【原文】The technique survives to this day at a test site in Florida run by the University of Florida, with support from the Electrical Power Research Institute (EPRI), based in California. EPRI, which is funded by power companies.
The sense of smell, or olfaction, is powerful. Odours affect us on a physical, psychological and social level. For the most part, however, we breathe in the aromas which surround us without being consciously aware of their importance to us. It is only when the faculty of smell is impaired for some reason that we begin to realise the essential role the sense of smell plays in our sense of well-being.
A survey conducted by Anthony Synott at Montreal"s Concordia University asked participants to comment on how important smell was to them in their lives. It became apparent that smell can evoke strong emotional responses. A scent associated with a good experience can bring a rush of joy, while a foul odour or one associated with a bad memory may make us grimace with disgust. Respondents to the survey noted that many of their olfactory likes and dislikes were based on emotional associations. Such associations can be powerful enough so that odours that we would generally label unpleasant become agreeable, and those that we would generally consider fragrant become disagreeable for particular individuals. The perception of smell, therefore, consists not only of the sensation of the odours themselves, but of the experiences and emotions associated with them.
【題目】The inhabitants of the Aleutian islands renamed their islands ‘Aleyska’.
【原文】More than two hundred years ago, Russian explorers and fur hunters landed on the Aleutian Islands, a volcanic archipelago in the North Pacific, and learned of a land mass that lay farther to the north. The islands" native inhabitants called this land mass
Aleyska, the ‘Great Land"; today, we know it as Alaska.
雅思閱讀考試備考計劃
在備考雅思閱讀的過程中，如何在短時間內有效的提高成績是最關鍵的，為此，需要從以下四個方面加強提高，高分自然“手到擒來”。(版面有限，粗略介紹第一點，也是基礎的一點）
第一方面：詞彙雅思不同分數段對詞彙有不同的要求，以留學的理想分數線6.5分為例，雅思閱讀的詞彙量要求在7000-8000左右，這一詞彙量要求已經超出了大多數高中生（要求3500左右）的能力範圍，因此，強大的詞彙量才是閱讀高分的王道。但如果備考時間有限，去逐個記憶單詞明顯是杯水車薪，我們一定要明確雅思閱讀詞彙的要求，提高記憶單詞的實用性，將所背單詞紮紮實實的轉化為分數才是關鍵，在這裡，我們要明確背誦記憶單詞的範圍要求。
要求一：明顯超出能力範圍的難詞怪詞無需記憶。雅思閱讀考試中，文章的題材很廣泛，經常涉及一些專業性知識，因此，會出現很多專業性很強的詞彙，極大增加了閱讀考試的難度，但是否這些單詞都需要清楚的記憶意思呢，答案是否定的，有些詞彙我們只需將其看成一些符號，無需知道其具體意思。
例如：
(1)anthropologist，此詞在閱讀文章中經常出現，譯為“人類學家”，但我們只需明確一般-ist結尾的單詞多數表示人，且多為專家即可。類似的詞有很多，比如archaeologist（考古學家）、linguist（語言學家）、psychologist（心理學家）、zoologist（動物學家）、feminist（男女平等主義者）。
(2)immunoglobin G，此詞多出現在關於醫藥健康或生物遺傳類的文章中，譯為“免疫球G蛋白”，很顯然，花大力氣背誦這個單詞是效率比較低的選擇，我們只需看成一種物質即可，因為對雅思來說，還不至於考察此種難度的單詞。
總之，在備考時間非常緊張的情況下，我們對於這些專業性很強的單詞可以先行略過，提高複習備考效率。
要求二：核心考察方式——同義詞替換。雅思閱讀中，同義詞替換幾乎每道題目都會出現，同義詞的替換相對來說難度還是比較大的，對同學們英語能力功底的考查也比較真實，其中主要是以同義詞、同義詞組和同義句式的方式考察。
情況一：題目中最常出現的是題目和原文出處之間詞彙的同義轉換。
真題示例：《劍橋雅思真題8》Test3 Passage1 Question4 填空題
【題目】EPRI receives financial support from 4.______
【原文】The technique survives to this day at a test site in Florida run by the University of Florida, with support from the Electrical Power Research Institute (EPRI), based in California. EPRI, which is funded by power companies.
方法解析：
解題中，所有學員都可以很快的透過題目的關鍵詞EPRI定位到原文出處，題目意為“EPRI從哪接受經濟的支援”，其中“經濟支援”的英文表達為“financial support”，而原文用的卻是其同義詞funded,意為“經濟資助”，可見power companies為答案。在閱讀考試各類題型中，基本上都會存在這樣的同義替換，這是閱讀考試的方式，同時也是閱讀單項中詞彙量要求較大的原因之一。
注意：雅思閱讀考試中涉及的核心同義詞替換會不斷的重複考察，這也與雅思考試的目的和性質有關。畢竟不像高考一樣屬於選拔性考試，因而，雅思的考點不怕重複，它只是希望考生們透過準備考試的過程中瞭解基本常用的英文表達即可。比如resemble與like都表示“像、類似”的意思，在考試中出現並同義替換的頻率可謂相當之高。
情況二：文章內容本身或者題目本身會進行同義轉換。
真題例項：《劍橋雅思真題8》Test2 Passage3
《The meaning and power of smell》
The sense of smell, or olfaction, is powerful. Odours affect us on a physical, psychological and social level. For the most part, however, we breathe in the aromas which surround us without being consciously aware of their importance to us. It is only when the faculty of smell is impaired for some reason that we begin to realise the essential role the sense of smell plays in our sense of well-being.
A survey conducted by Anthony Synott at Montreal"s Concordia University asked participants to comment on how important smell was to them in their lives. It became apparent that smell can evoke strong emotional responses. A scent associated with a good experience can bring a rush of joy, while a foul odour or one associated with a bad memory may make us grimace with disgust. Respondents to the survey noted that many of their olfactory likes and dislikes were based on emotional associations. Such associations can be powerful enough so that odours that we would generally label unpleasant become agreeable, and those that we would generally consider fragrant become disagreeable for particular individuals. The perception of smell, therefore, consists not only of the sensation of the odours themselves, but of the experiences and emotions associated with them.
方法解析：
文章標題譯為《嗅覺的意義和力量》，在這篇文章中，粗體字標註的單詞都有“氣味”之意，雅思用了很多同義詞來表達“氣味”之意。如果我們只知道smell表示氣味，其他同義詞一無所知，文章都看不明白，那麼何談做題呢？
要求三：詞綴的考察在學習詞彙的過程中，我們都知道詞綴對於記憶學習單詞非常重要。詞綴是指只能粘附在詞根上構成新詞的語素，它本身不能單獨構成詞。如“老鼠”、“老虎”裡的“老”；“作家”﹑“科學家”裡的“家”。在雅思閱讀考試中，詞綴同樣非常重要，但我們只需掌握一些常規詞綴即可幫助做題，事倍功半。
真題示例:《劍橋雅思真題7》Test4 Passage2 Question14 判斷題
【題目】The inhabitants of the Aleutian islands renamed their islands ‘Aleyska’.
【原文】More than two hundred years ago, Russian explorers and fur hunters landed on the Aleutian Islands, a volcanic archipelago in the North Pacific, and learned of a land mass that lay farther to the north. The islands" native inhabitants called this land mass
Aleyska, the ‘Great Land"; today, we know it as Alaska.
方法解析：
此題目憑藉關鍵詞Aleutian islands、Aleyska很容易定位到原文出處，題目意為”阿留申群島的居民將島名改成Aleyska”，其中詞綴re-表示“再、又”，renamed意為“重新命名”，而原文中對應的關鍵詞為called，意為“命名”，並沒有“再、又”的意思 ，兩者說法相矛盾，判斷結果為錯誤（FALSE）。如果將原文中的renamed改成named，那麼判斷結果改為正確（TRUE）。
要求四：是否掌握常見機經類場景詞彙是雅思能否高分的分水嶺。此部分單詞的特點是難度較大，在考試中如果不認知，並不會很嚴重的干擾題目的解答，但因為其在同類文章中會反覆出現，掌握後對於取得高分是非常有幫助的。
舉例：
metabolism，此詞意為“新陳代謝”，在閱讀中很少考察這個詞的具體含義，但在雅思關於動植物及人類研究類的文章中此詞會經常出現，故掌握後會更容易理解文章，這也是區別於一般的分數的詞彙要求。
mutation，此詞意為“變異”，是生物類文章的核心詞，很明顯，在表示生物變化方面，不可能用change來替代mutation，故應該掌握其意思。
要求五：掌握雅思特定愛用的詞彙是短時間取得分數突破的保證。在閱讀考試的用詞方面，在表達一個意思的時候，雅思有其特定愛用的一到兩個單詞，換言之，掌握了這些詞彙後，讀起文章來會有種一馬平川的感覺。比如，在表達“複雜的”這樣一個概念時，我們最常用的表達是complex或complicated，但真題做得多了後我們會發現，雅思最常用的詞卻是sophisticated。換言之，如果我們沒有掌握sophisticated這個雅思常用的詞，在考察“複雜的”這一概念時，我們還是拿不到相應的分數，也就是說背了很多單詞卻無法轉化成實實在在的分數，因此，我們要背對雅思常考的單詞才會真正對做題有幫助，這部分單詞需要我們在做題中慢慢總結體會。