本文雅思考情组为大家带来了2018年2月1日雅思阅读小范围预测。本预测包含雅思阅读Passage 1、Passage 2、Passage
3题型预测、题目原文及答案解析，希望可以帮助同学们提前了解考试大方向，摘取理想分数，详细内容请参看下文。
Passage 1
题型：判断4 + 摘要5 + 简答4
标题：Back to Wild 野种马保护
题材：自然科学
主旨：文章以野种马濒临灭绝为引入，讲述了科学家为了保护濒危野种马，把近似基因的马物种放到相同的环境中，让它们通过改变生活习惯，慢慢和那些濒危的野种马相似。围绕这个计划也开展了很多类似项目。
Passage 2
题型：段落信息配对5 + 判断6 + 单选2
标题：Can we call it “ART”?Life-Casting and Art?视觉艺术发展
题材：艺术发展
主旨：文章主要讲了艺术随着时间的改变及发展。提到了19世纪人们将雕塑和绘画认为是高级艺术的欺骗.后来又提到了Gauguin在本世纪末对摄影未来发展的担忧：每一项新的艺术运动都意味着对过去所发生的事情进行重新评估;现在所做的改变了以前所做的。
参考答案：
[段落信息配对5]
Questions 14-18
The reading Passage has seven paragraphs A-H.
Which paragraph contains the following information?
14. Technicians do the boring work D
15. A trail on a famous figure’s mark in 19th century C
16. Intention from author is claimed matters in Art G
17. How to assess an art H
18. Detailed depiction of an earlier work F
[判断6]
Questions 19-24
Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 2?
19. The intention of using artistic objects will change as time pass. YES
20. In 19th century, people appreciate the fast speed and realism of living casting. NO
21. Rodin indicated that slow pace would improve the artistic quality of casting. NOT GIVEN
22. The importance of painting dropped as the development of photographs. NO
23. Life casting requires less skill and cost than painting. YES
24. Emerge of new art makes people recognize the meaning of art again. YES
Passage 3
题型：配对4 + 填空4 + 单选2 + 多选4
标题：Nature works for Nature WorksTM PLA合成塑料的应用
题材：科学技术
主旨：美国嘉吉公司一直试图从乳酸中发展塑料.随着时间的推移，这些努力取得了成功。通过将其独特的技术应用于天然植物糖的处理，嘉吉公司创造了一种更加环保的材料PLA,可以在衣服、杯子、包装盒其他产品上达到消费者需要。后来文章又介绍了嘉吉公司的发酵技术，并分析了这一自然工程相较于其他处理系统的优势。最后以这项技术的发展前景总结全文。
参考答案：
[配对4]
Questions 27-30 Matching
27. scientists manage to B produce plastic from plant
28. Cargill need to have contacts with C selling plastic in market
29. Nature work is used for F wrapping products
30. Ingco is used to A make things like clothes
[填空4]
Questions 31-34 流程图填空
PLA 的生产过程
31. starch
32. fermentation
33. condensation
34. polymer
[单选2]
Questions 35-36
35. Why did choose the PLA as material for food packaging?
A. it smells good
B. it can save food freshness
C. it can be used on other materials
D. some other things need to be revised about it
36. What is PLA packaging is used for?
A. absorbing moisture
B. composting facilities
C. packaging fresh food
D. manufacturing
[多选2]
Questions 37-38 two features of PLA
A. it rakes in moisture skin
D. it is fading under the sun
Questions 39-40 two advantages of PLA
C. no use of fossil fuel product
D. it is made of renewable raw material
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