1.29雅思考试阅读回顾预测

1月29日雅思考试阅读回顾

P1 Bovid反刍动物 V140301

P2 玩耍与儿童V140426

P3 著名园艺大师日记

朗阁名师范利文点评

1. 本次考试难度中等。

2. 整体分析： P1=V110416；P2=V140426。涉及动物类、社会类、生物类。

3. 主流题型：判断、单选，填空依旧主流。配对开始出现，比重变大。没有heading。没有多选。配对考到段落细节配对，提升整体难度。

4.P1 V140301文章讲的是硬蹄食草动物。通过比较，说明这种动物的节本特征和生活习性，如分布在哪里，题型大小。还讲了他的几个sub-families，以及这几个sub-families的特征的分布。分别介绍了生活在山上，湿地和树林中的群众的特征。

5. P2 V140426 Unstructured Free Play Important for Kids

Too often these days, parents feel they have no choice but to pack

their child's schedules with adult-supervised, adult-driven activities

such as organized sports.

But, as a report from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

makes clear, such activities should not come at the expense of free

and unstructured play, which is critical to healthy child development.

The overriding premise of the report is that "play (or some available

free time in the case of older children and adolescents) is essential to

the cognitive, physical, social and emotional well-being of children

and youth."

Benefits of Play

Why is free, unstructured play so important? There are lots of

reasons, says the AAP:

• Play is important to healthy development of the brain;

• Undirected play helps children learn how to work

collaboratively, to share, to negotiate, to resolve conflicts, and

learn self-advocacy skills;

• When play is child-driven, children practice decision-making

skills, move at their own pace, discover areas of interest on their

own, and ultimately engage fully in the passions they wish to

pursue;

• When play is controlled by adults - such as in organized

sports - children have to follow to adult rules and concerns (like

winning) and lose some of the benefits play offers them,

particularly in developing creativity, leadership and group skills.

• Play offers parents a wonderful opportunity to engage fully

with their children;

• Play and unscheduled time that allows for peer interactions is

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an important component of social-emotional learning; and

• Free, child-driven, creative play protects against the effects of

pressure and stress.

Editor's Note: Recent research at Loyola University Medical Center

in Chicago suggests another benefit of free, unstructured play: that

children who spend more time in free, unstructured play suffer

significantly fewer overuse injuries.

Finding Balance is Key

Since every child is different, the challenge for parents, says the AAP,

is to strike a balance that allows their children to reach their potential

without pushing them beyond their personal comfort limits, while

allowing them personal free playtime. The AAP says parents need to:

• Feel supported in not passively accepting media and

advertising messages that suggest there are more valuable

means of promoting success and happiness in children than the

tried, trusted and traditional methods of play and family

togetherness;

• Understand that, while they can monitor play for safety (what

I call being the "guardian of a child at play"), a large proportion of

play should be child-driven rather than adult-directed;

• Remember that active child-centered play is a time-tested

way of producing healthy, fit young bodies. In fact, a 2010 study

recommends "informal physical activity in home or neighborhood

settings" as one of the ways for kids to get the 60 minutes of

moderate- and vigorous physical activity experts say they need

each day (an amount, the same study shows, our kids are not

getting solely from participating in organized youth sports).

• Recognize that by sharing unscheduled spontaneous time

and playing with their children they are being just as supportive,

nurturing and productive as by signing them up for more and

more sports and other adult-supervised activities;

• Allow children to explore a variety of interests in a balanced

way, without feeling pressured to excel in each area; and

• Promote balance by resisting the temptation to allow their

children to specialize too early - such as in a particular sport or

musical instrument - to the detriment of having the opportunity to

explore other sports and other areas of interest.

Allow For Free Time

My advice, like that of the AAP, is that simply because our culture

seems to increasingly devalue free time doesn't mean you should.

Kids need to grow up comfortable with silence. Your intuition tells you

how important free time is. It tells you not to interfere with a child's

play unless someone is about to or is being hurt.

Have the courage to say no. Be honest with yourself and your

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children. Instead of feeling guilty and worrying that if you don't do

everything possible, don't go the extra mile, your kids will suffer, will

be deprived, or will fall behind their peers, understand that

sometimes the best thing a parent can do for a child is nothing.

Children are not miniature adults - there will be plenty of time for

them to be stressed and overworked when they actually are adults.

In short, don't forget to let your child be a child.

6. P3 新题 著名园艺大师日记.

考试预测

1. 判断和选择的练习和错题分析要强化，summary题型重点关注。配对题在增多。特别注意提高配对题做题速度。

预警小题型：heading。

Heading可适当准备。

2. 下场考试的话题可能有关生命科学类、文化类、科技类。

3. 最近考试重点浏览14年机经。