Introduction雅思阅读考试简介 1
一、雅思阅读考试简介 2
二、如何提高雅思阅读能力 4
三、雅思阅读考试解题技巧 5
IELTS Reading Activities雅思阅读专题训练 13
Unit One Natural Phenomena（自然现象） 14
Reading Passage 1:Earthquakes in History 14
Reading Passage 2:El Nino's 16
Reading Passage 3:Storms 18
Reading Passage 4:Coasts in Crisis 20
Reading Passage 5:Mount Saint Helens 23
Unit Two Important Events in Human History（人类历史上的重大事件） 27
Reading Passage 1:The History of Coins 27
Reading Passage 2:The Olympic Games 28
Reading Passage 3:The Story of Aviation 31
Reading Passage 4:History of the Wheel 34
Reading Passage 5:The Mystery of Time 36
Unit Three Transportation（交通运输） 39
Reading Passage 1:Rally for a Car-free Prospect Park 39
Reading Passage 2:Capacity Problems of Public Transportation System 41
Reading Passage 3:Teen Driving Safety:A National Priority 43
Reading Passage 4:Chicago Area Is Not Alone in Transit Woes,Survey Says 47
Reading Passage 5:When Public Transit Ceases to Be Public 49
Unit Four Language（语言） 53
Reading Passage 1:Language,Culture,and Health Care Delivery 53
Reading Passage 2:Critical Period 55
Reading Passage 3:Languages of the World 58
Reading Passage 4:Babbling 62
Reading Passage 5:Baby Talk 65
Unit Five Environmental Protection（环境保护） 69
Reading Passage 1:A Growing Coral Crisis 69
Reading Passage 2:Acid Rain:What's the Solution? 71
Reading Passage 3:Paper Recycling Process Benefits Environment and Profits 74
Reading Passage 4:Handle with Care 77
Reading Passage 5:Is the World Really Coming to an End? 80
Unit Six Animals（动物） 85
Reading Passage 1:The Animal Kingdom 85
Reading Passage 2:Life in the Water 87
Reading Passage 3:Bandit Birds:Crows 90
Reading Passage 4:Bees 93
Reading Passage 5:The ABC's of Adaptation:Staying Alive 96
Unit Seven Architecture（建筑） 101
Reading Passage 1:A New Expansion Plan of the Whitney Museum of American Art 101
Reading Passage 2:Forgotten Designers:Homes Built by Women 103
Reading Passage 3:Students Master the Art of Building 105
Reading Passage 4:Heads up!Roofs in Traditional Chinese Architecture 108
Reading Passage 5:A Brief Introduction to Traditional Chinese Architecture 112
Unit Eight Social Issues（社会问题） 116
Reading Passage 1:Rising Fuel Prices 116
Reading Passage 2:What Goes Wrong with Our Math Education? 118
Reading Passage 3:University Teachers Became Jobless 120
Reading Passage 4:Rising Food Prices 123
Reading Passage 5:World Bank's Poverty Eslimates Revised 126
Unit Nine Medical Science（医疗卫生） 131
Reading Passage 1:Smoking and Cancer 131
Reading Passage 2:A Map for Smart Eating 133
Reading Passage 3:AIDS:the Nation's Worst Public-health Problem 137
Reading Passage 4:Identical Twins 140
Reading Passage 5:Genes 142
Unit Ten Agriculture,Industry and Commerce（农、工、商） 146
Reading Passage 1:Paper and Its Uses 146
Reading Passage 2:Personnel Recruiting 148
Reading Passage 3:Business Ethics 150
Reading Passage 4:Scientists Make Plants Grow Faster 153
Reading Passage 5:Glass 155
Unit Eleven Education（教育） 159
Reading Passage 1:Teacher-pupil Relations in the Digital Age 159
Reading Passage 2:Melboume University Private 162
Reading Passage 3:Computers Change Learning 165
Reading Passage 4:The Diploma Program 168
Reading Passage 5:Music on the Mind 172
Unit Twelve Science and Technology（科学技术） 178
Reading Passage 1:Voice Recognition Goes Real 178
Reading Passage 2:Tomorrow's Telephones 180
Reading Passage 3:Office Space：Designing Your Next Office 182
Reading Passage 4:Millennium Seed Bank Project 185
Reading Passage 5:Upward Bound:Tales of Space Station Alpha 188
IELTS Reading Tests雅恩阅读模拟试题 191
Test 1 192
Reading Passage 1:Where Have All the Bees Gone? 192
Reading Passage 2:Rocking the House 195
Reading Passage 3:Sweeeet!The Skinny on Sugar Substitutes 199
Test 2 203
Reading Passage 1:Chew for Health 203
Reading Passage 2:How Do Animals Spend the Winter? 206
Reading Passage 3:Who Built the Pyramids and Why? 209
Test 3 215
Reading Passage 1:Sleepwalking—Fact or Fancy 215
Reading Passage 2:Born Bad? 218
Reading Passage 3:Hothouse Earth 222
Answer Key答案 226
IELTS Reading Activities 226
IELTS Reading Tests 232
IELTS Reading Answer Sheet 234