# Re-creating life in an iron age village - 科目：雅思听力真题（Part 2） - 考频：中频 - 最近考试：2022.8.20/2017.4.29/2011.8.27 - 题目数：10 - 来源页：https://www.yaquan.site/paper/77c9aadd-dd48-4438-8234-58c45606d608（在线机考练习与音频请访问该页面） - 数据更新：2026-10-29 ## 题目原文 00:00:00,060 Part two. 00:00:02,020 You will hear a talk by a volunteer who has been taking part in a project to find out what everyday life was like two thousand five hundred years ago in Britain during the time known as the Iron Age. 00:00:16,880 First, you have some time to look at questions eleven to fifteen. 00:00:55,660 Now listen carefully and answer questions eleven to fifteen. 00:01:03,120 Jim Stevens has been taking part in an experiment to find out what everyday life was like in Britain over two thousand five hundred years ago in the period of history we call the Iron Age. He is one of a group of volunteers who have been living for the last six months in the sort of village that people inhabited in those days and following the sort of daily routine that ordinary people followed then. So Jim, tell us what you do on a typical day. 00:01:36,300 A typical day in the Iron Age village begins with rising at first light. 00:01:42,240 I occasionally did that when I was at home because I loved having time to myself before the family got up. But here I do it every day because it's so light. 00:01:53,060 Others also get up early because they find the straw beds rather cold. 00:01:58,480 We start work immediately, usually tending to our fires, which have died down in the night. I feed the cattle before starting to get breakfast ready, usually porridge that's been soaked the night before. It sounds horrid, doesn't it? But it's not so bad. 00:02:16,600 As it takes such a long time to cook anything, we end up eating only twice a day. 00:02:23,140 We have a late breakfast after a morning's work, and then in the evening we gather together as a community. 00:02:29,780 Although the evening meal provides a chance for us to chat about the day, it can be quite chilly, so we go to bed pretty early. 00:02:38,100 I think we're always hungry because we use much more energy than usual. It's all the physical exertion. A lot of time is spent just trying to get enough to eat, looking for berries and fruit and things like that. 00:02:52,260 There are lots of other jobs to be done, like cooking, finding wood, and keeping the fires going. The biggest priority for the blacksmiths working the forge is to tend the fire and to get it nice and hot so they can carry out their tasks. 00:03:07,860 They've got various things to make: tools, cooking implements, and so on. So life here is about looking after the animals and looking after ourselves. 00:03:19,240 Everybody's always doing something around the fire as well. It's not as if we're just sitting there chatting. 00:03:26,100 Just living, surviving takes up most of our time. And actually, it's quite difficult to fit in other things around it. For example, you might be breaking hazelnuts, spinning some wool, or just doing things like straining milk. 00:03:41,440 Here, you're finding out how to do different things every day, which keeps you on your toes and keeps you interested. 00:03:51,520 Before you hear the rest of the talk, you have some time to look at questions sixteen to twenty. 00:04:02,680 Now listen and answer questions sixteen to twenty. 00:04:29,100 And I understand that you even built your own houses to live in, roundhouses built in just the same way that archaeologists think that Iron Age people constructed them. So tell us exactly how you build an Iron Age roundhouse. 00:04:44,860 It's a bit like putting up a tent at first, but without the benefit of ready-made metal poles. 00:04:51,640 You mark the center of your house with a wooden peg. 00:04:55,980 What you do then is loop a length of rope around it and mark out the circle to give you the outer boundary of your building. Once you've got this, you then have to dig out the ground ready for the wall. And in Iron Age times, people didn't have shovels or diggers like we do today, but used tools which they fashioned from animal bone. 00:05:18,740 It must have been quite hard work. 00:05:21,300 Next, you have to start on the wall. Although there were several native trees around, like the ash and the elm, the ancients preferred oak for the wall posts, which they knocked into the circle they had dug. Don't forget to leave room for the entrance, otherwise you won't be able to get into the house. 00:05:42,280 Now you can begin to see the wall of the house developing. To create the framework for the final wall, the stakes were not nailed or glued onto each other as they might be today. Instead, ones with holes cut into each end are slotted over the upright posts, making what to us looks like a fence. This procedure creates a very firm structure. 00:06:07,160 To support the large roof, first you need to put up a good size center post, which is secured with ropes and pegs. But it's not only this which is relied upon to hold up the roof. So the next thing you have to do is build around the post a timber scaffold tower, similar to the metal ones used in Britain today. 00:06:28,760 This temporary structure of wooden poles enables you to put up the main supporting beams, which are then tied together with rope and fixed to the wall plate at the bottom of the fence. 00:06:40,640 The top part of this tent-like construction is strengthened with two ring beams. 00:06:46,980 Now the framework for the roof has to be completed. 00:06:50,600 Rather like weaving a basket using rods from the willow tree, hazelwood rods are linked to the beams in parallel hoops. 00:07:00,140 Now you can see the house in skeletal form. 00:07:04,060 The tricky bit is thatching the roof because it requires great skill. I find this very difficult. First, you take reed bundles and cut them so that each is of equal length. Then you must fix them firmly so they won't blow away in heavy winds. 00:07:21,920 The final part of the process is the daubing, which in effect is like modern-day plastering. Whereas today we use plaster and paint or wallpaper, the Iron Age people had a mixture of clay, cow dung, and straw, which they daubed all over the inside and outside to give the house a smooth finish. 00:07:45,300 That is the end of part two. You now have thirty seconds to check your answers to part two. ## 题目与答案 ### 11. 11 Jim says that in the Iron Age 11 Jim says that in the Iron Age - he is sometimes cold at night. - he always gets up early. - he has time to himself. **答案**：he always gets up early. 原文定位：A typical day in the Iron Age village begins with rising at first light;I occasionally did that when I was at home because I loved having time to myself before the family got up. But here I do it every day because it's so light 同义替换：「always gets up early」↔「do it every day」 ### 12. 12 What does Jim say about the food they eat in the village? 12 What does Jim say about the food they eat in the village? - It takes time to prepare. - It is difficult to get used to. - It has to be eaten quickly. **答案**：It takes time to prepare. 原文定位：As it takes such a long time to cook anything, we end up eating only twice a day ### 13. 13 Jim says that at the evening meal 13 Jim says that at the evening meal - the villagers are sometimes too tired to eat. - they mainly have fruit and berries. - they talk about what they’ve done. **答案**：they talk about what they’ve done. 原文定位：Although the evening meal provides a chance for us to chat about the day, it can be quite chilly, so we go to bed pretty early 同义替换：「talk」↔「chat」 ### 14. 14 The most important job for the blacksmith is 14 The most important job for the blacksmith is - to mend broken tools and implements. - to maintain a good store of fuel. - to collect sufficient firewood. **答案**：to maintain a good store of fuel. 原文定位：The biggest priority for the blacksmiths working the forge is to tend the fire and to get it nice and hot so they can carry out their tasks 同义替换：「most important job」↔「biggest priority」 ### 15. 15 Jim likes the fact that in the village, people 15 Jim likes the fact that in the village, people - do varied activities. - share their knowledge. - get a lot of exercise. **答案**：do varied activities. 原文定位：Here, you're finding out how to do different things every day, which keeps you on your toes and keeps you interested 同义替换：「likes the fact that」↔「keeps you interested」；「do varied activities」↔「do different things every day」 ### 16. Making an Iron Age Roundhouse -Mark the centre of planned houses with a circle of 16_____ Making an Iron Age Roundhouse -Mark the centre of planned houses with a circle of 16_____ - bone - different - equal - elm - oak - iron **答案**：peg 原文定位：You mark the center of your house with a wooden peg ### 17. ↓ Mark out circle for outer boundary ↓ Dig ground using tools made from 17_____ ↓ Mark out circle for outer boundary ↓ Dig ground using tools made from 17_____ - bone - different - equal - elm - oak - iron **答案**：bone 原文定位：Once you've got this, you then have to dig out the ground ready for the wall. And in Iron Age times, people didn't have shovels or diggers like we do today, but used tools which they fashioned from animal bone ### 18. ↓ Insert wall posts (Iron Age builders preferred from oak trees) ↓ Slot more stakes into upright posts ↓ Insert centre post and build a wooden 18_____ around it ↓ Insert wall posts (Iron Age builders preferred from oak trees) ↓ Slot more stakes into upright posts ↓ Insert centre post and build a wooden 18_____ around it - bone - different - equal - elm - oak - iron **答案**：scaffold 原文定位：So the next thing you have to do is build around the post a timber scaffold tower, similar to the metal ones used in Britain today ### 19. ↓ Add main supporting beams and ring beams ↓ Complete roof framework using 19_____ wood rods ↓ Add main supporting beams and ring beams ↓ Complete roof framework using 19_____ wood rods - bone - different - equal - elm - oak - iron **答案**：iron 原文定位：Rather like weaving a basket using rods from the willow tree, hazelwood rods are linked to the beams in parallel hoops ### 20. ↓ Cover roof with reed bundles of 20_____ lengths ↓ Daub with mixture of clay, dung and straw ↓ Cover roof with reed bundles of 20_____ lengths ↓ Daub with mixture of clay, dung and straw - bone - different - equal - elm - oak - iron **答案**：equal 原文定位：First, you take reed bundles and cut them so that each is of equal length --- 以上内容由鸭圈雅思真题库（www.yaquan.site）提供，收录近期雅思考试真题回忆，支持在线机考模式免费练习。