2010年雅思考试考前模拟题（4）

Several aspects of language development discussed in Reading Passage 3 are listed below. #

　　Match each aspect with the appropriate model from the box below, according to the information in the Reading Passage. Write the appropriate letter (A,B,C,or D) in boxes 33-36 on your answer sheet.

　　Aspects of language development #

　　Answer #

　　Example      Population of territory                 A #

　　33. "wave" model #

　　34. Romance languages #

　　35. proto-Indo-European #

　　36. European languages #

　　Models #

　　A     Colonization C     Convergence

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　　B     Divergence D     Replacement #

　　Questions 37-39

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　　Answer the following questions using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS, according to the information in the Reading Passage. Write your answers in boxes 37-39 on your answer sheet. #

　　37. What are three ways in which the languages of Europe are related?

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　　38. On what basis does the author decide that Chinese and Japanese are not related to European languages?

　　39. According to the tree model, what was the original proto-language for English?

　　1.    E

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　　2.    I

　　3.    F #

　　4.    A #

　　5.    C

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　　6.    H #

　　7.    circadian rhythms.

　　8.    (an) early lunch

　　9.    opportunities // challenges // challenges and opportunities #

　　10.   (likely) immediate future // immediate past #

　　11.   himself // herself

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　　12.   others // other people // outside causes // faults of others #

　　13.   (its) appropriate cause(s)

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　　Reading Passage 2                        The Muang Faai Irrigation System …… #

　　14.    B #

　　15.    E #

　　16.    I

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　　17.    G #

　　18.    L #

　　19.    J

　　20.    two correct out of :    vegetables, herbal medicines, herbs, wood #

　　21.    two correct out of :    rice, beans, corn, (native) vegetables

　　22.    two correct out of :    pigs, ducks, chickens #

　　23.    (wet) rice / (fish)

　　24.    E, A, D [any order] #

　　25.    Two correct out of :    F, A, C [any order] #

　　Reading Passage 3                The Origins of Indo-European Languages

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　　26.    A

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　　27.    L

　　28.    C

　　29.    G #

　　30.    J #

　　31.    I

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　　32.    D #

　　33.    C

　　34.    B

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　　35.    D #

　　36.    B #

　　37.    vocabulary, grammar, phonology [all three must be correct] #

　　38.    comparison of words/vocabulary/numbers/features // compare (the) words #

　　39.    proto-Indo-European #