雅思4听力原题 雅思听力往年原题

很多人会害怕雅思听力的匹配题，下面我就给大家带来雅思听力匹配题技巧，希望对大家有所帮助!

雅思听力匹配题技巧

相信同学们看到雅思听力中的匹配题，大概觉得这次考试念厅算是凉了，如果不幸碰到了section 3/4的匹配题，大概会绝望到怀疑人生。

仔细分析完匹配题，发现难点有三：

1.又要看题，又要看选项，臣妾做不到

2.要是题干在录音中被同义替换了什么的，基本如同在听天书

3.容易结对错，没有安全感

接下来我就要带你巧妙地避开这所有的难点，做对题，轻松不费力!

大家拿到题目之后先不要着急，看一下题目要求喽!

两位学生是否会将下列topic包含在她们的presentation中。

然后我们发现题目多，选项少，说明一定有且只有一个选项是要重复使用的。

Step 1：关注选项找差异

我们会发现唯一的不同便是，will definitely/might/will not，所以我们只需要听态度的词汇就成啦，分别为：肯定/由于/否定。

问啥是态度誉宏?吴晓老师举个栗子——

我：晚上一起去吃饭吧?

男票：嗯.......

我：我请客，去吗?

男票：好的!!!哪一家?

.......................................可以分手了!!!!

在这段对话中："嗯......"和"好的"便是态度啦!晓得了不?

Step 2：题干发音来定位

大家可能到题干的第一反应就是去苦想她们的意思，老师只想说，你们是在考听力好不啦，发音猜个差不多就行勒。

精析：

这里吴晓老师给大家提个醒，如果题干是大写，那么它就会原文重现;如果题干是小写，那么就有可能被同义替换掉~

在本题中当我们听到一个学生说了geographical location 之后，另外一个学生的回答是yes/ok，所以我们知道选择A。

同理：education system---啥态度词没听到 B

general overview of education---of course A

The role of english language---nope C

最后给大家 总结 一些表达不同态度的词汇

肯定：yes/yeah/yep/of course/positive/definitely/absolutely

否定：nope/no/well/of course not/absolutely not/definitely not

犹豫：think about it later...

好了，讲到这里，不知道大家是否Get到一些什么灵感呢。当然，上课很重要，课下练习也是很必要滴~剑桥7，test 3，section 3 刷起来!

雅思听力技巧一： 配对 题

雅思听力中的配对题大致可以分为三类：选项数量大于题干数量;量小于题干数量;选项数量等于题干数量。具体的解题 方法 如下：

1.选项数量大于题干数量。这类题目难度较大，有较多的干扰选项，考生很容易被误导，在做这类的题目的时候，考生先要预读选项和题干内容，找出关键词，明白问题是什么，然后根据选项中的核心词汇选出正确答案。值得注意的是，原文的关键词可能和选项中的关键词并不完全一致，而是 同义词 ，这就需要考生快速做出反应，在平时适当积累一些同义词的替换。比如：Cambridge 6 Test4 Section2的11-13题，根据题干内容我们可以知道此题的要求是将红、蓝、黄、绿队与他们的工作相匹配，首先我们可以根据题目定位核心词汇庆高册“entrance tickets”、“refreshments”、“traffic”，而后根据原文“we’ve also put the entrance staff on the red team and you’ll be stamping the entrance tickets”，“the chefs among you and the kitchen hands will all need a blue T-shirt”，“those who will be monitoring and directing the traffic in the car parks are on the green team”确定答案分别为D/A/C。

2.选项数量小于题干数量。这类题目通常一个选项包括几个信息要点，考生在听的注意不要遗漏信息，此外原文中可能会将几个选项进行对比，碰到这类情况，考生要避免出现“张冠李戴”的问题。比如Cambridge8 Test4 Section4的31-36题。根据题干我们可以知道此题的要求是将三种绘画模式与相应的特征相匹配，根据选项可知有“Dynamic”、“Yam”、“Modern”三类画派，根据题目我们可以定位关键词“feature”、“creature”、“plants”，而且6道题目中有4道提到了“feature”，这时考生应格外注意原文中与此关键词有关的信息。根据原文“modern style… a feature of the internal skeleton”、“Yam style… curvier figure”、“Modern paintings… without any hands”、“Dynamic figures are painted in miniature”我们可以发现题目中的“bone”、“rounded”、“parts missing”、“*aller than life size”与原文中的“skeleton”、“curvier figure”、“without any hands”、“miniature”相对应，从而找出确定正确答案，剩余两道题也是同样的做法。

3.选项数量等于题干数量。这类题目相对来说难度较小，考生只需找到相应的信息进行配对。比如Cambridge11 Test4 Section1 8-10题，题干中很清楚， for children, for *s, for all the ages。而第8题， The Mystery of Muldoon说aimed at five to ten-year-olds, 所以答案是A;第9题，说的是children might find it rather frightening, 所以答案是B;第10题，题干中for young and old，对应答案C。总而言之，信息配对题要求考生清楚抓住关键词并进行必要的同义词替换。

如何解决雅思听力速度太快的问题

很多烤鸭在备考雅思的时候都面临这样一个问题：听力勉勉强强能听懂，可是刚刚一听懂就错过了，根本来不及抓关键信息点;好不容易抓到关键信息点了，又来不及写下来。就这样，越来越沮丧，分数越来越低。其实，听力的时候速度慢，有很多因素的影响，不能单靠多做练习来提高。

第一个原因，也是最常见的原因就是对英语的辨识能力不够。听和说是息息相关的;听力不好，口语可能就不太好;反之亦然。很多时候，因为我们的发音不好甚至不对， 句子 重音移位甚至错位，导致我们对本来是正确的英语句子和单词产生了“无法辨识”的错觉，大脑根本无法处理这些信息，因为平时习惯了那些错误的声音。就算能够勉强调整过来，听力材料都已经过了一大半了。对于这一类原因，笔者建议平时多跟读正确的材料，例如各种新闻广播，来达到纠正发音和练习听力的双重效果。此外，在平时做练习时有意识地将自己的发音与标准发音有出入的词记下来并强化训练，保证以后不再有类似错误。

第二个原因，是速度太慢。这是最传统的原因。这个原因有一个外在表现，就是，用慢的材料可以听懂，快了就不行。怎么解决呢?多听是不二法门。这种情况，除了反复练耳朵，别无捷径。除此之外，建议平时大声朗读 文章 ，并且保持一定的速度。诚如上文所说，听和说是密切联系的;因此，快速的朗读在一定程度上是可以促进听力水平的提高的。需要注意的是，这一种情况经常和第一种原因混合出现，因此在朗读时要记得考察自己的读音是否正确标准，否则适得其反。

第三个原因是单词记得不够牢。很多考生有这样的经历，单词听到了，理解了，就是写不出来。这是因为单词的形体和读音之间还没有建立起稳定的联系。对于这种情况，一是要在平时记单词的时候大声朗读(注意保证读音的质量)，通过综合*形成稳固印象;二是平时练习时多搜集此类听得懂但写不出的词，进行强化训练。相信经过这些训练，客服听力高分的障碍不是问题。

雅思听力考试中涉及到的人名及地名

地方：

Africa, Alaska, America, Antarctica, Asia, Atlantic Ocean,

Australia, Bath, Berlin, Birmingham, Bri*ane, Cambridge,

Christchurch, English Channel, E*ian Island, Europe, France,

Germany, Greece, Italy, Liverpool, Malaysia, Melbourne, Milton

Namibia, New York, New Zealand, Oxford, Scotland, South Africa,

Southeast Asia, Sydney, Thames, Washington

人名：

Anita Anna Grieg Anu Bhatt Caroline David Kynchley

Griek Grouches Helen Hiroko Ian

Isambard Brunel Jerry Northwaite John

Keiko Yuichini Kevin Kira Manuja Mehta

Painter Penny Peter Rigby Roche Sally

Spiro Steven Taber Thomson

Waddell William Withering Wright Brothers Yentob

雅思听力考试之易错题盘点

在备考雅思考试时，除了要多做练习之外，分析、总结并吸收之前的错题至关重要，但这个步骤却经常为大家所忽视。在做完了练习后，总结失分点，才能确保下次不会犯同样的错误，使成绩有真正意义上的提高。但由于每个人学术程度和细心程度不同，错的地方也不一定都一样，所以在总结的时候，要根据自身的情况出发。题目做错，未必都是因为题目太难，简单的题目也有可能因为这样或者那样的缘由犯错误，而且有些题目可能做错了也未必能发现。经常有同学做完后去对剑桥后面的答案，以为自己做得很好，却没发现因为一些细微的小瑕疵，其实答案错了。为了方便大家复习，听力组的老师结合平常上课学员的反应，提名了以下剑桥中容易错的题目：

剑桥四之section 1：

Test 1 Section 1 Q1. Visit places which have: good shopping

入选理由: 虽然本题前面有很明显并列关系的historical interest这个关键词呈现，但由于good 被 a variety of 同义转换，很容易被广大同学忽略，毕竟这二者不是明显的同义词。加上录音中在解释guided tours的时候，说到：“…where we know there are guided tours, because this gives a good focus for the visit”，很多同学就会以为本题答案应该是focus，却没有注意到我们要的是并列而不是因果关系里的内容。

Test 1 Section 1 Q2. guided tours

入选理由: 拼写比较容易错，guided词尾的d容易被忽略。大家总是将这两个词跟tour guide混为一谈。

Test 1 Section 1 Q4. sign name on the notice board 3 days in advance

入选理由：由于很多同学对notice board这个词组比较陌生，所以听错的几率也较大。经常误听为notice book或者notebook. 这也反映了大家发音上的不足，需要特别注意。

Test 2 Section1 Q2. What caused Peter problems at the bank?

A The exchange rate was down

B He was late

C The computers weren’t working

入选理由：本题录音中，C 选项中的computer system与A 选项was down结合，也就是大家会听到‘the computer system was temporarily down’，不小心就会错听成A。Section 1 虽然不难，但题目信息却经常互相“串门”，尤其是选择题，经常有一半对，另一半不对的情况发生。要求大家总结时需要特别小心。

Test 2 Section1 Q4. Henry gave Peter a map of

A the city

B the bus routes

C the train system

入选理由：本题与上题类似，属于选项“串门”，录音中，B的bus与C的system结合，部分同学没听出重点应该是bus。

Test 2 Section1 Q6. Tourist attractions open all day: Cathedral and Gardens

入选理由：本题重点在于对all day的理解，很多学员认为，all day就应该是24小时，其实在录音原文中，在关键词Gardens出现之前，只出现三个备选项：Cathedral，Castle和 Art Gallery。其中Cathedral is open morning and afternoon;Castle is just open from 1 to 5;The opening time of Art Gallery is not provided. 众所周知，雅思听力考试素以顺序原则贯穿整个考试，答案一般都在Gardens出现之前，那只有Cathedral满足条件了。

Test 2 Section1 Q9. The first place Peter and Sally will visit is the Art Gallery.

入选理由：录音原文：‘We’ll go to the painting you like first…’本题中很多同学听到painting，反应不过来就是Art Gallery的指代词，直接写了painting，但本题明显要的是place，所以造成听到了却写错了。

Test 3 Section1 Q1. Length of time in Australia: 18 months

雅思考试中，多项选择题占有一定的比例，尤其是在旅游，课程等重要听力场景中经常出现。然而很多考生对这类题型经常感觉束手无策，在听力过程中毫无头绪，从而影响了自己雅思听力的分数，为此特别讲解一下多项选择题的解题要点。下面是我给大家带来的雅思听力多项选择题做题原则，希望能帮到大家!

雅思听力多项选择题做题原则

我们首先要了解一下雅思多项选择题的出题特点，国内考试中的多选派厅题比较倾向于听到哪个选项选哪个，这也是大多考生的通常做法，反观雅思听力考试中，更加侧重于理解，所有的选项都有涉及，考生必须抓住说话者的脉络，充分理解才不至于失分。同时还要注意通过同义词，反义词，或同根词来判断正确答案。

我们首先来看一下剑6Test 2中的Section 2。这是一个旅游场景题，后半部分为七选三的多选题。

预读：

题目为Which THREE attractions can you visit at present by train from Trebirch?

预读的过程中要画出关键词作为我们多选题的判断依据，这个题目中的需要注意的关键词为 three attractions, at present , by train , Trebirch

再看选项分别为场所名称。其中黑体部分为标记词。

A. A science museum

B. A theme park

C. A climbing wall

D. A mining museum

E. An aquarium

F. A castle

G. A zoo

听音过程

考生在开头会听到Um, there’s the Merthyr Mining Museum,听到Mining Museum, 同时听到后面有which is only half an hour from Trebirch by train. 通过，by train ,Trebirch, 可确定Mining Museum ，D为正确选项

接下来一句Your children will find it just as fascinating as any theme park. 排除干扰项B，theme park。 题中使用了as…..as…..的结构进行对比，而非景点介绍

难点：很多考生做题时听到theme park 选，而完全忽略的前面的比较结构。

在中间部分，考生会听到 Mainline trains also offer direct services to Bristol, where you can visit the docks or spend a great day out with the children in the zoo. 在这句话中，考生需要抓出trains, spend a day in the zoo,可确定zoo, G 为正确选项。

同样，后面一句which is set in the parkland that used to surround the old castle. 中带有干扰项F，castle. 考生要注意到前面的动词不定式部分为 to surround，即可排除该干扰项。

在后半部分，可以听到special family awayday fares,以及 where there’s lots to see and do including…..climbing wall built on the site of the old aquarium. 其中 fare 为火车费用，后面 to see and do 等同于attraction, 所以确定climbing wall，C 为正确选项。 同尘伏隐时要发现aquarium 为climbing wall 的原址，故排除。 值得注意的是很多学生对于aquarium 的发厅薯音不是很清楚，容易造成失分。

在听力内容的后，提到了new science museum opens next year 与题干中at present 相悖，故排除。

再看剑8 Test 4的Section 3， 这个是有关学校场景的题。21-24是两个五选二的多选题。

预读：

21-22题目In which TWO ways is Dan financing his course? 关键词为financing course. 选项中黑体字部分为标记词。

A. He is receiving money from the government.

B. His family are willing to help him.

C. The college is giving him a *all grant.

D. His local council is supporting him for a limited period.

E. A former employer is providing partial funding.

听音过程：

原文中我们分别听到，So then I asked the boss of the company I used to work for if they would sponsor me,………, he said they’d make a contribution.

My parents had been saying that as I ……., but in the end they took pity on me, so now I’ve just about got enough.

原文中 the boss of the company I used to work =former employer .

sponsor, make a contribution =finance

parents =family , take pity on me = agree to support me

从以上我们可以确定，B.E为正确选项。

同时，录音中还提到local council for grant, 但是终 turn me down.

I thought I was eligible for government funding, but it seems I was mistaken.其中eligible= qualified,

容易混淆的是college grants, 录音中提到，college grants and scholarships, 但Dan说but they are all so *all that I decided to leave them until I was desperate. 可见college grants 只是他的back-up。

再看22-24.题目：

which TWO reasons does Jeannie give for deciding to leave some college clubs? 关键词为two reasons, leave the clubs.

A. She is not sufficiently challenged.

B. The activity interferes with her studies.

C. She does not have enough time.

D. The activity is too demanding physically.

E. She does not think she is any good at the activity.

题干中关键词已用黑体字标出。解题关键要听出不同club的优缺点。

听音过程

在原文中分别提到了，drama club, spring production, singing , debating society， sports . 其中

Drama club : I’ve got behind with my work, but it’s worth it.

behind with my work=interfere with her studies, 但是提到worth it, 所以B排除。

Singing：I don’t think the conductor stretches us enough, though so I’ll give up after the next concert.

Stretch 本身有伸展的意思，在这里与 challenge 有相同的意思，而后面提到give up， 所以确定 A为正确选项。

Debating society: It’s fun, but with all the rehearsing I’m doing, something has to go.

But 为答案标记词，通常转折后面为说话者真正的意图，后面提到有rehearsal, 所以可以确定是not enough time. 同时也提到了something has to go, 意味着要退出。结合以上两点可以确定C 为正确选项。

Sports: I’m not very good, but I’d really miss it if I stopped. 可以确定说话者不会离开。但要注意后面一句I’m simply not fit enough. 这句为干扰项，不要只听到一个not fit ,就去选择D,或者E。

从以上三个题中，我们可以看出多项选择题更注重学生对于全文的理解掌握，对于关键信息的提取。为此考生在做题过程中，首先要划出关键词，带着关键信息去听，在听音过程中要注意同义词，反义词等语义转换，从而做出判断。考生平时应多进行泛听，精听练习，练习对于文章大意的掌握，同时还要注意同义词的积累，这样才能在考试中事半功倍。

托福听力：语法中的段落原则

这些东东乍看之下觉得还不错,但实战听力时会发现来不用或者不会用。所以在平时练习的时候就应该有意识地练习用,实在不行可以拿已经听熟的段子练。

1 主题思想原则 (part C 预看选项,以听为主,抓住主题)

A 原词做答(针对首尾两题)

1)开头原词：本次主题, 现在干什么

2)结尾原词：下次主题, 接着干什么

B Jerry十大信号词

Part C头题选项： the+信号词+of sth。

C 导语+首尾原则

1)开头句型：

Let"s now focus on……

I"d like to begin today"s lecture by……

Today we"ll talk about/discuss/centre on……

Following our discussion last time, we will discuss……

2)结尾句型：

Next time we meet , we will discuss……

We will continue our discussion next time……

Finally, at last, all in all, in short, in a nut shell

2 顺序对应原则 (针对细节题：时间,地点,人物)

3 重复原则 (抓重复频率较高的词做答)

4 观点原则

he + claim/ argue/ appointment/ maintain/ believe/ state +that……

in one"s opinion, from his point of view

5 建议原则

A 注意段落结尾处的建议

B 常出现在段落结尾处的三种建议句型

1)Jerry十大常规建议句型

2)Just+动原 (祈使句表建议)

3)maybe, perhaps, probably引导委婉语气表建议

C* 建议句型的三种变化

1)if从句虚拟语气表建议

2)同B 3)

3)同B 2)

6 比较原则

as……as, similar to, different from, original, compare to, contract

7 因果原则

A 段落头几句中提到的原因

B 经常导出因果关系的结构

Because, because of, as a result of, the reason is, consequently

8 转折原则(Jerry十大转折词)

but, however, while, to be honest, frankly

9* 强调原则

A 语义强调(important, emphasis, especially, only)

1)解释性说明

that is, that means, which means, that is to say,

let"s put it this way,in other words

2)强调句型(老师套话)

just remember, once again, you should……, let me repeat,

let me also point out,

the first……is……, it is……that……, make sure to do, don"t forget

3)ad。级表强调(most)

4)结论性强调

In short, In conclusion, All in all, In a nut shell, Generally speaking,

We may conclude that, the conclusion that

B 语气强调

1)重读强调

2)慢读强调(听到什么选什么)

3)停顿强调

C 举例强调(掌握例子所验证的理论)

D*(难词后面的)解释原则

Which means, that is to say, in other words

10 数字原则

A 时间 (时间感觉)： Jerry六组常考时间副词

B 频率, 次数, 数字及其修饰的概念

11 人名原则

A 职业

B 贡献

12 自我原则 (陈述某人的观点,必为考点)

As far as I am consume……

According to my understanding……

To my knowledge……

13 承接原则 (平行结构)

firstly, secondly, ……lastly

环球教育老嫌陵师为“烤鸭”们总结雅思写作备考技巧如下：

为啥雅思写作拿高分的都是别人，自己却成为不了别人，雅思写作扣分点这些低级错误别犯：

格式互用

雅思考试官方认同两种写作格式分别是：顶格空行，首行缩进，这两种格式千万别互用了！建议大家用顶格空行的格式。首行缩进的格式给人的直观感受不是那么清晰，还要保持每一段缩进的位置一样，有点费时费力。

篇幅不足

在雅思写作中字数必须要合格，众所周知字数少了是会被罚分的，当你的字数过少，考官就得亲身一个个的去数，这一全过程很乏味，影响考官阅卷的心情，所以一定要超过字数要求的最低标准。适当超过就好，小作文170-180，大作文270-280就可以了，字数写太多了会占用最后检查时间，还会提升差错率。

笔迹草率

请维持卷面干净整洁及其笔迹清楚，千万别笔迹草率，难以辨认。我觉得字丑考官还是能接纳的，可是假如笔迹像草书，模模糊糊，你就情况严重了，，因此考鸭们必须要铭记：字丑没事儿，可是决不能草率到让考官没法分辨！

生搬硬套原题

无论是task1 还是task2，在introduction段落总是要描述题目作为文章的打头段。要留意的是，并不是copy题目而是paraphrase题目。关键词还要学好替换，由于关键词假如出现了3次左右，那么这一关键词的记数都是要从稿子字数统计中抛去的。

乱加题目

雅思写作是不用加题目的，立即写文章正文就行。题目加的不太好，反倒会误导考官，因题目失分你就因小失大了。

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雅思听力一直是考试的重点，那么雅思听力往年的原题有哪些呢？下面是我整理的雅思听力往*衡喊年原题。这是不少出国人士很是关心的问题，和雅思栏目一起来了解相关资讯，欢中野迎阅读。

雅思听力往年原题

Study Finds Web Antifraud Measure Ineffective

Published: February 5, 2007 New York Times

1. Internet security experts have long known that simple passwords do not fully defend online bank accounts from determined fraud artists. Now a study suggests that a popular secondary security measure provides little additional protection.

2.The study, produced jointly by researchers at Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, looked at a technology called site-authentication images. In the system, currently used by financial institutions like Bank of America, ING Direct and Vanguard, online banking customers are asked to select an image, like a dog or chess piece, that they will see every time they log in to their account.

3.The idea is that if customers do not see their image, they could be at a fraudulent Web site, dummied up to look like their bank’s, and should not enter their passwords.

拦亮4.The Harvard and M.I.T. researchers tested that hypothesis. In October, they brought 67 Bank of America customers in the Boston area into a controlled environment and asked them to conduct routine online banking activities, like looking up account balances. But the researchers had secretly withdrawn the images.

5.Of 60 participants who got that far into the study and whose results could be verified, 58 entered passwords anyway. Only two chose not to log on, citing security concerns.

6.“The premise is that site-authentication images increase security because customers will not enter their passwords if they do not see the correct image,” said Stuart Schechter, a computer scientist at the M.I.T. Lincoln Laboratory. “From the study we learned that the premise is right less than 10 percent of the time.”

7.He added: “If a bank were to ask me if they should deploy it, I would say no, wait for something better,” he said.

8.The system has some high-power supporters in the financial services world, many trying to comply with new online banking regulations. In 2005, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, an interagency body of federal banking regulators, determined that passwords alone did not effectively thwart intruders like identity thieves.

9.It issued new guidelines, asking financial Web sites to find better ways for banks and customers to identify each other online. January 2007 was set as the compliance date, though the council has yet to begin enforcing the mandate.

10.Banks immediately knew what they did not want to do: ask customers to download new security software, or carry around hardware devices that feed them PIN codes they can use to authenticate their identities. Both solutions would add an extra layer of security but, the banks believed, detract from the convenience of online banking.

11.The image system, introduced in 2004 by a Silicon Valley firm called PassMark Security, offered banks a pain-free addition to their security arsenals. Bank of America was among the first to adopt it, in June 2005, under the brand name SiteKey, asking its 21 million Web site users to select an image from thousands of possible choices and to choose a unique phrase they would see every time they logged in.

12.SiteKey “gives our customers a fairly easy way of authenticating the Bank of America Web site,” said Sanjay Gupta, an e-commerce executive at the bank. “It was very well received.”

13.The Harvard and M.I.T. researchers, however, found that most online banking customers did not notice when the SiteKey images were absent. When respondents logged in during the study, they saw a site maintenance message on the screen where their image and phrases should have been pictured. The error message also had a conspicuous spelling mistake, further suggesting something fishy.

14.Mr. Gupta of Bank of America said he was not troubled by the results of the survey, and stressed that SiteKey had made the bank’s Web site more secure. He also said that the system was only a single part of a larger security blanket. “It’s not like we’re betting the bank on SiteKey,” he said.

15.Most financial institutions, like Bank of America, have other ways to tell if a customer is legitimate. The banks often drop a *all software program, called a cookie, onto a user’s PC to associate the computer with the customer. If the customer logs in from another machine, he may be asked personal questions, like his mother’s maiden name.

16.Rachna Dhamija, the Harvard researcher who conducted the study, points out that swindlers can use their dummy Web sites to ask customers those personal questions. She said that the study demonstrated that site-authentication images are fundamentally flawed and, worse, might actually detract from security by giving users a false sense of confidence.

17.RSA Security, the company that bought PassMark last year, “has a lot of great data on how SiteKey instills trust and confidence and good feelings in their customers,” Ms. Dhamija said. “Ultimately that might be why they adopted it. Sometimes the appearance of security is more important than security itself.”

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Questions 1-5

Do the following statements agree with the information given in the passage? Please write

TRUE if the statement agrees with the writer

FALSE if the statement does not agree with the writer

NOT GIVEN if there is no information about this in the passage

1.According to internet security experts, secondary security measures provide little additional protection against fraud.

2.In the Harvard and MIT study, two subjects didn’t log on without seeing the correct pictures.

3.According to Schechter, more than 90% of online banking customers studied logged on without seeing the right pictures.

4.The image system is the only security measure that the banks mentioned in the passage have currently.

5.Bank of America is the first bank that adopted the image system.

Questions 6-13

Answer the following questions or complete the following sentences by choosing NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

6.What is ING Direct and Vanguard?

7.What might online banking customers be cheated to give at a fraudulent Web site?

8.What may stop online banking customers from using new verification methods?

9.The key to online banking security is to verify the ______ of customers.

10.Where is PassMark Security located?

11.What is the reason why SiteKey is popular among online banking customers?

12.What was used instead of images in the Harvard and M.I.T. study?

13.How many security methods are mentioned in this passage?

1. 第一段“Now a study suggests that a popular secondary security measure provides little additional protection.”似与问题文字很接近，但是原文中a popular secondary security measure是指特定的一个措施，而非泛指所有secondary security measure。原文没有其它secondary security measure安全有效性的内容。故应选择NG。

2. 见第4、5段内容。第四段 “But the researchers had secretly withdrawn the images.”即研究人员撤下了图形，第五段“Only two chose not to log on, citing security concerns.”，有两个人因为安全考虑未进入。

3. T 见第6段。

4. F 见第11、14段。

5. F 见第11段“Bank of America was among the first to adopt it”，可见首批采用图形识别软件的银行并非Bank of America一家。

6. A financial institution 见第二段。

7. (their) passwords 见第三段。

8. less convenience 见第十段。

9. identity 见第八、十段。

10. Silicon Valley 见第十一段。

11. easy to use 见第十二段。

12. site maintenance message 见第十三段“When respondents logged in during the study, they saw a site maintenance message on the screen where their image and phrases should have been pictured.”

13. 4 分别见第十段的“download new security software”和“hardware devices that feed them PIN codes”，第十五段的“a *all software program, called a cookie”，以及本文提到的site-authentication images。