雅思阅读真题解析-剑15Test2Passage2-Should we try to bring extinct-摘要填空题
雅思阅读真题解析-剑15Test2Passage2-Should we try to bring extinct-摘要填空题
整体分析
文章有段落信息配对题，摘要填空题和人名观点配对题。我们做题的顺序是摘要填空题--人名观点配对题--段落信息配对题。
摘要填空题
Questions 18-22 Complete the summary below.
Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 18-22 on your answer sheet
Q18
The woolly mammoth revival project
Professor George Church and his team are trying to identify the 18.............which enabled mammoths to live in the tundra. The findings could help preserve the mammoth’s close relative, the endangered Asian elephant.
分析
题目标题中的woolly mammoth revival project可以划定位词；题干可以划划定位词的有Professor George Church and his team，tundra和Asian elephant。
定位
E Another popular candidate for this technology is the woolly mammoth. George Church, professor at Harvard Medical School and leader of the Woolly Mammoth Revival Project, has been focusing on cold resistance, the main way in which the extinct woolly mammoth and its nearest living relative, the Asian elephant, differ. By pinpointing which genetic traits
made it possible for mammoths to survive the icy climate of the tundra, the project’s goal is to return mammoths, or a mammothlike species, to the area…
答案
上文第 一句出现了George Church和the Woolly Mammoth Revival Project。这句中的focusing on【关注】和空格前面的identify【确定；识别】不能对应，所以答案不在这句中。下一句中的pinpointing【精确地找到】对应空格前面的identifty，所以答案是紧跟其后的genetic traits，这句中的made it possible for mammoths to survive the icy climate of the tundra对应题干中的which enabled mammoths to live in the tundra,所以答案是genetic traits。
Q19
According to Church, introducing Asian elephants to the tundra would involve certain physical adaptations to minimise 19 .............
分析
题干可以划定位词的有Church和Asian elephants，意味着这道题跟着上一道题往后看就行。题干中的physical adaptations在原文中要有对应的内容。空格前面是minimise，所以空格是名词，原文中要有跟minimise对应的改写。
定位
E… ‘My highest priority would be preserving the endangered Asian elephant,’says Church, 'expanding their range to the huge ecosystem of the tundra. Necessary adaptations would include smaller ears, thicker hair, and extra insulating fat, all for the purpose of reducing heat loss in the tundra, and all traits found in the now extinct woolly mammoth.’…
答案
上文第 一句出现了Church，这句中的necessary adaptations would include对应题干中的would involve certain physical adaptations，这句中的smaller ears, thicker hair, and extra insulating fat是这个physical adaptations的具体内容。这句中的for the purpose of reducing对应题干中的to minimise，所以答案是紧跟其后的heat loss。
Q20-21
To survive in the tundra, the species would need to have the mammoth-like features of thicker hair, 20.............of a reduced size and more 21.............
分析
题干可以划定位词的有mammoth-like features和thicker hair。第20题前面是thicker hair和逗号，后边是of a reduced size，所以空格是名词，既然跟thicker hair并列，所以应该也是表示主语the species的身体构造或生理特点的一个词。第21题前面是more，所以空格应该是名词，题干中的reduced和more在原文中要有对应的信息。
定位
E… ‘My highest priority would be preserving the endangered Asian elephant,’says Church, 'expanding their range to the huge ecosystem of the tundra. Necessary adaptations would include smaller ears, thicker hair, and extra insulating fat, all for the purpose of reducing heat loss in the tundra, and all traits found in the now extinct woolly mammoth.’…
答案
看到这道题的定位词的时候，你会回想起thicker hair在上一道题的出题句中见过，所以这两道题很有可能出现了局部的乱序，我们还是看刚才的这句话。这句中的thicker hair在题干中原词重现，这句中的smaller对应题干中的of a reduced size，所以第20题答案是ears。这句中的extra【额外的】对应题干中的more，所以第21题的答案是insulating fat【绝缘的; 隔热的脂肪】。
注意，答案中的insulating题干中没有对应的信息，所以一定要写。
Q22
Repopulating the tundra with mammoths or Asian elephant/mammoth hybrids would also have an impact on the environment, which could help to reduce temperatures and decrease 22.............
分析
题干可以划定位词的有elephant/mammoth hybrids和temperatures。空格前面是reduce temperatures and decrease，所以空格应该是跟temperature并列的名词。
定位
E…This repopulation of the tundra and boreal forests of Eurasia and North America with large mammals could also be a useful factor in reducing carbon emissions - elephants punch holes through snow and knock down trees, which encourages grass growth. This grass growth would reduce temperatures, and mitigate emissions from melting permafrost.
答案
上文第 一句出现了This repopulation of the tundra，下一句中出现了reduce temperatures。这句中跟reduce temperatures并列的是mitigate emissions，这里的mitigate【缓解；减少】对应22题前面的decrease，所以紧跟其后的emissions【排放】是答案。
注意，上文第 一句出现过carbon emissions，但这句中没有跟题干的reduce temperatures对应的信息，所以答案不能在这句话里边找。最后一句中跟reduce temperatures并列的是emissions，所以你没有必要把carbon也加上，严格按照题干与原文的对应关系找答案就行，不要被标准答案牵着鼻子走。
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