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简答题的每个题目都是一个特殊疑问句，要求考生根据文章对其做出回答。绝大部分的题目要求中有字数的限制，一般有如下几种表述方式：（1）NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS不超过2个词；（2）NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER不超过2个词和/或1个数字。总之，这种题型的答案都是词或短语，很少是句子。简答题也是雅思阅读G类考试中经常出现的一种题型。
（1）仔细阅读题目，弄清题目的意思和其中的关键词。
（2）根据题目中的关键词到文中定位。
（3）阅读定位句中的相关文字，确定正确答案。确定答案时要注意，答案必须要对应题目中的特殊疑问词。
（1）答案不用大写，但专有名词除外，如人名和地名需要大写。
（2）绝大部分的答案来自原文原词，极少一部分需要考生自己归纳答案。
（3）答案涉及钱币的，在数字前一定要有货币符号。其他的数字后面可能会有单位。
（4）答案涉及数字的，一般会有简单的四则运算。如果题目的特殊疑问词是how many /how much/what proportion等，答案一般是数字，这时最好写阿拉伯数字，不用拼写成英文，以免发生拼写错误。
SECTION 3
Read the text below and answer Questions 34-37.
A On the afternoon of 30th August 1989, fire broke out at Uppark, a large eighteenthcentury house in Sussex. For a year builders had been replacing the lead on the roof, and by a stroke of irony, were due to finish the next day, on August 31st. Within fifteen minutes of the alarm being sounded, the fire brigade had arrived on the scene,though nothing was to survive of the priceless collection on the first floor apart from an oil painting of a dog which the firemen swept up as they finally retreated from the blaze. But due to the courage and swift action of the previous owners, the Meade-Featherstonhaugh family, and the staff, stewards and visitors to the house,who formed human chains to pass the precious pieces of porcelain, furniture and paintings out on to the lawn, 95 per cent of the contents from the ground floor and the basement were saved. As the fire continued to rage, the National Trust’s conservators were being mobilised, and that evening local stationers were especially opened to provide the bulk supplies of blotting paper so desperately needed in the salvage operation.
B The following morning, Uppark stood open to the sky. A sludge of wet charcoal covered the ground floor and basement, and in every room charred and fallen timbers lay amongst the smoke. It was a scene of utter devastation.
C After the initial sense of shock, the days which followed the fire were filled with discoveries. Helped by volunteers, the National Trust’s archaeologists and conservators swung into action, first of all marking the site out into a grid and then salvaging everything down to the last door handle. The position of each fragment was recorded, and all the debris was stored in countless dustbins before being sifted and categorised.
Answer the questions below.
Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the text for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 34-37 on your answer sheet.
34 On what date in 1989 should the original repairs to the roof have been completed?
35 By what method were things rescued immediately from the burning house?
36 After the fire, what did the conservators require large quantities of immediately?
37 Into what did the conservators put material recovered from the fire?
34 On what date in 1989 should the original repairs to the roof have been completed?
答案：August 31st
关键词： what date、1989、roof、should．．．have been completed
定位句： 根据关键词定位到A段第一行：On the afternoon of 30th August 1989 , fire broke out at Uppark, a large eighteenth-century house in Sussex. For a year builders had been replacing the lead on the roof , and by a stroke of irony, were due to finish the next day, on August 31st . 1989年8月30日下午，大火在Uppark燃起，这是一栋位于（英国）苏塞克斯郡的建于18世纪的别墅。一年来，建筑者们一直在更换屋顶上面的铅，颇具讽刺意味的是，8月31日，也就是火灾发生的第二天，工作即可完成。
解 析： 定位句中的due to finish和题目中的should．．．have been completed是同义替换，二者都是虚拟语气，表示本应该完成（实际未完成）。题目问的是what date，答案就是August 31st。
考 点： 同义替换。due to finish = should．．．have been completed。
35 By what method were things rescued immediately from the burning house?
答案：human chain/chains
关键词： what method、things rescued
定位句： 根据关键词定位到A段倒数第六行：…who formed human chains to pass the precious pieces of porcelain, furniture and paintings out on to the lawn. 这些人形成了人链，把珍贵的瓷器、家具和油画转移到草坪上。
解 析： 定位句中的pass、the precious pieces of porcelain, furniture and paintings分别和题目中的rescued、things是同义替换，题目问的是what method，答案就是human chains，也可以写human chain。
考 点： 同义替换。pass = rescued；the precious pieces of porcelain, furniture and paintings = things。
36 After the fire, what did the conservators require large quantities of immediately?
答案： blotting paper
关键词： what、conservators require、large quantities of
定位句： 根据关键词定位到A段倒数第三行：．．．and that evening local stationers were especially opened to provide the bulk supplies of blotting paper so desperately needed in the salvage operation. 那天晚上，当地的文具店店主也特地开门营业，以提供抢救文物所急需的大量的吸墨纸。
解 析： 定位句中的the bulk supplies of、needed分别和题目中的large quantities of、require是同义替换，答案就是blotting paper。
考 点： 同义替换。the bulk supplies of = large quantities of；needed = require。
37 Into what did the conservators put material recovered from the fire?
答案：(countless) dustbins
关键词： into what、conservators put、material recovered
定位句： 根据关键词定位到C段倒数第二行：．．．and all the debris was stored in countless dustbins before being sifted and categorised. 所有的碎片在被筛选和分类之前都被存放在不计其数的垃圾箱里。
解 析： 定位句中的debris、stored in分别和题目中的material recovered、put into是同义替换，答案就是countless dustbins，也可以只写dustbins。
考 点： 同义替换。debris = material recovered；stored in = put into。