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今天给大家带来T1P3的详细解析，这篇文章难度较高，特别是单选题，是大家的提分重点，希望同学们能够有所收获
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整体分析
| 标题 | What is exploration? |
| 题型 | 单选题（27-32）、人名匹配（33-37）、总结填空（38-40） |
| 难度 | ★★★★☆ |
段落分析
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单选题 |
人名匹配 |
总结填空 |
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| 第一段 |
27 |
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| 第二段 |
28 |
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| 第三段 |
29 |
34 |
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| 第四段 |
30 |
/ |
/ |
| 第五段 |
31 |
33，35，36，37 |
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| 第六段 |
/ |
/ |
/ |
| 第七段 |
32 |
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38，39，40 |
题目详解
Question 27（单选题）
| 关键词 | The writer refers to visitors to New York to illustrate the point that |
| 原文出处 |
…the value of sending out scouts to investigate the unknown. This questing nature of ours undoubtedly helped our species spread around the globe, just as it nowadays no doubt helps the last nomadic Penan maintain their existence in the depleted forests of Borneo, and a visitor negotiate the subways of New York. |
| 同义替换 | intrinsic element = nature exploration = investigate the unknown |
| 此题重点 |
答案：A 2) 单选题可以利用排除法缩小答案范围，选项中的细节如果无法在原文中找到相关的同义词，则该选项可以排除，B,C,D选项都有无法在原文中找到的细节，故可以排除 |
Question 28（单选题）
| 关键词 | According to the second paragraph, what is the writer’s view of explorers? |
| 原文出处 | That, however, doesn’t take away from the fact that we all have this enquiring instinct, even today; |
| 同义替换 | urge = enquiring instinct common = we all have |
| 此题重点 | 答案:C 1）这题主要考察同义词替换 2）转折关系是雅思阅读的重要考点 |
Question 29（单选题）
| 关键词 | The writer refers to a description of Egdon Heath to suggest that |
| 原文出处 | a fictional area of uncultivated land, and used the landscape to suggest the desires and fears of his characters. He is delving into matters we all recognize because they are common to humanity. |
| 同义替换 | people’s emotional states = the desires and fears of his characters |
| 此题重点 | 答案：C 1) 此题适合采用排除法，A, B, D的选项中无法找到合适的同义词替换 2）复数名词的替换技巧是高分技巧之一，emotional states, 复数名词，原文对应的desires and fears 同为复数名词 |
Question 30（单选题）
| 关键词 | In the fourth paragraph, the writer refers to ‘a golden age’ to suggest that |
| 原文出处 | We think back to a golden age, as if exploration peaked somehow in the 19th century – as if the process of discovery is now on the decline, though the truth is that we have named only one and a half million of this planet’s species, and there may be more than 100 million – and that’s not including bacteria. |
| 同义替换 | we think back … as if … the truth is that = we are wrong to think that |
| 此题重点 | 答案: D 1）这题较难，本段文字表达的是一种主观意识和现实的对比，先用as if 的表达描绘一个人们的想法，然后用though the truth is that 来表达转折和否定，与答案D的意思吻合 2）转折关系是雅思阅读的重要考点 |
Question 31（单选题）
| 关键词 | In the sixth paragraph, when discussing the definition of exploration, the writer argues that |
| 原文出处 | 整个第六段+第七段的第一句 |
| 同义替换 | professional interests = the field of endeavor of each pioneer |
| 此题重点 |
答案: A 2）举例是雅思阅读的重要考点，在例子的前、后必然有观点句，本题在下一段的开头就给出了作者的观点: to reflect the field of endeavor of each pioneer. 与答案A吻合 |
Question 32（单选题）
| 关键词 | In the last paragraph, the writer explains that he is interested in |
| 原文出处 | As a writer, I’m interested in the exploration of ideas. …… and this is what interests me : how a fresh interpretation even of a well-travelled route, can give its readers new insights. |
| 同义替换 | cast new light = give new insights familiar = well-travelled |
| 此题重点 | 答案:B 此题考察单词量 cast light 原意是投射灯光，cast new light on sth 意思是给某事传递出新的启发，因此可以替换give its readers new insights |
Question 33（人名匹配）
| 关键词 | He referred to the relevance of the form of transport used. |
| 原文出处 | If I’d gone across by camel when I could have gone by car… |
| 同义替换 | form of transport used = by camel , by car |
| 此题重点 | 答案：E 人名匹配题目要求有NB的时候，选项会出现一次重复 |
Question 34（人名匹配）
| 关键词 | He described feelings on coming back home after a long journey. |
| 原文出处 | …talks of the moment when the explorer returns to the existence he has left behind with his loved ones. The traveler ‘who has for weeks or months seen himself only as a puny and irrelevant alien crawling …’ |
| 同义替换 | coming back home = returns to the existence a long journey = weeks or months |
| 答案 | A |
Question 35（人名匹配）
| 关键词 | He worked for the benefit of specific groups of people. |
| 原文出处 | a campaigner on behalf of remote so-called ‘tribal’ peoples |
| 同义替换 | for the benefit of = on behalf of specific groups of people = so-called ‘tribal’ peoples |
| 答案 | D |
Question 36（人名匹配）
| 关键词 | He did not consider learning about oneself an essential part of exploration. |
| 原文出处 | To him, exploration meant bringing back information from a remote place regardless of any great self-discovery. |
| 同义替换 | did not consider = regardless of great = essential |
| 答案 | E |
Question 37（人名匹配）
| 关键词 | He defined exploration as being both unique and of value to others. |
| 原文出处 | An explorer is someone who has done something that no human has done before – and also done something scientifically useful. |
| 同义替换 | no human has done before = unique and = both scientifically useful = of value to others |
| 答案 | B |
Question 38（总结填空）
| 关键词 | The writer has experience of a large number of ___n. (复数)_____ |
| 原文出处 | I’ve done a great many expeditions and each one was unique. |
| 同义替换 | a large number of = a great many |
| 答案 | expeditions |
Question 39（总结填空）
| 关键词 | and was the first stranger that certain previously ___adj.______ people had encountered. |
| 原文出处 | I’ve lived for months alone with isolated groups of people all around the world, even two ‘uncontacted tribes’. |
| 同义替换 | certain people = tribes |
| 答案 | isolated / uncontacted |
Question 40（总结填空）
| 关键词 | He believes there is no need for further exploration of Earth’s __n.______, except to answer specific questions such as how buffalo eat. |
| 原文出处 | We know how the land surface of our planet lies; exploration of it is now down to the details. |
| 同义替换 | 通过exploration of it is now down to… 得到相关信息应该为no need for further exploration of … 这一句 |
| 答案 | surface |
