剑桥雅思8听力下载Test1Section1
剑桥雅思8试题答案.pdf
Cambridge IELTS 8Test 2 ListeningSECTION 1 Questions 1-10Q 1-3 Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND / OR A NUMBER for each answerTOTAL INSURANCE INCIDENT REPORTNameAddress Shipping agent Place of origin Data of arrival Reference number Michael Alexander24 Manly Street, 1 , Sydney 2China3601 ACKQ 4-10 Write ONE WORD AND / OR A NUMBER for each answerItem Damage Cost to repair/ replace Television The 4 needs to be replaced Not knownThe 5 cabinet The 6 of the cabinet is damaged 7 $Dining room table A 8 is spilt $200Set of china Six 9 were broken about 10 $ in total SECTION 2 Questions 11-20Q 1111 According to the speaker, the main purposes of the park areA. education and entertainmentB. research and educationC. research and entertainmentQ 12-14 Write NO MORE THAN TWQ WORDS for each answerAgricultural ParkQ 15-2015 When are the experimental areas closed to the public?A. all the year roundB. almost all the yearC. a short time every year 16 How can you move around the park?A. by tram, walking or bicycleB. by solar car or bicycleC. by bicycle, walking or bus17 The rare breed animals kept in the park includeA. bens and horsesB. goats and cowsC. goats and hens 18 What is the main purpose of having the Rare Breeds SecA. to save unusual animalsB. to keep a variety of breedsC. to educate the public19 What can you see in the park at the present time?A. the arrival of wild birdsB. fruit tree blossomC. a demonstration of fishing 20. The shop contains books aboutA. animalsB. local traditionsC. the history of the parkSECTION 3 Questions 21-30Q 21-24Honey Bees in Australia21 Where in Australia have Asian honey bees been found in the past?A. QueenslandB. New South WalesC. several states 22 A problem with Asian honey bees is that theyA. attack native beesB. carry parasitesC. damage crops23 What point is made about Australian bees?A. Their honey varies in quality.B. Their size stops them from pollinating some flowers.C. They are sold to customers abroad. 24. Grant Freeman says that if Asian honey bees g Australia,A. the country’s economy would be affected.B. they could be used in the study of allergies.C. certain areas of agriculture would benefit.Q 25-30 Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answerLooking for Asian honey beesBirds called Rainbow Bee Eaters eat only 25 , and cough up small bits of skeleton and other products in a pellet.Researchers go to the locations the bee eaters like to use for 26 .They collect the pellets and take them to a 27 for analysis.Here 28 is used to soften them, and the researchers look for the 29 of Asian bees in the pellets.The benefit of this research is that the result is more 30 than searching for live Asian bees.SECTION 4 Questions 31-40Q 31-36Research on questions about doctors31 In order to set up her research programme, Shona gotA. advice from personal friends in other countries. 32 What types of people were included in the research?A. young people in their first jobB. help from students in other countries.C. information from her tutor ’s contacts in other countries B. men who were workingC. women who were unemployed33. Shona says that in her questionnaire her aim wasA. to get a wide range of data.B. to limit people’s responses.C. to guide people through interviews. 34. What do Shona ’s initial results show about services in Britain?A. Current concerns are misrepresented by the presB. Financial issues are critical to the government.C. Reforms within hospitals have been unsuccessfu 35. Shona needs to do further research in order toA. present the government with her findings.B. decide the level of extra funding needed.C. identify the preferences of the public. 36. Shona has learnt from the research project thatA. it is important to plan projects carefully.B. people do not like answering questions.C. colleagues do not always agree.Q 37-40Which statement applies to each of the following people who were interviewed by Shona? Choose FOUR answers from the box and write the correct letter, A-F , next to questions 37-40 A.gave false dataB.decided to stop participatingC.refused to tell Shona about their jobD.kept changing their mind about participationE.became very angry with ShonaF.was worried about confidentialityPeople interviewed by Shona 37 a person interviewed in the street 38 an undergraduate at the university 39 a colleague in her department 40 a tutor in a foreign university。
剑桥雅思8听力下载Test1Section2
名师点题剑桥雅思8听力：1.本段文章是独白形式,我们可以把说话人当做是博物馆的工作人员,他参加教师会议的目的是介绍恐龙博物馆,便于老师安排学生参观。
首先自然是介绍基本信息,博物馆的开放时间具体是 :周二到周日,博物馆全天开放,从 9.00 am 到 8.00 pm ;周一的开放时间是 9.00 am 到1.30 pm(in regard to opening hours, we’re open every day of the week from 9.00 am to 8.00 pm except on Monday when we close at 1.30 pm)。
in regard to 意为“关于”,with re- gards to / regarding to 也表示“关于”的意思。
2.As far as the amount of time you’ll need goes ...(就时间而言......)。
as far as sth. goes 意为“就......而言”,相当于 as far as sth. is concerned。
as far as 也可作短语介词或连词,后跟从句或名词,意为“像......那样远,远到......,直到......”,如 :You can see as far as the coast.(极目远眺,你可以看到海岸)。
3.工作人员介绍说“博物馆里面有两个咖啡馆,可以容纳 80 人。
如果想在那里吃饭,需要预定座位,因为午餐时间那里很拥挤”(There are two cafes in the museum, with seating for 80 people. If you want to eat there you’ll need to reserve some seating, as they can get quite crowded at lunch time)。
剑桥雅思8听力下载Test1Section3
名师点题剑桥雅思8听力：1. 本段对话是在导师与学生 Sandra 之间进行,导师对 Sandra 的小组计划给出反馈信息。
导师首先指出 Sandra 应该避免排字排版以及格式错误。
关于写作本身,导师也提出了意见, 总体来说,他觉得 Sandra 经常为使用复杂结构和长句而使用它们。
结果呢,即使文章中有分段、副标题,要跟上 Sandra 的想法还是有点困难(Generally speaking, I feel you’ve often used complex structures and long sentences for the sake of it and as a consequence... although your paragraphing and inclusion of subheadings help... it’s quite hard to follow your train of thought at times)。
generally speaking 意为“总体来说”,相似的表达方式还有frankly speaking, 意为“坦率地说”。
for the sake of意为“为了...... ”,如:for the sake of convenience 意为“为了方便起见”。
as a consequence 意为“因此,结果是”,相当于 as a result。
train of thought 意为“一连串的想法”,train 在此意为“一系列”。
2. Sandra 问导师觉得她的计划是否全面了(Do you find it comprehensive enough?),导师回答说还好(yes and no)。
yes and no 用来表示你无法就某个问题给出一个确切的答案。
后面导师给出了解释,Sandra 的确在内容方面涉及了好几个不同的话题,但是它们并不都是密切相关的。
剑桥雅思8雅思口语Test1Part1范文
剑8雅思口语Test1Part1范文-邻居话题，这个话题不就是现在正在考的话题吗？具体的范文，如下：1. How well do you know the people who live next door to you?重点在于回答“how well”,可以是“very well”,“know my neighbor inside out”或“know nothing about them”。
其实在都市中生活,对自己的邻居不了解、不熟悉完全正常。
但是如果生活在乡村,邻里关系可能就很重要。
2. How often do you see them? [Why/Why not?]重点在于频率“how often”,可以是“very often”,也可以是“rarely”或“never”。
考生还可以进一步讲看到自己的邻居干什么,或自己看到他们后有什么反应,说什么话,做什么事。
3. What kinds of problem do people sometimes have with their neighbors?一起生活难免有矛盾,因为每个人都会有自己的小毛病,别人可能就难以接受,也可能是对社区事务的争论而引发的矛盾等。
总之只要涉及到利益纠纷,就有矛盾。
4. How do you think neighbors can help each other?俗话说的好 ,“远水解不了近渴”(While the grass grows, the horse starves.) 邻居在紧急时刻还是能助一臂之力的,例如火警、抢劫、盗窃等等......剑8雅思口语Test1Part1范文1. How well do you know the people who live next door to you?well, rarely, meet, encounter, come across with, be acquainted with, stranger, amicable, hospitable.2. How often do you see them? [Why/Why not?]everyday, in the morning, at night, once in a while, from time to time, frequently, bump into, run into.3. What kinds of problem do people sometimes have with their neighbors?trouble, quarrel, fight, dispute, conflict, interest, selfish, public space, communal space.4. How do you think neighbors can help each other?While the grass grows, the horse starves; Slow remedy cannot meet an emergency;urgency, lend a hand, come handy, aid, assist, watch over, look after.剑8雅思口语Test1Part1范文1. How well do you know the people who live next door to you?Honestly, I don’t know them well. I guess this is just part of the urban life. Look, I get up at 7 or before 7 every morning to commute to work and come back late every night. You know, it’s a city thing, work, stress, transportation, traffic jam and stuff. And once I get home, I always can’t wait to hit my pillow. So how could I possibly have any free time to care to know who they really are or even to socialize with them? It’ll be all good to me as long as they’re not terrorists or some homicide fugitives.Well, I can’t say I know my neighbors very well, but I guess I do know something about them, like where they’re from and what they do for a living.2. How often do you see them? [Why/Why not?]Though I can’t help bumping into them from time to time, we never really talked. You know, it’s like you just don’t feel like talking to a stranger unless he/she first speaks to you. And I guess he thinks the same about me.I guess it’s quite often. I keep running into them either before work or after work. That’s when we all stand in the hallway waiting for the elevator to come. Then we would talk about just this and that, some small talks.3. What kinds of problem do people sometimes have with their neighbors?Well, I’ve never had any problems with my neighbors or maybe just not yet. But I’ve heard people talk about it from time to time. And it seems to me that people complain about the noise their neighbors make quite a lot. Apart from that, I just can’t think of anything else right now.The biggest problem a lot of people have with their neighbors is the public space in the hallway. Look, I have a neighbor who puts his motorbike in there. Not only does his motorbike make the whole place look bad, but also it’s unsafe in case of emergency, say fire or earthquake. I really hate it.4. How do you think neighbors can help each other?It’s not really easy for neighbors to help each other if they’re not acquainted well. That I mean small help, but I guess neighbors can really come in handy in case of emergency. That’s all I have now in mind at the moment.There are quite a lot of things neighbors can do to help each other from moving some furniture to looking after child, from car sharing to property watching. Anyway,。
2022年剑桥雅思8听力解析test1
Section1Question 1答案 C听前预测 :题干定位词为 lobby,特别要注意题干动词 saw 旳时态(一般过去时);三个选项旳核心词分别为 group、display 和 video。
题目解析 :该题难度不大,video 属于原词重现。
Question 2答案 B听前预测 :题干定位词为 sit at the back,三个选项旳核心词分别为 see、hear 和 pay。
题目解析 :该题难度不大,hear the whole thing better 和 hear clearly 旳同义替代很容易就可以听出来。
Question 3答案 48 North Avenue听前预测 :提示词为 address,此处应填数字 + 街道。
题目解析 :本题所填单词不难,但考察考生对address 构造旳熟悉限度以及对数字旳敏感度, 由于地址为专有名词,故需要大写首字母。
Question 4答案 WS6 2YH听前预测 :提示词为 postcode,答案有两种也许性,即数字与字母混合或纯数字。
题目解析 :本题属于听觉难点,W 很容易听成 double u,从而导致失分 ;此外,在书写英国邮政编码时,两个数字中间一般空一种格。
Question 5答案 01674 553242听前预测 :提示词为 telephone。
题目解析 :这是一道常规旳电话号码题,总长度为 11 个数字,只读一遍,测试考生对数字旳敏感度和反映度。
注意 :这里旳 0 读成 zero ;两个 5 读成 double five。
此外,雅思听力中电话号码里旳 0 一般还可以读成字母 O。
Question 6答案 (free) drink(s) / refreshment(s)听前预测 :定位词为 17 June、Singer,提示词为 Event、includes,此处应填名词。
题目解析 :本题根据题干 price includes 可以得知,该题旳答案和 free 是有关系旳。
剑桥雅思8 听力文本听写版
Test 1 Section 1Hi gorge, glad you’re back, loads of people have phoned you.Really?I felt just like your secretary.Sorry, I went into the library this afternoon to have a look at a newspaper and I came across something really interesting.What? A book?No. a brochure from a summer festival, mainly Spanish music. Look, I’ve got it here.Spanish music? I really love the guitar. Let’s have a look. So what’s this group guitarriniThey’re really good. There had a video with all the highlights of the festival at a stand in the lobby to the library, so I heard them. They play fantastic instruments, drum and flutes and old kinds of guitars. I’ve never heard anything like it before.Sounds greatOk, shall we go then, spoil ourselvesYes, let’sThe only problem is there aren’t any cheap seats. It’s all one price Well, in that case, we could sit right at the front, we’d have a really good view.Yeah, though I think that if you sit at the back, you can actually hear the whole thing better.Yes, anyway, we can decide when we get there.So will you fill in the form or shall II’ll do it, name, address 48 north avenue west seaDo you remember our new postcode, still can’t remember itJust a minute, I’ve got it written down here. Ws62yh, do you need the phone tooPlease. I’m really bad at numbers01674553242, so let’s book 2 tickets for guitarriniOk, if you’re sure 7.5 each is all right. How do you feel the singerI haven’t quite decided. But I’ve noticed something on the booking formthat might just persuade meWhat’s that thenFree refreshments.ReallyYes, look here, Sunday, 17th of June, singer, ticket 6 pounds includes drinks in the gardenSounds like a bargain to meYes, let’s book 2 tickets for that. So what else, I’m feeling quite keen now, how about the pianist on the 22nd of JuneAnna Ventura, I’ve just remembered that’s my evening class night That’s ok, I’ll just have to go on my own. But we can go to the Spanish dancing and guitar concert together, can’t we?Yes, I’m sure tom and kerry would enjoy that too. Good heavens, 10.5 a ticket. I can see we’re going to have to go without food for the rest of the week. We’ll need to book 4Wish we were students. Look, children, students and senior citizens get a 50% discount on everythingIf onlySection 2Hello, and thank you for asking me to your teachers’meeting to talk about the dinosaur museum and to tell you a bit about what you can do with your students there.Well let me give you some of the basic information first. In regard to opening hours, we are open everyday of the week from 9 am to 8 pm except on Mondays when we close at 1.30 pm. And in fact the only day in the year when we’re closed is on the 25th of December. You can book a guided tour for your school group any time that we’re open.If you bring a school group to the museum, when you arrive we ask you to remain with your group in the car park, one or more of the tour guides with welcome you there and brief you about what the tour will be about. We do this there because our entrance is quite small and we really haven’t got much room for briefing groups in the exhibition area.As far as the amount of the time you’ll need goes, if you bring a school group you should plan on allowing a minimum of 90 minutes for the visit, this allows 15 minutes to get on and off the coach, 45 minutes for the guided tour and 30 minutes for after-tour activities.If you’re going to have lunch in the museum, you will of course have to allow more time. There are 2 cafes in the museum with seating for 80 people. If you want to eat there, you will need to reserve some seating as they can get quite crowded at lunch time. Then outside the museum at the back, there are tables and students can bring their own lunch and eat it there in the open air.When the students come into the museum foyer, we ask them to check in their backpacks with their books, lunch boxes etc, at the cloakroom before they enter the museum proper. I’m afraid in the past we have had a few things gone missing after school visit, so this is a strict rule. Also some of the exhibits are fragile and we don’t them to be accidentally knocked. We do provide school students with handouts with questions and quizzes on them. There is so much that students can learn in the museum and it’s fun for them to have something to do. Of course they’ll need to bring something to write with for these. We do allow students to take photographs, for students who are doing projects, it’s useful to make some kind of visual record of what they see that they can add to their reports. And finally, they should not bring anything to eat into the museum or drinks of any kind.There are also a few things the students can do after the tour. In the theatrette on the ground floor, there are continuous screenings of short documentaries about dinosaurs which they can see at any time. We used to have an activity room with more interactive things like making models of dinosaurs and drawing and painting pictures, even hunting for dinosaur eggs, but unfortunately the room was damaged in a bad storm recently when water came in the roof, so that’s closed at the moment. But we do have an IT center where students have access to CD-roms with a range of dinosaur games. These games are a lot of fun but they also teach the students about the lives of dinosaurs, how they found food, protected their habitats, survived threats, that kind of thing.And I think that’s all I have to tell you, please feel free to ask any questions if you would like to know any…..Section 3Right Sandra, you wanted to see me to get some feedback on your group’s proposal. The one you’re submitting for the geography society field trip competition. I’ve had a look through your proposal and I think it’s a really good choice. In fact, I only have a few things to say about it, but even in an outline document like this, you really have to be careful to avoid typos and problems with layout in the proposal and even in the contents page. So read it through carefully before submitting it, ok?Will doAnd I’ve made a few notes on the proposal about things which could have been better sequenced. As to the writing itself I’ve annotated the proposal as and where I thought it could be improved. Generally speaking, I feel you’ve often used complex structures and long sentences for the sake of it, and as a consequence, although your paragraphing and inclusion of subheadings help, it’s quite hard to follow your train of thought at times. So cut them down a bit, can you?And don’t forget simple formatting like numbering.Didn’t I use page numbersI didn’t mean that. Look you’ve remembered to include headers and footers, which is good, but listing ideas clearly is important. Number them or use bullet points which is even clearer. Then you’ll focus the reader on your main points. I thought your suggestion to go to the Navajo tribal park was a very good idea.I’ve always wanted to go there. My father was a great fun of cowboy films and the wild west, so I was subjected to seeing all the epics, many of which were shot there. As a consequence it feels very familiar to me and it’s awesome both geographically and visually. So it’s somewhere I’ve always wanted to visit. The subsequent research I did and the online photographs made me even keener.Interesting, right let’s look at the content of your proposal now.Did you find it comprehensive enough?Well yes and no. you’ve listed several different topics on your contents page but I’m not sure they’re all relevant.Well, I thought that from the perspective of a field trip, one thing I needed to focus on was the sandstone plateaux and cliffs themselves, the way they tower up from the flat landscape is just amazing. The fact that the surrounding soft rocks were eroded by wind and rain, leaving these huge outcrops high above the plain. It’s hardly surprising at tourist flock to see the area.Well, yes, I’d agree with including those pointsAnd then the fact that it’s been home to native American Navajos and all the social history that goes with that, the hardships the endured trying to save their territory from the invading settlers, their culture is so rich, all those wonderful stories.Well I agree it’s interesting but it’s not immediately relevant to your proposal, so at this stage I suggest you focus on other considerations. I think an indication of what the students on the trip could actually do when they get there should be far more central, so that certainly needs to be included and to be expanded upon. And I’d like to see something about the local wildlife and vegetation too, not that I imagine there’s much to see. Presumably the tourist invasion hasn’t helped.Ok, I’ll do some work on those two areas as well. But you’re right, there is not much apart from some very shallow-rooted species, although it’s cold and snowy there in the winter, the earth is baked so hard in the summer sun that rainwater can’t penetrate, so it’s a case of flood or drought really.So I understand. Now before we look at everything in more detail, I’ve got a few factual questions for you. It’d be a good idea to include the answers in your finished proposal because they’re missing from your draft.So you mentioned the monoliths and the spires, which was good, but what area does the tribal park cover? Do you know?12000 hectares and the plain is at about 5850 meters above sea level Larger than I expected. Where is the nearest accommodation? That’s apractical detail that you haven’t included. Have you done any research on that?Yes, there is nowhere to stay in the park itself but there is an old trading post called Goulding quite near, all kinds of tours start from Goulding too.What kind of toursWell, the most popular are in four-wheel drive jeeps, but I wouldn’t recommend hiring those, I think the best way to appreciate the area would be to hire horses instead and trek around on those. Biking is not allowed and it’s impossible to drive around the area in private vehicles. The tracks are too rough.Ok, lastly, what else is worth visiting thenThere are several caves but I haven’t looked into any details, I’ll find out about themOk, good, now what I’d like to know.Section 4So welcome to your introductory geography lecture. We’ll begin with some basics. Firstly, what do we learn by studying geography.Well, we learn a great deal about all the processes that have affected and that continue to affect the earth’s surface. But we learn far more than that because studying geography also informs us about the different kinds of relationships that develop between the particular environment and the people that live there.Ok, we’d like to think of geography as having 2 main branches. There is the study of the nature of our planet, its physical features, what it actually looks like and then it’s the study of the ways in which we choose to live and of the impact of those on our planet. Our current use of carbon fuels is a good example of that.But there are more specific study areas to consider too, and we’ll be looking at each of these in turn throughout the semester. These include biophysical geography, by which I mean the study of the natural environment and all its living things; then there is topography that looksat the shapes of the land and oceans; there is the study of political geography and social geography too, of course, which is the study of communities of people; we have economic geography, in which we examine all kinds of resources and their use, agriculture for example; next comes historical geography, the understanding of how people and their environments and the ways they interact have changed over a period of time; and urban geography, an aspect I’m particularly interested in, which takes as its focus the location of cities, the services that those cities provide and migration of people to and from such cities. And lastly we have cartography, that’s the art and science of map-making, you’ll be doing a lot of that.So, to summarize before we continue, we now have a key answer, studying the subject is important because without geographical knowledge we would know very little about our surroundings and we wouldn’t be able to identify all the problems that relate to them. So, by definition, we wouldn’t be in any informed position to work out how to solve any of them.Ok, now for some practicalities. What do geographers actually do？Well we collect data to begin with, you’ll be doing a lot of that in your first field trip. How do we do this? There are several means, we might, for example, conduct a census, count the population in a given area perhaps. We also need images of the earth’s surface which we can produce by means of computer-generation technology or with the help of satellite relays. We’ve come a very long way from the early exploration of the world by sailing ships when geographers only had pens and paper at their disposal.After we‘ve gathered our information, we must analyze it. We need to look for patterns, most commonly those of causes and consequences. This kind of information helps to predict and resolve problems that could affect the world we live inBut we don’t keep all this information confidential, we then need to publish our findings so that other people can access it and be informed by it. And one way in which this information can be published is in the form of maps. You’ll all have used one at some stage of your life already. Let’sconsider the benefits of maps from a geographer’s perspective.Maps can be folded and put in a pocket and can provide a great store of reference when they’re collected into an atlas. They can depict the physical features of the entire planet if necessary, or just a small part of it in much greater detail. But there is a drawback, you can’t exactly replicate something that is 3-dimensional, like our planet, on a flat piece of paper, because paper has only 2 dimensions. And that means there’ll always be a certain degree of distortion on the map. It can’t be avoided. We can also use aerial photographs. Pictures taken by cameras at high altitude above the earth, these are great for showing all kinds of geographical features that are not easy to see from the ground. You can easily illustrate areas of diseased trees, or how much traffic is on the roads at a given time, or information about deep sea beds for example. Then there are landsats. These are satellites that circle the earth and transmit visual information to computers at receiving stations. They circle the earth several times a day and can provide a mass of information. You’ll all be familiar with the information they give us about the weather for example.So what we are going to do now is to look at a short presentation in which you’ll see all…..Test 2 Section 1Good morning, total insurance, judy speaking, how may I help youI recently shipped my belongings from overseas back here in Australia, and I took out insurance with your company, some items were damaged during the move, so I need to make a claim, what do I have to do?Ok, well, first I need to get a few details about this. Can you give me your name pleaseYes it’s Michael AlexanderAnd your address pleaseMy old address or my current oneYour current oneIt’s 24 manly street milperra SydneyWhat was the suburb sorryMilperraWho was the shipping agentYou mean the company we usedYes, the company who packed everything up at the point of originIt was first class moversWhere were the goods shipped fromChina, but the ship came via Singapore and was there for about a week Don’t worry, all of that information will be in the documentation. Now, the date, do you know when the ship arrivedIt left on the 11th of October, and got to Sydney on the 28th of November Ok, I need one more thing, there is a reference number, it should be in the top right-hand corner of the pink form they gave you.Let me have a look, yes, here it is, it’s 601ACKI need to take down a few details of the actual damage over the phone before you put in a full report. Can you tell me how many items were damaged and what the damage wasYes, well, 4 things actually, I’ll start with the big things, my TV first of all, it’s a large one, very expensiveOur insurance doesn’t cover electrical problemsIt isn’t an electrical problem, the screen has a huge crack in it, so it’s unusable.I see, any ideas of the price to repair itNo, well I don’t think it can be repaired, it will need a new one.Ok, I’ll make a note of that and we’ll see what we can doNow what was the second itemThe cabinet from the bathroom was damaged as well, it’s a lovely cabinet, we used it to keep our towels inAnd what is the extent of the damageWell the back and the sides seem ok, but the door has a huge hole in it, it can’t be repaired, I’m really not very happy about itAnd how much do you think it will cost to replace itWell, when I bought it last year I paid 125 dollars for it, but the one I’veseen here in Sydney is a bit more expensive, it’s 140 dollarsRight, what was the third itemMy dinning room table, it’s a lovely table from Indonesia, it must have been very hot inside the container because one leg has completely split down the middle, the top and the other 3 look ok, thank goodnessAny ideas of the price to repair itWell I had an estimate done on this actually because it is a very special table to us, they quoted us 200 dollars which is really pricey, so I hope the insurance will cover the total costI’m sure that will be fine, what was the last itemWe have a lovely set of china plates and dishes, you know, with matching cups, saucers, the lot. They were all in the one box which must have got dropped because some plates were broken, 6 actuallyAnd can you tell me the replacement value of theseWell, it’s hard to say because they were part of a set. But they can be up to 10 dollars each as it is such a good setOk so that would be around 60 dollars altogetherYes that’s rightAnd is that all of the itemsYes so what do I have to do now?Section 2Welcome to green vale agricultural park, as you know, we’ve only been open a week, so you’re amongst our first visitors. We have lots of fascinating indoor and outdoor exhibits on our huge complex, spreading hundreds of hectares. Our remit is to give educational opportunities to the wider public as well as to offer research sites for a wide variety of agriculturists and other scientists.Let’s start by seeing what there is to do. As you can see, here on our giant wall plan, we’re now situated in the reception block, here. As you walk out of the main door into the park, there is a path you can follow. If you follow this route, you will immediately come into the rare breedssection where we keep a wide variety of animals which I shall be telling you a little more about later. Next to this, moving east, is the large grazing area for the rare breeds. Then further east in the largest section of our park is the forest area, south of the grazing area and in fact just next to the reception block is our experimental crop area. In the middle of the park, this circular area is our lake, this 2 small rectangular shapes here are the fish farms where we rare fish for sale. To the east of those is the marsh area which attracts a great many migrant birds, in the southeastern corner, beyond the marsh is our market garden area growing vegetables and flowers.All these areas can be visited by the general public for almost all the year, although, please take note of the large signs at the entrance to each area which tell you when certain areas are being used for particular controlled experiments and are therefore temporarily out of bounds to the public. You can see for yourself what a huge area the park covers and a key question is always how can we move around. Well you have a choice of means. All environmentally friendly, cars are banned in the park, we have bicycles which you can hire behind the reception block, the healthy ones of you can go on foot. And finally there is our electric tram powered from solar cells. You find more information about this at the front entrance.A good place to start on your tour is the rare breeds section. We keep goats, sheep and hens and other kinds of poultry. We are also thinking of bringing cows and horses but we do not, as yet, have facilities for these bigger animals. The animals are fed in public twice a day and a short lecture given on their feeding habits and nutritional needs. These are very popular with the public but of course you mustn’t lose sight of the main purpose of having this section, not as such to preserve rare animals but to maintain the diversity of breeds to broaden the gene pool for agricultural development. Green vale changes with the seasons with different events happening at different times of the year. May will be perhaps our most spectacular month with the arrival of the Canadian geese and when our fruit trees will be in full blossom. But there are interesting events on all year round, for example, john havers, our expert fly fisherman, is currently giving displays on the lake. Each of the sections has its ownseasonal calendar. Please consult the summary board at the main entrance. And the final section, as we return to the reception blocks is the orchard. Do take time to browse round our shop, there is a wide selection of books on wildlife, some of them were written by local authors, and the history of farming, including organic farming, something which the park will be diversifying into in the coming month.Section 3Good morning everyone, in today’s seminar Grand Freeman, a biologist who specializes in identifying insects and who works for the Australian quarantine service, has come to talk to us about his current research work. Right, well over to you GrandGood morning everyone, I’m sure that you know that the quarantine service regulates all food brought into Australia. Well obviously they want to protect Australia from diseases that might come in with imported goods, but they also want to prevent insect pests from being introduced into the country, and that’s where I have a part to play. Anyway, my current research involves trying to find a particular type of bee, the Asian honey bee and finding out whether there are any of them around in various states of Australia. We discovered a few of them in Queensland once and eradicated them. Now we’re pretty keen to make sure that there aren’t any more getting in, particularly to new south wales and other states.What’s wrong with Asian honey bees, are they so different from Australian bees?Well in fact, they look almost the same but they are infested with mites, microscopic creatures which live on them, and which can seriously damage our own home-grown bees, or could even wipe them out.Well, what would happen if Australian bees died outWell, the honey from Australian bees is of excellent quality, much better than the stuff the Asian bees produce. In fact, Australia exports native queen bees to a large number of countries because of this. When theEuropean honey bee was first discovered out in the bush, we found they made really unpleasant honey and they were also too big to pollinate many of our native flowers here in Australia.That must have had a devastating effect on the natural flora. Did you lose any species?No, we managed to get them under control before that happened. But if Asian bees got in, there could be other consequences. We could lose a lot of money because you might not be aware, but it’s estimated that native bees’ pollination of flowers in vegetable crops is worth 1.2 billion dollars a year. So in a way, they’re the farmer’s friend. Oh, and another thing is if you’re stung by an Asian honey bee, it can produce an allergy reaction on some people, so they are much more dangerous than native bees.How will you know if Asian bees have entered AustraliaWe’re looking at the diet of the bird called the rainbow bee eater, the bee eater doesn’t care what it eats as long as they’re insects, but the interesting thing about this bird is that we’re able to analyze exactly what it eats, so that’s really helpful if we’re looking for introduced insects. How comeBecause insects have their skeletons outside their bodies, so the bee eaters digest the meat from inside, then they bring up all the indigestible bits of skeleton and, of course, the wings in a pellet, a small ball of waste material which they cough up.Sounds a bit unpleasant, so how do you go about itIn the field we track down the bee eaters and find their favorite feeding spots, you know, the places where the birds usually feed. It’s here that we can find the pellets, we collect them up and take them back to the laboratory to examine the contentsHow do you do thatThe pellets are really hard, especially if they’ve been out in the sun for a few days, so first of all, we treat them by adding water to moisten them and make them softer. Then we pour them apart under the microscope, everything’s all scrunched up but we’re looking for wings, so we just pull them all out and straighten them, then we identify them to see if we can find any Asian bee wingsAnd how many have you foundSo far, our research shows that Asian bees have not entered Australia in any number, it’s a good result and much more reliable than trying to find live ones as evidence of introduced insects.Well, that’s fascinating, thank you for those insights, I hope that you might inspire some of our students here to conduct some similar experimentsSection 4I’ve been doing some research into what people in Britain think of doctors, the ones who work in general practice, the first call for medical care, and comparing this with the situation in a couple of other countries.I want to talk about the rationale behind what I decided to do.Now I had to set up my program of research in 3 different countries, so I approached postgraduates in my field in overseas departments, contacting them by email to organize for me at their end. I thought I’d have trouble recruiting help, but in fact everyone was very willing, and sometimes their tutors got involved too.I had to give my helpers clear instructions about what kind of sample population I wanted them to use. I decided that people under 18 should be excluded because most of them are students or looking for their first job. And also I decided at this stage just to focus on men who were in employment, and set up something for people who didn’t have jobs and for employed women later on as a separate investigation.I specifically wanted to do a questionnaire and interviews with a focus group. With the questionnaire, rather than limiting it to one specific point, I wanted to include as much variety as possible. I know questionnaires are very controlled way to do things but I thought I could do taped interviews later on to counteract the effect of this. And the focus group may also prove useful in future, by targeting subjects I can easily return to, as the participants tend to be more involved.So I’m just collating the results now. At the moment, it looked as if in the UK, despite the fact that newspapers continually report that people are unhappy with medical care, in fact it is mainly the third level of care,which take place in hospitals, that they are worried about. Government reforms have been proposed at all levels and although their success is not guaranteed, long-term hospital care is in fact probably less of an issue than the media would have us believe. However I’ve still got quite a bit of data to look at.Certainly I will need to do more far-reaching research than I had anticipated in order to establish if people want extra medical staff invested in the community, or if they want care to revert to fewer but larger key medical units. The solution may well be something that can be easily implemented by those responsible in local government, with central government support of course.This first stage have proved very valuable though. I was surprised by how willing most of the subjects were to get involved in the project. I had expected some unwillingness to answer questions honestly. But I was taken aback and rather concerned that something I thought I’d set up very well didn’t necessarily seem that way to everyone in my department.I thought you might also be interested in some of the problems I encountered in collecting my data. There were odd cases that threw me. One of the subjects who I had approached while he’s out shopping in town, decided to pull out when it came to the second round. It was a shame as it was someone who I would like to have interviewed more closely.And one of the first-year students I interviewed wanted to reassurance that no names would be traceable from the answers. I was so surprised because they think nothing of telling you about themselves and their opinions in seminar groups.Then one of the people that I work with got a bit funny. As the questions were quite personal, and one minute he said he’d do it, then the next day he wouldn’t. and in the end, he did do it. It’s hard not to get angry in that situation but I tried to keep focused on overall picture in order to stay calm.The most bizarre case was a telephone interview I did with a teacher at a university in France, he answered all my questions in great detail, but then when I asked how much access he had to dangerous substances, he。
雅思真题剑八Test1reading1achronicleoftimeke
calendar 6. empire n. 帝国
长难句
1. According to archaeological evidence, at least 5,000 years ago and long before the advent of the Roman Empire, the Babylonians began to measure time, introducing calendars to co-ordinate communal activities, to plan the shipment of goods and, in particular to regulate planting and harvesting.
• The team has had five successive victories. 球队已经取得5次连续的胜利。
• Successive governments have tried to deal with this issue. 历届政府都试图解决 这个问题。
• 10. rotate vt.& vi. （使某物）旋转； 使转动； 使轮流，轮 换； 交替 名词：rotation
• revolve vt.& vi. 使旋转； 反复考虑； 使循环 名词： revolution
• 同义词辨析： • rotate： 侧重指物体围绕自己的轴或中心旋转，即自转。 • revolve： 强调指物体围绕本身以外的中心旋转，即公转。 • roll： 指某物在平面上滚动或翻滚。 • spin： 指沿内轴迅速而连续旋转，或沿外部一个点作快速圆
6. in particular 特别，尤其
2019年8月1日雅思听力考试真题及解析
2019年8月1日雅思听力考试真题及解析八月的第一场雅思考试已经顺利地落下了帷幕，可以说是有人欢喜有人愁。
今天就跟着店铺来一起看看2019年8月1日雅思听力考试真题及解析。
Section1 父亲为孩子租场地参考答案：：plus deposit，￡25.5 per childdishes of chickencakeser option two deluxe standard：except above two dishes plus vegetable burgergroundial party wears party hatstion：first hour in sport＇s hallinformation about names of two adults10.【版本1】sign contract about safety regulations/【版本2】should have a reservation in advancesection 2 Robinwood地图题参考答案：待回忆Section 3 沙漠考察参考答案：to enroll in this group？ If you want to join this trip，students have to first：C fill an application formscholarship for this trip is：A 450 pounds23. How do biologists determine a desert？A the water evaporate faster than rain fall24. the destination desert was originally a：B marine desertdid the university choose this desert as the study subject？B birds26. this study project is designed for life-science undergraduates.27. they will use a ship as the baseents have to bring along their laptop computer to keep a journal everydayoldest plant in this area is：12，000 years old.30. A book recommendation： Baked EarthSection 4 一种海龟的基本信息，威胁和保护Choose the correct letter， A， B， or C.31 The Great Barrier Reef consists of about ______ individual coral reefs.A 400B 900C 3，00032 The larger islands in the Great Barrier Reef are covered withA sand.B plants.C coral.Questions 33-38Complete the notes below.Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.Great Barrier ReefHabitatsHabitats include reefs，salt marshes，and 33__deep ocean__Types of plantsReef habitat：34_seaweed__Islands：mostly 35__woody_ at the northern end mostly herbaceous at the southern endTypes of animalsSalt marsh：36_crocodiles__Sea grass beds：37__turtles_Islands：38_frogs__Questions 39-40Answer the questions below.Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.39 What causes coral bleaching？Rising sea temperatures40 What has been one response to this problem？Shading the reef/shdading certain area。
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名师点题剑桥雅思8听力：
1. 本段对话发生在两个学生之间。
一开始 Nina 就冲 George 喊“你终于回来了呀,不知道多少人打电话给你了”(Glad you’re back. Loads of people have phone you)。
glad 之前省略了 I am,口语一般不说 I am glad,比如“很高兴见到你”可以直接说 Glad to meet you。
loads of sth. 是英式英语,不太正式,口语中常用,相当于 a lot of sth.。
2. George 耐心给 Nina 解释说“我去图书馆看报纸了,回来的路上遇见了有趣的事情——夏季节日演奏的西班牙音乐”。
Nina 说“听起来不错哦(sounds great)”,George 建议说“要不我们去看看,给自己放松一下(Shall we go then? Spoil ourselves?)”。
spoil 一般意为“宠爱, 溺爱”,但是此处 spoil 意为“友好地对待”。
spoil oneself 意为“善待自己”(to look after someone in a way that is very kind or too kind)。
3.Nina积极响应了George的提议,不过George又提出了一个问题,票价不便宜。
于是Nina
说“如果那样的话我们就坐在正前方,到时候就看得比较清楚(in that case we could sit right a 、t the corner—we’d have a really good view)”。
In that case意为“在那种情况下”。
case做名词,有“案件,事实,例子”之意,关于case的短语有:a case in point意为“例证,恰当的例子”;as is often the case意为“这是常有的事”;in any case 意为“无论如何,总之”;in case意为“如果,万一,假如”;in case of意为“如果发生......”;in no case意为“绝不”;just incase意为“以防万一”。
Have a good view 意为“清楚地看到”,have a good view of sth. 还可表示“对......有很好的看法”的意思。
4. Nina 与 George 一起填表,George 说他不擅长数字(I’m really bad at numbers)。
be bad at 意为“不擅长......”,而 be good at 意为“擅长......”。
5. George 问 Nina 对那些歌手的看法(how do you feel about the singer)。
how do you feel about... 意为“认为......怎么样”,还有两个句型也表达同样的意思,用于征询别人的意见: How do you think of ... ? / How do you like... ?
6. Good heavens 意为“天哪”,感叹词,用于口语中,表示惊讶或生气。
相似的短语有 : Heavens (above)。
7. $10.50 对 Nina 与 George 来说有点贵,所以 George 才会发出 Good heavens 的感叹。
Nina 说“真希望我们是学生,因为学生与老人是半价”。
George 说“要是我们是学生多好啊(if only...)”。
if only 表示由于客观条件限制,为某事不太可能或完全不可能实现而感到惋惜或遗憾的复杂情绪,常用虚拟语气。
如 :If only I were as clever as you.(要是我像你一样聪明该多好啊)。
if only 还可引导条件句,通常用来表示说话人对某事所寄予的某种强烈愿望,相当于 as long as。
英语中还有 only if,一般用来引导条件状语从句,表示“只有......才,唯一的条件是......”的意思。
名师点题剑桥雅思8听力：
Question 1
答案 C
听前预测 :题干定位词为 lobby,特别要注意题干动词 saw 的时态(一般过去时);三个选项的关键词分别为 group、display 和 video。
题目解析 :该题难度不大,video 属于原词重现。
Question 2
答案 B
听前预测 :题干定位词为 sit at the back,三个选项的关键词分别为 see、hear 和 pay。
题目解析 :该题难度不大,hear the whole thing better 和 hear clearly 的同义替换很容易就可以听出来。
Question 3
答案 48 North Avenue
听前预测 :提示词为 address,此处应填数字 + 街道。
题目解析 :本题所填单词不难,但考
查考生对 address 结构的熟悉程度以及对数字的敏感度, 由于地址为专有名词,故需要大写首字母。
Question 4
答案 WS6 2YH
听前预测 :提示词为 postcode,答案有两种可能性,即数字与字母混合或纯数字。
题目解析 :本题属于听觉难点,W 很容易听成 double u,从而造成失分 ;另外,在书写英国邮政编码时,两个数字中间通常空一个格。
Question 5
答案 01674 553242
听前预测 :提示词为 telephone。
题目解析 :这是一道常规的电话号码题,总长度为 11 个数字,只读一遍,测试考生对数字的敏感度和反应度。
注意 :这里的 0 读成 zero ;两个 5 读成 double five。
另外,雅思听力中电话号码里的 0 通常还可以读成字母 O。
Question 6
答案 (free) drink(s) / refreshment(s)
听前预测 :定位词为 17 June、Singer,提示词为 Event、includes,此处应填名词。
题目解析 :本题根据题干 price includes 可以得知,该题的答案和 free 是有关系的。
男生问What’s that then? 女生回答 free refreshments,这里的 refreshments 相当于 snacks and drinks ;
剑 8 Test 1
名师点题剑桥雅思8听力：
同时,定位词 17 June、Singer 随后依次出现,includes drinks 很容易就听到了。
Question 7 答案 (the/a) pianist / piano player
听前预测 :定位词为 22 June,提示词为 Event,此处应填名词。
题目解析 :通过原文 How about the pianist on the 22nd of June 可知,该句型中的核心名词为本题答案。
Question 8
答案 10.50听前预测 :定位词为 Spanish Dance & Guitar Concert,提示词为 Price 和£,此处应填数字。
题目解析 :注意£10.50 的读法为 ten pounds fifty。
Question 9
答案 4
听前预测 :提示词为 No. of tickets,定位词为上一题的英镑数,此处应填数字。
题目解析 :本题很简单,但需要集中注意力,否则We’ll need to book four 很容易听丢了。
Question 10
答案 50%
听前预测 :定位词为 Children、Students 和 Senior Citizens,提示词为 discount,此处
应填写百分比。
题目解析 :本题难度不大,测试考生对 15 和 50 的辨别度。
在书写时percent 最好用 % 替代, 从而提高做题速度。