1、雅思（听力）模拟试卷 10 及答案与解析 一、 Listening Module (30 minutes they turned out to belong to an iguanodon and another completely new dinosaur, subsequently called Neovenator, meaning “new hunter“. On my first Fossil Walk a piece of dinosaur rib bone was found, and the day before, four dinosaur bones were disco
2、vered as well as a large prehistoric crocodile tooth. Even if you are not lucky enough to find bits of dinosaur, there are 110 million-year-old shells and fossilised wood to be collected. Our guide was not only extremely knowledgeable but also endlessly patient as he identified a steady stream of sa
3、ndstone and flint with a few fossils thrown in. Back at the museum there is stacks for kids to do: three different activity sheets and lots of interactive exhibits. The touchy-feely game was a big hit. It revealed a sauropod claw, fossilised dinosaur poo. Its great fun for the kids to make their par
4、ents feel this! And then there is the cast of a Tyrannosaurus brain, which is remarkable for its smallness. Smells from the dinosaurs world were much enjoyed too-rotting corpse, pine forest, swamp and carnivore breath. The last was particularly yucky in my opinion. An interactive map shows where the
5、 localitys five main dinosaurs were found, along with a second map indicating their global spread. Upstairs, there is a reconstruction of the Sandown pterosaur, which was unearthed close to the museum and its fossils, along with information about the areas own tyrannosaurus, discovered in 1995-about
6、 half the size of T Rex and called Eotyrannus Lengi-as well as loads of dino-related art activities. Unfortunately, there are currently no refreshments available on site, but there is a mini-golf course next to the museum which has a cafe. The museum is fully wheelchair accessible. Let me just give
7、you the admission details. Dinosaur Isle and Fossil Walk are both open daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., April to October, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., November-March. Adult tickets are 4.75, children under 15 pay 2.75. Theres also a family ticket available for two adults and two children, which costs 13. Students
8、 and retirees pay 3.75. The two-hour guided dinosaur walk is included in the ticket price. Finally, Ill let you know how to get there. Despite the name, Dinosaur Isle isnt actually an island. From the university, take bus number 30, which I believe stops right outside the main gate. Is that right? Y
9、es? Thank you. The bus stops almost directly in front of the museum, and you cant miss that be, cause it has a big plastic T Rex outside! If youre going as a group of more than eight, please telephone in advance. A group discount is available if you do, but not if you arrive unannounced. The phone n
10、umber is 019 40434, and theres a website too-. 11 【正确答案】 dinosaurs footprint 12 【正确答案】 dinosaur fossils 13 【正确答案】 full-size/full size 14 【正确答案】 new hunter 15 【正确答案】 B 16 【正确答案】 E 17 【正确答案】 F 18 【正确答案】 under 15 19 【正确答案】 main gate 20 【正确答案】 discount 21 【听力原文】 Interviewer: Welcome to our University Ra
11、dio programme entitled “Leaping the Language Barrier“. My guests today are Tony Wu, a Masters student from China, Susan Hall, International Student Liaison, and Wendy Clark, Head of the ESL Unit here at the university. Tony, youre starting your Masters degree in a few weeks, arent you? Tony Wu: Yes,
12、 I am. Ill be taking a Masters in Computing. Like many overseas students, I found the selection process tough. Making the transition from undergraduate studies to postgraduate research is hard enough for a native speaker, but my lack of fluency in English was a bigger hurdle. So, I decided to take a
13、 pre-Masters course. Interviewer: Susan, are these courses popular? Susan Hall: Not at the moment, but each year, over 100000 overseas students apply to study for a postgraduate degree in this country. Many of these students, like Tony, need to work on their English to get the maximum benefit from t
14、heir time here. Paying full fees, these students represent a significant source of income for the universities. As a result, a growing number of universities and private colleges are offering foundation or pre-Masters courses. The pre-Masters courses are designed to bridge the gap between undergradu
15、ate studies and a postgraduate degree taught in English. Tony Wu: Thats right. I won my place on the Masters course after attending a nine-month pre-masters programme at the International Foundation College, a private language and study skills school approved by universities in this country. Intervi
16、ewer: Wendy, youre an ESL professional. How useful are these courses? Wendy Clark: Very useful indeed. As Susan said, many students come here with some English, but not really enough to take full advantage of having an education in an English-speaking country. Pre-Masters courses bring language prof
17、iciency up to a more acceptable level. Students develop language skills through classroom interaction and by being part of the wider community, living among native English speakers. Interviewer: Tony, how successful were the other students on your course? Tony Wu: The IFC pre-Masters course started
18、in January with 28 students, all from China. All but five gained places on university Masters courses. The IFC was very happy with the success rate. Interviewer: Wendy, Tony didnt do his course here, but this university does have a pre-Masters course, doesnt it? Wendy Clark: Yes, it does. In this co
19、untry, at least a dozen universities now run courses specially designed to cater for the needs of students from overseas regions-particularly Russia, Japan, China, East and South Asia. On top of that, private colleges are starting to enter the market, although most stick to what they do best-improvi
20、ng students English language test scores. Last year, we prepared 80 foreign students-mostly from China, South East Asia, Iran and the, former Soviet republics-for masters degrees at universities in this country. Studied over an academic year, the course is demanding. Students from a range of discipl
21、ines are taught by a subject specialist, with an English language teacher working alongside to review students comprehension and written work. The course culminates in a mini dissertation prepared over four months. Interviewer: Did you find that difficult, Tony? Tony Wu: I certainly did! Wendy Clark
22、: I believe that a pre-Masters course should do a lot more than boost language skills. Its also about preparing students from different cultural backgrounds to succeed in the academic world. We prepare them to look at a variety of sources, anal-yse the pros and cons, put forward their own ideas, cha
23、llenge their tutors and take part in rigorous discussion. Interviewer: Wendy, has the course nm at this university been successful? Wendy Clark: The results here speak for themselves. The one-year pre-Masters programme has a 90% success rate and a smattering of students go on to Harvard, Yale, Oxfor
24、d and Cambridge as well as other prestigious institutions. However, at 9000, the course fee is on a par with the full fee for a Masters programme itself. Interviewer: Susan, do you have any reservations about these programmes? Susan: Not here at our university, but I am unhappy at what I see as a la
25、ck of control over the proliferation of pre-Masters programmes. Some form of external validation is needed, as there is no universal recognition of the quality of such courses. There is a benchmark system for access to higher education courses for domestic students, but so far there is no nationwide
26、 benchmark for foundation courses for international students. Interviewer: Thank you all very much. Next week, Ill be talking to. 21 【正确答案】 D 22 【正确答案】 lack of fluency 23 【正确答案】 significant source 24 【正确答案】 develop language skills 25 【正确答案】 C 26 【正确答案】 B 27 【正确答案】 B 28 【正确答案】 challenge 29 【正确答案】 ful
27、l 30 【正确答案】 nationwide benchmark 31 【听力原文】 Welcome everybody. My name is Derek Fisher and Ill be taking you through this talk on a truly amazing discovery made by my team of researchers last year. As Im sure you know, we discovered Tiktaalik rosae, a so-called “missing link“ in the evolutionary proc
28、ess-a fish that walked on land. We made this extraordinary discovery in the Canadian Arctic. I should emphasise fight at the beginning that I do not have any evidence to suggest that this was the only such fish to make the leap from the sea to the land. I think that further discoveries may await res
29、earchers. Anyway, the fossil discovery illuminates a chapter in the history of life on Earth that was essential to the ultimate emergence of human beings. This is an impression of Tiktaalik roseae, which, we believe, lived about 375 million years ago. As you can see, it has features that blur the di
30、stinction between fish and terrestrial limbed creatures. The fossils that we found on Ellesmere Island, 600 miles from the North Pole, are a fine example of evolution in action. They have allowed us to freeze-frame a process of adaptation to land that took tens of millions of years, and which made p
31、ossible the development of all the mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians that have existed since. Without creatures such as Tiktaalik there would have been no dinosaurs, no primitive mammals and none of the hominids such as Australopithecus africanus and Homo erectus that started the human family
32、tree. This animal represents the transition from water to land-the part of history that includes ourselves. Its as much a part of our history as, say, Australopithecus africanus. Now, you can see those teeth. From that, it is clear to us that Tiktaalik roseae was a predator with sharp teeth and a he
33、ad shaped like a crocodiles that grew to between four feet and nine feet-thats between 1.2 metres and 2.7 metres long for those of you using the metric system! We named it after consultation with elders from the Inuit people, who are native to the region, who suggested their word for “large shallow-
34、water fish“. The second part of the name honours the person who funded our research, but wishes to remain anonymous. It had several remarkable anatomical features that show it was capable not only of wading in shallow water, like slightly earlier fish on the cusp of the move to land, but also of sup
35、porting itself outside the water in the manner of four-limbed animals or tetrapods. This is where Tiktaalik truly blurs the boundary between fish and land animals. This animal is both fish and tetrapod. At first, we jokingly call it a “fishapod“. Unlike fish, it had a clearly defined neck and a stro
36、ng ribcage that would have enabled it to stand outside water. Its pectoral fins had a wrist joint, which enabled it to crawl on the ground. This wrist is sufficiently similar to that of later animals, including human beings, to suggest that Tiktaalik or something very like it was an ancestor of all
37、subsequent land animals. However, we cannot be sure of that. When we tall about the fishs wrist, were talking about the origin of parts of our own wrist. It is absolutely clear from Tiktaaliks skeleton that it could support itself in shallow water or on land. This is why it represents a critical ear
38、ly phase in the evolution of all limbed animals, including humans. We found the Tiktaalik fossils in 2004 after a five-year search of a rock formation on Ellesmere Island, one of the large islands that comprise the north of Canada. This site was chosen because it was-or more exactly the rocks were-l
39、aid down during the late Devonian period, between 380 million and 365 million years ago, when the transition of fish from sea creatures to creatures that could survive on land is known to have taken place. It may surprise you to know that although the rocks are now within the Arctic Circle, in the l
40、ate Devonian they lay close to the Equator. We, as individual humans, dont notice plate movements because dramatic changes can only be seen over millions of years, but the continents as we know them today have moved considerably and will continue to do so. This exciting discovery is providing a much
41、 deeper understanding of this evolutionary milestone. Previous fossils representing this evolutionary event have really been fish with a few land characteristics, or land vertebrates with a few residual fish characteristics. These fossils show an animal that sits bang in the middle. Now, lets move on to. 31 【正确答案】 missing link 32 【正确答案】 375 million years 33 【正确答案】 North Pole (NB: capital letters not required) 34 【正确答案】 sharp teeth 35 【正确答案】 1.2-2.7 36 【正确答案】 clearly defined 37 【正确答案】 strong 38 【正确答案】 wrist joint 39 【正确答案】 5/five years 40 【正确答案】 near (the) equator
