湛江雅思培训:雅思7 Test1 Reading One24
24. Industrial growth is increasing the overall demand for water.
参考译文:工业增长使水需求量整体上升。
定位词:industrial growth
解题关键字:increasing
文中对应点:F段:Although population, industrial output and economic productivity have continued to soar
in-developed nations, the rate at which people withdraw water from aquifers, rivers and lakes has slowed. And in a few parts of the world, demand has actually fallen.尽管在发达国家,人口仍然急剧膨胀,工业和经济依然高速发展,但人们开采地下水和地表水的速度却减缓了下来。在全球某些地区,人们对水资源的需求量甚至下降了。
题目中称工业增长使水需求量整体上升,而文中却说速度放缓,甚至需求量下降,两者显然是抵触的,所以答案是NO。
此题的真正重点不在于判断,而在于寻找。第22题位于文章B段,第23题无迹可寻选了NOT GIVEN,按说24题应该位于D段,或者至多位于E段,但是此题却跳跃至F段,的确很难定位。不过考生可以联想到此前做过的List of Headings第18题,答案恰是a surprising downward trend in demand for water。这就表明F段提到了水需求量上升或者下降的问题、和此题暗合。这样,List of Headings题目的答案暗中辅助了Y/N/NG的解题。
答案:NO