第一篇： 把桂皮带到欧洲

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12分钟，全对

第二篇： 后叶催产素

https://ieltscat.xdf.cn/practice/result/read/6690/E438F18A5FEA3730

23分钟，错2个

错题一

The earliest findings about oxytocin and bonding came from research involving _____

错误答案： voles
正确答案： animals

定位词：earliest findings, involving

对应A段第二句：It was through various studies focusing on animals that scientists first became aware of the influence of oxytocin.

题干问“关于催产素与情感纽带的最早研究发现来自于涉及_____的研究”，可知空格内需要的是作为研究对象的一个名词。依靠后文2005这个数字信息，考生不难确定本题与下一题的出处应当都是文章的第一段，进而也就不难通过earliest与first的对应关系找到出题句。关于本句的详细解析，考生可以参见前文“佳句赏析”中的第一句，利用involve与focus on的同义替换关系可知，答案为animals。

原文： It was through various studies focusing on animals that scientists first became aware of the influence of oxytocin. They discovered that it helps reinforce the bonds between prairie voles, which mate for life

生词： prairie voles草原田鼠
prairie 大草原；北美草原；新大陆北部草原(美国北部和加拿大)

错题二

Meanwhile, research at the University of Amsterdam revealed that people who have been given oxytocin consider _____ that are familiar to them in their own country to have more positive associations than those from other cultures.

错误答案： biases
正确答案： names

对应D段第三句：Meanwhile, Carsten DeDreu at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands discovered that volunteers given oxytocin showed favouritism: Dutch men became quicker to associate positive words with Dutch names than with foreign ones, for example. 本题与前两道题的情况类似，虽然可以借助大写名称进行比较快速的定位，但考生却需认真耐心地阅读分析本身就很复杂的题干句。本句问“与此同时，在阿姆斯特丹大学进行的研究表明，被用了催产素的人会认为自己国家中的、对他们来说很熟悉的____比那些来自其他文化的有着更为积极的联系”；回到原文的定位句中，虽然句式结构也比较长难，却可以通过同样的比较结构以及原文中动词形式associate与题千中名词形式association的对应关系，确定答案应为names。

原文： Dutch men became quicker to associate positive words with Dutch names than with foreign ones

quicker to associate 更迅速地联系起来 = familiar to 对于…熟悉

第三篇： 充分利用趋势

https://ieltscat.xdf.cn/practice/analyze/read/6691/F783CA389D236853

错题一

According to the third paragraph, Coach was anxious to
答案：C.safeguard its reputation as a manufacturer of luxury goods.

对应第三段第三、四句：The Coach brand had been a symbol of opulence and luxury for nearly 70 years, and the most obvious reaction to the downturn would have been to lower prices. However, that would have risked cheapening the brand’s image.

本题特别需要格外留意第三和第四句中都使用了would have done的虚拟语气，表示“原本”最明显的办法是降价，但“如果这样做”就会自降品牌身价。言下之意,实际情况其实与此相反。如果继续阅读，还能从下一句的Instead进-步确认，对比可知正确答案为选项C：守护其作为奢侈品生产商的声望。

A项说“照搬一些其竞争者的做法”，这与第三段最后一句话中提到的“与其他很多公司的降价行为相反”矛盾；B项说“维持了所有产品的价格”，这与文中“推出了价格更为亲民的新系列”不相符；D项说“修改了其品牌的整体外观以适应当时的经济气候”，属于故意曲解原文中的表述，因为文中说的是“新产品系列采用了更浓烈亮丽的色彩来迎合人们当时的心境”，至于原本的产品序列是否也有更改，并未被提及。

错题二

What does the writer suggest about Nike’s strategy?

D.It was the kind of strategy which might appear to have few obvious benefits.

译文：作者关于耐克的策略提出了什么看法？

对应第五段第三句：At first glance, spending resources to incorporate elements of a seemingly irrelevant trend into one’s core offerings sounds like it’s hardly worthwhile.

本题正确答案的对应信息虽然可以在段落里找到具体一句，但考生却无法仅凭这一句就确定无误地作答，还要对比其他选项进行依次排除，才能最终锁定的正确答案应为选项D：这种策略也许看起来并没有什么显著的利润。

A项说“它在当时是一项风险极高的策略”，文中只是提到“看似不太值得”，说“风险极高”未免有些过度引申了：B项说“这项策略只有一个大型公司才能负担得起去执行”；C项说“这类策略如果放在过去是完全不可能的”，这两项内容都是原文完全没有提及的信息。

错题三

What was original about the ME2?
D.It was a handheld game that addressed people’s concerns about unhealthy lifestyles.

对应第六段最后三句:What set it apart was that it incorporated the traditional physical component of children’s play… The ME2, introduced in mid-2008, catered to kids’ huge desire to play video games while countering the negatives, such as associations with lack of exercise and obesity.

本题仍延续了前面几题的特点：看似容易定位，却无法只看某句作答，而是要耐心准确阅读所定位到段落的每一句，综合理解才能找到正确答案D项：这款手持游戏解决了人们对不健康生活方式的担忧。

A项说“它包含一些为体育行业发展出来的技术”；B项说“它吸引到了那些热切想要提升自身健康状态的年轻人”；C项说“它利用了当下电子游戏有着多彩立体画面的潮流”；虽然这三个选项中都包含出现在原文中的若干词汇，然而仔细对比全句却会发现，它们都不是原文中表达的意思。

生词： addressed people’s concerns 解决了人们的担忧
countering抵消；抵制；驳斥

错题四

If there are any trend-related changes impacting on your category, you should

译文：如果有任何与潮流有关的变化正在影响你的产品，你应当

定位词：changes, impacting

对应第七段第一句：Once you have gained perspective on how trend-related changes in consumer opinions and behaviors impact on your category, you can determine which of our three innovation strategies to pursue.

本题没有像前两个题型那样包含具体公司品牌，考生不妨以此为线索，绕过前面有各种大写名称作为具体案例说明的段落，向后寻找，即可更加顺利地定位到相应出题位置；再耐心对比题干和定位句，可知正确答案应为选项B：找到最合适的创新策略来运用。

错题五

If the consumers’ new focus has an increasing lack of connection with your offering, you should

译文：如果消费者的新关注点与你的产品之间越来越缺乏关联度，你应当

定位词：new focus, increasing lack of connection

对应第七段第三句：If analysis reveals an increasing disparity between your category and consumers new focus, your innovations need to transcend the category to integrate the two worlds.

本题主要考查的其实是考生的词汇认知水平：题干中的increasing lack of connection直接对应原文中的increasing disparity，只要能准确定位到此处，考生即使不认识后半句里的transcend和integrate，也能正确匹配到答案D：运用“融合与超越”策略来整合两个产品世界。

生词： increasing disparity 差距越来越大