2019年雅思考試閱讀理解提分訓(xùn)練試題及答案(三篇)

1、2019 年雅思考試閱讀理解提分訓(xùn)練試題及答案（三篇）To begin with,muzak( 音樂廣播網(wǎng) )was intended simplyto create a soothing( 安慰)atmosphere.Recently,however,itsbecome big business thanks in part to recentresearch.Dr.Ronald Milliman,an American marketing expert,hasshown that music can boost sales or increase factoryproduction by

2、as much as a third.But,it has to be light music.A fast one has no effect atall on sales.Slow music can increase receipts by 38%.This isprobably because shoppers slow down and have more opportunityto spot items they like to buy.Yet,slow music isnt alwaysanswer.Dr.Milliman found,for example,that in re

3、staurants slowmusic meant customers took longer to eat their meals,whichreduced overall sales.So restaurants owners might be welladvised to play up-tempo music to keep the customers moving unless of course,the resulting indigestion leads tocomplaints!練習(xí) 1.The reason why background music is so popula

4、r isthat _.A.it can have a powerful effect on those who hear itB.it can help to create a soothing atmosphereC.it can boost sales or increase factory productioneverywhereD.it can make customers eat their meals quickly2.Background music means _.A.light music that customers enjoy mostB.fast music that

5、makes people move fastC.slow music that can make customers enjoy their mealsD.the music you are listening to while you are doingsomething3.Restaurant owners complain about background musicbecause _.A.it results in indigestionB.it increases their salesC.it keeps customers movingD.it decreases their s

6、ales4.The wordup-tempo musicprobably means_.A.slow musicB.fast musicC.light musicD.classical music注釋：1.spread to 傳到，波及，蔓延到2.to begin with 首先; 第一點( 理由)To begin with,we must consider the faculties of thestaff all-sidedly. 首先，我們必須全面地考慮全體員工的素質(zhì)。3.intend vt. 想要，打算，意指，意謂4.boost 增進; 改善 We need to boost our

7、spirits. 我們需要鼓舞士氣。5.have to be 美，口 肯定是，毫無疑問是6.receipt 收據(jù); 收條 When you have paid for sth,a receiptis given to you. 當(dāng)你付了某個東西的錢時，就給了你收據(jù)。接受; 收到(pl) 收入; 收益 higher receipts 高收入7.slow down v.( 使) 慢下來答案：1 B 2 D 3 D 4 B2017 年雅思考試閱讀理解提分訓(xùn)練試題及答案 2In the earliest stages of mans development he had nomore need of

8、money than animals have.He was content with verysimple forms of shelter,made his own rough tools and weaponsand could provide food and clothing for himself and hisfamily from natural materials around him.As he became morecivilized,however,he began to want better shelter,moreefficient tools and weapo

9、ns,and more comfortable and morelasting clothing than could be provided by his ownneighborhood or by the work of his own unskilled hands.Forthese things he had to turn to the skilled people such assmiths,leather workers or carpenters.It was then that thequestion of payment arose.At first he got what

10、 he wanted by a simple process ofexchange.The smith who had not the time to look after land orcattle was glad to take meat or grain from the farmer inexchange for an axe or a plough.But as more and more goodswhich had no fixed exchange value came on the market,exchangebecame too complicated to be sa

11、tisfactory.Another problemarose when those who made things wanted to get stocks of woodor leather,or iron,but had nothing to offer in exchange untiltheir finished goods were ready.Thus the difficulties of exchange led by degrees to theinvention of money.In some countries easily handled thingslike se

12、eds or shells were given a certain value and thefarmer,instead of paying the smith for a new axe by givinghim some meat or grain,gave him so many shells.If the smithhad any shells left when he had bought his food,he could getstocks of the raw materials of his trade.In some countriesquite large thing

13、s such as cows or camels or even big flatstones were used for trade.Later,pieces of metal,bearingvalues according to the rarity of the metal and the size ofthe pieces,or coins were used.Money as we know it had arrived.1.Exchange of goods became difficult because _.A man became more civilizedB smiths

14、 began to look after land or cattle in theirspare timeC more and more goods which had no fixed exchange valuescame to the markerD farmers hadnt enough grain or meat to provide forskilled workers2.Money was not used until _.A paper was inventedB people practiced a simple process of exchangeC nothing

15、could be offered in exchangeD the exchange of one thing for another became toocomplicated3.The best title for this passage is _.A What is moneyB What are moneys functions.C The importance of moneyD The beginning of money注釋：1.stage 階段; 時期 at an early stage in our history在我們的歷史早期( 前面與 the 連用)演員生涯; 劇院工

16、作; 戲劇工作行程，旅程to travel by easy stages 從容旅行2.content n. 內(nèi)容，容量，目錄，滿足 adj. 滿足的，滿意的，愿意 vt. 使?jié)M足We should never content ourselves with a little bookknowledge only. 我們切不可滿足于僅僅有一點點書本知識。3.shelter n. 掩蔽處，身避處，掩蔽，保護，庇護所，掩體 v. 掩蔽，躲避He stood in the shelter at the bus stop. 他站在公共汽車站的候車亭里。4.smith n. 鐵匠，金屬品工匠leather

17、n. 皮革，皮革制品carpenter n. 木匠5.axe or plough 斧或犁6 complicate 使復(fù)雜化，使錯綜加重 ( 疾病) 使混亂，難做、難懂 ;使惡化be complicated in 卷入 ( 的麻煩中 )Dont complicate life for me! 不要為我把生活搞復(fù)雜了 !答案： 1 C 2 D 3 D2017 年雅思考試閱讀理解提分訓(xùn)練試題及答案 3Next Year Marks the EUs 50th Anniversary of the TreatyA.After a period of introversion and stunned se

18、lf-disbelief,continental European governments will recover theirenthusiasm for pan-European institution-building in2007.Whether the European public will welcome a return towhat voters in two countries had rejected so short a timebefore is another matter.B.There are several reasons for Europes recove

19、ringself-confidence.For years European economies had been laggingdismally behind America(to say nothing of Asia),but in 2006the large continental economies had one of their best yearsfor a decade,briefly outstripping America in terms ofgrowth.Since politics often reacts to economic change with alag,

20、2006s improvement in economic growth will have itsimpact in 2007,though the recovery may be ebbing by then.C.The coming year also marks a particular point in apolitical cycle so regular that it almost seems to amount toa natural law.Every four or five years,European countriestake a large stride towa

21、rds further integration by signing anew treaty ：the Maastricht treaty in 1992,the Treaty ofAmsterdam in 1997,the Treaty of Nice in 2001.And in 2005 theywere supposed to ratify a European constitution,laying theground for yet more integration until the calm rhythm wasrudely shattered by French and Du

22、tch voters.But the politicalimpetus to sign something every four or five years has onlybeen interrupted,not immobilised,by this setback.D.In 2007 the European Union marks the 50th anniversaryof another treaty the Treaty of Rome,its foundingcharter.Government leaders have already agreed to celebratei

23、t ceremoniously,restating their commitment toever closerunionand the basic ideals of European unity.By itself,and innormal circumstances,the EUs 50th-birthday greeting toitself would be fairly meaningless,a routine expression ofEuropean good fellowship.But it does not take a Machiavellito spot that

24、once governments have signed the declaration(andit seems unlikely anyone would be so uncollegiate as to vetoit)they will already be halfway towards committing themselvesto a new treaty.All that will be necessary will be toincorporate the 50th-anniversary declaration into a newtreaty containing a num

25、ber of institutional and other reformsextracted from the failed attempt at constitution-buildingand hey presto a new quasi-constitution will be ready.E.According to the German government which holds theEUs agenda-setting presidency during the first half of2007 there will be a new draft of a slimmed-

26、downconstitution ready by the middle of the year,perhaps to putto voters,perhaps not.There would then be a couple of yearsin which it will be discussed,approved by parliamentsand,perhaps,put to voters if that is deemedunavoidable.Then,according to bureaucratic planners inBrussels and Berlin,blithely

27、 ignoring the possibility ofpublic rejection,the whole thing will be signed,sealed and anew constitution delivered in 2009-10.Europe will be nicelyback on schedule.Its four-to-five-year cycle of integrationwill have missed only one beat.F.The resurrection of the European constitution will bemade mor

28、e likely in 2007 because of what is happening innational capitals.The European Union is not really anautonomous organisation.If it functions,it is because theleaders of the big continental countries want it to,reckoningthat an active European policy will help them get done whatthey want to do in the

29、ir own countries.G.That did not happen in 2005-06.Defensive,cynical andself-destructive,the leaders of the three largest euro-zonecountries France,Italy and Germany were stumbling towardstheir unlamented ends.They saw no reason to pursue any sortof European policy and the EU,as a result,barelyfuncti

30、oned.But by the middle of 2007 all three will havegone,and this fact alone will transform the Europeanpolitical landscape.H.The upshot is that the politics of the three largecontinental countries,bureaucraticmomentum and the economicsof recovery will all be aligned to give a push towardsintegration

31、in 2007.That does not mean the momentum will beirresistible or even popular.The British government,forone,will almost certainly not want to go with theflow,beginning yet another chapter in the long history ofconfrontation between Britain and the rest of Europe.Moreimportant,the voters will want a say.They rejected theconstitution in 2005.It would be foolish to assume they willaccept it after 2007 just