雅思阅读高分技巧之抓住数字找答案

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【雅思阅读高分技巧】抓住数字找答案

举例一：Q10 / Test 2 / Cambridge IV：题目：Do the following statements agree with the views of the writer in Reading Passage 1? (Y / N / NG)

1. The Navajo language will die out because it currently has too few speakers.该句为带有原因状语从句的复合句，判断正误时，需分2步走，先判断主句，若主句是 N 或NG中的一个，那么就以此为答案，无需再判断从句了;但若主句判断为 Y， 那么还需继续对从句加以判断，从句最终的 Y / N /NG 就是题目的答案。

主句中The Navajo language will die out 的内容已知晓，在文章首段的 Line 3： …the native language is dying …(此处的native 指 the native Navojo， 前文有述)，那么要判断的就是从句了。从其中的内容应该读出关键信息是 too few speakers. 这里包含了一点和数字相关的信息few， 换言之，文中有可能会涉及到数字。

到文中寻找，在第三段的Line 5 发现了 150，000 speakers. 回到句首读原句：Navajo is considered endangered despite having 150，000 speakers. 虽然没有明示 150，000 speakers 是多还是少，不过despite 已经明确了语气：多，因为整句是说：尽管有150，000人讲纳瓦霍语，它还是面临危险地境地。这无疑是在说这个数字已经不少了。

因此，原句中的从句我们可以判断为错误，从而Q10 的答案是 NO.

举例二：Q 5 / T 1 / Cambridge 5… Johnson did not have a 5_________ available to him， but eventually produced definitions of inexcess of 40，000 words written down in 80 large notebooks.由题目中出现的数字40，000 可以定位到原文中page 17 的第二段Line 4：Johnson wrote the definitions of over 40，000 words， and illustrated their many meanings…

返回到句首：The work was immense： filling about eighty large notebooks (and without a library to hand)，再由题目分析得知：所需答案为可数名词，并且是Johnson 在编撰词典的工作中不具备的(did not …available)，而文中括号里‘without a library to hand’正好契合了该信息点，还有a 这个信号词进一步确定，答案就非它莫属了：library。

雅思考试阅读模拟试题及答案解析

Sleep medication linked to bizarre behaviour

New evidence has linked a commonly prescribed sleep medication with bizarre behaviours, including a case in which a woman painted her front door in her sleep.

UK and Australian health agencies have released information about 240 cases of odd occurrences, including sleepwalking, amnesia and hallucinations among people taking the drug zolpidem.

While doctors say that zolpidem can offer much-needed relief for people with sleep disorders, they caution that these newly reported cases should prompt a closer look at its possible side effects.

Zolpidem, sold under the brand names Ambien, Stilnoct and Stilnox, is widely prescribed to treat insomnia and other disorders such as sleep apnea. Various forms of the drug, made by French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi-Aventis, were prescribed 674,500 times in 2005 in the UK.

A newly published report from Australia’s Federal Health Department describes 104 cases of hallucinations and 62 cases of amnesia experienced by people taking zolpidem since marketing of the drug began there in 2000. The health department report also mentioned 16 cases of strangesleepwalking by people taking the medication.

Midnight snack

In one of these sleepwalking cases a patient woke with a paintbrush in her hand after painting the front door to her house. Another case involved a woman who gained 23 kilograms over seven months while taking zolpidem. “It was only when she was discovered in front of an open refrigerator while asleep that the problem was resolved,” according to the report.

The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, meanwhile, has recorded 68 cases of adverse reactions to zolpidem from 2001 to 2005.

The newly reported cases in the UK and Australia add to a growing list of bizarre sleepwalking episodes linked to the drug in other countries, including reports of people sleep-driving while on the medication. In one case, a transatlantic flight had to be diverted after a passenger caused havoc after taking zolpidem.

Hypnotic effects

There is no biological pathway that has been proven to connect zolpidem with these behaviours. The drug is a benzodiazepine-like hypnotic that promotes deep sleep by interacting with brain receptors for a chemical called gamma-aminobutyric acid. While parts of the brain become less active during deep sleep, the body can still move, making sleepwalking a possibility.

The product information for prescribers advises that psychiatric adverse effects, including hallucinations, sleepwalking and nightmares, are more likely in the elderly, and treatment should be stopped if they occur.

Patient advocacy groups say they would like government health agencies and drug companies to take a closer look at the possible risks associated with sleep medicines. They stress that strange sleepwalking and sleep-driving behaviours can have risky consequences.

“When people do something in which they’re not in full control it’s always a danger,” says Vera Sharav of the New York-based Alliance for Human Research Protection, a US network that advocates responsible and ethical medical research practices.

Tried and tested

“The more reports that come out about the potential side effects of the drug, the more research needs to be done to understand if these are real side effects,” says sleep researcher Kenneth Wright at the University of Colorado in Boulder, US.

Millions of people have taken the drug without experiencing any strange side effects, points out Richard Millman at Brown Medical School, director of the Sleep Disorders Center of Lifespan Hospitals in Providence, Rhode Island, US. He says that unlike older types of sleep medications, zolpidem does not carry as great a risk of addiction.

And Wright notes that some of the reports of “sleep-driving” linked to zolpidem can be easily explained: some patients have wrongly taken the drug right before leaving work in hopes that the medicine will kick in by the time they reach home. Doctors stress that the medication should be taken just before going to bed.

The US Food & Drug Administration says it is continuing to "actively investigate" and collect information about cases linking zolpidem to unusual side effects.

The Ambien label currently lists strange behaviour as a “special concern” for people taking the drug. “It’s a possible rare adverse event,” says Sanofi-Aventis spokesperson Melissa Feltmann, adding that the strange sleepwalking behaviours “may not necessarily be caused by the drug” but instead result from an underlying disorder. She says that “the safety profile [of zolpidem] is well established”. The drug received approval in the US in 1993.

Questions 1-6　　Do the following statements agree with the information given in the reading passage?

In boxes 1-6 on your answer sheet write

TRUE if the statement is true according to the passage

FALSE if the statement is false according to the passage

NOT GIVEN if the information is not given in the passage

1. Ambien, Stilnoct and Stilnox are brand names of one same drug treating insomnia.

2. The woman’s obesity problem wasn’t resolved until she stopped taking zolpidem.

3. Zolpidem received approval in the UK in 2001.

4. The bizarre behaviour of a passenger after taking zolpidem resulted in the diversion of a flight bound for the other side of the Atlantic.

5. Zolpidem is the only sleep medication that doesn’t cause addiction.

6. The sleep-driving occurrence resulted from the wrong use of zolpidem by an office worker.

Question 7-9　　Choose the appropriate letters A-D and Write them in boxes 7-9 on your answer sheet.

7. How many cases of bizarre behaviours are described in an official report from Australia?

A. 68

B. 104

C. 182

D. 240

8. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the product information about zolpidem?

A. Treatment should be stopped if side effects occur.

B. Medication should be taken just before going to bed.

C. Adverse effects are more likely in the elderly.

D. Side effects include nightmares, hallucinations and sleepwalking.

9. Who claimed that the safety description of zolpidem was well established?

A. Kenneth Wright

B. Melissa Feltmann

C. Richard Millman

D. Vera Sharav

Questions 10-13　　Answer the following questions with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS each in boxes 10-13.

10. How many times was French-made zolpidem prescribed in 2005 in Britain?

11. What kind of hypnotic is zolpidem as a drug which promotes deep sleep in patients?

12. What can sleepwalking and sleep-driving behaviours cause according to patient advocacy groups?

13. What US administration says that it has been investigating the cases relating zolpidem to unusual side effects?

Answer keys and explanations:

1. True

See para.3 from the beginning: Zolpidem, sold under the brand names Ambien, Stilnoct and Stilnox, is widely prescribed to treat insomnia and other disorders such as sleep apnea.

2. False

See para.1 under the subtitle “Midnight snack”: Another case involved a woman who gained 23 kilograms over seven months while taking zolpidem. “It was only when she was discovered in front of an open refrigerator while asleep that the problem was resolved”…

3. Not Given

See para.2 under the subtitle “Midnight snack”: The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, meanwhile, has recorded 68 cases of adverse reactions to zolpidem from 2001 to 2005. (The time the drug was approved in the UK was not mentioned.)

4. True

See para.3 under the subtitle “Midnight snack”: In one case, a transatlantic flight had to be diverted after a passenger caused havoc after taking zolpidem.

5. False

See para.2 under the subtitle “Tried and tested”: He says that unlike older types of sleep medications, zolpidem does not carry as great a risk of addiction.

6. Not Given

See para.3 under the subtitle “Tried and tested”: And Wright notes that some of the reports of “sleep-driving” linked to zolpidem can be easily explained: some patients have wrongly taken the drug right before leaving work in hopes that the medicine will kick in by the time they reach home. (No patients as office workers are mentioned in the passage.)

7. C

See para.4 from the beginning: A newly published report from Australia’s Federal Health Department describes 104 cases of hallucinations and 62 cases of amnesia experienced by people taking zolpidem since marketing of the drug began there in 2000. The health department report also mentioned 16 cases of strange sleepwalking by people taking the medication.

8. B

See the sentence in para.2 under the subtitle “Hypnotic effects” (The product information for prescribers advises that psychiatric adverse effects, including hallucinations, sleepwalking and nightmares, are more likely in the elderly, and treatment should be stopped if they occur.) and the sentence in para.3 under the subtitle “Tried and tested” (Doctors “not the product information” stress that the medication should be taken just before going to bed.)

9. B

See para.5 under the subtitle “Tried and tested”: Sanofi-Aventis spokesperson Melissa Feltmann … says that “the safety profile [of zolpidem] is well established”.

10. 674,500 (times)

See para.3 from the beginning: Various forms of the drug, made by French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi-Aventis, were prescribed 674,500 times in 2005 in the UK.

11. (a) benzodiazepine-like (hypnotic)

See para.1 under the subtitle “Hypnotic effects”: The drug is a benzodiazepine-like hypnotic (类苯二氮催眠药)that promotes deep sleep by interacting with brain receptors for a chemical called gamma-aminobutyric acid.

12. risky consequences

See para.3 under the subtitle “Hypnotic effects”: Patient advocacy groups … stress that strange sleepwalking and sleep-driving behaviours can have risky consequences.

13. Food & Drug (Administration)

See para.4 under the subtitle “Tried and tested”: The US Food & Drug Administration says it is continuing to "actively investigate" and collect information about cases linking zolpidem to unusual side effects.

雅思阅读机经预测

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《教育篇》

示例学习法

拯救濒危语言

音乐通用语言

教育的量化研究

 幸福心理学（1.14命中）    

儿童教育哲学（1.14命中）

拉丁语对英语的影响

画与电影

双语学习的利弊

失乐症的介绍(Amusia)

数学发展

 儿童与互联网    

《天文地理篇》

火星探险

伦敦晃桥（澳洲2.11命中）

英国潮汐能

澳洲旅游岛

深海奇船

阿斯旺水坝

日本宝塔

哥伦比亚大交换

人类航海迁徙

制作小提琴

摩天大楼

《动物篇》

新西兰水产

 加拿大猞猁    

澳洲考拉

珍珠(Pearls)

麻鸦

蚂蚁和真菌

猩猩文化（1.7命中）

蓝脚鸟

中国黄蚂蚁

狐狸狗

霸王蝶

 蝙蝠    

珊瑚

硬蹄动物

鸟类的智慧

蜜蜂Bees

海洋动物

眼镜蛇毒

鳄鱼的进化

《古代生物篇》

帝企鹅征程

 蝴蝶颜色模仿    

恐龙灭绝

塔斯马尼亚老虎

 消失的巨兽    

脊美鲸

猿类

始前动物研究

新西兰头盖骨

《历史篇》

航海钟表发展

茶叶的历史

地图的发展

古希腊钱币

中国古战车

库克发现新大陆

俄罗斯芭蕾舞的历史

通古期之谜

手势的发展

音乐的起源和影响

 英国沿海考古       

《自然篇》

加州森林火灾

海地声音探索

噪音(noise)

海湾污染

北极冰川融化

海岸线考古

冰川（2月25日命中）

防洪

雪崩

盐碱化

生态旅行

伦敦烟雾

俄罗斯考古

澳大利亚羊毛产业

英国战后农业政策

立体农业

自然韵律

涂鸦(Graffiti)

《植物篇》

新植物净水

神奇的竹子

香蕉

郁金香泡沫

种子猎人

龙涎香(Ambergris)

物种起源

马达加斯加寻香

神奇的植物