雅思阅读真题解析-剑15Test4Passage2-Silbo Gomero-判断题
雅思阅读真题解析,剑15Test4Passage2,Silbo Gomero,剑15判断题
判断题
Questions 14-19
Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 2?
In boxes 14-19 on your answer sheet, write
TRUEif the statement agrees with the information
FALSEif the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVENif there is no information on this
Q14
La Gomera is the most mountainous of all the Canary Islands.
分析
题干可以划定位词的有La Gomera和Canary Islands。这道题考察“比较考点“，即La Gomera最mountainous。
定位
1 La Gomera is one of the Canary Islands situated in the Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of Africa. This small volcanic island is mountainous, with steep rocky slopes and deep, wooded ravines, rising to 1,487 metres at its highest peak. It is also home to the best known of the world’s whistle ‘languages’，a means of transmitting information over long distances which is perfectly adapted to the extreme terrain of the island.
答案
上文第 一句出现了定位词La Gomera和Canary Islands。上文第二句出现了mountainous，但没有针对这个词进行La Gomera和别的山脉的比较，所以答案是NOT GIVEN。
Q15
Silbo is only appropriate for short and simple messages.
分析
题干可以划定位词的有short and simple messages，这道题考察“绝 对考点“，即前者只能传达短信息。
定位
5 The silbadores of Gomera are traditionally shepherds and other isolated mountain folk, and their novel means of staying in touch allows them to communicate over distances of up to 10 kilometres. Carreiras explains that silbadores are able to pass a surprising amount of information via their whistles. ‘In daily life they use whistles to communicate short commands, but any Spanish sentence could be whistled.’Silbo has proved particularly useful when fires have occurred on the island and rapid communication across large areas has been vital.
答案
上文第二句出现的pass a surprising amount of information【传输数量惊人的信息】与题干中的only appropriate for short and simple messages矛盾，这句中的via their whistles【通过他们的口哨】对应题干中的Silbo（因为副标题说过，Silbos是whistle language），所以这道题是FALSE。
有人可能会看下一句any Spanish sentence could be whistled确定答案，这个也可以，既然可以表达任何句子，那么肯定跟only short and simple messages是矛盾的，答案依然是FALSE。
Q16
In the brain-activity study, silbadores and non-whistlers produced different results.
分析
题干可以划定位词的有brain-activity study和silbadores and non-whistlers，这道题考察“比较考点“，即两组人产生不同的结果。
定位
6 The study team used neuroimaging equipment to contrast the brain activity of silbadores while listening to whistled and spoken Spanish. Results showed the left temporal lobe of the brain, which is usually associated with spoken language, was engaged during the processing of Silbo. The researchers found that other key regions in the brain’s frontal lobe also responded to the whistles, including those activated in response to sign language among deaf people. When the experiments were repeated with non-whistlers, however, activation was observed in all areas of the brain.
答案
上文第 一句出现了定位词silbadores，上文第二句出现了Results showed the left temporal lobe of the brain，这是silbadors的结果。上文最后一句出现了定位词non-whistlers，这句中的however意味着这两组的结果是不一样的，non-whistlers的结果是activitivision was observed in all areas，所以两组结果不一样，原文与题干说法一致，答案是TRUE。
Q17
The Spanish introduced Silbo to the islands in the 15th century.
分析
题干可以划定位词的有Spanish和in the 15th century，这道题考察“是非考点“，即是不是Spanish 引进了Silbo。
定位
8 Carreiras says the origins of Silbo Gomero remain obscure, but that indigenous Canary Islanders, who were of North African origin, already had a whistled language when Spain conquered the volcanic islands in the 15th century. Whistled languages survive today in Papua New Guinea, Mexico, Vietnam, Guyana, China, Nepal, Senegal, and a few mountainous pockets in southern Europe. There are thought to be as many as 70 whistled languages still in use, though only 12 have been described and studied scientifically. This form of communication is an adaptation found among cultures where people are often isolated from each other, according to Julien Meyer, a researcher at the Institute of Human Sciences in Lyon, France. ‘They are mostly used in mountains or dense forests,’he says. ‘Whistled languages are quite clearly defined and represent an original adaptation of the spoken language for the needs of isolated human groups.’
答案
上文第 一句出现了定位词Silbo Gomero, Spanish和in the 15th century。上文第 一句中的already had a whistled language【已经存在口哨语言】与题干中的Spanish introduced Silbo【西班牙人引进了口哨语言】是矛盾的，所以答案是FALSE。
Q18
There is precise data available regarding all of the whistle languages in existence today.
分析
题干可以划定位词的有precise data和whistle languages，这道题考察“是非考点“，即是否有precise data。
定位
8 Carreiras says the origins of Silbo Gomero remain obscure, but that indigenous Canary Islanders, who were of North African origin, already had a whistled language when Spain conquered the volcanic islands in the 15th century. Whistled languages survive today in Papua New Guinea, Mexico, Vietnam, Guyana, China, Nepal, Senegal, and a few mountainous pockets in southern Europe. There are thought to be as many as 70 whistled languages still in use, though only 12 have been described and studied scientifically. This form of communication is an adaptation found among cultures where people are often isolated from each other, according to Julien Meyer, a researcher at the Institute of Human Sciences in Lyon, France. ‘They are mostly used in mountains or dense forests,’he says. ‘Whistled languages are quite clearly defined and represent an original adaptation of the spoken language for the needs of isolated human groups.’
答案
上文第三句中的as many as 70 whistled languages still in use对应题干中的all of the whistle languages in existence today， 上文第三句中的only 12 have been described and studied scientifically【只有12种被描述并用科学方法研究】与题干中的precise data available regarding all是矛盾的，因为70种语言只有12种被研究，所以答案是FALSE。
Q19
The children of Gomera now learn Silbo.
分析
题干可以划定位词的有children of Gomera，这道题考察“是非考点“，即在Gomera的孩子学不学Silbo。
定位
9 But with modern communication technology now widely available, researchers say whistled languages like Silbo are threatened with extinction. With dwindling numbers of Gomera islanders still fluent in the language. Canaries，authorities are taking steps to try to ensure its survival. Since 1999, Silbo Gomero has been taught in all of the island’s elementary schools. In addition, locals are seeking assistance from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). 'The local authorities are trying to get an award from the organisation to declare [Silbo Gomero] as something that should be preserved for humanity，’Carreiras adds.
答案
上文第三句出现的Silbo Gomero 对应题干中的Silbo，上文第三句中的taught in all of the island’s elementary schools对应题干中的children of Gomera now learn，所以答案是TRUE。
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