文档介绍：该【雅思真题原文 】是由【花双韵芝】上传分享，文档一共【10】页，该文档可以免费在线阅读，需要了解更多关于【雅思真题原文 】的内容，可以使用淘豆网的站内搜索功能，选择自己适合的文档，以下文字是截取该文章内的部分文字，如需要获得完整电子版，请下载此文档到您的设备，方便您编辑和打印。Materialsforlecture16-18Readingpassage1Questions1-:thefloatprocessGlass,whichhasbeenmadesincethetimeoftheMesopotamiansandEgyptians,islittlemorethanamixtureofsand,(°C),,soitstayedperfectlyunblemished,witha‘firefinish’.However,,,-stop,buttherollerswouldleavebothsidesoftheglassmarked,,,tintedandcoatedglassforbuildings,,andin1952hehadtheideaofusingabedofmoltenmetaltoformtheflatglass,(about600°C),butcouldnotboilatatemperaturebelowthetemperatureofthemoltenglass(about1500°C).,,whenpouringmoltenglassontothemoltentin,,itwouldflowoverthemoltentinuntilthetopsurfacewasalsoflat,°,60percentoftheflatglassmarketatthattimewasforsix--,ittook14monthsofnon-stopproduction,costingthecompany￡100,000amonth,,oncetheyeededinmakingmarketableflatglass,,witheachabletoproducearound1000tonsofglasseveryday,non--melting,refining,homogenising-,lastingaslongas50hours,thatdeliversglasssmoothlyandcontinuouslytothefloatbath,andfromtheretoacoatingzoneandfinallyaheattreatmentzone,,theproducthaschangeddramatically,fromasinglethicknessofmmtoarangefromsub-millimetreto25mm,,,abubbleisnotremovedduringrefining,asandgrainrefusestomelt,-,,,,-13DothefollowingstatementsagreewiththeinformationgiveninReadingPassage1Inboxes9-13onyouranswersheet,writeTRUEFALSENOTGIVEN’sfirstfull-,but,beforeIembarkonthat,-asopposedtoweather-assomethingunchanging,yethumanityhasbeenatthemercyofclimatechangeforitsentireexistence,withatleasteightglacialepisodesinthepast730,,around10,000yearsago,,decadesofheavyustomedcold;adoptedagricultureandstock-raising,whichrevolutionisedhumanlife;andfoundedtheworld’sfirstpre-industrialcivilisationsinEgypt,,infamine,diseaseandsuffering,,Europeexperiencedacycleofbitterlycoldwinters;mountainglaciersintheSwissAlpswerethelowestinrecordedmemory,,however;ratheranirregularseesawofrapidclimaticshifts,fewlastingmorethanaquarter-century,,thenswitchedabruptlytoyearsofheavyspringandearlysummerrains,mildwinters,andfrequentAtlanticstorms,ortoperiodsofdroughts,lightnortheasterlywinds,,becausesystematicweatherobservationsbeganonlyafewcenturiesago,,wehaveonly‘proxyrecords’reconstructedlargelyfromtreeringsandicecores,-ringrecordsfromthroughoutthenorthernhemisphere,andmanyfromsouthoftheequator,too,amplifiedwithagrowingbodyoftemperaturedatafromicecoresdrilledinAntarctica,Greenland,thePeruvianAndes,Thisbookisanarrativehistoryofclimaticshiftsduringthepasttencenturies,,,NorsevoyagersfromNorthernEuropeexplorednorthernseas,settledGreenland,,forthen,asalwayssincetheGreatIceAge,,,NorsevoyagestothewestwerereroutedintotheopenAtlantic,,muchwetterweatherdescendedonEuropebetween1315and1319,whenthousandsperishedinacontinent-,edecidedlymoreunpredictableandstormier,,,,Dutch,-,-hungryfarmersandothers,towhichthefaminecausedbytheIrishpotatoblightcontributed,toNorthAmerica,Australia,NewZealand,’axesbetween1850and1890,,,,-26urringduringtheAMedievalWarmPeriodLittleIceAgeModernWarmPeriodWritethecorrectletter,A,BorC,inboxes23-,orolfaction,,,however,-',,,therefore,consistsnotonlyofthesensationoftheodoursthemselves,,-knowntest,,butastheexperimentrevealed,evenwhennotconsciouslyconsidered,,,parisonwithitsimportanceamonganimals,,,,however,,unlikecolours,forinstance,cannotbenamedinmanylanguagesbecausethespecificvocabularysimplydoesn'texist.‘Itsmellslike...,’wehavetosaywhendescribinganodour,:,