2024年4月5日发(作者：斐浩慨)
雅思考试机经
2018年2月24日雅思阅读考情回顾
一、考试时间：2018年2月24日（周六）
二、考试概述：
进入到2018年以来，雅思阅读的题库明显出现了更新，像2017年那样几乎一整年没有出现
任何新题的情况已经不复存在。本次考试为新年后第一场，考生众多，但由于没有经典题支
撑，回忆依然非常零散。第一篇Nazca line，纳斯卡线条，新题，写作类型非常相像于剑九
第一套第一篇William Perkins。第二篇Life in the forest，介绍森林里的生活，依然是新题。
第三篇The Significant Role of Mother Tongue in Education是2016年8月4日和2012年
5月26日的旧题，介绍的是母语在教育中的作用。
三、文章简介
Passage 1: Nazca line，纳斯卡线条
Passage 2: Life in the forest，森林里的生活
Passage 3: The Significant Role of Mother Tongue in Education，母语在教育中的作用
四、篇章分析：
Passage 1：
文章内容
题型分布与
答案参考
相关拓展 Nazca Lines
The lines are drawn in geometric patterns and distinct animal shapes.
As a plane soars over the high desert of southern Peru, the dull pale
sameness of the rocks and sand organize and change form. Distinct white
lines gradually evolve from tan and rust-red. Strips of white crisscross a
desert so dry that it rains less than an inch every year. The landscape
changes as lines take shape to form simple geometric designs: trapezoids,
straight lines, rectangles, triangles, and swirls. Some of the swirls and
zigzags start to form more distinct shapes: a hummingbird, a spider, a
monkey.
These are the renowned Nasca lines—subject of mystery for over 80
years. How were they formed? What purpose could they have served?
文章介绍了世界各地的奇怪的图形的来历和区别
判断题6题，填空题7题
雅思考试机经
Were aliens involved?
The lines are found in a region of Peru just over 200 miles southeast of
Lima, near the modern town of Nasca. In total, there are over 800 straight
lines, 300 geometric figures and 70 animal and plant designs, also called
biomorphs. Some of the straight lines run up to 30 miles, while the
biomorphs range from 50 to 1200 feet in length (as large as the Empire
State Building).
THE LINES REVEALED
Peruvian archaeologist Toribio Mejia Xesspe was the first to
systematically study the lines in 1926. However, since the lines are
virtually impossible to identify from ground level, they were only first
brought to public awareness with the advent of flight—by pilots flying
commercial planes over Peru in the 1930s. American professor Paul
Kosok investigated and found himself at the foot of a line on June 22,
1941—just one day after the winter solstice. At the end of a full day
studying the lines, Kosok looked up from his work to catch the sunset in
direct alignment with the line. Kosok called the 310 square mile stretch of
high desert “the largest astronomy book in the world”.
Kosok was followed by the German Maria Reiche, who became known as
the Lady of the Lines. Reiche studied the lines for 40 years and fought
unyieldingly for her theories on the lines’ astronomical and calendrical
purpose (she received a National Geographic grant in 1974 for her work).
Reiche battled single-handedly to protect the site; she even lived in a
small house near the desert so she could personally protect the lines from
reckless visitors.
WHAT ARE THE LINES?
The lines are known as geoglyphs – drawings on the ground made by
removing rocks and earth to create a “negative” image. The rocks which
cover the desert have oxidized and weathered to a deep rust color, and
when the top 12-15 inches of rock is removed, a light-colored, high
contrasting sand is exposed. Because there’s so little rain, wind and
erosion, the exposed designs have stayed largely intact for 500 to 2000
years.
Scientists believe that the majority of lines were made by the Nasca
2024年4月5日发(作者：斐浩慨)
雅思考试机经
2018年2月24日雅思阅读考情回顾
一、考试时间：2018年2月24日（周六）
二、考试概述：
进入到2018年以来，雅思阅读的题库明显出现了更新，像2017年那样几乎一整年没有出现
任何新题的情况已经不复存在。本次考试为新年后第一场，考生众多，但由于没有经典题支
撑，回忆依然非常零散。第一篇Nazca line，纳斯卡线条，新题，写作类型非常相像于剑九
第一套第一篇William Perkins。第二篇Life in the forest，介绍森林里的生活，依然是新题。
第三篇The Significant Role of Mother Tongue in Education是2016年8月4日和2012年
5月26日的旧题，介绍的是母语在教育中的作用。
三、文章简介
Passage 1: Nazca line，纳斯卡线条
Passage 2: Life in the forest，森林里的生活
Passage 3: The Significant Role of Mother Tongue in Education，母语在教育中的作用
四、篇章分析：
Passage 1：
文章内容
题型分布与
答案参考
相关拓展 Nazca Lines
The lines are drawn in geometric patterns and distinct animal shapes.
As a plane soars over the high desert of southern Peru, the dull pale
sameness of the rocks and sand organize and change form. Distinct white
lines gradually evolve from tan and rust-red. Strips of white crisscross a
desert so dry that it rains less than an inch every year. The landscape
changes as lines take shape to form simple geometric designs: trapezoids,
straight lines, rectangles, triangles, and swirls. Some of the swirls and
zigzags start to form more distinct shapes: a hummingbird, a spider, a
monkey.
These are the renowned Nasca lines—subject of mystery for over 80
years. How were they formed? What purpose could they have served?
文章介绍了世界各地的奇怪的图形的来历和区别
判断题6题，填空题7题
雅思考试机经
Were aliens involved?
The lines are found in a region of Peru just over 200 miles southeast of
Lima, near the modern town of Nasca. In total, there are over 800 straight
lines, 300 geometric figures and 70 animal and plant designs, also called
biomorphs. Some of the straight lines run up to 30 miles, while the
biomorphs range from 50 to 1200 feet in length (as large as the Empire
State Building).
THE LINES REVEALED
Peruvian archaeologist Toribio Mejia Xesspe was the first to
systematically study the lines in 1926. However, since the lines are
virtually impossible to identify from ground level, they were only first
brought to public awareness with the advent of flight—by pilots flying
commercial planes over Peru in the 1930s. American professor Paul
Kosok investigated and found himself at the foot of a line on June 22,
1941—just one day after the winter solstice. At the end of a full day
studying the lines, Kosok looked up from his work to catch the sunset in
direct alignment with the line. Kosok called the 310 square mile stretch of
high desert “the largest astronomy book in the world”.
Kosok was followed by the German Maria Reiche, who became known as
the Lady of the Lines. Reiche studied the lines for 40 years and fought
unyieldingly for her theories on the lines’ astronomical and calendrical
purpose (she received a National Geographic grant in 1974 for her work).
Reiche battled single-handedly to protect the site; she even lived in a
small house near the desert so she could personally protect the lines from
reckless visitors.
WHAT ARE THE LINES?
The lines are known as geoglyphs – drawings on the ground made by
removing rocks and earth to create a “negative” image. The rocks which
cover the desert have oxidized and weathered to a deep rust color, and
when the top 12-15 inches of rock is removed, a light-colored, high
contrasting sand is exposed. Because there’s so little rain, wind and
erosion, the exposed designs have stayed largely intact for 500 to 2000
years.
Scientists believe that the majority of lines were made by the Nasca