剑桥雅思16Test4Part4听力答案解析 The extinction of the Dodo bird
剑桥雅思16听力第四套题目第四部分由10道提纲型填空题组成。虽然主题稍微有些陌生，但题目出的都十分常规。哪怕没有明显的提示词，也可以通过题干事先猜出空上要填的大概内容。整体难度不大。下面是具体每道题目的答案解析。
点击查看这篇雅思听力对应的录音原文与其中出现的高频词汇：
剑桥雅思16 Test1 Part4听力答案解析
第31题答案：spice(s)
对应原文：Then in the year 1507 the first Portuguese ships stopped at the island. The sailors were carrying spices back to Europe
答案解析：听到1507和Portuguese意识到答案即将到来，空前词transporting与录音中carrying同义替换，根据短语修饰关系，锁定spices。
第32题答案：colony/settlement
对应原文：However, in 1638 the Dutch arrived and set up a colony there.
答案解析：1638这一年份提示大家答案即将到来，空前词established与录音中set up同义替换，根据修饰关系，确定colony（殖民地）为答案。
第33题答案：fat
对应原文： The best-known picture is a Dutch painting in which the bird appears to be extremely fat
答案解析：Dutch painting提示大家答案即将到来，空前词very与extremely同义替换，根据副词与形容词的修饰关系确定fat为正确答案。
第34题答案：head
对应原文：so only one example of soft tissue from the dodo survives, a dodo head
答案解析：soft tissue提示大家答案即将到来，虽然空前词dried并没有跟答案一起出现，但从题干中可以推测出空上应该填某一身体部位，由此锁定head。
第35题答案：movement
对应原文：scientists now believe the bird’s strong knee joints would have made it capable of movement which was not slow, but actually quite fast.
答案解析：now与recent的对应提示答案即将到来。录音采用老烤鸭雅思语序颠倒的手法，将空前提示词rapid的同义替换（not slow, quite fast）放在了答案之后，稍微有些考验大家的短期记忆能力。
第36题答案：balance/balancing
对应原文：dodo’s small wings wouldn’t have allowed it to leave the ground, but the scientists suggest that these were probably employed for balance
答案解析：听到small wings意识到答案即将到来，maintain虽然在录音中没有明显对应，但根据词性和句义还是比较容易锁定balance的。
第37题答案：brain
对应原文：which suggested the bird’s brain was not small, but average in size.
答案解析：通过前文的another group of scientists确定36题已经结束，录音进行到了37题。原文中的句子结构并没有什么太大改变，只要锁定句子，就很容易找到brain。
第38题答案：smell
对应原文：one sense which was particularly well-developed was that of smell
答案解析：sense提示大家答案即将到来，只有smell一词填上去符合句义，由此锁定答案。
第39题答案：rats
对应原文： but the ships also brought another type of creature – rats, which came to land from the ships and rapidly overran the island.
答案解析：从题干可以推测出空上应该填某种具体的动物。结合上下文只有rats符合要求。
第40题答案：forest
对应原文：but the introduction of agriculture. This meant that the forest that had once covered all the island, and that had provided a perfect home for the dodo, was cut down
答案解析：agriculture与farming的对应提示大家答案即将到来。录音中的名词只有forest填上去语义合适，由此确定它为正确答案。
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