雅思阅读真题(Part 2)
Part 2 · 考频:中频 · 最近考试:2020.8.15/2017.9.30/2015.7.25
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Refrigeration is a process of removing heat, which means cooling an area or a substance below the environmental temperature. Mechanical refrigeration makes use of (he evaporation of a liquid refrigerant, which goes through a cycle so that it can be reused. The main cycles include vapour-compression, absorption steam-jet or steam-ejector, and airing. The term ‘refrigerator’ was first introduced by a Maryland farmer Thomas Moore in 1803, but it is in the 20th century that the appliance we know today first appeared.
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答案:1949
原文定位:Since 1840, cars with the refrigerating system had been utilised to deliver and distribute milk and butter
同义替换:「Vehicles」↔「cars」,「used to transport」↔「utilised to deliver and distribute」
答案:1799
原文定位:In 1799s as a commercial product, ice was first transported out of Canal Street in New York City to Charleston, South Carolina
同义替换:「sold」↔「as a commercial product」
答案:1973
原文定位:Freon was safer for the people in the vicinity, but in 1973 it was discovered to have detrimental effects on the ozone layer
同义替换:「chemical refrigerant」↔「Freon」,「harmful」↔「detrimental」,「atmosphere」↔「ozone layer」
答案:1550
原文定位:The term ‘refrigerator’ was first introduced by a Maryland farmer Thomas Moore in 1803
答案:1550
原文定位:In 1550 when this technique was first recorded, people used it to cool wine, as was the term ‘to refrigerate
同义替换:「refrigerate」↔「cool」
答案:J.B. Sutherland
原文定位:In 1867, refrigerated, railroad cars are patented to J.B, Sutherland from Detroit, Michigan
同义替换:「tramcars」↔「railroad cars」
答案:Nathaniel Wyeth
原文定位:Wyeth invented an economical and speedy method to cut the ice into uniform blocks
同义替换:「save money and time」↔「economical and speedy」
答案:Parker Earle
原文定位:In 1867, the first refrigerated car to carry fresh fruit was manufactured by Parker Earle of Illinois
同义替换:「applied in」↔「carry」,「cold storage technology」↔「refrigerated」
答案:Fred Jones
原文定位:Until 1949, the trucking industry began to be equipped with the refrigeration system with a roof-mounted cooling device, invented by Fred Jones
同义替换:「applied into」↔「equipped with」
答案:Carl Von Linde
原文定位:Linde later created a new method (‘Linde technique’) for liquefying large amounts of air in 1894
同义替换:「technique」↔「method」
答案:consumers’ demand for fresh food, especially for vegetables.
原文定位:Consumers’ soaring requirement for fresh food, especially for green vegetables, resulted in reform in people’s dieting habits between 1830 and the American Civil War
同义替换:「healthy dietary change」↔「reform in people’s dieting habits」,「was greatly associated with」↔「resulted in」,「consumers’ demand for」↔「soaring requirement for」
答案:regional transportation system for refrigeration for a long distance.
原文定位:With the growth of the cities and towns, the distance between the consumer and the source of food was enlarged
同义替换:「development」↔「growth」,「urbanisation」↔「cities and towns」
答案:extensive spread of the refrigeration method.
原文定位:As a result, the clean, mechanical refrigeration was considerately in need
同义替换:「contributed to」↔「As a result」
答案:new developments, such as the application of Hydrofluorocarbons.
原文定位:Freon was safer for the people in the vicinity, but in 1973 it was discovered to have detrimental effects on the ozone layer. After that, new improvements were made, and Hydrofluorocarbons, with no known harmful effects, was used in the cooling system
同义替换:「environmental devastation」↔「detrimental effects on the ozone layer」,「led to」↔「After that, new improvements were made」