Introduction 介绍
CHAPTER 1 Summary 单词填写题
Reading Passage 1 The Refrigerator
Reading Passage 2 Alfred Nobel
Reading Passage 3 Lost Giant: Mammoth
Reading Passage 4 Tasmanian Tigers
Reading Passage 5 The Lost Continent
Reading Passage 6 Clarence Saunders
Reading Passage 7 Fraud in Science
Reading Passage 8 Graffiti: Street Art or Crime
Reading Passage 9 Ancient Money
Reading Passage 10 Talc Powder
Reading Passage 11 Soviet’s New Working Week
Reading Passage 12 Spectacular Saturn
Reading Passage 13 Thomas Young
CHAPTER 2 True/False/Not Given 句子理解判断题
Reading Passage 14 Yawn
Reading Passage 15 A Brief History of Chocolate
Reading Passage 16 Morse Code
Reading Passage 17 Torch Relay
Reading Passage 18 The Voynich Manuscript
Reading Passage 19 Bondi Beach
Reading Passage 20 The Dutch Tulip Mania
Reading Passage 21 The Benefits of Bamboo
Reading Passage 22 Chinese Yellow Citrus Ant for Biological Control
Reading Passage 23 Animal Self-medication
Reading Passage 24 Rapid, Urban and Flexible
Reading Passage 25 Self-esteem Myth
Reading Passage 26 William Gilbert and Magnetism
CHAPTER 3 Paragraph Heading 段落中心思想题
Reading Passage 27 Pearls
Reading Passage 28 Temperaments and Communication Styles
Reading Passage 29 E-book
Reading Passage 30 Self-marketing
Reading Passage 31 Maps and Atlas
Reading Passage 32 Dyes and Pigments
Reading Passage 33 TV Addiction
Reading Passage 34 Medieval Toys and Childhood
CHAPTER 4 Matching 信息匹配题
Reading Passage 35 Orientation of Birds
Reading Passage 36 Liar Detector
Reading Passage 37 Left-handed
Reading Passage 38 Choice and Happiness
Reading Passage 39 The Father of Modern Management
Reading Passage 40 Ambergris
Reading Passage 41 Interpretation
Reading Passage 42 Barristers and Solicitors
Reading Passage 43 An Exploration of Alchemy
Reading Passage 44 Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Reading Passage 45 Artist Fingerprints
Reading Passage 46 Mental Gymnastics
CHAPTER 5 Multiple Choice 选择题
Reading Passage 47 Koala
Reading Passage 48 Violin Making
Reading Passage 49 El Ni?o
Reading Passage 50 Booming Bittern
CHAPTER 6 Diagram 图表题
Reading Passage 51 Jethro Tull and Seed Drill
Reading Passage 52 The Oceanographer’s Dream Ship
Reading Passage 53 Travelers’ Accounts
Reading Passage 54 Perfume
Reading Passage 55 From Novices to Experts
Reading Passage 56 Two Wings and a Kit-box
CHAPTER 7 Real Test 真题模考
Test 1
Test 2
APPENDIX 附录
附录1 Answer Keys 答案
附录2 2004—2014 真题一览表
附录3 答疑录
附录4 剑桥大学雅思访问记
附录5 口碑推荐：“绝世好书”《雅思写作真经总纲》
內容試閱：
Reading Passage 1
The Refrigerator
Many of the conveniences we enjoy in our homes are the result of years of innovation by dedicated inventors. Though we take many of them for granted, some—like the refrigerator— have hugely affected the way we live our lives. Who invented the refrigerator, and how has it evolved over time?
Early Refrigeration
Preserving food has not always been easy. Centuries ago, people gathered ice from streams and ponds and did their best to store it year-round in icehouses and cellars, so they had a ready supply to keep their food cold. Even with ice, people were often limited to eating locally grown foods that had to be purchased fresh and used daily. The Egyptians, Chinese and Indians were some of the early people to use ice in food preservation. In 1626, Sir Francis Bacon was also testing the idea that cold could be used to preserve meat; his chilly experiment caused him to develop pneumonia, from which he died on Easter Day, April 9, 1626.
Even Peter Mark Roget, compiler of Roget’s Thesaurus, studied refrigeration, suggesting a design for a “frigidarium.” Progress took time, however, and snow and ice served as the primary means of refrigeration until the beginning of the 20th century.
Iceboxes
According to the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers, one of the next steps between storing ice underground and modern refrigeration was the icebox. Introduced in 19th century England, wooden iceboxes were lined with tin or zinc, and filled with sawdust, seaweed and other materials to keep the ice from melting. Drip pans caught the water that melted and had to be emptied daily.
In the United States, warm winters in 1889 and 1890 caused ice shortages that fueled the need to create a better refrigeration system. An Encyclopedia Britannica entry attributes the beginning of commercial refrigeration to Alexander C. Twinning, an American businessman, in 1856. Later, an Australian named James Harrison reviewed the refrigerator used by Twinning, and another made by physician John Gorrie, and developed vapor-compression refrigeration for the brewing and meatpacking industries.
In 1859, France’s Ferdinand Carré created a more advanced system that used ammonia as a coolant; the earlier vapor-compression machines used air. The ammonia worked well, but was toxic if it leaked. Engineers worked until the 1920s to come up with better alternatives, one of which was Freon.
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