笔者对几年来出现过的阅读题材进行了大致的归类,旨在帮助考生了解雅思阅读的出题思路和选材方向,平时注意积累相关的词汇和背景知识,做到有的放矢,缩小复习范围.（注：雅思考题是重复使用的）
（一）自然与科技
1.澳洲皮肤癌研究 skin cancer research in Australia
2.澳洲医疗与中医 Australian medical care and traditional Chinese medicine
3.保护欧洲森林preservation of European forest
4.地震earthquake
5.电信技术发展development of telecommunications
6.厄尔尼诺现象 El Nino
7.海底热资源 the ocean heat resource
8.海底探测船flip ship
9.海沙流失 disappearance of sea sand
10.火山爆发 volcanic eruption
11.计算机化交通系统computerized transportation
12.减少闪电危害 how to reduce the harm of lightning
13.摩斯密码Morse code
14.南非黄金开采 gold mining in South Africa
15.桥梁检测与修复detection and repair of bridges
16.全球气候暖化 global warming
17.染料与颜料dye and pigment
18.热带雨林 tropical rainforest
19.人造丝制造 the production of rayon
20.探索太空生物 life in the outer space
21.信息技术与运输IT and transportation
22.英国绿色农业 green farming/agriculture in Britain
23.自然周期与生物 natural cycle and creatures
