本书作者根据历年雅思阅读考题，对出题的范围进行了总结，把涉及的题材大体分为十二大类别：(1)自然现象，(2)人类历史上的重大事件，(3)交通运输，(4)语言，(5)环境保护，(6)动物，(7)建筑，(8)社会问题，(9)医疗卫生，(10)农、工、商，(11)教育，(12)科学技术。本书的阅读训练部分就是按照这十二个专题分单元编写的，每个单元包括五篇由短到长的文章，每个单元的练习都覆盖各种常见题型。这样的编写让考生对每个专题都能得到充分的阅读训练，从而熟悉这一专题可能涉及的词汇、表达方式和出题方式。这样，在真正的考试中，就不会因为对题材感到生疏而影响阅读速度。

为了方便考生掌握相关词汇，本书在每一篇文章后都附了选篇所涉及的词汇，相应的词汇在选篇中也用斜体标出，便于考生直接查阅。因为每个专题涉及的词汇并非五篇文章所能涵盖，所以本书还特别编写了专题分类词汇学习手册，把与每个专题密切相关的词汇以英汉对照的方式列出，做成口袋书随书附赠，便于考生随身携带，随时随地查阅、记忆。

Introduction雅思阅读考试简介

 一、雅思阅读考试简介

 二、如何提高雅思阅读能力

 三、雅思阅读考试解题技巧

IELTS Reading Activities

Unit One Natural Phenomena (自然现象)

 Reading Passage 1: Earthquakes in History

 Reading Passage 2: E1 Nino's

 Reading Passage 3: Storms

 Reading Passage 4: Coasts in Crisis

 Reading Passage 5: Mount Saint Helens

Unit Two Important Events in Human History (人类历史上的重大事件)

 Reading Passage 1: The History of Coins

 Reading Passage 2: The Olympic Games

 Reading Passage 3: The Story of Aviation

 Reading Passage 4: History of the Wheel

 Reading Passage 5: The Mystery of Time

Unit Three Transportation (交通运输)

 Reading Passage 1: Rally for a Car-free Prospect Park

 Reading Passage 2: Capacity Problems of Public Transportation System

 Reading Passage 3: Teen Driving Safety: A National Priority

 Reading Passage 4: Chicago Area Is Not Alone in Transit Woes, Survey Says

 Reading Passage 5: When Public Transit Ceases to Be Public

Unit Four Language (语言)

 Reading Passage 1: Language, Culture, and Health Care Delivery

 Reading Passage 2: Critical Period

 Reading Passage 3: Languages of the World

 Reading Passage 4: Babbling

 Reading Passage 5: Baby Talk

Unit Five Environmental Protection (环境保护)

 Reading Passage 1: A Growing Coral Crisis

 Reading Passage 2: Acid Rain: What's the Solution?

 Reading Passage 3: Paper Recycling Process Benefits Environment and Profits

 Reading Passage 4: Handle with Care

 Reading Passage 5: Is the World Really Coming to an End?

Unit Six Animals (动物)

 Reading Passage 1: The Animal Kingdom

 Reading Passage 2: Life in the Water

 Reading Passage 3: Bandit Birds: Crows

 Reading Passage 4: Bees

 Reading Passage 5: The ABC's of Adaptation: Staying Alive

Unit Seven Architecture (建筑)

 Reading Passage 1: A New Expansion Plan of the Whitney Museum of American Art

 Reading Passage 2: Forgotten Designers: Homes Built by Women

 Reading Passage 3: Students Master the Art of Building

 Reading Passage 4: Heads up! Roofs in Traditional Chinese Architecture

 Reading Passage 5: A Brief Introduction to Traditional Chinese Architecture

Unit Eight Social Issues (社会问题)

 Reading Passage 1: Rising Fuel Prices

 Reading Passage 2: What Goes Wrong with Our Math Education?

 Reading Passage 3: University Teachers Became Jobless

 Reading Passage 4: Rising Food Prices

 Reading Passage 5: World Bank's Poverty Estimates Revised

Unit Nine Medical Science (医疗卫生)

 Reading Passage 1: Smoking and Cancer

 Reading Passage 2: A Map for Smart Eating

 Reading Passage 3: AIDS: the Nation's Worst Public-health Problem

 Reading Passage 4: Identical Twins

 Reading Passage 5: Genes

Unit Ten Agriculture, Industry and Commerce (农、工、商)

 Reading Passage 1: Paper and Its Uses

 Reading Passage 2: Personnel Recruiting

 Reading Passage 3: Business Ethics

 Reading Passage 4: Scientists Make Plants Grow Faster

 Reading Passage 5: Glass

Unit Eleven Education (教育)

 Reading Passage 1: Teacher-pupil Relations in the Digital Age

 Reading Passage 2: Melbourne University Private

 Reading Passage 3: Computers Change Learning

 Reading Passage 4: The Diploma Program

 Reading Passage 5: Music on the Mind

Unit Twelve Science and Technology (科学技术)

 Reading Passage 1: Voice Recognition Goes Real

 Reading Passage 2: Tomorrow's Telephones

 Reading Passage 3: Office Space: Designing Your Next Office

 Reading Passage 4: Millennium Seed Bank Project

 Reading Passage 5: Upward Bound: Tales of Space Station Alpha

IELTS Reading Tests雅思阅读模拟试题

 Test 1

  Reading Passage 1: Where Have All the Bees Gone?

  Reading Passage 2: Rocking the House

  Reading Passage 3: Sweeeet! The Skinny on Sugar Substitutes

 Test 2

  Reading Passage 1: Chew for Health

  Reading Passage 2: How Do Animals Spend the Winter?

  Reading Passage 3: Who Built the Pyramids and Why?

 Test 3

  Reading Passage 1: Sleepwalking--Fact or Fancy

  Reading Passage 2: Born Bad?

  Reading Passage 3: Hothouse Earth

Answer Key 答案

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