雅思阅读真题(Part 1)

A river reveals its Roman past

Part 1 · 考频:超高频 · 最近考试:2026.2.6西北工业大学

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2,000 years ago the town of Arles, in what is now south-western France, was a busy gateway to the area of the Roman Empire known as Gaul. Goods from all over the Mediterranean were transferred there to barges – long, shallow riverboats – then pulled up the Rhône river to supply the northern half of the great empire. Today, Arles is a small, quiet place, and the Rhône is polluted and mostly ignored.

 

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题目与答案

  1. 1 In 1986 Luc Long had been looking for an opportunity to dive in the Rhone for some time.
    • TRUE
    • FALSE
    • NOT GIVEN

    答案:FALSE

    原文定位:He had already worked on sunken ships all over the Mediterranean when, in 1986, a friend persuaded him to dive for the first time in his home river. Long reluctantly agreed

    同义替换:「had been looking for an opportunity」↔「persuaded by friend」

  2. ·In 2011, because it hardly snowed in the Alps,the river's 10_____ was very gentle.

    答案:current

    原文定位:It hardly snowed in the Alps that winter and that spring it barely rained. The Rhône’s current was so gentle that the team got in the water by early May

  3. ·The diving team lost only one 11_____ to bad weather.

    答案:week

    原文定位:The team worked straight into November, losing only a single week to bad weather – and completed the job

  4. What was found on or near the barge:
    ·The barge was carrying 33 tons of 12_____ for building work.

    答案:stone

    原文定位:When Arles-Rhône 3 sank, it was carrying 33 tons of stone for building work

  5. ·Under the floorboards, restorers found a silver 13_____ dated to 30 BCE.

    答案:coin

    原文定位:When the restorers were taking the boat apart, they also found a silver coin sealed between two planks of wood; it had been put there to bring good luck

  6. 2 Long and his friend were the first divers to find Roman remains in the Rhone.
    • TRUE
    • FALSE
    • NOT GIVEN

    答案:NOT GIVEN

    原文定位:He had already worked on sunken ships all over the Mediterranean when, in 1986, a friend persuaded him to dive for the first time in his home river;Within a short time the divers found themselves swimming over a vast field of amphorae

    同义替换:「remains」↔「vast field of amphorae」

  7. 3 Long's work in the Rhone attracted immediate interest.
    • TRUE
    • FALSE
    • NOT GIVEN

    答案:FALSE

    原文定位:For the first 20 years or so, no one paid much attention to what Long was doing

    同义替换:「attracted immediate interest」↔「no one paid much attention for the first 20 years」

  8. 4 It was thought that the Neptune statue would be of interest to thieves.
    • TRUE
    • FALSE
    • NOT GIVEN

    答案:TRUE

    原文定位:The French customs police warned Long that antiquities thieves might be watching his operation. So when his divers found a two-metre statue of the god Neptune, they brought it to the surface at night

    同义替换:「would be of interest to thieves」↔「antiquities thieves might be watching his operation」

  9. 5 Benoit Poinard doubted that the barge could be raised in one diving season.
    • TRUE
    • FALSE
    • NOT GIVEN

    答案:TRUE

    原文定位:We thought the project was doomed to fail,’ said Benoît Poinard, a professional diver and the site foreman. Normally, Poinard explained, the Rhône is safe for diving only from late June to October; otherwise the current is too strong. Only three or four months would not be enough to excavate Arles-Rhône 3

    同义替换:「doubted」↔「thought the project was doomed to fail」,「the barge could be raised in one diving season」↔「Only three or four months would not be enough to excavate Arles-Rhône 3」

  10. 6 The restorers were surprised to discover a silver coin in the barge.
    • TRUE
    • FALSE
    • NOT GIVEN

    答案:NOT GIVEN

    原文定位:When the restorers were taking the boat apart, they also found a silver coin sealed between two planks of wood; it had been put there to bring good luck

    同义替换:「discover」↔「found」

  11. The Roman barge Arles-Rhone 3
    The discovery and condition of the barge:
    ·The barge was 34 metres long and was found by one of Long's 7_____ in 2004.

    答案:colleagues

    原文定位:When, in 2004, one of his colleagues came across a 34-metre-long Roman barge

    同义替换:「found」↔「came across」

  12. ·The wood had not decayed, but water had filled its cells, making the structure soft and 8_____ .

    答案:spongy

    原文定位:This was because although the wood of the boat had suffered no microbial decay, water had filled its cells, leaving the whole structure soft and spongy

  13. Extraction from the Rhone:
    ·Normally, the Rhone is safe for diving only from late June to 9_____ .

    答案:October

    原文定位:Normally, Poinard explained, the Rhône is safe for diving only from late June to October; otherwise the current is too strong

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