雅思阅读真题及答案：rainwaterharvesting雅思阅读真题：rainwater harvestingReading Passage 1Title：村庄储存雨水的活动 Rainwater harvesting (旧)Question types:Short Answer Questions 6YES/ NO/ NOT GIVEN 8文章内容：雨水回收系统。

一个干旱地区，主要是描述一个村庄发展了一种储水系统进行雨水的收集。

文章分析：Rainwater harvestingFor two years southern Sri Lanka suffered a prolonged drought, described by locals as "the worst in 50 years". Some areas didn't see a successful crop for four or five consecutive seasons. Livestock died，water in wells dropped to dangerously low levels, children were increasingly malnourished and school attendance has fallen. Anestimated 1.6 million people were affected.A Muthukandiya is a village in Moneragaladistrict, one of the drought-stricken areas in the "dry zone" of southern Sri Lanka (斯里兰卡), where half the country's population of18 million lives. Rainfall in the area varies greatly from year to year, often bringing e某treme dry spells in between monsoons (季风).But this drought was much worse than usual. Despite some rain inNovember, only half of Moneragala's 1,400 tube wells were in workingorder by March. The drought devastated supplies of rice and freshwaterfish, the staple diet of inland villages. Many local industries closed downand villagers headed for the towns in search of work.B The villagers of Muthukandiya arrived in the 1970s as part of agovernment resettlement scheme. Each family was given si某 acres ofland,with no irrigation system. Because crop production, which relies entirelyon rainfall, is insufficient to support most families, the village economyrelies on men and women working as day-labourers in nearby sugar-caneplantations. Three wells have been dug to provide domestic water, butthese run dry for much of the year. Women and children may spendseveral hours each day walking up to three miles (five kilometres) to fetchwater for drinking, washing and cooking. (部分文章节选)雅思阅读真题题目解析：rainwater harvestingQ1-6: 简答题 ( NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS)1. What is the major way for local people make barely a support of living in Muthukandiya village?Crop production B段第三行2. Where can adult workers make e某tra money from in daytime? Sugar-cane plantations3. What have been dug to supply water for daily household life? Three wells4. In which year did the plan of a new project to lessen the effect of drought begin?19985. Where do the gutters and pipes collect rainwater from?roofs of houses6. What help family obtain more water for domestic needs than those relying on only wells and ponds?Storage tanksQ7-14: YES/NO/NOT GIVEN7. NGMost of the government's actions and other programs have somewhatfailed.8. YESMasons were trained for the constructing parts of the rainwater harvesting system.9. NOThe cost of rainwater harvesting systems was shared by local villagers and the local government.10. YESTanks increase both the amount and quality of the water for domestic use.11. NOTo send her daughter to school, a widow had to work for a job in rainwater harvesting scheme.12. NOT GIVENHouseholds benefited began to pay part of the maintenance or repairs.13. NOT GIVENTraining two masons at the same time is much more preferable to training single one.14. NOOther organizations had built tanks larger in size than the tanks built in Muthukandya.雅思阅读--自答自问的游戏雅思与其它标准考试(如GRE)不同，它仅考查语言。

这对于考试者意味着什么呢?这表明，雅思考试并不考查你的推理能力。

这一规律怎样应用呢?虽然有时你会被问到出题者不会给你提供信息然后让你基于这些信息得出结论。

相反，他们给你提供信息并问你这些信息。

基本上，他们都是让你重复刚刚给你的信息。

答案就在你眼前......一篇文章的主题或为这篇文章选一个合适的标题，但绝大多数的问题都会关注文章中给出的细节信息。

你要做的仅是把他提供的信息再重复给他。

你不会被要求基于这些信息得出结论。

以下面的摘录为例：“Research in Britain has shown that “green consumers” continue to flourish as a significant group amongst shoppers. This suggests that politicians who claim environmentalism is yesterday’s issue may be seriously misjudging the public mood.” Based upon this passage, you will never be asked a question like:“There has been a continued presence of “green consumers” in the British market because of …”A. the rise of the Green party.B. Concern with global warmingC. Fear of Mad Cow DiseaseD. Concern with general state of environment这些答案都没有的文章中出现。

所以，雅思考试绝不会问这类问题。

相反，他们会问这样的问题：“Politicians may have “misjudged the public mood” because…”A. they are pre-occupied with the recession and financial problems.B. There is more widespread interest in the environmental agenda than they anticipated.C. Consumer spending has increased significantly as a result of “green” pressure.D. Shoppers are displeased with government policies on a range of issues.正如文中所说，政治家们认为消费者不再关心环境问题是他们错误判断了民意。