1、雅思閱讀模擬專項試題訓練帶答案2017一分耕耘，一分收獲；要收獲的好，必須耕耘的好，以下是小編為大家搜索整理的雅思閱讀模擬專項試題訓練帶答案2017,希望能給大家帶來幫助！更多精彩內容請及時關注我們應屆畢業生考試網！This reading test contains 11 questions. You shouldspend about 20 minutes on this task.Read the passage below and answer 11 questions.Section AMuynak used to be a port city. Inhabitants ofMuyn

2、ak, of which there are fewer and fewer, nowpose for pictures next to ships which were onceanchored along the shores of the Aral Sea, but arenow stranded in an ocean of sand where water oncewas. These pictures are published in scientificjournals and magazines alongside descriptions of how what was on

3、ce the world’s fourth largestlake may disappear altogether by 2020.Section BThe Aral Sea is located in the central Asian desert between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. In1960, it covered 68,000 km2, and its waters fed agriculture across the region. By 1998, thearea of the Aral Sea had shrunk to

4、 one third of its previous size and has now become asymbol of how drastically human activities can adversely affect the environment, and howmuch this effect can, in turn, affect human activities.Section CThe reason for this change is not exclusively due to man. Droughts in the 1970s and 80sreducedth

5、e amount of water carried by the Amu Darya and the Syr Darya, two rivers whichfeed the sea. However, farming policies implemented during the middle of the 20th centuryincreased the farming of water-hungry crops like cotton, and farmers used vast quantities ofwater from these two rivers to irrigate t

6、heir land. The result of this was that very little waterwas entering the Aral Sea, and it consequently began decreasing in volume.Section DPolicy makers at the time were aware of the effect of diverting so much water for agriculture,but they saw it as an acceptable trade-off to improving agricultura

7、l output, and therebyimproving the economy. The sea itself was of less importance to the progress of society thanfarming which could produce not only crops for domestic use but commodities for trade.Section EThey did not, however, anticipate all the effects that the drying of theAral Sea would have.

8、The Aral Sea is a salt-water sea, and the salt left behind when the waters retreated has nowblown away with wind and storms, making patches of land unsuitable for farming. This affectsnot only the surrounding region, but lands as far as a thousand kilometers away. In addition,the remaining waters ha

9、ve become increasingly more concentrated in salt, and this is killing offa once thriving fishing industry as it kills off the fish themselves.The Aral Sea, like all largebodies of water, has a strong effect on local climate, and as it has disappeared, harvestingseasondiave become shorter and dryer.

10、Many farmers in the surrounding area have had togive up growing cotton because the growing season is not long enough for this crop.Section FThe effect on inhabitants of the area is not limited to economics and productivity. The healthof those living in the area has deteriorated due to a supply of dr

11、inking water which has highconcentrations of minerals. The area has seen sharp jumps in the rates of cancer andrespiratory illnesses.Section GThere are compelling reasons to halt and try to reverse the fate of the Aral Sea, but it wouldbe difficult. The region, though weakened by worsening condition

12、s, still depends on agricultureto survive, and there are no alternative sources of water. In the 1980s, it was proposed todivert water from rivers far to the north in an effort to save the Aral Sea, and it might haveworked had the price of the project, an estimated $250 billion, not been prohibitive

13、.The Reading Passage has seven sections, A-GChoose the correct heading for each section from the list of headings below.Write the correct number i-x in boxes 1-7 on your answer sheet.List of Headingsi) Man mostly to blameii) Devastating outcomesiii) A port in a sea of sandiv) A lost causev) The worl

14、d's fourth largest lakevi) A symbol of environmental disastervii) A man-made disasterviii) A fair exchange?ix) Poisonous watersx) The problem of salt1) Section A2) Section B4) Section D5) Section E6) Section F7) Section GDo the following statements agree with the information given in Reading

15、 Passage 1?On your answer sheet writeTRUE if the statement agrees with the informationFALSE if the statement contradicts the informationNOT GIVEN if there is no information on this8) The Amu Darya and the Syr Darya were not water sources before the 20th century.9) The Aral Sea will be saved by diverting water from other rivers.10) Many farmers have had to stop growing c