2018年4月雅思真题回忆及解析.doc

1、2018年4月雅思真题回忆及解析学而不思则罔，在掌握知识点之后将其运用在解题中才是学习的好方法。无忧考网搜集整理了2018年4月雅思真题回忆及解析，希望对大家有所帮助。2018年4月举行了4场考试，时间分别为4月7日、4月14日、4月21日、4月26日。以下内容仅供参考。4月7日雅思口语真题回忆： 一、考试概述： 以下为4月份本场考试高频话题，请考生们扎实准备。 1. Describe a famous athlete you know 2. Describe an unusual meal you had 3. Describe a toy you had in your childhood

2、 4. Describe a historical period that you are interested in 5. Describe a situation when you had to be polite 二、具体题目分析： Describe a famous athlete you know You should say: Who this person is How you know this person What he or she achieved And explain why he or she is famous As for a famous athlete I

3、 know, I would like to talk about Fu Yuanhui who is a swimmer from Hangzhou China, and the first time I knew her was in 2016 Olympic games. One of her interview videos was quite interesting because her responses were hilarious. In that video, when Fu was told that she was qualified for the final, Fu

4、 pulled a comically exaggerated face and declared that “I have used all my prehistorical power to swim.” Prehistorical power is a phrase originates from a Chinese fantasy drama called “the journey of flower”, and in this situation, this phrase is quite suitable and hilarious. When asked what her hop

5、es were for the final, Fu said that” no expectations, Im very satisfied now.” Thats how she began to rock the Internet and social media. Pitifully, she didnt win a gold medal in the 100-meter backstroke final, instead, she eventually won a bronze medal, but that hasnt reduced the affection from her

6、fans. I think the reason why Fu is so popular on the Internet is that she interpreted the Olympic spirit in an untraditional way which is challenging herself and enjoying the game. Thats the spirit that we Chinese youngsters now look up to. 4月7日雅思写作真题回忆：小作文地图题大作文题目类别：社会类提问方式：观点类考试题目：Some people thin

7、k the most important thing about being rich is helping other people. To what extent do you agree or disagree?TASK 2题目Some people think the most important thing about being rich is helping other people. To what extent do you agree or disagree？4月7日雅思阅读真题回忆：Passage 1：题目：第一座城市的变革发展题型：6 判断题+7 填空题文章大意： 第一

8、部分：乌尔城的历史起源、地址、当地人的生活习惯等第二部分：寺庙的作用第三部分：乌尔城的文化如何得以保留参考答案：1-6) 判断题1.NOT GIVEN 定位在第二段开头，乌尔城在伊拉克仍有少量剩余信息，但是没有说是 physic remains2.FALSE3.TRUE4.FALSE5.TRUE 同意替换，Basis 替换了 improvement6.FALSE Relatives 亲属。文中说缺粮的时候大家会走出家庭和邻居合作。7-13) 填空题7.待补充8.pyramid。当地的寺庙以金字塔的形状建造9.待补充10.storeroom.11.banks.寺庙可以扮演银行的角色，在经济困难的

9、时候，提供借贷服务。12.clay.当地人的文字写在湿的 clay 上得以保存。13.fires.(答案仅供参考)参考文章：City of UrLocated near the modern town of Nasiriya in far southern Iraq, on a now-abandoned channel of the Euphrates river, Ur covered about 25hectares (60 acres), surrounded by a city wall. When British archaeologist Charles Leonard Wool

10、ley excavated in the 1920s and 1930s, the city was a tell, a great artificial hill over seven meters (23 feet) high composed of centuries of building and rebuilding mud brick structures, one stacked on top of another.Southern Mesopotamian ChronologyThe chronology of Southern Mesopotamia is simplifie

11、d somewhat from that suggested by the School of American Research Advanced Seminar in 2001, based primarily on pottery and other artifact styles and reported in Ur 2010.The earliest known occupations at Ur city date to the Ubaid period of the late 6th millennium BC. By about 3000 BC, Ur covered a to

12、tal area of 15 ha (37 ac) including early temple sites. Ur reached its maximum size of 22 ha (54 ac) during the Early Dynastic Period of the early 3rd millennium BC when Ur was one of the most important capitals of the Sumerian civilization.Ur continued as a minor capital for Sumer and succeeding ci

13、vilizations, but during the 4th century BC, the Euphrates changed course, and the city was abandoned.Living in Sumerian UrDuring Urs heyday in the Early Dynastic period, four main residential areas of the city included homes made of baked mud brick foundations arranged along long, narrow, winding st

14、reets and alleyways.Typical houses included an open central courtyard with two or more main living rooms in which the families resided. Each house had a domestic chapel where cult structures and the family burial vault waskept. Kitchens, stairways, workrooms, lavatories were all part of the househol

15、d structures.The houses were packed in very tightly together, with exterior walls of one household immediately abutting the next one. Although the cities appear very closed off, the interior courtyards and wide streets provided light, and the close-set houses protected the exposure of the exterior w

16、alls to heating especially during the hot summers.Royal CemeteryBetween 1926 and 1931, Woolleys investigations at Ur focused on the Royal Cemetery, where he eventually excavated approximately 2,100 graves, within an area of 70x55 m (230x180 ft): Woolley estimated there were up to three times as many

17、 burials originally. Of those, 660 were determined to be dated to the Early Dynastic IIIA (2600-2450 BC)period, and Woolley designated 16 of those as "royal tombs". These tombs had a stone-built chamber with multiple rooms, where the principal royal burial was placed. Retainers-people who

18、presumably served the royal personage and were buried with him or her-were found in a pit outside of the chamber or adjacent to it.The largest of these pits, called "death pits" by Woolley, held the remains of 74 people. Woolley came to the conclusion that the attendants had willingly drun

19、k some drug and then lay down in rows to go with their master or mistress.The most spectacular royal graves in Urs Royal Cemetery were those of Private Grave 800, belonging to a richly adorned queen identified as Puabi or Pu-abum, approximately 40 years old; and PG 1054 with an unidentified female.

20、The largest death pits were PG 789, called the Kings Grave, and PG 1237, the Great Death Pit. the tomb chamber of 789 had been robbed in antiquity, but its death pit contained the bodies of 63 retainers. PG 1237 held 74 retainers, most of which were four rows of elaborately dressed women arranged ar

21、ound a set of musical instruments.Recent analysis (Baadsgaard and colleagues) of a sample of skulls from several pits at Ur suggests that, rather than being poisoned, the retainers were killed by blunt force trauma, as ritual sacrifices.After they were killed, an attempt was made to preserve the bod

22、ies, using a combination of heat-treatment and the application of mercury; and then the bodies were dressed in their finery and laid in rows in the pits.Archaeology at the City of UrArchaeologists associated with Ur included J.E. Taylor, H.C. Rawlinson, Reginald Campbell Thompson, and, most importan

23、tly, C. Leonard Woolley. Woolleys investigations of Ur lasted 12 years from 1922 and 1934, including five years focusing on the Royal Cemetery of Ur, including the graves of Queen Puabi and King Meskalamdug. One of his primary assistants was Max Mallowan, then married to mystery writer Agatha Christ

24、ie, who visited Ur and based her Hercule Poirot novel Murder in Mesopotamia on the excavations there.Important discoveries at Ur included the Royal Cemetery, where rich Early Dynastic burials were found by Woolley in the 1920s; and thousands of clay tablets impressed with cuneiform writing which des

25、cribe in detail the lives and thoughts of Urs inhabitants.Passage 2：题目：Bonds 债券和利息题型：7 小标题配对题+2 多选题+4 填空题文章大意：第一段：债券的历史起源第二段：债券对政府的作用第三段：债券价格受通货膨胀、利率变化的影响第四段：待补充第五段：不同的债券市场类型第六段：有时候债券不到期就被收回第七段：欧盟国家因为使用同一种货币对某一国家的经济影响参考答案：14-20) 小标题配对题14.vi.15.vii.16.ii.17.iv。18.i。19.viii。20.iii。21-22) 多选题21.A。为重工程基

26、础设施建设筹集资金22.D。pension fund 以此盈利。23-26) 填空23.salt monopoly。古代一个国家在盐垄断的基础上发行债券24.secondary market。是说 pension fund 只能在二级市场进行债券交易25.interest rate。26.quantitative easing。(答案仅供参考)参考文章：Bond InvestingBonds have been around for thousands of years, dating back to as far as 2400 BC. Throughout the centuries, t

27、he use of bonds has grown exponentially, with both governments and companies using these securities for crucial funding. In this piece, we take a brief, but important, look at the history of bond investing, focusing in on the U.S. bond market.The first recorded bond in history dates back to 2400 B.C

28、. a stone discovered at Nippur, in Mesopotamia, now present-day Iraq.This particular bond guaranteed the payment of grain by the principal and the surety bond guaranteed reimbursement if the principal failed to make payment. Corn was the currency of that time period.The first ever government bond wa

29、s issued by the Bank of England in 1693 to raise money to fund a war against France. These first bonds were a mix of both lottery and annuity. An obvious trend appears acrossthe globe, with more and more countries following Englands lead and issuing government bonds to fund wars. In the U.S., the ca

30、se was no different. The first U.S. government bond begins with the Revolutionary War, when the country issued its first bonds to raise money to fight the war. The Treasury offered loan certificates, the equivalent of bonds. In that year, private individuals bought more than $27 million in bonds to

31、finance the war.The first U.S. Treasury bonds, which were initially called “Liberty Bonds,” were issued to fund World War I. In 1917, the First Liberty Loan Act authorized the issue of $5 billion worth of bonds at 3.5 percent interest three weeks after the United States declared war on Germany. Long

32、-term government bonds proved to be a safe haven from the stock market collapse in 1929, a year in which they returned 3.4%. Following the crash and the resulting depression, U.S. bonds logged in impressive returns.During the “Eisenhower Recession,” which was from 1955-1959, long-term government bon

33、d investors lost money four of the five years.During this time frame, rates were steadily rising, putting pressure on government bonds.During the late 1970s and through the 80s, non-investment grade public companies were allowed to issue corporate debt; this followed after bonds suffered deep losses

34、 following two oil shocks, rampant inflation, and rapidly rising rates.Up until this point, only investment grade corporations were allowed to issue public bonds, but if a companys rating happened to fall after the bond was issued, these were still allowed to trade and were called “fallen angels.”In

35、 1977, however, Bear Stearns underwrote the first new-issue junk bond in decades. By 1983, more than one-third of all corporate debt was non-investment grade. By 1989, the junk-bond market grew to $189 billion.In 1994, the unexpected rise in the Federal Reserves short-term rate sparked a massive sel

36、loff in bonds, which was exacerbated by the use of derivatives and leverage.Its estimated that $1 trillion in bond assets were lost.Though one of the first derivatives of debt came in the 80s, with the creation of collateralized debt obligations, these products remained fairly obscure until after 20

37、00. Soon enough, CDOs became more popular, more complex and exponentially riskier, even though these securities often held high credit ratings.From 2000 to 2007, worldwide fixed income exposure doubled in size; responding to increased demands for bond-like securities, Wall Street continued to pump o

38、ut new derivatives, like mortgage-backed securities.After the housing bubble burst, fixed income financial derivatives like CDOs and MBSs took a tremendous hit. Owners of these derivatives were suddenly bleeding money, and stuck with toxic assets no one would touch. Alongside non-investment grade bo

39、nd markets, equity markets also tumbled, forcing U.S. regulators and the Federal Reserve to step in and try to stop the financial crisis.Although bond funds are attractive to investors because of their relative stability and diversification, many of the more conservative offerings in this category o

40、ffer little or no protection from inflation.Simply put, inflation represents the constant increase in the price of goods and services in the economy. Inflation has historically grown at different rates during different periods; for example, it was extremely high under the Carter Administration in th

41、e early 1980s, but has slowed to a crawl in recent years. The prices of some goods and services, such as managed health care and higher education, have also grown much more quickly than other sectors of the economy.But inflation in general serves to reduce the purchasing power of consumers in all ar

42、eas over time.This means that a dollar in 10 years will buy less than it can today. Therefore, a bond fund that pays a steady rate of interest that remains at the same level over time will provide its investors with progressively less spending power in the future. Investors who want to increase thei

43、r purchasing power over time with bond funds can therefore look to the following sectors of the fixed income market.Passage 3：题目：题型：6 单选题+4 句子结尾配对题+4 判断题题号：新题文章大意：待补充参考答案：27-32) 单选题27.C。28.D。29.C。30.D。31.B。32.C。33-36) 句子结尾配对题33.C。34.E。35.D。36.B。37-40) 判断题37.NOT GIVEN。文中没有说哪个人的研究获得更多或更少的支持38.YES。同意替换

44、，popular 替换了 common39.NOT GIVEN。40.NO。关亍开车的研究结果并不让人惊讶。(答案仅供参考)4月7日雅思听力真题回忆：Section 1场景： 酒店咨询题型：10 表格填空参考答案：1-10) Table Completion1 there is a big screen provided in the ball room2 please contact the manager for the booking requirements3 popular activity: cooking4 you can see the forest nearby5 recom

45、mend month to go is June6 special: get a rose7 performance by a famous singer8 local band will be there to do live music9 will organize an exhibition for local arts10 the earliest day to go exhibition this Friday (答案仅供参考)Section 2场景: 主题公园题型：6 选择 4 匹配参考答案：11-16) Multiple Choice11 when does ride open

46、in the park open?A 9.00 B 9.30 C 10.0012 how much does the family fast line track ticket cost if booked online?A 78 B 95 C 11313the suggestion of lake in the park water-ride 需要注意什么? A camera B go there in summer C take waterproof clothes14rollercoaster 特别之处?A its material B the changing speed C fami

47、ly design 15 what should they bring to eat?A buy some snack B sit in a cafe C take some food and go for picnic 16 what the activity recommond for one day trip? C stay and see fireworks17-20) Matching17 cowboy show ride - not wait at a long queue line18 driving school ride - only for small child19 ro

48、llercoaster - the most frightening one20 magic show ride - some surprise at the end (答案仅供参考)Section 3场景：讨论实验课题型：6 匹配，4 地图参考答案：21 course of steam engine - b) too difficult22 breakfast cereal - e) cheap23 bounce balls - c) easy to understand24 paper making - a) very boring25 tie water experiment - h) take longer than usual to do26 extract glue from milk - f) immediate result27-3027 metal container - F28 integ