雅思听力常见陷阱(一)
本题答案:reference (参考)。
原文录音: Access to online databases and the Internet is available at both sites and each site has a range of reference materials on education.
近义替换: a variety of (多种)← 对应 → a range of(多种)
(词组a variety of在雅思听力考试中有60%概率是对应a range of)
难度系数:★
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原文录音: A significant proportion of the lion’s diet is made up of the livestock of these farmers — goats, chickens and so on — as much as a third, in fact.
近义替换:A large part of (很大一部分)← 对应 → A significant proportion of(很大一部分)
难度系数:★
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本题答案: low-risk investment (低风险投资)。
原文录音:It is usually advised that at least 70% of a person’s savings should be in low-risk investments but for the rest, financial advisors often advise taking some well-informed risks.
近义替换:a high proportion of (高比例的)← 对应 → 70% of(70%的)
类似词组:the majority of , most of , a large part of,a high percentage of
难度系数:★★★
III. 近义表达替换
近义表达替换是所有替换中难度系数最大,使得考生得分率最低的陷阱之一,旨在考察考生真实的语言能力和随机应变的能力。分析认为此类陷阱干扰性较大,需要考生能听懂说话者的言外之意。所以为了得到高分,考生务必使出浑身解数,与出题者“斗智斗勇”。
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原文录音:George regarded Rosewood as a pure example of a traditional country house of this part of England and did some of his most successful writing here.
近义表达:a typical building of the region(这个地区的典型建筑)
← 对应 → a pure example of a traditional country house of this part of England(英格兰这块地方的传统乡间房子的完美代表)
难度系数:★★★
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本题答案: attack humans (攻击人类)。
原文录音: And they’ve even been known to attack humans, especially in times of drought.
近义表达:when water is short (当缺水的时候)← 对应 → in times of drought(当干旱的时候)
难度系数:★★★
IV. 词性替换
词性替换在雅思听力考试中出现概率不高,由于此类陷阱出现形式比较单一,所以难度系数一般不是特别高,只要考生小心对待,就可以减少失分率。
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本题答案:classroom (班级)。
原文录音:But I’m afraid I didn’t manage to get hold of the essays about classroom management.
词性转换: manage (动词) ← 对应 → management(名词)
难度系数: ★
此类陷阱可能会用到比较简单的运算和推理,但难度系数不大,容易出现在雅思听力考试中的Section1中。
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本题答案: 1.5 years(1.5年)。(备选答案:18 months。)
原文录音: LYNDA: How long have you been in Australia?
SARA: A year in Adelaide and six months in Sydney.
运算根据: a year,six months
难度系数:★★
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本题答案: Wednesday (星期三)。(注意:不是 the day after。)
原文录音: JANE: When’s your first lecture?
TIM: Tuesday. How about you?
JANE: The day after.
运算根据: Tuesday, the day after
难度系数: ★