1、雅思（阅读）模拟试卷 15 及答案与解析 一、 Reading Module (60 minutes) 1 READING PASSAGE 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13, which are based on Reading Passage 1 below. From Sunny D and Pizza to Bread and Water A Another bad week in a bad month for the food and drink industry. Sunny Delight, formerl
2、y the UKs third largest-selling drink, is to be taken off the shelves by Asda after plummeting sales, the supermarket said at the weekend. Yesterday it was the turn of Northern Foods, makers of biscuits, pies, pizzas and ready meals, to admit that the trend to healthier food was causing it problems.
3、 The companys chief executive, Pat ODriscoll, issued its second profits warning in two months as its biscuit sales slumped by 12% year on year in January and February, and pastry sales by 11%. Shares felt 17% to a five-year low of 1.08p. B The National Consumer Councils food expert, Sue Dibb, said t
4、he news showed companies would have to change to survive. “It looks as though weve reached the tipping point on food. Our research showed that two-thirds of consumers have made changes to what they eat in the last year. Supermarkets are getting competitive about health. Companies are having to wake
5、up or lose their customers.“ Foods analyst Clive Black, of Shore Capital, said that a “sea-change“ in eating habits was behind the industrys problems. “Anyone who hasnt reatised over recent years that fruit and veg are good and doughnuts and cream cakes are bad must have been living on the moon,“ he
6、 said. “But over the past year or so the penny really seems to have dropped.“ C Like other supermarket groups, Asda said it had seen a marked change in buying patterns in the past year. “Customers want more natural and authentic products,“ Jon Bett, the trading manager for chilled drinks, said. “The
7、 market for carbonated drinks has declined 7 to 8% in the last year, white the juice market has doubled and water sales have grown phenomenally.“ The trend had been driven by media coverage and the “Jamie Oliver effect“, he added. D The decline of Sunny Delight is matched by the fall of other soft d
8、rinks-two weeks ago Britvic admitted a “severe decline“ in sates of its carbonated drinks, which include Tango, 7UP and Pepsi-although the fate of the Sunny D brand has attracted particular schadenfreude. Sunny Delight burst on to the market in 1998 and reached the league table of top brands in 1999
9、 by setting itself as a healthy drink, although its original recipe was only 5% juice with plenty of sugar and water as well as vegetable oil, thickeners, added vitamins, flavourings and colourings. E The health watchdog the Food Commission accused then owners Proctor and Gamble of a con for setting
10、 it from fridge cabinets. In 1999 paediatrician Duncan Cameron reported a new and alarming condition in the medical journals: Sunny Delight syndrome. A girt of five had turned blight yellow after drinking five litres a day. She was overdosing on betacarotene, the additive used to give the drink its
11、orange cutout, and the pigment was being deposited in her skin. The marketing dream turned to a nightmare: by coincidence television adverts at the time showed two white snowmen raiding the fridge for Sunny D and turning bright orange. Its collapse was as dramatic as its rise to fame, and Gerber Foo
12、ds Soft Drinks, which bought distribution rights to the brand in 2005, has been unable to reverse its fortunes despite efforts to reduce the sugar content, change the recipe and introduce new variations, including a bright green apple and kiwi flavour. F Kath Dalmeny, the food commissions senior pol
13、icy adviser, greeted the news of Sunny Ds delisting with satisfaction. “There is no appetite any more for products that claim to be healthy but have no real nutritional value. Sunny Delight didnt live up to its claims and parents have seen through that kind of marketing.“ Gerber Foods Soft Drinks sa
14、id Sunny D was suffering from an inherited and unjustified image problem. The marketing director, Rob Spencer, told the Grocer magazine: “in Asda, two thirds of our sales come from no added sugar versions, which are up by 1% year on year.“ G But market research figures from the company AC Nielsen sh
15、ow that the pressure on Sunny Delight and Northern Foods is part of a wider trend. Sales of pizzas and frozen foods felt by 9.2% last year. Most products seen as unhealthy declined-confectionery by 3.1%, bagged snacks by 1.2%, and carbonated soft drinks by 1.7%, -while those seen as healthy boomed.
16、Drinking yoghurts were up 51%, juices 15.6% and water 9.4%. Ethical investment analysts EIRIS recently listed leading food manufacturers according to the percentage of turnover derived from products which fart into the unhealthy category. It said Unilever, Kraft Foods, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, McDonalds
17、and Cadbury Schweppes had the highest risk of suffering a backlash. 1 Questions 1-4 The text has 7 paragraphs (A G). Which paragraph contains each of the following pieces of information? 1 Most consumers have changed their eating habits over the last year. 2 The suggestion that parents are more awar
18、e of how advertisers try to sell products. 3 The ingredients of a once-popular drink. 4 A description of an advertisement. 5 Questions 5-8 Complete the following sentences using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the text 5 Shops are becoming more _ about stocking healthy food and drink products. 6 Sunny
19、 Delight was originally marketed as a _. 7 Gerber Foods soft Drinks has the _ for Sunny Delight. 8 The most dramatic change in consumption has been for _. 9 Questions 9-13 Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1? TRUE if the information in the text agrees wi
20、th the statement FALSE if the information in the text contradicts the statement NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this 9 Most of the foods produced by Northern Foods are healthy. （ A）真 （ B）假 （ C） NOT GIVEN 10 Duncan Cameron is a doctor. （ A）真 （ B）假 （ C） NOT GIVEN 11 Rob Spencer works for Asda.
21、 （ A）真 （ B）假 （ C） NOT GIVEN 12 Sales of Coca-Cola are declining in Britain. （ A）真 （ B）假 （ C） NOT GIVEN 13 Fast food companies are looking to developing countries to increase their profits. （ A）真 （ B）假 （ C） NOT GIVEN 14 READING PASSAGE 2 You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14-26, which are
22、 based on Reading Passage 2 below NO Growing Pains For Daniel Radcliffe A You know those tales of lost youth that spring from actors who are too successful too soon? You will probably not hear any about Daniel Radcliffe, who conjures up his alter-ego Harry Potter for the fourth boy-wizard film saga,
23、 “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,“ opening Nov. 18 (after its premiere Saturday in New York City). “If childhood is being surrounded by people who you love being around and being incredibly happy, then I absolutely have had that,“ he says. “Its been a bizarre childhood. Its been strange, but it
24、s been great.“ B Radcliffe, now an articulate 16-year-old, has not been arrested, has not warred wish his parents over his millions now tucked away, or thrown hissy fits on the set. What in the name of Macaulay Culkin is going on? “They all know exactly what theyre worth,“ “Goblet“ director Mike New
25、ell says of Radcliffe and co-stars Emma Watson and Rupert Grint, “but they have not become impossible,“ Radcliffe became a global icon as a 10-year-old when be won a worldwide casting call to breathe life into the hero from J,K Rowlings best-selling fantasy books. Despite endless adoration, he seems
26、 to be avoiding that notorious fraternity of thespian lads who turn rotten. C In a one-one-one conversation at a London hotel, the 5-foot-7 Radcliffe, without those H.P spectacles, emerges as very much a boy, but with a showmans polish that no abracadabra could evoke when he first wielded a magic wa
27、nd. He makes small talk before the first question is popped and, later, in a press conference, works the room like a professional comedian. He has never been stung by a bad review or an unflattering portrait. Thats because hes never read any of his press. His parents, Alan Radcliffe and Marcia Gresh
28、am, have provided a magic carpet ride into puberty by protecting him from both the adulation and the evisceration. D Radcliffe remains blissfully ignorant of his riches as well-reported to be next in line behind fellow young Brits Charlotte Church and Prince Harry. “To be honest, I dont actually kno
29、w how much at this point,“ Radcliffe says. “I dont, really. In a way, I think thats right. Its not something that affects the way I think about things.“ Radcliffes Groucho-eyebrow-draped blue eyes lock in without trepidation. Although he gives relatively few interviews, he does not flinch at potenti
30、ally awkward questions, either. He is the kind of millionaire action-figure boy-next-door with whom youd like to take your teen daughter out for a soda. Radcliffe wears a striped-green dress shirt, and his only accessory is Iris publicist and longtime family friend Vanessa Davies. E Except for premi
31、eres, Radcliffes family employs no bodyguards, according to the actor. At school, the hubbub over his presence dies down after a few weeks. Fan interest “never got too aggressive,“ he says. “I know there are people who are slightly obsessed, but it doesnt really worry me too much. As long as it stay
32、s at the pitch it is now. Occasionally you meet someone slightly worrying, but I never really feel in danger.“ The security issue that absorbs him at the moment is longevity as an actor. For the first time since he began the “Harry Potter“ instalments, Radcliffe is set to work on another feature, “D
33、ecember Boys,“ a coming-of-age tale in which he plays an orphan. It begins shooting in Australia in December. F Taking a cue from one of Iris idols, Gary Oldman, who plays Harrys godfather Sirius Black in the Potter movies, Radcliffe wants to forge various onscreen personas. “If I was to complete th
34、e series without having done anything else during that time, it would be harder to be seen as anything else,“ he says. “Its just showing people I can do other things.“ At the moment, Radcliffe is preparing for the fifth Potter edition, “The Flight of the Phoenix.“ It requires him to take tutoring at
35、 the Leavesden Studios ill Herfordshire. Although he has aged out of many of the restrictions of Englands child-labour laws, he is determined to stick to his old schedule. Each film typically takes 11 months to finish. G “It would be too intense if I did that much school and that much filming at the
36、 same time,“ he says. “Both my performance and schoolwork would suffer.“ Radcliffe is prepared to work the same routine if called upon to do No, 6, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.“ (Rowling is at work on a seventh.) “Ultimately it comes down to whether I feel like doing it,“ he says. “If it
37、s a great script, a great director and it will challenge me, theres no reason for me not to do it. Ive read the sixth book. Its such an amazing part for me if I was to do it. That would definitely be something that would challenge me. However, its a long way away.“ H No. 5 puts Radcliffe through his
38、 paces in a hormonally charged setting. Newell says he crafted it first as a thriller, pitting the budding sorcery prodigy against Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes), who has not appeared since he killed Harrys parents 13 years earlier. Although he is a poor swimmer, Radcliffe immersed himself in an ext
39、ended underwater scene, “He wont turn into a stuntman, but hes a responsible boy,“ producer David Heyman says. Radcliffe seems to enjoy the spotlight more than his co-stars, piping in with glib comments as Grint, 17, stumbled through the afternoon news conference. I All the while, Radcliffes parents
40、 sat in the back row, watching with thin smiles and arms folded. “I might be arrogant and big-headed, but they kept me really grounded, and I cant thank them enough for that,“ Radcliffe says. He is still just a teenager, more an onscreen dragon slayer than lady killer. Radcliffe spoke frankly about
41、his less-than-magical ways with girls, saying their expectations of him as Harry dissolve into a “grimmer reality.“ He knows the Potter experience will long outlive his awkwardness. Palter all, millions of moviegoers have fallen under his spell. “This has given me a feeling of confidence,“ says Radc
42、liffe, “which I might not have had otherwise.“ 14 Questions 14-17 The text has 9 paragraphs (A-I). Which paragraph does each of the following headings best fit? 14 Security 15 Underwater scene 16 Balancing filming and studies 17 Not a bad star 18 Questions 18-22 According to the text, FIVE of the fo
43、llowing statements are true. Write the corresponding letters in answer boxes 18 to 22 in any order. A The first showing of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was in New York. B Daniel Radcliffe started acting when he was ten years old. C Daniel Radcliffe doesnt talk to reporters often. D He is trea
44、ted specially at school. E When filming, he is tutored at the film studio. F Daniel Radcliffe gets on with the Harry Potter director. G Daniel Radcliffe seems to be better at dealing with reporters than Rupert Grint. H Daniel Radcliffes parents were unhappy with the press conference. 18 【 18】 _ 19 【
45、 19】 _ 20 【 20】 _ 21 【 21】 _ 22 【 22】 _ 23 Questions 23-26 According to the information given in the text, choose the correct answer or answers from the choices given. 23 The writer says that Daniel Radcliffe _. （ A） looks taller without his glasses. （ B） behaves very professionally. （ C） doesnt rea
46、d reviews of his acting. 24 Daniel Radcliffe says that he _. （ A） has less money than Prince Harry. （ B） doesnt know how much money he has made. （ C） doesnt care how much money he has made. 25 Daniel Radcliffe wants to play roles other than Harry Potter because _. （ A） his idol, Gary Oldman did that
47、. （ B） his idol, Gary Oldman, suggested it. （ C） he doesnt want people to think he can only play Harry Potter. 26 Daniel Radcliffe says that he has not been successful with girls because _. （ A） he is still a teenager. （ B） they expect him to be like Harry Potter. （ C） his parents wont let him go da
48、ting. 27 READING PASSAGE 3 You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27-40, which are based on Reading Passage 3 below. The Fame Machine Fascination is universal for what Aaron Spelling, a prolific producer of American soap operas, once called “rich people having problems that money cant solve“
49、. The fascinated in star-struck Britain have no equal. The country has a profusion of titles devoted to chronicling even the smallest doings of celebrities. Britons buy almost half as many celebrity magazines as Americans do, despite having a population that is only one-fifth the size. Celebrity news often makes the front page of British tabloid newspapers, providing a formidable distribution channel for stories about celebrities. New figures from the
