雅思听力真题(Part 2)
Part 2 · 考频:中频 · 最近考试:2022.1.8
答案:see the most popular exhibits first
原文定位:You probably won't have time to see everything today, so what I recommend you do is go to the Egyptian room first because it's everyone's favorite place, and it gets very crowded with the school parties later in the day. Oh, and I should mention that the photography gallery is undergoing refurbishment at the moment. So while that's definitely worth seeing, it'll have to wait for another time
同义替换:「the most popular exhibits」↔「everyone's favorite place」,「see」↔「go to」
答案:the town hall
原文定位:The museum's built in a very similar style to the railway station, which was constructed at around the same time. That was designed by another architect, but William Craven did also provide the plans for the town hall, which was built just a few years later
同义替换:「designed by」↔「provide the plans for」
答案:staircase
原文定位:The lovely big windows have been retained to let the daylight flood in, but the award-winning part of the project was the restoration of the area around the central hall. In particular, the beautiful wrought iron staircase, which was brought back to its former glory
同义替换:「won an award for the preservation」↔「award-winning part of the project」
答案:local businesses
原文定位:We did get some money from the Department of Culture at national level, but we had even more generous support from companies and industries here in the city who were our main benefactors
同义替换:「Most of the money」↔「even more generous support」,「local businesses」↔「companies and industries here in the city」,「came from」↔「support from」
答案:restoring existing collections
原文定位:We consider the most important part of our work the restoration of the valuable historical objects we are lucky enough to have in our possession, and this will continue to be where the most funding is allocated
同义替换:「Over the next five years」↔「will continue」,「invest mainly in」↔「the most funding is allocated」,「existing collections」↔「the valuable historical objects」
答案:attend the monthly lectures
原文定位:if you would like to learn more about our exhibits on display here, I suggest you come to one of the Saturday morning lectures, which are given every month by one of our team of experts
同义替换:「should」↔「suggest」
答案:in only on temporary display
原文定位:Well, we're very well known for our collection of eighteenth-century paintings, both oils and watercolors. Some of these are English landscapes and portraits, but we also have paintings by other European artists who were working during this period
答案:consists of work by a local resident
原文定位:the Farnley collection is a set of drawings by Paul Farnley. He was born in Ireland, but he came to work here in the city in the early twentieth century and then made it his home. He worked in a factory but spent his spare time drawing the buildings and urban landscape of the city, and his work has now been collected and displayed here
同义替换:「work by」↔「drawings by」
答案:shows things that are no longer common
原文定位:we have a display of kitchen appliances which might interest you. These are the sorts of things you wouldn't normally expect to see in a museum. There's an electric potato peeler from the nineteen seventies, which sold really well at the time, but no one's got one now;There are lots of other similar appliances, which must have seemed like great ideas at the time, but which never took off
同义替换:「things that are no longer common」↔「never took off」
答案:in only on temporary display
原文定位:You might also like to visit the fashion gallery. This is an exhibition which is running for the next few weeks only and shows men's and women's fashion from nineteen hundred to two thousand
同义替换:「only on temporary display」↔「running for the next few weeks only」