雅思(IELTS)阅读练习题一：单调综合症
阅读段落
By the mid-1960s, the situation took an alarming turn with the outbreak of four more new pests, necessitating pesticide spraying to such an extent that 50% of the financial outlay on cotton production was accounted for by pesticides. In the early 1970s, the spraying frequently reached 70 times a season as the farmers were pushed to the wall by the invasion of genetically stronger insect species.
段落大意
本段介绍了这种“单调综合症”发展到后期令人无法忍受的情形：每季度喷洒70次农药。
阅读笔记
Mid-1960s：50% of financial outlay on cotton production——pesticides
Early 1970s：70 times a season & invasion of genetically stronger insect species
逻辑关系
1. 并列(无逻辑连接词)
By the mid-1960s, the situation took an alarming turn with the outbreak of four more new pests, necessitating pesticide spraying to such an extent that 50% of the financial outlay on cotton production was accounted for by pesticides.
In the early 1970s, the spraying frequently reached 70 times a season as the farmers were pushed to the wall by the invasion of genetically stronger insect species.
雅思(IELTS)阅读练习题二：日本的传统教学方式
阅读段落
Traditional ways of teaching form the basis of the lesson and the remarkably quiet classes take their own notes of the points made and the examples demonstrated. Everyone has their own copy of the textbook supplied by the central education authority, Monbusho, as part of the concept of free compulsory education up to the age of 15. These textbooks are, on the whole, small, presumably inexpensive to produce, but well set out and logically developed. (One teacher was particularly keen to introduce colour and pictures into maths textbooks: he felt this would make them more accessible to pupils brought up in a cartoon culture.) Besides approving textbooks, Monbusho also decides the highly centralized national curriculum and how it is to be delivered.
段落大意
本段主要介绍了日本的传统教学方式、教科书，以及中央教育权威机构Monbusho。
阅读笔记
Textbook：small， inexpensive <> well set out & logically developed
Everyone has their own copy
Supplied by the central education authority——Monbusho
Monbusho——decides national curriculum & how it delivered
逻辑关系
1. 解释(无逻辑连接词)
One teacher was particularly keen to introduce colour and pictures into maths textbooks.
He felt this would make them more accessible to pupils brought up in a cartoon culture.
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