2017雅思閱讀考試題庫

2017雅思閱讀考試題庫雅思分學(xué)術(shù)類(Academic)和普通類(GeneralTraining)兩種題型，學(xué)術(shù)類主要適合留學(xué)生或訪問學(xué)者，普通類主要適合移民申請(qǐng)人和某些非留學(xué)類別(例如工作簽證)的申請(qǐng)人。以下是小編整理的關(guān)于雅思閱讀考試題庫，希望大家認(rèn)真閱讀!?第一套?SellingDigitalMusicwithoutCopy-protectionMakesSense?A.Itwasuncharacteristicallylow-keyfortheindustry’sgreatestshowman.ButtheessaypublishedthisweekbySteveJobs,thebossofApple,onhisfirm’swebsiteundertheunassumingtitle“ThoughtsonMusic”hasnonethelessprovokedavigorousdebateaboutthefutureofdigitalmusic,whichAppledominateswithitsiPodmusic-playerandiTunesmusic-store.Atissueis“digitalrightsmanagement”(DRM)—thetechnologyguardingdownloadedmusicagainsttheft.SincethereisnocommonstandardforDRM,italsohastheside-effectthatsongspurchasedforonetypeofmusic-playermaynotworkonanother.Apple’sDRMsystem,calledFairPlay,isthemostwidespread.SoitcameasasurprisewhenMr.JobscalledforDRMfordigitalmusictobeabolished.?B.ThisisachangeoftackforApple.IthascomeunderfirefromEuropeanregulatorswhoclaimthatitsrefusaltolicenseFairPlaytootherfirmshas“l(fā)ockedin”customers.SincemusicfromtheiTunesstorecannotbeplayedonnon-iPodmusic-players(atleastnotwithoutalotoffiddling),anyiTunesbuyerwillbedeterredfromswitchingtoadevicemadebyarivalfirm,suchasSonyorMicrosoft.WhenFrenchlawmakersdraftedabilllastyearcompellingAppletoopenupFairPlaytorivals,thecompanywarnedof“state-sponsoredpiracy”.OnlyDRM,itimplied,couldkeepthepiratesatbay.?C.ThisweekMr.JobsgaveanotherexplanationforhisformerdefenceofDRM:therecordcompaniesmadehimdoit.TheywouldmaketheirmusicavailabletotheiTunesstoreonlyifAppleagreedtoprotectitusingDRM.TheycanstillwithdrawtheircataloguesiftheDRMsystemiscompromised.ApplecannotlicenseFairPlaytoothers,saysMrJobs,becauseitwoulddependonthemtoproducesecurityfixespromptly.AllDRMdoesisrestrictconsumerchoiceandprovideabarriertoentry,saysMrJobs;withoutittherewouldbefarmorestoresandplayers,andfarmoreinnovation.So,hesuggests,whynotdoawaywithDRMandsellmusicunprotected?“Thisisclearlythebestalternativeforconsumers,”hedeclares,“andApplewouldembraceitinaheartbeat.”?D.Whythesuddenchangeofheart?MrJobsseemschieflyconcernedwithgettingEurope’sregulatorsoffhisback.RatherthancomplainingtoAppleaboutitsuseofDRM,hesuggests,“thoseunhappywiththecurrentsituationshouldredirecttheirenergiestowardspersuadingthemusiccompaniestoselltheirmusicDRM-free.”Twoandahalfofthefourbigrecordcompanies,hehelpfullypointsout,areEuropean-owned.MrJobsalsohopestopainthimselfasaconsumerchampion.AppleresentsaccusationsthatithasbecometheMicrosoftofdigitalmusic.?E.Applecanaffordtoembraceopencompetitioninmusicplayersandonlinestores.Consumerswouldgravitatetothebestplayerandthebeststore,andatthemomentthatstillmeansApple’s.MrJobsisevidentlyunfazedbyrivalstotheiPod.Sinceonly3%ofthemusicinatypicaliTuneslibraryisprotected,mostofitcanalreadybeusedonotherplayerstoday,henotes.(AndeventheprotectedtrackscanbeburnedontoaCDandthenre-ripped.)SoApple’sdominanceevidentlydependsfarmoreonbrandingandeaseofusethanDRM-related“l(fā)ockin”.?F.ThemusicgiantsaretryingDRM-freedownloads.Lotsofsmallerlabelsalreadysellmusicthatway.Havingseenwhichwaythewindisblowing,MrJobsnowwantstobeseennotasDRM’sdefender,butasaconsumerchampionwhohelpedinitsdownfall.Wouldn’titleadtoasurgeinpiracy?No,becausemostmusicisstillsoldunprotectedonCDs,peoplewishingtostealmusicalreadycandoso.Indeed,scrappingDRMwouldprobablyincreaseonline-musicsalesbyreducingconfusionandincompatibility.Withtheleadingonlinestore,Applewouldbenefitmost.MrJobs’sargument,inshort,istransparentlyself-serving.Italsohappenstoberight.?Questions1-7DothefollowingstatemetsreflecttheclaimsofthewriterinReadingPassage1??WriteyouranswerinBoxes1-7onyouranswersheet.?TRUEifthestatementrefletstheclaimsofthewriter?FALSEifthestatementcontradictstheclaimsofthewriter?NOTGIVENifitisimpossbiletosaywhatthewriterthinksaboutthis?1.AppleenjoysacontrollingpositionindigitalmusicmarketwithitsiPodmusic-playerandiTunesmusic-store.?2.DRMisagovernmentdecreeissuedwithapurposetoprotectdownloadedmusicfromtheftbyconsumers.?3.LackofstandardizationinDRMmakessongsboughtforonekindofmusicplayermaynotfunctiononanother.?4.ApplehasbeencriticizedbyEuropeanregulatorssinceithasrefusedtograntalicenseFairPlaytootherfirms.?5.Allmusiccanbeeasilyplayedonnon-iPodmusicdevicesfromSonyorMicrosoftwithouttoomuchfiddling.?6.AppledependsfarmoreonDRMratherthanbrandingforitsdominanceofthedigitalmusicdevices.?7.IfDRMwascancelled,Sonywouldcertainlydominatetheinternationaldigitalmusicmarket.?Questions8-10ChoosetheappropriatelettersA-Dandwritetheminboxes8-10onyouranswesheet.?8.WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutMr.Jobs’ideaofDRMisNOTTRUE??A.DRMplacesrestrictionsonconsumer’choiceofdigitalmusicproductsavailable.?B.DRMcomplesiTunesbuyerstoswitchtoadevicemadebySonyorMicrosoft.?C.DRMconstitutesabarrierforpotentialconsumerstoenterdigitalmusicmarkets.?D.DRMhindersdevelopmentofmorestoresandplayersandtechnicalinnovation.?9.Theword“unfazed”inline3ofparagraphE,means___________.?A.refused?B.welcomed?C.notbothered?D.notwellreceived?10.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUEifDRMwasscapped??A.Sonywouldgainthemostprofit.?B.Morecustomerswouldbe“l(fā)ockedin”.?C.Asuddenincreaseinpiracywouldoccur.?D.Online-musicsaleswouldprobablydecrease.?Questions11-14Completethenotesbelow.?ChooseNOMORETHANTHREEWORDSfromReadingPassage1foreachanswer.?Writeyouranswersinboxes11-14onyouranswersheet.?Mr.SteveJobs,thebossofApple,explainsthereasonwhyheusedtodefendDRM,sayingthatthecompanywasforcedtodoso:therecordcompanieswouldmaketheirmusicaccessibleto…11...onlyiftheyagreedtoprotectitusingDRM;theycanstill…12…iftheDRMsystemiscompromised.HealsoprovidesthereasonwhyAppledidnotlicenseFairPlaytoothers:thecompanyreliesonthemto…13….ButnowhechangeshismindwithapossibleexpectationthatEurope’sregulatorswouldnottroublehimanymoreinthefuture.Heproposesthatthosewhoareunsatisfactorywiththecurrentsituationindigitalmusicmarketshould…14…towardspersuadethemusiccompaniestoselltheirmusicDRM-free.?NotestoReadingPassage1?1.low-key：抑制的，受約束的，屈服的?2.showman：開展覽會(huì)的人，出風(fēng)頭的人物?3.unassuming：謙遜的，不夸耀的，不裝腔作勢(shì)的?4.iPod：(蘋果GS出產(chǎn)的)音樂播放器?5.iTunesstore：(蘋果GS出產(chǎn)的)在線音樂商店?6.getoffperson’sback:不再找某人的麻煩，擺脫某人的糾纏?7.gravitate:受吸引，傾向于?8.unfazed:不再擔(dān)憂，不被打擾?KeysandexplanationstotheQuestions1-13?1.TRUE?SeethesecondsentenceinParagraphA“…thefutureofdigitalmusic,whichAppledominateswithitsiPodmusic-playerandiTunesmusic-store.”?2.FALSE?SeethethirdsentenceinParagraphA“…Atissueis‘digitalrightsmanagement’(DRM)—thetechnologyguardingdownloadedmusicagainsttheft.”?3.TRUE?SeethefourthsentenceinParagraphA“SincethereisnocommonstandardforDRM,italsohastheside-effectthatsongspurchasedforonetypeofmusic-playermaynotworkonanother.”?4.TRUE?SeethesecondsentenceinParagraphB“IthascomeunderfirefromEuropeanregulatorswhoclaimthatitsrefusaltolicenseFairPlaytootherfirmshas‘lockedin’customers.”?5.NOTGIVEN?ThethirdsentenceinParagaphBonlymentionsmusicfromtheiTunesstore,nothingaboutthatofSonyorMicrosoft.“SincemusicfromtheiTunesstorecannotbeplayedonnon-iPodmusic-players(atleastnotwithoutalotoffiddling).”?6.FALSE?SeethelastsentenceinParagraphE“SoApple’sdominanceevidentlydependsfarmoreonbrandingandeaseofusethanDRM-related‘lockin’”.?7.NOTGIVEN?SeethefourthsentenceinParagraphFonlymentionsmusicgenerally,noparticularinformationaboutbusinessprospectofSony“Indeed,scrappingDRMwouldprobablyincreaseonline-musicsalesbyreducingconfusionandincompatibility.”?8.B?SeethefourthsentenceofParagraphC“AllDRMdoesisrestrictconsumerchoiceandprovideabarriertoentry,saysMrJobs;withoutittherewouldbefarmorestoresandplayers,andfarmoreinnovation.”?9.C?SeethethirdsentenceofParagraphEandthecontext“MrJobsisevidentlyunfazedbyrivalstotheiPod.Sinceonly3%ofthemusicinatypicaliTuneslibraryisprotected,mostofitcanalreadybeusedonotherplayerstoday.”?10.A?SeethelastfoursentencesofParagraphF“Wouldn’titleadtoasurgeinpiracy?No,becausemostmusicisstillsoldunprotectedonCDs,peoplewishingtostealmusicalreadycandoso.Indeed,scrappingDRMwouldprobablyincreaseonline-musicsalesbyreducingconfusionandincompatibility.Withtheleadingonlinestore,Applewouldbenefitmost.”?11.theiTunesstore?SeethesecondsentenceofParagraphC“TheywouldmaketheirmusicavailabletotheiTunesstoreonlyifAppleagreedtoprotectitusingDRM.”?12.withdrawtheircatalogues?SeethethirdsentenceofParagraphC“TheycanstillwithdrawtheircataloguesiftheDRMsystemiscompromised.”?13.producesecurityfixes?SeethefourthsentenceofParagraphC“ApplecannotlicenseFairPlaytoothers,saysMrJobs,becauseitwoulddependonthemtoproducesecurityfixespromptly.”?14.redirecttheirenergies?SeethesecondsentenceofParagraphD“RatherthancomplainingtoAppleaboutitsuseofDRM,hesuggests,thoseunhappywiththecurrentsituationshouldredirecttheirenergiestowardspersuadingthemusiccompaniestoselltheirmusicDRM-free.”?第二套?NextYearMarkstheEU’s50thAnniversaryoftheTreaty?A.Afteraperiodofintroversionandstunnedself-disbelief,continentalEuropeangovernmentswillrecovertheirenthusiasmforpan-Europeaninstitution-buildingin2007.WhethertheEuropeanpublicwillwelcomeareturntowhatvotersintwocountrieshadrejectedsoshortatimebeforeisanothermatter.?B.ThereareseveralreasonsforEurope’srecoveringself-confidence.ForyearsEuropeaneconomieshadbeenlaggingdismallybehindAmerica(tosaynothingofAsia),butin2006thelargecontinentaleconomieshadoneoftheirbestyearsforadecade,brieflyoutstrippingAmericaintermsofgrowth.Sincepoliticsoftenreactstoeconomicchangewithalag,2006’simprovementineconomicgrowthwillhaveitsimpactin2007,thoughtherecoverymaybeebbingbythen.?C.Thecomingyearalsomarksaparticularpointinapoliticalcyclesoregularthatitalmostseemstoamounttoanaturallaw.Everyfourorfiveyears,Europeancountriestakealargestridetowardsfurtherintegrationbysigninganewtreaty:theMaastrichttreatyin1992,theTreatyofAmsterdamin1997,theTreatyofNicein2001.Andin2005theyweresupposedtoratifyaEuropeanconstitution,layingthegroundforyetmoreintegration—untilthecalmrhythmwasrudelyshatteredbyFrenchandDutchvoters.Butthepoliticalimpetustosignsomethingeveryfourorfiveyearshasonlybeeninterrupted,notimmobilised,bythissetback.?D.In2007theEuropeanUnionmarksthe50thanniversaryofanothertreaty—theTreatyofRome,itsfoundingcharter.Governmentleadershavealreadyagreedtocelebrateitceremoniously,restatingtheircommitmentto“evercloserunion”andthebasicidealsofEuropeanunity.Byitself,andinnormalcircumstances,theEU’s50th-birthdaygreetingtoitselfwouldbefairlymeaningless,aroutineexpressionofEuropeangoodfellowship.ButitdoesnottakeaMachiavellitospotthatoncegovernmentshavesignedthedeclaration(anditseemsunlikelyanyonewouldbesouncollegiateastovetoit)theywillalreadybehalfwaytowardscommittingthemselvestoanewtreaty.Allthatwillbenecessarywillbetoincorporatethe50th-anniversarydeclarationintoanewtreatycontaininganumberofinstitutionalandotherreformsextractedfromthefailedattemptatconstitution-buildingand—heypresto—anewquasi-constitutionwillbeready.?E.AccordingtotheGermangovernment—whichholdstheEU’sagenda-settingpresidencyduringthefirsthalfof2007—therewillbeanewdraftofaslimmed-downconstitutionreadybythemiddleoftheyear,perhapstoputtovoters,perhapsnot.Therewouldthenbeacoupleofyearsinwhichitwillbediscussed,approvedbyparliamentsand,perhaps,puttovotersifthatisdeemedunavoidable.Then,accordingtobureaucraticplannersinBrusselsandBerlin,blithelyignoringthepossibilityofpublicrejection,thewholethingwillbesigned,sealedandanewconstitutiondeliveredin2009-10.Europewillbenicelybackonschedule.Itsfour-to-five-yearcycleofintegrationwillhavemissedonlyonebeat.?F.TheresurrectionoftheEuropeanconstitutionwillbemademorelikelyin2007becauseofwhatishappeninginnationalcapitals.TheEuropeanUnionisnotreallyanautonomousorganisation.Ifitfunctions,itisbecausetheleadersofthebigcontinentalcountrieswantitto,reckoningthatanactiveEuropeanpolicywillhelpthemgetdonewhattheywanttodointheirowncountries.?G.Thatdidnothappenin2005-06.Defensive,cynicalandself-destructive,theleadersofthethreelargesteuro-zonecountries—France,ItalyandGermany—werestumblingtowardstheirunlamentedends.TheysawnoreasontopursueanysortofEuropeanpolicyandtheEU,asaresult,barelyfunctioned.Butbythemiddleof2007allthreewillhavegone,andthisfactalonewilltransformtheEuropeanpoliticallandscape.?H.Theupshotisthatthepoliticsofthethreelargecontinentalcountries,bureaucraticmomentumandtheeconomicsofrecoverywillallbealignedtogiveapushtowardsintegrationin2007.Thatdoesnotmeanthemomentumwillbeirresistibleorevenpopular.TheBritishgovernment,forone,willalmostcertainlynotwanttogowiththeflow,beginningyetanotherchapterinthelonghistoryofconfrontationbetweenBritainandtherestofEurope.Moreimportant,thevoterswillwantasay.Theyrejectedtheconstitutionin2005.Itwouldbefoolishtoassumetheywillacceptitafter2007justasaresultofanartfulbitoftinkering.?Questions1-6DothefollowingstatemetsreflecttheclaimsofthewriterinReadingPassage1??WriteyouranswerinBoxes1-6onyouranswersheet.?TRUEifthestatemenhtrefletstheclaimsofthewriter?FALSEifthestatementcontradictstheclaimsofthewriter?NOTGIVENifitispossbiletosaywhatthewriterthinksaboutthis?1.Afteryears’introspectionandmistrust,continentalEuropeangovernmentswillresurrecttheirenthusiasmformoreintegrationin2007.?2.TheEuropeanconsitutionwasofficiallyapprovedin2005inspiteoftheoppositonofFrenchandDutchvoters.?3.TheTreatyofRome,whichisconsideredasthefundamentalcharteroftheEuropeanUnion,wassignedin1957.?4.ItisveryunlikelythatEuropeancountrieswillsignthedeclarationatthe50thanniversaryoftheTreatyofRome.?5.FrenchgovernmentwillholdtheEU’spresidencyandlaydowntheagendaduringthefirsthalfof2008.?6.Foralongtimeinhisotry,therehasbeenconfrontationbetweenBritainandtherestofEuropeancountries.?Questions7-10Completthefollowingsentencces.?ChooseNOMORETHANTHREEWORDSfromReadingPassage1foreachanswer.?WriteyouranswerinBoxes7-10onyouranswersheet.?7.Everyfourorfiveyears,Europeancountriestendtomakearapidprogresstowards___________________bysigninganewtreaty.?8.TheEuropeanconstitutionissupposedto______________________foryetmoreintegrationofEuropeanUnionmembercountries.?9.ThebureaucraticplannersinBrusselsandBerlinrashlyignorethepossibilityof__________________andthinkthenewconsitutionwillbedeliveredin2009-10.?10.Thepoliticsofthethreelargecontinentalcountries,__________________andtheeconomicrecoverywilljointogethertourgetheintegrationin2007.?Questions11-14ChoosetheappropriatelettersA-Dandwritetheminboxes11-14onyouranswersheet.?11.WhichofthefollowingstatemntsistrueofEuopeaneconomicdevelopment.?A.TheeconomyofEuropedevelopedmuchfasterthanthatofAsiabefore2006.?B.ThegrowthofEuropeaneconomywasslightlyslowerthanthatofAmericain2006.?C.ThedevelopmentofEuropeaneconomyarelikelytoslowdownby2007.?D.TherecoveryofEuropeaneconomymaybeconsiderablyacceleratedby2007.?12.Theword“immobilised”inthelastlineofSectionCmeans___________.?A.stoppedcompletely.?B.pushedstrongly.?C.motivatedwholely.?D.impededtotally.?13.WhichofthefollowingstatementsaboutthetreatiesinEuropeancountriesisNOTTRUE.?A.TheMaastrichtTreatywassignedin1992.?B.TheTreatyofAmsterdanwassignedin1997.?C.TheTreatyofNicewassignedin2001.?D.TheTreatyofRomewassignedin2007.?14.TheEuropeanconstitutionfailedtoberatifiedin2005--2006,because?A.TheleadersofFrance,ItalyandGermanyweredefensive,cynicalandself-destructuve..?B.ThevotersintwocountriesoftheUnion--FranceandHollandrejectedtheconstitution.?C.TheleadersoftheEUthoughtthatitwasunneccessarytopursueanyEuropeanpolicy.?D.France,ItalyandGermanyarethethreelargestandmostinfluentialeuro-zonecountries.?NotestotheReadingPassage?1.pan-Enropean?pan-前綴：全，總，泛?pan-African全/泛非洲的(運(yùn)動(dòng))?pan-Enropean全/泛歐的(機(jī)構(gòu)建設(shè))?2.outstrip?超越，勝過，超過，優(yōu)于?Materialdevelopmentoutstrippedhumandevelopment“物質(zhì)的發(fā)展超過了人類的進(jìn)步”?3.ebb?回落跌落;衰退或消減?Thetideisontheebb.正在退潮。?4.Machiavelli?馬基雅維利，尼克爾1469-1527意大利政治理論家，他的著作君主論(1513年)闡述了一個(gè)意志堅(jiān)定的統(tǒng)治者不顧道德觀念的約束如何獲得并保持其權(quán)力。?文章中意為“任何一個(gè)人都可以看到，顯而易見?！?5.heypresto?突然地;立即(魔術(shù)師用語)您看，變!?6.upshot?結(jié)果;結(jié)局?KeystotheQuestions1-14?1.TRUE?Explanation?SeethefirstsentenceinSectionA“Afteraperiodofintroversionandstunnedself-disbelief,continentalEuropeangovernmentswillrecovertheirenthusiasmforpan-Europeaninstitution-buildingin2007”.?2.FALSE?Explanation?SeethethirdsentenceinSectionC“Andin2005theyweresupposedtoratifyaEuropeanconstitution,layingthegroundforyetmoreintegration—untilthecalmrhythmwasrudelyshatteredbyFrenchandDutchvoters.”.?3.TRUE?Explanation?SeethefirstsentenceintheSectionD“In2007theEuropeanUnionmarksthe50thanniversaryofanothertreaty—theTreatyofRome,itsfoundingcharter.”.?4.FALSE?Explanation?SeethethirdsentenceinSectionD”ButitdoesnottakeaMachiavellitospotthatoncegovernmentshavesignedthedeclaration(anditseemsunlikelyanyonewouldbesouncollegiateastovetoit)theywillalreadybehalfwaytowardscommittingthemselvestoanewtreaty”.?5.NOTGIVEN?Explanation?SeethefirstsentenceinSectionE“AccordingtotheGermangovernment—whichholds