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IELTS Mock Test 2023 December

IELTS Mock Test 2023 December

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  • 发布时间: 21 Dec 2023
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Part 1: Question 1 - 13
  • 1 G
  • 2 H
  • 3 E
  • 4 C
  • 5 B
  • 6 D
  • 7 forward thrust
  • 8 rolling and yawing
  • 9 Pectoral and pelvic
  • 10 slows and stops
  • 11 white muscle
  • 12 fats and glycogen
  • 13 predator
Part 2: Question 14 - 27
  • 14 bad cough
  • 15 blood pressure
  • 16 families and friends
  • 17 Practitioner
  • 18 Diagnosis
  • 19 background
  • 20 E
  • 21 F
  • 22 H
  • 23 H
  • 24 I
  • 25 G
  • 26 D
  • 27 B
Part 3: Question 28 - 40
  • 28 E
  • 29 H
  • 30 I
  • 31 D
  • 32 G
  • 33 yeast
  • 34 bacteria
  • 35 protein
  • 36 chemical
  • 37 holes
  • 38 FALSE
  • 39 TRUE
  • 40 NOT GIVEN

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详细试卷答案解析:

Part 1: Questions 1-13

Questions 1-6

Questions 7-10

The diagram below gives information about fish fins and their purposes.

Complete the diagram with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage for each blank

Write your answers in boxes 7-10 on your answer sheet.

7

8

9

10

  • 7 Answer: forward thrust

    Keywords in Questions

    Similar words in Passage

    Q7: tail fin, providing part of…

    The tail fin, in its final lash may contribute as much as 40 per cent of the forward thrust. 

    Note: 

    The keyword that gives us a signal to read closely is “tail fin”. 

    Matching keywords:

    “providing part” - “contribute”

    Answer: forward thrust

  • 8 Answer: rolling and yawing

    Keywords in Questions

    Similar words in Passage

    Q8: dorsal fin, … movements 

    The median fins, that is, the dorsal, anal and ventral fins, control the rolling and yawing movements of the fish by increasing the vertical surface area presented to the water. 

    Note: 

    We should find the function of dorsal fin and controlling the rolling and yawing movements of the fish is what we need to find. Hence the blank should be “rolling and yawing”.

    Answer: rolling and yawing

  • 9 Answer: Pectoral and pelvic

    Keywords in Questions

    Similar words in Passage

    Q9: … fins combined with paired fin, pushing up and down

    The paired fins, pectoral and pelvic act as hydroplanes and control the pitch of the ash, causing it to swim downwards or upwards according to the angle to the water at which they are held by their muscles. 

    Note: 

    We should find which fins combine with pair fin and have the ability of pushing up and down. Therefore, “pectoral and pelvic” is the needed answer to fill the blank because they help fish to swim downwards or upwards.

    Matching keywords: 

    “pushing up and down” - “swim downwards or upwards “

    Answer: Pectoral and pelvic

  • 10 Answer: slows and stops

    Keywords in Questions

    Similar words in Passage

    Q10: Paired fins, for … movements additionally

    The paired ins are also the means by which the fish slows down and stops.

    Note: 

    Apart from the function that paragraph F mentioned before, paired fins also have another advantage. To make it detailed, paired fins help fish slow down and stop so “ slows and stops” is the answer. 

    Answer: slows and stops

Questions 11-13

Complete the summary below using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage for each blank.

Write your answers in boxes 11-13 on your answer sheet.

{OPTION}

Two types of muscles are involved in fish swimming. The majority of a fish’s body comprises the 11 , and the red muscle is found only at the roots of the fins and in a strip along the centre of each flank. For most of its routine movements, the fish uses a lot of its 12 saved in body, and white muscle is mostly used for short-term, fast swimming, such as escaping from 13 .

  • 11 Answer: white muscle

    Keywords in Questions

    Similar words in Passage

    Q11: The majority of a fish’s body comprises the …, and the red muscle is found only at the roots of the fins and in a strip along the centre of each flank. 

    The bulk of a fish’s body is composed of the so-called white muscle, while the much smaller areas at the roots of the fins and in a strip along the centre of each flank comprise red muscle. 

    Note: 

    Matching keywords: 

    “majority” - “bulk”

    “comprise” - “compose of” 

    Answer: white muscle

  • 12 Answer: fats and glycogen

     

    Keywords in Questions

    Similar words in Passage

    Q12: For most of its routine movements, the fish uses a lot of its … saved in body

    The red muscle receives a good supply of blood and contains ampler quantities of fat and glycogen, the storage form of glucose, which is used for most day-to-day swimming movements

    Note: 

    The missing word should be noun(s). After we find the keywords, it is easy to locate where we should read more. 

    Matching keywords: 

    “routine” - “day-to-day”

    Answer: fats and glycogen

  • 13 Answer: predator

    Keywords in Questions

    Similar words in Passage

    Q13: saved in body, and white muscle is mostly used for short-term, fast swimming, such as escaping from

    In contrast, the white muscle has a poor blood supply and few energy stores, and it is used largely for short-term, fast swimming … However, this huge auxiliary power pack carried by a fish is of crucial significance if the life of the fish is threatened-by a predator, for instance-because it enables the fish to swim rapidly away from danger.

    Note: 

    The statement refers to the function of white muscle. Moreover, the blank here should be a noun and the question asks about the function of helping to escape from something. Hence, the answer is predator after we locate the sentence from the “In contrast,...” 

    Answer: predator

READING PASSAGE 1

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1 -13, which are based on Reading Passage 1 below.

Undersea Movement

A

The underwater world holds many challenges. The most basic of these is movement. The density of water makes it difficult for animals to move. Forward movement is a complex interaction of underwater forces. Additionally, water itself has movement. Strong currents carry incredible power that can easily sweep creatures away. The challenges to aquatic movement result in a variety of swimming methods, used by a wide range of animals. The result is a dazzling underwater ballet.

B

Fish rely on their skeleton, fins, and muscles to move. The primary function of the skeleton is to aid movement of other parts. Their skull acts as a fulcrum and their vertebrae act as levers. The vertebral column consists of a series of vertebrae held together by ligaments, but not so tightly as to prevent slight sideways movement between each pair of vertebrae. The whole spine is, therefore, flexible. The skull is the only truly fixed part of a fish. It does not move in and off itself but acts as a point of stability for other bones. These other bones act as levers that cause movement of the fish’s body.

C

While the bones provide the movement, the muscles supply the power. A typical fish has hundreds of muscles running in all directions around its body. This is why a fish can turn and twist and change directions quickly. The muscles on each side of the spine contract in a series from head to tail and down each side alternately, causing a wave-like movement to pass down the body. Such a movement may be very pronounced in fish such as eels, but hardly perceptible in others, e.g. mackerel. The frequency of the waves varies from about 50/min in the dogfish to 170/min in the mackerel. The sideways and backward thrust of the head and body against the water results in the resistance of the water pushing the fish sideways and forwards in a direction opposed to the thrust. When the corresponding set of muscles on the other side contracts, the fish experiences a similar force from the water on that side. The two sideways forces are equal and opposite unless the fish is making a turn, so they cancel out, leaving the sum of the two forward forces

D

The muscles involved in swimming are of two main types. The bulk of a fish’s body is composed of the so-called white muscle, while the much smaller areas at the roots of the fins and in a strip along the centre of each flank comprise red muscle. The red muscle receives a good supply of blood and contains ampler quantities of fat and glycogen, the storage form of glucose, which is used for most day-to-day swimming movements. In contrast, the white muscle has a poor blood supply and few energy stores, and it is used largely for short-term, fast swimming. It might seem odd that the body of an animal which adapts adapted so efficiently to its environment should be composed almost entirely of a type of muscle it rarely uses. However, this huge auxiliary power pack carried by a fish is of crucial significance if the life of the fish is threatened-by a predator, for instance-because it enables the fish to swim rapidly away from danger.

E

The fins are the most distinctive features of a fish, composed of bony spines protruding from the body with skin covering them and joining them together, either in a webbed fashion, as seen in most bony fish, or more similar to a flipper, as seen in sharks. These usually serve as a means for the fish to swim. But it must be emphasized that the swimming movements are produced by the whole of the muscular body, and in only a few fish do the fins contribute any propulsive force! Their main function is to control the stability and direction of the fish: as water passes over its body, a fish uses its fins to thrust in the direction it wishes to go.

F

Fins located in different places on a fish serve different purposes, such as moving forward, turning, and keeping an upright position. The tail fin, in its final lash may contribute as much as 40 per cent of the forward thrust. The median fins, that is, the dorsal, anal and ventral fins, control the rolling and yawing movements of the fish by increasing the vertical surface area presented to the water. The paired fins, pectoral and pelvic act as hydroplanes and control the pitch of the ash, causing it to swim downwards or upwards according to the angle to the water at which they are held by their muscles. The pectoral fins lie in front of the centre of gravity and, being readily mobile, are chiefly responsible for sending the ash up or down. The paired ins are also the means by which the fish slows down and stops.

G

The swimming speed of fish is not so fast as one would expect from watching their rapid movements in aquaria or ponds. Tuna seems to be the fastest at 44 mph, trout are recorded as doing 23 mph, pike 20 mph for short bursts and roach about 10 mph, while the majority of small fish probably do not exceed 2 or 3 mph. Many people have attempted to make accurate measurements of the speed at which various fish swim, either by timing them over known distances in their natural environment or by determining their performance in man-made swimming channels. From these studies, we can broadly categorise fish into four groups: “sneakers”, such as eels that are only capable of slow speeds but possess some staying power; “stayers”, that can swim quite fast over long periods; “sprinters” that can generate fast bursts of speed (e.g. pike); and “crawlers” that are sluggish swimmers, although they can accelerate slightly (bream, for example).

H

One type of sailfish is considered to be the fastest species of fish over short distances, achieving 68 mph over a three-second period, and anglers have recorded speeds in excess of 40 mph over longer periods for several species of tuna. One is likely to consider a fish’s swimming capabilities in relation to its size. However, it is generally true that a small fish is a more able swimmer than a much larger one. On the other hand in terms of speed in miles per hour, a big fish will, all other things being equal, be able to swim faster than a smaller fish.

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