# Horse riding for disabled people - 科目：雅思听力真题（Part 2） - 考频：中频 - 最近考试：2021.6.17/2019.12.14/2017.11.11/2012.12.6 - 题目数：9 - 来源页：https://www.yaquan.site/paper/ca20d730-abb0-4b9b-8941-afd73b698320（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 00:00:03,760 Part two. 00:00:05,640 You will hear a radio talk on horse riding for disabled people. 00:00:11,220 First, you have some time to look at questions eleven to fourteen. 00:00:40,440 Now listen carefully and answer questions eleven to fourteen. 00:00:48,120 This week, our slot is A Life in the Day of Joan Gilbert, local organizer for Riding for the Disabled. Joan, would you like to tell us about this? 00:01:00,640 Well, I always have the very best intentions of starting the day at five thirty to give the horses a really good muck out. But reality intervenes, and I finally wake at about six thirty. That probably still sounds very early to you, but for a farm worker, which is what my son is at the moment, that's cutting things pretty fine. 00:01:23,760 Once I've managed to get him safely on his way at about seven AM, I can start turning my attention to the other important tasks of the day. 00:01:34,220 For about five years, we've been taking overseas students from the international center at our local college, and I have to give them a proper breakfast. 00:01:45,160 Most of our students used to be from the Middle East, but they're no longer coming. So we tend to have Malaysian girls, and they like to have a cooked breakfast much more than any Europeans we've had, including me, and I don't have anything these days. After cooking, I finally get round to the poor horses. 00:02:08,620 It's only after this that I can start thinking about what I regard as my most important task: work for Riding for the Disabled. 00:02:18,540 I've been involved with this organization on and off for over twenty years, but I've only recently taken on the job of chairperson. 00:02:28,320 Most of the work seems more secretarial, but that's how charities get organized. 00:02:34,080 In our immediate district, we have had as many as thirty riders, but currently we've only got twenty-two. 00:02:41,880 The number of helpers who have volunteered is actually 40, but we can rely on 25 to come regularly to help in the different groups. 00:02:51,140 We now have four separate groups which cater for disabled children and adults from six to forty years old. 00:03:00,920 Before you hear the rest of the talk, you have some time to look at questions fifteen to twenty. 00:03:37,240 Now listen and answer questions fifteen to twenty. 00:03:44,140 As I say, I feel that although I no longer have any proper full-time paid employment, I do have a full and busy life. 00:03:53,720 I'm a housewife, which I don't mind because I don't really object to doing things like washing and cooking. Then there's my own horses, which I adore, even the revolting stuff like cleaning out the stables. The official RDA stuff is a mixed bag, really. I don't have major problems with all the letter writing and correspondence which it entails. But like lots of shy people, I find the fundraising horrendous. 00:04:21,300 Other regular RDA duties, such as ringing round the riders to fix times, et cetera, is one of the pleasantest aspects of the work. After all, that's why I'm involved with charity work, the contact with people. 00:04:35,820 My working day ends with the least enjoyable job of all: sorting the accounts. 00:04:43,040 I got involved with RDA because I've always loved horses, and I can see disabled people gaining so much. I know all the medical evidence that shows that it does wonders for muscle building and so on, which is important. But from talking to the riders, they say it is the confidence they gain and also the opportunity to be part of a new and exciting environment which gives them the greatest benefit. 00:05:12,400 In terms of the RDA organization itself, I feel it works very well, but we're always striving to make it better. 00:05:21,440 I wish, for example, our helpers and the organizers in the various centers could really rationalize the fundraising efforts, which sometimes are very inefficient. And it also saddens me how unaware some of the stables can be about the difficulties faced by people who are disabled. 00:05:41,080 Anyway, I feel very privileged to work with our riders and to see such tangible benefits. It sends me to sleep with a feeling that though the day has been hard, it has been worthwhile. 00:05:56,540 That is the end of part two. You now have forty-five seconds to check your answers to part two. ## 题目与答案 ### 11. 11 Joan normally gets up at 11 Joan normally gets up at - 5:30 am - 6:30 am - 7:30 am **答案**：6:30 am 原文定位：Well, I always have the very best intentions of starting the day at five thirty to give the horses a really good muck out. But reality intervenes, and I finally wake at about six thirty 同义替换：「normally gets up」↔「finally wake」 ### 12. 12 Joan`s first task of the day is to 12 Joan`s first task of the day is to - clean the horses - organise her son - do farm work **答案**：organise her son 原文定位：Once I've managed to get him safely on his way at about seven AM, I can start turning my attention to the other important tasks of the day 同义替换：「organise her son」↔「get him safely on his way」 ### 13. Joan`s official title in Riding for the Disabled (RDA) is chairperson. In her local district there are at present twenty-two riders and 13_____ helpers on the volunteer list Joan`s official title in Riding for the Disabled (RDA) is chairperson. In her local district there are at present twenty-two riders and 13_____ helpers on the volunteer list **答案**：40 原文定位：The number of helpers who have volunteered is actually 40, but we can rely on 25 to come regularly to help in the different groups 同义替换：「at present」↔「currently」；「volunteer list」↔「helpers who have volunteered」 ### 14. , out of whom 14_____ come regularly. , out of whom 14_____ come regularly. **答案**：25 原文定位：The number of helpers who have volunteered is actually 40, but we can rely on 25 to come regularly to help in the different groups ### 15. correspondence correspondence - She really likes it. - She doesn`t mind it. - She hates it. **答案**：She doesn`t mind it. 原文定位：I don't have major problems with all the letter writing and correspondence which it 同义替换：「correspondence」↔「letter writing」；「doesn’t mind」↔「don't have major problems」 ### 16. fund-raising fund-raising - She really likes it. - She doesn`t mind it. - She hates it. **答案**：She hates it. 原文定位：But like lots of shy people, I find the fundraising horrendous ### 17. calling riders calling riders - She really likes it. - She doesn`t mind it. - She hates it. **答案**：She really likes it. 原文定位：Other regular RDA duties, such as ringing round the riders to fix times, et cetera, is one of the pleasantest aspects of the work 同义替换：「calling」↔「ringing」；「the pleasantest aspects」↔「really likes it」 ### 18. organising accounts organising accounts - She really likes it. - She doesn`t mind it. - She hates it. **答案**：She hates it. 原文定位：My working day ends with the least enjoyable job of all: sorting the accounts 同义替换：「organising」↔「sorting」；「hates it」↔「the least enjoyable job of all」 ### 19-20. Joan says the TWO ways the RDA needs to improve are by Joan says the TWO ways the RDA needs to improve are by - giving special training - making fund-raising more effective - opening more RDA centres - providing more helpers - recognising difficulties of disabled riders **答案**：making fund-raising more effective,recognising difficulties of disabled riders 原文定位：I wish, for example, our helpers and the organizers in the various centers could really rationalize the fundraising efforts, which sometimes are very inefficient. And it also saddens me how unaware some of the stables can be about the difficulties faced by people who are disabled 同义替换：「making fund-raising more effective」↔「rationalize the fundraising efforts」；「recognising difficulties of disabled riders」↔「unaware some of the stables can be about the difficulties faced by people who are disabled」 --- 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。