# Old house history project - 科目：雅思听力真题（Part 3） - 考频：中频 - 最近考试：2019.6.1/2019.3.14Asia/2019.1.26/2010.4.10 - 题目数：10 - 来源页：https://www.yaquan.site/paper/893ce1d8-b703-48b8-8c92-b7c95f3882e0（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 00:00:00,780 Part three. 00:00:02,600 You will hear a history student asking her tutor about techniques for tracing the history of an old house. 00:00:10,580 First, you have some time to look at questions twenty-one to twenty-five. 00:00:40,000 Now listen carefully and answer questions twenty-one to twenty-five. 00:00:47,550 Thanks for agreeing to see me at such short notice, Dr. Hughes. 00:00:50,740 That's all right. What can I do to help? 00:00:52,960 Well, we're just starting our year two history project, and we'd like to do it on the history of my uncle's house in our village. There isn't much information on it, and he wants to find out more. You know, how old it is exactly, who lived in it and so on. Can you give us some advice on how to go about researching it? And we also wondered if you could give us some advice on how to actually structure the project write-up. 00:01:12,980 Well, I'll see what I can do. Uh, first of all, I think it's a very good topic for your project. House detective work can yield a lot of fascinating incidental information. Uh, for example, I think you should incorporate into your project any village history which seems to have a bearing on your project. 00:01:31,820 Yes, of course. 00:01:33,400 So where to start? Um, approximately how old is the house? 00:01:38,020 My uncle thinks two hundred and fifty years, but he's really interested in getting a more exact date. 00:01:43,020 Well, the first thing you need to get is the deeds, the documents which accompany the house sale. These should tell you the previous owners. 00:01:51,080 Mm-hmm. And will they show the age? 00:01:53,000 Mm, possibly not. You should bear in mind that deeds are often incomplete. 00:01:57,280 Mm. 00:01:57,700 You need to do a lot more work. My advice is to start by spending a bit of time looking at the house as a whole, trying to divine what the ground plan is. 00:02:06,640 Right. 00:02:07,340 Yes. Uh, it's a very good starting point for establishing the general date. Right. And once you've got that, the next thing is to visit the local library, and what you need to consult there are large-scale maps from the time you think the house was built. You can see at what date the house first appears. 00:02:25,940 Okay. Right. 00:02:27,520 And then it's worth looking into the house itself. 00:02:29,820 Mm-hmm. 00:02:30,080 Although you can never be sure that they are original, it is very fruitful to look at and sketch the fireplaces. 00:02:37,680 Yes. There are two or three large ones in the house. They're very distinctive. 00:02:41,880 Right. As I say, make a drawing of them and then look them up in a specialist book. 00:02:46,840 Yes. 00:02:47,440 And do the same for the staircases. 00:02:49,440 Okay. That'll be no problem. One of the group is a good artist. 00:02:52,620 Very useful. 00:02:55,090 Now, tell me, is there a wooden frame to the building? 00:02:58,420 Yes. It has lots of exposed wooden beams. 00:03:01,540 Well, there is something very special that you could do if you were interested in getting an extremely precise dating. 00:03:07,540 What's that? 00:03:08,820 If your uncle gave permission, you could take a small sample of the wood and discover the date by examining tree rings. 00:03:15,100 Really? Would that work? 00:03:16,820 Yes. It's a well-established procedure. 00:03:19,440 Could we do it at the university? 00:03:21,460 I think it could be arranged, yes. 00:03:22,780 That'd be brilliant. If we can manage it, that is. 00:03:25,540 Well, keep that in mind. 00:03:29,980 Before you hear the rest of the discussion, you have some time to look at questions twenty-six to thirty. 00:04:02,140 Now listen and answer questions twenty-six to thirty. 00:04:09,340 So can I also ask you about the project write-up? 00:04:12,000 Fine. Well, I always advise my students to have four main sections. 00:04:16,000 Mm-hmm. 00:04:16,380 The first section, which I think helps you a great deal with the rest, is reasons for choosing the topic. 00:04:22,300 Right. Yes. We've already made some notes on that. 00:04:24,960 Then the research process, including a description of any problems. Be honest about them. 00:04:30,580 Yes, of course. Knowing us, there'll be plenty. 00:04:33,520 There always are. 00:04:34,940 And then summary of findings. There'll probably be two main subsections there as well. Age. 00:04:41,960 Oh, right. Yes. And? 00:04:43,610 And the other subsection, I suppose you'd call occupancy. 00:04:47,440 Yes. Okay. 00:04:48,600 And the fourth and final section you should make unanswered questions. 00:04:52,820 There'll be a lot of those, I imagine. 00:04:54,800 You can work on them for your master's thesis. 00:04:57,060 Of course. Yes. 00:04:59,520 Well, thank you very much, Dr. Hughes. 00:05:01,740 You're welcome. Let me know how it's all going. 00:05:04,280 I certainly will. 00:05:08,380 That is the end of part three. You now have one minute to check your answers to part three. ## 题目与答案 ### 21. Techniques to use Include relevant information of the history of the 21_____ Techniques to use Include relevant information of the history of the 21_____ **答案**：village 原文定位：I think you should incorporate into your project any village history which seems to have a bearing on your project 同义替换：「Include relevant information」↔「incorporate into your project」 ### 22. Find the “deeds”— they will list the previous owners. Work out the ground 22_____ Find the “deeds”— they will list the previous owners. Work out the ground 22_____ **答案**：plan 原文定位：My advice is to start by spending a bit of time looking at the house as a whole, trying to divine what the ground plan is 同义替换：「Work out」↔「divine what the ground plan is」 ### 23. In the library, look at some large-scale 23_____ from the period. In the library, look at some large-scale 23_____ from the period. **答案**：maps 原文定位：visit the local library, and what you need to consult there are large-scale maps from the time you think the house was built 同义替换：「period」↔「time」 ### 24. Make drawings of: The 24_____ Make drawings of: The 24_____ **答案**：fireplaces 原文定位：Although you can never be sure that they are original, it is very fruitful to look at and sketch the fireplaces;Yes. There are two or three large ones in the house. They're very distinctive;Right. As I say, make a drawing of them and then look them up in a specialist book 同义替换：「drawings」↔「sketch」 ### 25. The staircases (with uncle’s permission) remove a small piece of 25_____ for examination at the university. The staircases (with uncle’s permission) remove a small piece of 25_____ for examination at the university. **答案**：wood 原文定位：If your uncle gave permission, you could take a small sample of the wood and discover the date by examining tree rings 同义替换：「remove a small piece of」↔「take a small sample of」 ### 26. Headings to use -reasons for 26_____ the topics Headings to use -reasons for 26_____ the topics **答案**：choosing 原文定位：The first section, which I think helps you a great deal with the rest, is reasons for choosing the topic 同义替换：「Headings to use」↔「the first section」 ### 27. -Research process( describe 27_____ fully) -Research process( describe 27_____ fully) **答案**：any problems 原文定位：Then the research process, including a description of any problems ### 28. -Summary of findings: 28_____ -Summary of findings: 28_____ **答案**：Age 原文定位：There'll probably be two main subsections there as well. Age 同义替换：「Summary of findings」↔「two main subsections」 ### 29. 29_____ 29_____ **答案**：occupancy 原文定位：There'll probably be two main subsections there as well. Age;Oh, right. Yes. And;And the other subsection, I suppose you'd call occupancy ### 30. -30_____ questions -30_____ questions **答案**：unanswered 原文定位：And the fourth and final section you should make unanswered questions --- 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。