according to some analysts, the average value of an online sale at Target is roughly three times more than one made onlin
42、e at Wal-Mart. This is one reason why Wal-Mart is now offering more up-market goods on its website, including diamond rings. So, should Amazon have stuck to books? Jeff Bezos, its founder and chief executive, does not think so and likes to plug his site, with its growing army of other traders, as of
43、fering “earths biggest selection“. Nevertheless, he is spreading his bets. These days Amazon also sells its e-commerce experience, helping to run the websites of big, traditional retailers such as Target and Britains Marks & Spencer. 14 Questions 14-17 The text has 7paragraphs (A-G). Which paragraph
44、 does each of the following headings best fit? 14 Compare prices on the net 15 Buy online, collect at the store 16 Street and web domination? 17 In the footsteps of Amazon 18 Questions 18-22 According to the text, FIVE of the following statements are true. Write the corresponding letters in answer b
45、oxes 18 to 22 in any order. A Websites operated by traditional retailers are the fastest growing ones. B Online sales grew by over $19 billion last year. C Amazon is the biggest online retailer. D Shopzilla allows people to compare prices in different stores. E Michael Silverstein says the best cust
46、omers like to mix online and traditional shopping. F Circuit city was one of the first businesses of its kind. G Tesco has the biggest share of Britains retail market. H Target sells less than Wal-Mart. 18 【 18】 _ 19 【 19】 _ 20 【 20】 _ 21 【 21】 _ 22 【 22】 _ 23 Questions 23-26 According to the inform
47、ation given in the text, choose the correct answer or answers from the choices given. 23 “Cyber Monday“ is _. （ A） the busiest day for online shopping in America. （ B） when Americans begin shopping for Christmas. （ C） the first time visits to the Wal-Mart website exceeded visits to the Amazon web- s
48、ite. 24 EBay and Amazon are considered to be “pure Internet plays“ because _. （ A） you cannot visit their shops. （ B） they are like big stores. （ C） third-party agents can sell things there. 25 Problems that traditional retailers have when expanding include _. （ A） getting planning permission for ne
49、w stores. （ B） people protesting their new stores. （ C） finding money to construct new stores. 26 People buy online then go to the store to collect their purchases because they _. （ A） dont want to wait for delivery. （ B） like being in a store. （ C） know they can return the goods if they are faulty. 27 READING PASSAGE 3 You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27-40, which are based on Reading Passage 3 below. Can You Charm Your Way into Oxbridge? Its Oxbrid
