2023年1月7日雅思￡纸笔考试￡机考
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考试概述：
2023年的第一场雅思考试，延续了20222年底最后一场考试的高难度。本场考试三篇，两新一旧。第一篇是科技类的文章，关于探索海洋，难度很高，题型难度也高，容易影响考生答题的信心；第二篇仍然是商科经济类，关于投资和资产，难度高；第三篇是跨学科的文章，结合了人文科学和健康，难度很高。
二、具体题目分析：
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文章题材：说明文（科技）
文章题目：聆听海洋的声音
文章难度：★★★
题型及数量：判断+段落信息配对+单选
题目及答案：
SOSUS:ListeningtotheOcean
ATheoceansofEarthcovermorethan70percentoftheplanet’ssurface,yet,untilquiterecently,weknewlessabouttheirdepthsthanwedidaboutthesurfaceoftheMoon.Distantasitis,theMoonhasbeenfarmoreaccessibletostudybecauseastronomerslonghavebeenabletolookatitssurface,firstwiththenakedeyeandthenwiththetelescope-bothinstrumentsthatfocuslight.And,withtelescopestunedtodifferentwavelengthsoflight,modemastronomerscannotonlyanalyzeEarth’satmosphere,butalsodeterminethetemperatureandcompositionoftheSunorotherstarsmanyhundredsoflight-yearsaway.Untilthetwentiethcentury,however,noanalogousinstrumentswereavailableforthestudyofEarth’soceans:Light,whichcantraveltrillionsofmilesthroughthevastvacuumofspace,cannotpenetrateveryfarinseawater.
BCuriousinvestigatorslonghavebeenfascinatedbysoundandthewayittravelsinwater.Asearlyas1490,LeonardodaVinciobserved:“Ifyoucauseyourshiptostopandplacetheheadofalongtubeinthewaterandplacetheouterextremitytoyourear,youwillhearshipsatagreatdistancefromyou.”In1687,thefirstmathematicaltheoryofsoundpropagationwaspublishedbySirIsaacNewtoninhisPhilosophiaeNaturalisPrincipiaMathematica,Investigatorsweremeasuringthespeedofsoundinairbeginninginthemidseventeenthcentury,butitwasnotuntil1826thatDanielColladon,aSwissphysicist,andCharlesSturm,aFrenchmathematician,accuratelymeasureditsspeedinwater.Usingalongtubetolistenunderwater(asdaVincihadsuggested),theyrecordedhowfastthesoundofasubmergedbelltraveledacrossLakeGeneva.Th