剑桥雅思阅读词典：阅读文章《剑1》到《剑8》疑难词汇释义

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　　A spark， a flint： How fire leapt to life
　　Zoo conservation programmes
　　AECHITECTURE—Reaching for the Sky
　　Right-and left-handedness in humans
　　MIGRATORY BEEKEEPING
　　TOURISM
　　SPOKEN CORPUS COMES TO LIFE
　　Moles happy as homes go underground
　　A Workaholic Economy
　　GLASS： CAPTURING THE DANCE OF LIHGT
　　Why some women cross the finish line ahead of men
　　Population viability analysis
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　　AIRPORTS ON WATER
　　Changing our Understanding of Health
　　CHILDREN’S THINKING
　　IMPLEMENTING THE CYCLE OF SUCCESS： A CASE STUDY
　　What is a Port City?
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　　ABSENTEEISM IN NURSING： A LONGITUDINAL STUDY
　　THE MOTOR CAR
　　THE KEYLESS SOCIETY
　　Green Wave Washes Over Mainstream Shopping
　　124IN SEARCH OF THE HOLY GRAIL
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　　THE ROCKET—FROM EAST TO WEST
　　The Risks of Cigarette Smoke
　　THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD
　　A Remarkable Beetle
　　THE CONCEPT OF ROLE THEORY
　　THE DEPARTMENT OF ETHNOGRAPHY
　　Secrets of the Forest
　　HIGHS & LOWS
　　VOTES FOR WOMEN
　　Measuring Organisational Performance
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　　What Do Whales Feel?
　　Visual Symbols and the Blind
　　Lost for Words
　　ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE IN AUSTRALIA
　　PLAY IS A SERIOUS BUSINESS
　　Micro-Enterprise Credit for Street Youth
　　Volcanoes—earth-shattering news
　　Obtaining Linguistic Data
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　　READING PASSAGE 2 THE NATURE AND AIMS OF ARCHAEOLOGY
　　READING PASSAGE 3 The Problem of Scarce Resources
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　　Johnson’s Dictionary
　　Nature or Nurture?
　　The Truth about the Environment
　　BAKELITE—The birth of modern plastics
　　What’s so funny?—John McCrone reviews recent research
　　on humour
　　The Birth of Scientific English
　　Early Childhood Education
　　Disappearing Delta
　　The Return of Artificial Intelligence
　　The Impact of Wilderness Tourism
　　Flawed Beauty： the problem with toughened glass
　　The effects of light on plant and animal species
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　　AUSTRALIA’S SPORTING SUCCESS
　　DELIVERING THE GOODS
　　Climate Change and the Inuit
　　Advantages of public transport
　　GREYING POPULATION STAYS IN THE PINK
　　Numeration
　　Motivating Employees under Adverse Conditions
　　The Search for the Anti-aging Pill
　　Doctoring sales
　　Do literate women make better mothers?
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　　READING PASSAGE 1 Let’s Go Bats
　　READING PASSAGE 2 MAKING EVERY DROP COUNT
　　READING PASSAGE 3 EDUCATING PSYCHE
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　　READING PASSAGE 1 Why pagodas don’t fall down
　　READING PASSAGE 2 The True Cost of Food
　　READING PASSAGE 3 Makete Integrated Rural Transport Project
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　　READING PASSAGE 1 Ant Intelligence
　　READING PASSAGE 2 Population movements and genetics
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　　READING PASSAGE 1 Pulling strings to build pyramids
　　READING PASSAGE 2 Endless Harvest
　　READING PASSAGE 3 EFFECTS OF NOISE
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　　READING PASSAGE 2 AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL IN THE USA
　　READING PASSAGE 3 TELEPATHY
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　　READING PASSAGE 1 Sheet glass manufacture： the float process
　　READING PASSAGE 2 THE LITTLE ICE AGE
　　READING PASSAGE 3 The meaning and power of smell
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　　READING PASSAGE 1 Striking Back at Lightning With Lasers
　　READING PASSAGE 2 The Nature of Genius
　　READING PASSAGE 3 HOW DOES THE BIOLOGICAL CLOCK TICK?
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　　READING PASSAGE 1 LAND OF THE RISING SUM
　　READING PASSAGE 2 Biological control of pests
　　READING PASSAGE 3 Collecting Ant Specimens
　　后记

　　龚学众，先后任教于清华大学、北京大学、北京外国语大学、外交学院等十四所大学和培训机构，教学阅历丰富，倡导用“铁人精神”学习技艺，主张“系统、扎实、认真”的教学风气，反对“捷径”式的教学。在长期的雅思教学中，总结出了“雅思写作生产线式教学法”和“雅思听力催生婆式教学法”、“雅思阅读图示导读法”和“雅思口语跟说示范法”。出版个人专著《雅思范文及学生习作评析》（外语教学与研究出版社）。

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