雅思阅读真题《Keeping the water away》的答案是什么？

第14题：F；第15题：C；第16题：B；第17题：D；第18题：E；第19题：G；第20-21题：A It aims to slow the movement of water ；第22题：Europe；第23题：Mississippi；第24题：London；第25题：soft engineers；第26题：Los Angeles

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该篇真题最近出现于 2015.5.16 的雅思考试中，考频为高频。

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Questions 14-19 Reading Passage has seven paragraphs, A-G, Which paragraph contains the following information? Write the correct letter. A-G, in boxes 14-19 on your answer sheet 14 how legislation has forced building designers to improve water use

答案：F 原文定位：Tough new rules for new developments mean that drains will be prevented from becoming overloaded after heavy rains. Architects of new urban buildings are diverting rainwater from the roofs for use in

15 two reasons why one river was isolated from its food plain

答案：C 原文定位：For a long time engineers have erased its backwaters and cut it off from its plain. The aim was partly to improve navigation, and partly to speed floodwaters out of Alps and down to the North Sea

16 how natural water courses in the past assisted flood control

答案：B 原文定位：Back in the days when rivers took a winding path to the sea, floodwaters lost force and volume while meandering across flood plains and inland deltas, but today the water tends to have a direct passag

17 an example of flood control on one river, affecting three countries

答案：D 原文定位：Similar ideas are being tested in Austria, in one of Europe's largest river restorations to date. The engineers calculate that the restored flood plain of the Drava River can now store up to 10 millio

18 a country which has partly destroyed one of its most typical features in order to control water

答案：E 原文定位：Since that time, the Dutch have broken one of their most enduring national stereotypes by allowing engineers to punch holes in dykes. They plan to return up to a sixth of the country to its former wat

19 the writer's comment on the comparative cost effectiveness of traditional flood control and newer methods

答案：G 原文定位：It may sound expensive, until we realise how much is spent trying to drain cities and protect areas from flooding, and how little this method achieves

Questions 20-21 Choose TWO letters A-E. Write the correct letter, in boxes 20-21 on your answer sheet 20-21 According to the article, which TWO of these statements are true of the new approach to flood control?

答案：A It aims to slow the movement of water to the sea.,C It will cost more than twice as much as former measures. 原文定位：In Zaandanse Vliet, the Netherlands, they have even removed parts of the concrete dyke to let the river flood the land;In the Netherlands, they have broken dykes and let the sea flood the old courses

A It aims to slow the movement of water to the sea.

B It aims to channel water more directly into rivers.

C It will cost more than twice as much as former measures.

D It will involve the loss of some areas of land.

E It has been tested only in The Netherlands.

23 The Rhine and the _____ rivers have experienced similar problems with water control.

答案：Mississippi 原文定位：The same thing has happened in the US on the Mississippi river, which drains the world’s second largest river catchment into the Gulf of Mexico. Despite some $7 billion spent over the last century on

24 An area near Oxford will flooded to protect the city of _____ .

答案：London 原文定位：To help keep London's feet dry, the UK Environment Agency is reflooding 10 square kilometres of the ancient flood plain of the River Thames outside Oxford

25 Planners who wish to allow water to pass more freely through city surfaces are called _____ .

答案：soft engineers 原文定位：A new breed of ‘soft engineers’ wants cities to porous, Berlin is one place where this is being done

26 A proposal for part of the city of _____ could show whether small-scale water projects could apply on a large scale.

答案：Los Angeles 原文定位：Could this be expanded to protect a whole city? The test case could Los Angeles

雅思阅读真题：Keeping the water away（Part 2 · 高频 · 2015.5.16考试）（含答案）| 鸭圈雅思

Keeping the water away

Part 2 · 考频：高频 · 最近考试：2015.5.16

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Recently, winter floods on the rivers of central Europe have been among the worst for 600 to 700 years, and dams and dykes (protective sea walls) have failed to solve the problem. Traditionally, river engineers have tried to get rid of the water quickly, draining it off the land and down to the sea in rivers reengineered as high-performance drains. But however high they build the artificial riverbanks, the floods keep coming back. And when they come, they seem to be worse than ever.

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题目与答案

Questions 14-19
Reading Passage has seven paragraphs, A-G,
Which paragraph contains the following information?
Write the correct letter. A-G, in boxes 14-19 on your answer sheet
14 how legislation has forced building designers to improve water use
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
答案：F
原文定位：Tough new rules for new developments mean that drains will be prevented from becoming overloaded after heavy rains. Architects of new urban buildings are diverting rainwater from the roofs for use in toilets and the irrigation of roof gardens, while water falling onto the ground is collected in ponds, or passes underground through porous paving
15 two reasons why one river was isolated from its food plain
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
答案：C
原文定位：For a long time engineers have erased its backwaters and cut it off from its plain. The aim was partly to improve navigation, and partly to speed floodwaters out of Alps and down to the North Sea
16 how natural water courses in the past assisted flood control
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
答案：B
原文定位：Back in the days when rivers took a winding path to the sea, floodwaters lost force and volume while meandering across flood plains and inland deltas, but today the water tends to have a direct passage to the sea
17 an example of flood control on one river, affecting three countries
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
答案：D
原文定位：Similar ideas are being tested in Austria, in one of Europe's largest river restorations to date. The engineers calculate that the restored flood plain of the Drava River can now store up to 10 million cubic metres of floodwater, and slow down storm surges coming out of the Alps by more than an hour, protecting towns not only in Austria, but as far downstream as Slovenia and Croatia
18 a country which has partly destroyed one of its most typical features in order to control water
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
答案：E
原文定位：Since that time, the Dutch have broken one of their most enduring national stereotypes by allowing engineers to punch holes in dykes. They plan to return up to a sixth of the country to its former waterlogged state in order to better protect the rest
19 the writer's comment on the comparative cost effectiveness of traditional flood control and newer methods
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
答案：G
原文定位：It may sound expensive, until we realise how much is spent trying to drain cities and protect areas from flooding, and how little this method achieves
Questions 20-21
Choose TWO letters A-E.
Write the correct letter, in boxes 20-21 on your answer sheet
20-21 According to the article, which TWO of these statements are true of the new approach to flood control?
- A It aims to slow the movement of water to the sea.
- B It aims to channel water more directly into rivers.
- C It will cost more than twice as much as former measures.
- D It will involve the loss of some areas of land.
- E It has been tested only in The Netherlands.
答案：A It aims to slow the movement of water to the sea.,C It will cost more than twice as much as former measures.
原文定位：In Zaandanse Vliet, the Netherlands, they have even removed parts of the concrete dyke to let the river flood the land;In the Netherlands, they have broken dykes and let the sea flood the old courses of the rivers
Questions 22-26
Complete the sentences below.
Choose NO MORE THAN MO WORDS from the passage for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 22-26 on your answer sheet.
22 Some of the most severe floods for many centuries have recently occurred in parts of _____ .
答案：Europe
原文定位：Recently, winter floods on the rivers of central Europe have been among the worst for 600 to 700 years, and dams and dykes (protective sea walls) have failed to solve the problem
23 The Rhine and the _____ rivers have experienced similar problems with water control.
答案：Mississippi
原文定位：The same thing has happened in the US on the Mississippi river, which drains the world’s second largest river catchment into the Gulf of Mexico. Despite some $7 billion spent over the last century on levees (embankments) the situation is growing worse
24 An area near Oxford will flooded to protect the city of _____ .
答案：London
原文定位：To help keep London's feet dry, the UK Environment Agency is reflooding 10 square kilometres of the ancient flood plain of the River Thames outside Oxford
25 Planners who wish to allow water to pass more freely through city surfaces are called _____ .
答案：soft engineers
原文定位：A new breed of ‘soft engineers’ wants cities to porous, Berlin is one place where this is being done
26 A proposal for part of the city of _____ could show whether small-scale water projects could apply on a large scale.
答案：Los Angeles
原文定位：Could this be expanded to protect a whole city? The test case could Los Angeles

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