4.25雅思考试真题回顾:阅读Passage 2 答案+深度解析

• 14题答案：I

✅️解析：答案句为原文F段“red is the most attractive colour to birds, and thus flowers which depend on birds for pollination are more often red”，句中说明植物进化出红色花朵来吸引鸟类传粉，是植物适应环境吸引鸟类的具体描述，对应题干信息。

题干：Example of two parrot species which benefited from changes to the environment

✅️解析：答案句为原文G段“Two of the dry country parrots, the pink and grey galah and the pink, white and yellow corella have expanded their ranges in recent years. They are among the species that have adapted well to the changes brought about by European settlement”，句中明确列举两种鹦鹉从环境变化中获益，对应题干信息。

题干：How the varied Australian landscape resulted in a great variety of parrot species

✅️解析：答案句为原文D段“The parrots spread from ancestral forests through eucalypt woodlands to colonies the central deserts of Australia, and as a consequence they diversified into a wide range of species with adaptations”，句中说明澳大利亚多样地貌让鹦鹉分化出众多物种，对应题干信息。

题干：A reason why most parrot species are native to the southern hemisphere

✅️解析：答案句为原文C段“parrots originated millions of years ago on the ancient southern continent of Gondwana, before it broke up into the separate southern hemisphere continents we know today”，句中说明鹦鹉起源于冈瓦纳古陆，该大陆后分裂为南半球各大陆，对应题干信息。

题干：An example of a parrot species which did not survive changes to its habitat

✅️解析：答案句为原文H段“The clearing of large areas of rainforest is probably responsible for the disappearance of the double-eyed fig parrot”，句中说明双眼无花果鹦鹉因栖息地变化消失，对应题干信息。

单选题 20-22

题干：The writer believes that most parrot species

✅️解析：答案句为原文C段“parrots originated millions of years ago on the ancient southern continent of Gondwana, before it broke up into the separate southern hemisphere continents we know today”，即鹦鹉的祖先生活在后来分裂的古大陆上，对应选项C。

题干：What does the Writer say about parrot's beak?

✅️解析：答案句为原文E段“The size of a parrot's short, blunt beak and the length of that beak's curved upper section are related to the type of food each species eats”，即鹦鹉的喙为适应食性而特化，对应选项D。

题干：Which of the following is NOT mentioned by the writer as a disadvantage of nesting boxes?

✅️解析：答案句为原文J段“there are not enough, they are expensive and they are not an adequate substitute by large, old trees, such as the habitat they represent and nectar, pollen and seeds they provide”，文中提到数量不足、价格昂贵、无法提供食物，未提及需要维护，对应选项B。

摘要填空题（23-26）

题干：There are 345 varieties of parrot in existence and, of these, ______live in Australia.

✅️解析：答案句为原文A段“One-sixth of the world's 345 parrot species are found there”，直接提取答案。

题干：As early as the ______, the mapmaker 25 ______recognized that parrots lived in that part of the world.

✅️解析：答案句为原文B段“In the 16th century, the German cartographer Mercator made a world map”，直接提取时间答案。

题干：As early as the 24 ______, the mapmaker ______recognized that parrots lived in that part of the world.

✅️解析：答案句为原文B段“In the 16th century, the German cartographer Mercator made a world map”，直接提取制图师名字。

题干：______, the famous painter of animals and birds, commented on the size and beauty of the Australian parrot family.

✅️解析：答案句为原文B段“the celebrated British naturalist and wildlife artist John Gould said”，直接提取人名。

1.adaptation

词性：n.词义：适应

原文语境：Australian parrots and their adaptation to habitat change

可用于：环境类写作、动物保护口语、学术说明文

2.diversity

词性;n.词义：多样性

原文语境：nowhere do they display such a richness of diversity and form as in Australia

可用于：生态写作、社会话题口语、学术论述

3.renowned

词性：adj.词义：著名的；享誉的

原文语境：Australia has long been renowned for the number and variety of its parrots

可用于：地点/事物介绍写作、口语描述特色

4.inhabit

词性：v.词义：居住；栖息

原文语境：most species inhabit Africa, Australia and South America

可用于：生态写作、动物类口语、地理描述

5.descendant

词性：n.词义：后代；后裔

原文语境：Parrots are descendants of an ancient line

可用于：生物科普写作、历史类口语

6.originate

词性：v.词义：起源；发源

原文语境：parrots originated millions of years ago on the ancient southern continent

可用于：历史写作、生物溯源口语、学术论述

7.extinction

词性：n.词义：灭绝

原文语境：had to adapt to the drier conditions or face extinction

可用于：环保核心写作、动物保护口语

8.contract

词性：v.词义：收缩；缩小

原文语境：the rainforests gradually contracted to the continental margins

可用于：地理生态写作、变化描述口语

9.mould

词性;v.词义：塑造；形成

原文语境：These evolutionary pressures helped mould keratin into a range of tools

可用于：学术写作、抽象现象描述口语

10.extract

词性：v.词义：提取；摄取

原文语境：long beaks perfect for extracting seeds from fruit

可用于：生物写作、日常科普口语

11.coevolve

词性：v.词义：共同进化

原文语境：lorikeets and the flowers have long coevolved with features

可用于：生态学术写作、自然科普口语

12.pollination

词性：n.词义：授粉

原文语境：flowers depend on birds for pollination are more often red

可用于：植物生态写作、自然知识口语

13.nomadic

词性：adj.词义：游牧的；迁徙的

原文语境：The majority are nomadic to some degree, moving around

可用于：动物行为写作、地理生态口语

14.thrive

词性：v.词义：繁荣；茁壮成长

原文语境：grasslands where galahs and corellas thrive

可用于：生态写作、发展类口语、正向论述

15.habitat

词性：n.词义：栖息地

原文语境：their habitat was destroyed by the draining of coastal swamps

可用于：环保必考写作、动物保护口语

16.alter

词性：v.词义：改变；改动

原文语境：other parrot species did not fare so well when their environments were altered

可用于：通用写作、环境变化口语

17.precipitate

词性：v.词义：促成；导致

原文语境：Their success precipitated a partial collapse in the black cockatoo population

可用于：学术写作、因果逻辑口语

18.equitable

词性：adj.词义：公平的；均衡的

原文语境：ensuring an equitable balance between parrot species

可用于：政策写作、生态管理口语

19.substitute

词性：n.词义：替代品

原文语境：not an adequate substitute by large, old trees

可用于：环保写作、资源替代口语

20.scarce

adj.稀缺的；不足的

原文语境：struggle for scarce nesting hollows

可用于：资源写作、短缺问题口语、生态分析

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