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1.今天出现了大量老题重现，具体统计见如下套题整理。
2.再次出现了加试题转测试题的情况，如2018.03.24加试题Social Unrest of the Year 1968转变为今天的测试题，上周7月8号出现2017.12.10加试题Measuring Earthquake Size转为测试题。
3.常考热点话题在今天再次爆发：古希腊罗马和埃及等古文明话题、农业话题、恐龙话题、打印话题等。例如打印的考频稍作统计如下：
The Birth of the Printing Press in Europe（2017.08.26下午场，2017.06.25，2016.08.21, 2016.02.27）
The Advent of Printing（2017.09.09，2016.09.24）
The Print Revolution（2017.05.27，2017.02.18）
The Development of Printing（2016.02.27）
今天重复考查的是2016.02.27 The Development of Printing。
常考话题必有常考内容可以借鉴，考到打印，无外乎分析打印出现的原因（两大原因：一是造纸取代羊皮卷/牛皮卷，为打印的出现提供前提条件，二是当时手抄书的商业化的盛行，但是手抄速度极慢且昂贵，所以呼唤打印的到来），打印出现时盛况的描写，得到迅速传播，最后打印带来的社会影响（改变了知识的传播方式和人们的思维习惯、传播了地方性语言vernacular，由此缔造了以该地区方言为中心的国家意识，最终推动了欧洲国家的出现，打破了教会统治，推动宗教改革等）。
常考话题必有常考内容，考前做针对性真题训练有助于考生在考场上的自信与发挥。
7.14阅读部分重复规律总结
A卷
1.Greece Emerges from the Dark Ages首考真题
2.Architectural Change in Eighth-Century Japan重复2015.04.12
3.Plant and Animal Life of the Pacific Islands重复2015.04.12
加试：Egypt in Early World History首考,有可能转化为测试题
B卷
1.The Western Roman Empire in the Fifth Century重复2016.09.03,2015.07.12
2.Tree Rings重复2015.10.25, 2015.12.20, 2017.04.23
3.The Evolution of Reptiles
加试：Egypt in Early World History
C卷
1.The Development of Printing重复2016.02.27
2.The Populaton Increase in Ming Dynasty
3.Were Dinosaurs Warm-blooded？
D卷
1.New Sources of Power for Agriculture重复2017.11.26
2.Social Unrest of the Year 1968重复2018.03.24加试题转为测试题
3.The Formation of New Species重复2016.02.28
句子简化题分享
Greece Emerges from the Dark Ages
考句：One problem, however, was that the Greeks could not agree on standard weights for all their coins, and since trading cities attempted to carve out their own spheres of economic influence by favoring the use of coins with their own weights, this resulted in a complicated mathematical calculation if, say, someone wanted to use Corinthian coins to pay for something with a price expressed in Athenian coins.
选项
Complicated mathematical calculations were required when someone wanted to use Corinthian coins to pay for something with a price expressed in Athenian coins.
One problem was that the trading cities of Corinthian and Athenian attempted to carve out their own spheres of economic influence by favoring the use of their own coins.
Because the Creeks could not agree on standard weights for all their coins, only cities that used coins of the same weight traded with each other.
The Creeks could not agree on standard weights for coins, which caused certain complications because different trading cities expressed prices in their own coins with their own weights.
解析：正确答案D。A选项未能体现原句主干，这只是原句say引出的例子；B选项Corinthian和Athenian只是原句例子中提及的两个希腊城邦，原句整句话主干并非只讲这两个城邦，而是整个希腊地区；C选项only之后的语义在原句并未体现。
2018.07.14综合写作解析
阅读主要观点提取
总论点：一种植物Russian thistle不是美国本土的物种，虽然一般会认为非本土物种会带来一些问题，但是科学家认为这种植物有一些好处。
好处一：农民饲养的动物可以吃Russian thistle。Russian thistle在干旱的时候生存下来，所以在干旱的时候，农民饲养的动物就可以有东西吃。
好处二：提供居住地。Russian thistle可以长到一米高，给一些动物提供了栖息地和乘凉的地方。
好处三：改善土壤。Russian thistle可以在被破坏的土壤中生长，一种fungus会入侵Russian thistle的根部，这种细菌会破坏Russian thistle并且对本土的一些植物有利。由于这种病毒在土壤中不断传播，所以会让美国本土植物长得更好。
听力主要观点提取
总论点：阅读中说的好处存在一定问题。
问题一：Russian thistle中含有nitrogen，这种氮nitrogen会变为硝酸盐nitrate。硝酸盐会让动物中毒而死。如，牛吃了Russian thistle在几小时后就死了。
问题二：用Russian thistle给动物做栖息地的弊大于利。因为Russian thistle非常易燃，所以火会烧掉动物和植被，动物就没有植被可以吃，会对动物造成更大危害。
问题三：fungus是在Russian thistle的顶部，当Russian thistle变干后，fungus很容易就被风吹走了。既然fungus被吹走了，那么美国本土的植物就不能很好的生长了。
2018.07.14独立写作解析
【题干】
Question:
Imagine that you are planning to take a vacation, trying to decide between two places to visit. Which of these two options do you believe would give you better information about making your choice? Why?
--Reading about the places online
--Discussing them with someone you know who has visited both places.
Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. Be sure to use your own words. Do not use memorized samples.
【解题步骤】
1.精准理解题目
想象你现在计划着要休假，正在两个地点间做抉择。下面两个选项你认为哪一个能给你提供帮助做决定的最有用的信息？为什么？
--在网上阅读地点的信息
--和去过两个地点的人进行讨论
2.找出关键词，进行头脑风暴
a)vacation
思考：人们在外出度假的时候通常会做些什么活动？
参考答案：会去景点旅游，观赏自然风景；了解地区特色的人文知识，比如去当地的商铺了解当地特产，去当地的博物馆了解当地历史人物和事件；
b)information
思考：什么信息会对度假有帮助
参考答案：有关旅游地点的信息，比如风景区，有名的街道，博物馆，可以使人明确旅游的目标；有关当地的天气，饮食住宿的情况，方便人安排行程；
c)reading online
思考1：在网上阅读可以获取到什么信息？
参考答案：当地各类景点的详细介绍；城市的历史人物与故事；地区旅馆的分布情况；
思考2：在网上阅读可能获取不到什么信息？
参考答案：一些景点的真实信息，因为他们可能名不副实，因为宣传的原因被故意夸大；特色饮食只能看到介绍和图片；交通情况如何乘车会比较笼统；没有直观的对比，单凭网上的信息很难做出对比。
d)someone who has visited both places
思考1：去过的人可以提供什么信息？
参考答案：可以详细说明去过的景点里面到底有什么，一些当地特色食物到底值不值得去尝试；详细介绍有关交通方面，住宿方面的情况，环境如何，一些景点怎么乘车乘船; 可以对两个景点的体验做一个对比
思考2：去过的人不能提供什么信息？
参考答案：没去过的景点的相关信息；没尝试过的食物，没去过的街区等相关信息；不感兴趣的人文知识
3.形成分论点
Reading online：
1.在网上阅读有利于对地区内的所有景点，饮食做一个全面的了解
2.在网上阅读可以了解到地区的历史人物和故事
3.在网上阅读可以为住宿提供更多选择
People who has visited both places：
1.和去过的人讨论可以获得一些景点的具体信息
2.和去过的人讨论可以深入了解当地的住宿条件和交通情况
3.去过的人可以以自己的经验对两个地区进行比较
【范文】
While having plodded through the high-strength workdays, taking a vacation for people stands for a thorough relaxation both physically and mentally. Seeing beyond the mountainside towards a wide expanse of blue sky and grassland, the haunting anxiety and unease about the mundane life are shrinking gradually as if being carried away along with the breezy air. Certainly, savoring in the vacation could be ideal but laying the foundation of that before leaving for the journey could be as troublesome as the taints on the pearl. And it could be observed that sometimes even each family member is holding on their own view about the end of the journey. Regarding how to obtain the related information of travelling better, I prefer to read about the places online while deciding on which place to visit since the information online could be comprehensive and unbiased.
The information online offers all-inclusive details about almost all the sites at a certain place. Usually there are beyond a handful of options of sites in a city, especially for cities which are termed as travelling cities, no matter regarding places to visit or characteristic dishes to taste on. As a result, were people unconscious of all the choices in two cities before deciding on where to go, they might omit the scenes which could turn out to be really fitting for themselves after years no matter in which place of the two they finally spend their vacation. However, the information on the internet could be exhaustive because perhaps the managers of all the touring sites tend to diffuse their information online to attract the tourists. And thus, the foregoing unpleasant condition could be avoided if people could sail through the information online in preparation. Conversely, though a person who has visited both places might offer details of the places, hardly could their understanding of a place be as thorough as what could be gained from the internet since he or she certainly cannot have trampled on all the roads of each park and mountain.
In addition, the online information of places could convey history knowledge to the potential tourists. Asides from the natural landscape, the history serves as another weighty factors swinging people’s mind about their destination of the vacation. The relics of the ancient edifices, the traces of the historical events and the manor of the grand figures all could magnetize the travelers around the world. However, hardly could people learn about the history of the places from the mouth of another traveler who has been there since that specific person might not be interested to history and also usually people other than the history professors can retain little details. Conversely, the online information is easily accessible and it could cover all the historical figures and events in a chronological order, and hence the history-oriented people could make easy decision without weighing the scenery and the cuisines to which they have scant interest of the two places
To conclude, I believe the better method to decide on the prospective place for vacation is to reading the information online because it includes all the aspects of the places in great details. (524words)
7.14阅读部分词汇题
Egypt in Early World History
undertook = began
ingenuity = creativity
aided = helped
Greece Emerges from the Dark Ages
thriving = prosperous
conventional = generally accepted
maneuverable = easily handled
acknowledged = recognized
Agricultural Change in Eighth-Century Japan
in essence = basically
feasible = practical
scale = size
advocated = promoted
fostered = encouraged
Plant and Animal Life of the Pacific Islands
remnants = remainders
remote = isolated
cited = mentioned
The Western Roman Empire in the Fifth Century
Unfavorable = negative
More permeable = had more places where crossings could occur
Pursue = engage in
Comparable = similar
Tree Rings
extracts = removes
pioneering = original
margins = end
The Development of Printing
advent = arrival
fragile = easily damaged
durable = long lasting
facilitated = made easier
Economic Prosperity in the Roman Augustan Age
stimulated = encouraged
surplus = excess
lucrative = profitable
elaborate = complex
The Formation of New Species
vigorous = strong
seldom = rarely
suitable = appropriate
the aftermath of a founder event = the situation that results from a founder event
