剑桥雅思真题9阅读核心同义替换之C9-T4-R3

C9-T4-R3
1. 题干：Mixed views on current changes to museums.
(C9-T4-R3 T27)
原文：Such developments have been criticized as an intolerable vulgarization, but the success of many historical theme parks and similar locations suggests that the majority of the public does not share this opinion.
同义替换：
    Views --- opinion
Changes --- developments
 
2. 题干：Fewer differences between public attractions.
(C9-T4-R3 T28)
原文：In a related development, the sharp distinction between museum and heritage sites on the one hand, and theme parks on the other, is gradually evaporating.
同义替换：
    Differences --- sharp distinction
Fewer --- evaporating
 
3. 题干：Commercial pressures on people in charge.
(C9-T4-R3 T29)
原文：This development is a response to market forces and, although museums and heritage sites have a special, rather distinct, role to fulfill, they are also operating in a very competitive environment, where visitors make choices on how and where to spend their free time.
同义替换：
     Commercial pressures --- competitive environment
 
4. 题干：Interpreting the facts to meet visitor expectations.
(C9-T4-R3 T30)
原文：There is one compensation, however, for the professionals who make these interpretations: if they did not provide the interpretation, visitors would do it for themselves, based on their own ideas, misconceptions and prejudices.
同义替换：
     Interpreting --- interpretations
Expectations --- would do it for themselves
 
5. 题干：Compared with today’s museums, those of the past were not primarily intended for the public.
(C9-T4-R3 T31)
原文：Museums used to look - and some still do - much like storage rooms of objects packed together in showcases: good for scholars who wanted to study the subtle differences in design, but not for the ordinary visitor, to whom it all looked alike
同义替换：
    The past --- used to
Public --- ordinary visitor
 
6. 题干：According to the writer, current trends in the heritage industry emphasize personal involvement.
(C9-T4-R3 T32)
原文：The key word in heritage display is now 'experience', the more exciting the better and, if possible, involving all the senses
同义替换：
    Current --- now
Emphasize --- key word
Personal involvement --- 'experience'
 
7. 题干：The writer says that museums, heritage sites and theme parks are less easy to distinguish than before.
(C9-T4-R3 T33)
原文：In a related development, the sharp distinction between museum and heritage sites on the one hand, and theme parks on the other, is gradually evaporating.
同义替换：
    Distinguish --- distinction
Less easy --- evaporating
 
8. 题干：The writer says that in preparing exhibits for museums, experts have to balance conflicting priorities.
(C9-T4-R3 T34)
原文：Those who are professionally engaged in the art of interpreting history are thus in a difficult position, as they must steer a narrow course between the demands of 'evidence' and 'attractiveness', especially given the increasing need in the heritage industry for income-generating activities.
同义替换：
    Experts --- who are professionally engaged
Conflicting priorities --- difficult position
 
9. 题干：In paragraph E, the writer suggests that some museum exhibits reveal more about present beliefs than about the past.
(C9-T4-R3 T35)
原文：Such presentations tell us more about contemporary perceptions of the world than about our ancestors.
同义替换：
     Museum exhibits --- presentations
Present beliefs --- contemporary perceptions
Past --- ancestors
 
10. 题干：The passage ends by noting that our view of history is biased because only very durable objects remain from the past.
(C9-T4-R3 T36)
原文：Human bias is inevitable, but another source of bias in the representation of history has to do with the transitory nature of the materials themselves. The simple fact is that not everything from history survives the historical process.
同义替换：
     View --- representation
Biased --- bias
     Remain --- survives
Past --- historical process
 
11. 题干：Consumers prefer theme parks which avoid serious issues.
(C9-T4-R3 T37)
原文：Theme parks are undergoing other changes, too, as they try to present more serious social and cultural issues, and move away from fantasy. This development is a response to market forces
同义替换：
     Consumers --- market forces
Serious issues --- serious social and cultural issues
 
12. 题干：More people visit museums than theme parks.
(C9-T4-R3 T38)
原文：NOT GIVEN
 
13. 题干：The boundaries of Leyden have changed little since the seventeenth century.
(C9-T4-R3 T39)
原文：In a town like Leyden in Holland, which in the seventeenth century was occupied by approximately the same number of inhabitants as today, people lived within the walled town, an area more than five times smaller than modern Leyden.
同义替换：
     Boundaries --- area
     Changed --- smaller
 
14. 题干：Museums can give a false impression of how life used to be.
(C9-T4-R3 T40)
原文：It could be claimed that in order to make everything in heritage more 'real', historical accuracy must be increasingly altered.
同义替换：
     False --- accuracy…altered
Used to be --- historical