IELTS雅思阅读真经3

《IELTS雅思阅读真经3》是雅思标准培训体系中的重要部分，听说读写每本都是按题型分专题编写的。命名为《雅思经典教程》有两个原因：一、参加这套丛书编写的作者团队是由北京各大雅思培训机构的一线名师组成，我们把多年的教学精华和对材料选择的心得沉淀在了这套教程中，我们的几位现任中国雅思考官朋友也参与了策划和编校工作；二、内容的选编囊括了国内外高质量的雅思考试素材，特别是在题目的代表性和难度上进行了严格的测试和筛选。教学性很强，同时也适合考生循序渐进地自学。

刘洪波，知名英语教育专家，雅思培训界大师，悉尼大学双硕士。北京雅思学校董事长，北京领域兄弟教育咨询公司总裁。
自幼沉醉于中国山水及音律，留学期间曾叫嚣：做遍七十二行，尝尽人情百态；又高呼：挖资本主义墙角，为社会主义建设添砖加瓦；现好抚琴阅经。其留学散文集《与鱼共舞》被《海外文摘》、《青年文摘》等众多媒体登载，广为流传。著有《刘洪波说文解字背单词》、《雅思真经》系列教材。其中2004年出版的《雅思阅读真经》是行业内第一本全部以真题题库为蓝本编写的培训教材，考试命中率极高。面世以来，该系列教材至今已连续三年荣登全国雅思类图书销售排行榜榜首，畅销海内外。被媒体誉为“国内英语考试类教材质量提升的标志”。
曾任教于京城各大英语培训机构，培养出大批新托福、雅思、四六级、考研英语名师。在全国各大高校演讲数百场，听过其讲座和课程的学员不可数。学员点评其人为：一介白衣偏怀报国梦；点评其授课风格为：行云流水，旁征博引，激情四射，励志人生。
曹旼炜，雅思写作名师，北外、英国Bristol大学双硕士。七年雅思写作执教经验，赴英留学期间主攻英语语言测试学，是国内雅思界不可多得的集专业学术背景和丰富教学经验于一身的名师。先后执教于多家著名英语培训机构，经过其课堂成功应试留学的学生不计其数。为人以诚待人，求真做事。亦师亦友，笑谈中西，愿以雅思谈为学，凭留学论人生。论人生。

雅思阅读高分策略
雅思阅读真题题库分析
雅思阅读真经试题
TEST 1
　READING PASSAGE 1 : Ambergris
　READING PASSAGE 2 : Climate and Country Wealth
　READING PASSAGE 3 : RFID

TEST 2
　READING PASSAGE 1 : William Gilbert and Magnetism
　READING PASSAGE 2 : The History and Evolution of Banana Hybrids
　READING PASSAGE 3 : Medieval Toys and Childhood

TEST 3
　READING PASSAGE 1 : Brain Gymnastics
　READING PASSAGE 2 : Otters
　READING PASSAGE 3 : The Rise and Fall of the Unique Culture on Easter Island

TEST4
　READING PASSAGE 1 : Texting the TV
　READING PASSAGE 2 : Spelling System Reform
　READING PASSAGE 3 : Perfume

TEST 5
　READING PASSAGE 1 : Gesture
　READING PASSAGE 2 : Two Wings and a Kit-Box
　READING PASSAGE 3 : Water Resources

TEST6
　READING PASSAGE 1 : The True Cost of Food
　READING PASSAGE 2 : The Colorful Buttedlies
　READING PASSAGE 3 : The Federal Aviation Administration

TEST 7
　READING PASSAGE 1 : Hot Springs on the Ocean Floor
　READING PASSAGE 2 : E-Book
　READING PASSAGE 1 : Pest Control
　READING PASSAGE 2 : Fuel Cells
　READING PASSAGE 3 : SETI

TEST 8
　READING PASSAGE 1 : Pest Control
　READING PASSAGE 2 : Fuel Cells
　READING PASSAGE 3 : SETI

TEST9
　READING PASSAGE 1 : The Little Ice Age: When Global Cooling Gripped the World
　READING PASSAGE 2 : Dinosaur Era Bracketed by Asteroid Impacts
　READING PASSAGE 3 : Rapid, Urban and Flexible

TEST 10
　READING PASSAGE 1 : The raising of Vasa
　READING PASSAGE 2 : Avalanches
　READING PASSAGE 3 : An Englishman's Home Is His Castle——A History of Domestic Architecture in Britain
Glossary
Answer Key

Our children are being beaten up by a crazy spelling system that appears to beloved by millions. They are being beaten up because they are constantlybombarded by unpredictable silent letters, double consonants that defyexplanation, endless varieties of vowel combinations, and rules that arenotoriously unreliable, They are forced to attempt to learn a system that isillogical, inconsistent, and——worst of all——needlesly complicated. Not only are theyphysically beaten up. but many of them do end up wlth well-concealed scars ontheir psyches. At least one study has shown that using a system as irrational asours may arrest the development of logical thinking. That's not Just being beatingup; it's child abuse exactly,There's a social stigma attached to being a poor speller, although the only thingbeing a good speller makes one better at is spelling. It doesn't make one a betterwriter, a better poet, a more creative person with words. It doesn't make himunderstand the essence of the language better. Shakespeare would have beenthe exact same creative genius he was whether he was a good or bad speller. Hewas just lucky enough to have lived tn a day when he was Judged by themeaning of his words, rather than the placement of the leL-b~rs within thosewords. In Shakespeare's day, most people's spelling was erratic; therefore, whenhe spelled words many different ways no one even noticed.During the last 30 years or so, literacy In the F_nglish-speaking world has beendeclining at an alarming rate. It's not hard to guess why. During the rapiddevelopment of electronics In the past 40 years, speech, for the flrst time In theentire course of history, has become a mass medlum. The people, havingdiscovered those electronic channels through which they can receive InformationIn their own language, are now circumventing the outdated writing system whichhas been the bottleneck In mass communication. And having alienated themselve~from it. they have become less able and less willing to cope wtth its irrationalcomplexities. In an attempt to correct this situation, the Federal Government ofthe United States Initiated its "Decade of the '70's" program. During that ten-year period, both State and Federal governments have poured massive sums Intoprograms designed to eradicate Illiteracy, not by re-designing the outdatedwriting system, but by attempting to shape the minds of human beings intoconformity with the system, This extravagant program achieved nothing. ThedilrC to Illiteracy continues as before, except that it now has reached theproportions of a crisis, For example, the United States Navy now complains thatfrom 40% to 50% of today's recruits can't read the instruction manuals, TheNavy is plainly worried about the future.