雅思阅读真题（Part 2）
Part 2 · 考频：超高频 · 最近考试：2018.1.20
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The law influences all of us virtually all the time, it governs almost all aspects of our behavior, and even what happens to us when we are no longer alive. It affects us from the embryo onwards. It governs the air we breathe, the food and drink we consume, our travel, family relationships, and our property. It applies at the bottom of the ocean and in space. Each time we examine a label on a food product, engage in work as an employee or employer, travel on the roads, go to school to learn or to teach, stay in a hotel, borrow a library book, create or dissolve a commercial company, play sports, or engage the services of someone for anything from plumbing a sink to planning a city, we are in the world of law.
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答案：the law applies throughout our lives
原文定位：The law influences all of us virtually all the time, it governs almost all aspects of our behavior, and even what happens to us when we are no longer alive. It affects us from the embryo onwards
同义替换：「applies」↔「affects」，「throughout our lives」↔「all the time」
答案：public's increasing ability to influence the law
原文定位：Today, by contrast, a vast number of people can read, and it is becoming easier for people to take an interest in law, and for the general population to help actually shape the law in many countries
同义替换：「public's increasing ability」↔「becoming easier for people」，「influence」↔「help actually shape」
答案：different areas of professional expertise
原文定位：all sorts of skills and knowledge are valuable. Those people, for example, with knowledge of computers;legal understanding is just as vital and as universally needed
同义替换：「professional expertise」↔「skills and knowledge」
答案：growth in laws
原文定位：The number of laws has never been greater;In the UK alone, about 35 new Acts of Parliament are produced every year;The legislative output;more than doubled
同义替换：「growth」↔「never been greater」
答案：a negative regard for lawyers
原文定位：lawyers are not universally admired;jokes have a long history;sometimes he plays the lawyer;
答案：reasons why it is unfair to criticize lawyers
原文定位：But, In general, it is no more Just to say that lawyers are bad because they make a living from people's problems than it is to make the same accusation In respect of nurses or IT consultants, A great many lawyers are involved in public law work, such as that Involving civil liberties, housing and other Issues. Such work Is not lavishly remunerated and the quality of the service provided by these lawyers relies on considerable professional dedication
同义替换：「reasons why it is unfair to criticize lawyers」↔「no more Just to say」
答案：Knowledge of the law is as important as having computer skills.,Society could not function effectively without legal experts.
原文定位：But legal understanding is just as vital and as universally needed;Without their knowledge, many parts of commercial and social life today would seize up in minutes
答案：truth
原文定位：People sometimes make comments that characterise lawyers as professionals whose concerns put personal reward above truth
同义替换：「making money」↔「personal reward」
答案：journalists
原文定位：There are undoubtedly lawyers that would fit that bill, Just as there are some scientists, Journalists and others In that category
答案：nurses
原文定位：it is no more just to say that lawyers are bad because they make a living from people's problems than it is to make the same accusation in respect of nurses or IT consultants
同义替换：「staff」↔「consultants」
答案：dedication
原文定位：Such work Is not lavishly remunerated and the quality of the service provided by these lawyers relies on considerable professional dedication
同义替换：「requires them to have」↔「relies on considerable professional」，「housing or civil liberties」↔「public law work」
答案：documents
原文定位：Moreover, much legal work has nothing to do with conflict or misfortune, but is primarily concerned with drafting documents
同义替换：「writing」↔「drafting」，「rather than dealing with」↔「nothing to do with conflict」