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剑桥雅思17Test3Passage1阅读答案解析 The thylacine 袋狼

剑桥雅思17阅读第三套题目第一篇文章的13道题由5道填空和8道TRUE/FALSE/NOT GIVEN判断组成。虽然出题方式仍然比较常规，但填空题的定位有些困难，整体难度偏高。下面是具体每道题目的答案解析。

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雅思阅读真题词汇 剑桥雅思17 Test 3 Passage 1 袋狼

剑桥雅思17Test3Passage1阅读原文翻译 The thylacine 袋狼

剑桥雅思17 Test3 Passage1阅读答案解析

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第1题答案：carnivorous

对应原文：第2段：In terms of feeding, it was exclusively carnivorous

答案解析：根据feeding与ate，diet的对应定位到第二段的这句话。哪怕我们不认识carnivorous（食肉的）是什么意思，原文中符合形容词这一要求的也只有它，由此确定答案。

第2题答案：scent

对应原文：第2段：During long-distance chases, thylacines were likely to have relied more on scent than any other sense.

答案解析：顺着上一题往下，根据depned on与relied on的对应定位到这句话（虽然probably与likely，hunting与chases也能对应上，但它们同样能对应上文其他的句子），由修饰关系确定答案为scent。

第3题答案：pouch

对应原文：第3段：Newborns crawled into the pouch on the belly of their mother, and attached themselves to one of the four teats, remaining there for up to three months.

答案解析：根据first months与three months的对应定位到这句话，一些同学可能会困惑于答案究竟是pouch还是belly。这时回头研究题干，发现空前的介词是inside，而非on，因此排除belly，锁定pouch。

第4题答案：fossil

对应原文： 第4段：The most recent, well-dated occurrence of a thylacine on the mainland is a carbon-dated fossil from Murray Cave in Western Australia, which is around 3,100 years old

答案解析：根据3100 years old定位到这句话，虽然句子很长，翻译过来不容易，但只要我们能够根据语法结构，确定这一年份修饰的是fossil，即可确定其为正确答案。

第5题答案：habitat

对应原文：第5段：These include competition with wild dogs introduced by European settlers, loss of habitat along with the disappearance of prey species, this article is from laokaoya website, and a distemper-like disease which may also have affected the thylacine.

答案解析：这道题的定位比较难一些，从题干后面的be partly responsbile可以看出问的是袋狼的灭绝原因，因为题干上一行已经说过了dingoes，因此我们将注意力主要放在第5段，再根据partly排除前面所说的农民与赏金猎人的捕杀（它们是主要原因），最终锁定这句话。sources of food对应prey species，由并列关系和loss与reduction的对应确定答案为habitat。

第6题答案：TRUE

对应原文：第5段：The dramatic decline of the thylacine in Tasmania, which began in the 1830s and continued for a century, is generally attributed to the relentless efforts of sheep farmers and bounty hunters with shotguns.

答案解析：原文提到，塔斯马尼亚岛上袋狼数量的急剧下降开始于19世纪30年代，并且持续了一个世纪。这一现象普遍被归因于牧羊人和带有猎枪的赏金猎人文章来自老烤鸭雅思孜孜不倦的捕杀。题干中significant numbers … were killed勉强对应dramatic decline，其他基本为原词，由此判断答案为TRUE。

第7题答案：FALSE

对应原文：第6段：There was only one successful attempt to breed a thylacine in captivity, at Melbourne Zoo in 1899.

答案解析：原文提到，圈养状态下，唯一一次成功的袋狼繁殖发生于1899年的墨尔本动物园。虽然题干中late 1800s可以对应1899，但several这一数量与原文中there was only one successful attempt的描述冲突，由此确定答案为FALSE。

第8题答案：NOT GIVEN

对应原文：第6段：The famous naturalist John Gould foresaw the thylacine’s demise when he published his Mammals of Australia between 1848 and 1863

答案解析：原文确实提到John Gould预测了袋狼的灭绝，但却完全没有提到其他科学家的反应，题干中surprised some biologists属于无中生有，由此判断答案为NOT GIVEN。

第9题答案：FALSE

对应原文：第7段： nor was much concern expressed by scientists at the decline of this species in the decades that followed.

答案解析：原文明确提到，科学家对该物种的数量下降并不太关心。题干中became worried的说法与nor was much concern冲突，由此判断答案为FALSE。

第10题答案：NOT GIVEN

对应原文：T.T. Flynn … suggest that some should be captured and placed on a small island

答案解析：原文只是说Flynn建议捕捉一些袋狼，并将其放在小岛上。但这一提议是否可行却没有说明，题干中proved to be impractical的说法属于无中生有，由此判断答案为NOT GIVEN。

第11题答案：FALSE

对应原文：第7段：The last known wild thylacine to be killed was shot by a farmer in the north-east of Tasmania in 1930, leaving just captive specimens. Official protection of the species by the Tasmanian government was introduced in July 1936

答案解析：原文提到，从1930年最后一只野生袋狼被射杀之后，世界上就只剩下少数几只圈养的袋狼。而官方发布保护法规在此之后。其数量只会更少。题干中reasonable numbers的说法与实际不符，由此判断答案为FALSE。

第12题答案：TRUE

对应原文：第7段：The last known wild thylacine to be killed was shot by a farmer in the north-east of Tasmania in 1930, leaving just captive specimens. Official protection of the species by the Tasmanian government was introduced in July 1936

答案解析：与上文的出题点基本一致，很容易判断答案为TRUE。

第13题答案：NOT GIVEN

对应原文：第8段：There have been numerous expeditions and searches for the thylacine over the years

答案解析：这道题比较容易出错，主要考察现在完成时所表示的时间。原文中说的是，过去几年里，有很多次探索搜寻袋狼的活动，但现在如何则完全没有提及。由此判断答案为NOT GIVEN。

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