2009 IELTS Task 2 列舉幾個參考題目:
Q. Some peoplet think that university education should prepare students for employment. Others disagree and believe that university education has other functions. Discuss both of these views and say what you think are the fnctions of a university education.
Q. In many countries a high proportion of criminal acts are committed by teenagers. What do you think are the causes of this problem? What do you think are the causes of this problem?
Q.Some people believe that governments in developing countries can best imporve people's quality of life by introducgin new technology. Others, however, believe that the best way to make life better is to provide free education for all. Disucss both views and give your opinion.
Q. Many empoyees can now do their work from home using modern technology. However, this change may only benefit the owrkers, not the employers. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Q. Professional workers like doctors, nurses and teachers make a great contribution to societ and so should be paid more than sports and entertainment personalities. To what extent do you disagree or agree with these opinions?
Q. The envionment problems facing today's world are so great that there is little ordinary peopl ecan do to improve the situation. Governments and large companies should be responsible for reducing the amoutn of damage being done to the environment. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Q. Some people think the news media have become much more influentia in people's lives today and that this is a negative development. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
2009 閱讀:今年重複了幾個 reading passages 是 2005-07 的考題, 例如 [雪崩], [電子書], [香水], [烏鴉製造工具] [金星凌日] 證明勤練考古題絕對是有助益滴.
以下[金星凌日] (The Transit of Venus) 天文現象的參考文章及圖片節錄出自 wikipedia. 關於[金星凌日]的閱讀文章不是第一次出來, 給同學一個背景知識做參考, 相信對你考IELTS閱讀部分有很大的幫助. 順便附上wikipedia 中文相關訊息
A transit of Venus across the Sun takes place when the planet Venus passes directly between the Sun and Earth, obscuring a small portion of the solar disk. During a transit, Venus can be seen from Earth as a small black disk moving across the face of the Sun. The duration of such transits is usually measured in hours (the transit of 2004 lasted six hours). A transit is similar to a solar eclipse by the Moon, but, although the diameter of Venus is almost 4 times that of the Moon, Venus appears smaller because it is much farther away from Earth. Before the space age, observations of transits of Venus helped scientists use the parallax method to calculate the distance between the Sun and the Earth.
Transits of Venus are among the rarest of predictable astronomical phenomena and currently occur in a pattern that repeats every 243 years, with pairs of transits eight years apart separated by long gaps of 121.5 years and 105.5 years. Before 2004, the last pair of transits were in December 1874 and December 1882. The first of a pair of transits of Venus in the beginning of the 21st century took place on 8 June 2004 (see Transit of Venus, 2004) and the next will be on 6 June 2012 (see Transit of Venus, 2012). After 2012, the next transits of Venus will be in December 2117 and December 2125.
A transit of Venus can be safely observed by taking the same precautions used when observing the partial phases of a solar eclipse. Staring at the brilliant disk of the Sun (the photosphere) with the unprotected eye can quickly cause serious and often permanent eye damage.
中文資訊 -wikipedia
金星凌日是當金星運行到太陽和地球之間時發生的一種罕見的天文現象。當金星凌日出現，從地球上可以看到金星像一個黑色圓盤從太陽表面劃過。通常都是用小時來計算金星凌日的時間（2004年和2012年，持續大概6小時）。原理上類似於日食，雖然金星的直徑有差不多月亮的4倍。我們從地球上看金星要小的多是因為她離地球更遠一些。現代天文學之前，人們通過觀察金星凌日，用視差來測量日地之間的距離。
金星凌日以兩次凌日為一組，間隔8年，但是兩組之間的間隔卻有100多年。2004年之前的最後組金星凌日發生在1874年的12月和1882年12月。21世紀的首次金星凌日發生在2004年6月8日，這一組的另一次將要發生在2012年的6月。再下一次是2117年和2125年。
每種類型每隔243年出現一次，是因為地球上的243個恆星年（365.25636天）是88757.3天，金星上的395個恆星年（224.701天）是88756.9天。因此經過這個時間段後金星與地球差不多同時回到各自軌道上同一位置。
由於金星和地球環繞太陽的運行軌道不在同一個平面上，因此並不是每次金星下合日都會發生金星凌日現象。一般的，地球在每年12月10日前後經過金星軌道的升交點，在每年6月8日前後經過金星軌道的降交點，因此，金星凌日只能發生在這兩個日期前後。
17世紀，英國天文學家愛德蒙·哈雷最早提出了觀測方法。最早成功預報金星凌日的是德國天文學家開普勒。他成功預言了在1631年12月7日發生的金星凌日。1761年發生的金星凌日，被俄國天文學家羅蒙諾索夫發現了金星大氣，這是人類第一次知道出地球以外有大氣的行星。
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