ImproveIELTSListeningskills英文原版雅思听力教材.docx

1、ImproveIELTSListeningskills英文原版雅思听力教材Unit 1Listening skills Predicting in tables1. Choose the best title a-c for each table 1-3.a Climate change ovex 50 yearsb Transport use by typec Comparison of housing by area2. Complete each table with the information below.3. Look at the numbering in the tables

2、. Which tables are read from top to bottom? Which are read from left to right?4. The table below is taken from a table completion task. Read the table contents and then answer questions a-d. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.What is the topic of the table?How many products

3、 are discussed?How many aspects of each product are considered?Which answers may be numbers?5 Look again at the instructions for the table completion task in 4. Which of these answers must be wrong? a. very high quality b. 210 c.35 or 55 d. 3 or 4 years6. The table below is also taken from a table c

4、ompletion task. Read through the table carefully and answer these questions.In which order will you hear the information?Which answers can you predict?7. 1.2 Listen to the recording and complete the gaps in the table. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.Exam listeningSection

5、 2 1.6 1.7Unit 2Listening skiils Signpost phrases1. The sentences below come from a lecture on history. Decide the function of the phrases in italic in sentences a-i and add them to the lists. The first one has been done for you.Starting: e.Listing:.Adding:Digressing:.Returning to the subject:.Concl

6、uding:In addition, we can ask if the study of history has any practical use.Anyway, there is a wide range of topics for you to choose from.Finally, I wish you good luck.By the way, there is a series of lectures on this topic starting on TuesdayId like to begin this terms lectures with a few general

7、questions.Secondly, what is history?To sum up, as I said, you are fortunate.Firstly, why study history?Again, we can look at the different kinds of history there are to study.2. The sentences below are part of another lecture on a similar topic. Put themin the correct order.a By the way, theres a le

8、cture on citizenship in the Social Sciences building on Tuesday.b Id like to begin by giving three reasons for studying history.c Finally, we can do better in our fobs if we know a little history.d Secondly, it helps us to be better citizens: we can participate better in our society if we understand

9、 its history.e Firstly, it helps us to understand the world we live in, especially its politics and economics.f To sum up, history can be a huge help for many aspects of our livesg Anyway, our participation in society is more meaningful if we understand a bit more.Sentence completion3. Statements a-

10、f give some facts about sentence completion tasks. Decide whether the statements are true or false.a. You must always put words in the gaps.b. The instructions tell you how many words you need.c. Sometimes you can put a number in the gap.d. The missing information is usually at the start of the sent

11、ence.e. Gaps are located at the middle or end of the sentence.f. It is possible to guess what type of information is missing.4 The instructions and sentences below are taken from。sentence completion task. Read them carefully and check your answers to 3.Classification6 The inventions in the list come

12、 from different periods in history. Decide which period A-C they belong to.A the eighteenth century 1 the telephoneB the nineteenth century 2 the automobile C the twentieth century 3 the steam engine 4 the aeroplane 5 the typewriter 6 the wristwatch7 Imagine you are listening to a lecture on the inv

13、entions in 6. What information would help you classify the inventions?8 The questions below axe taken from。classification task. Can you predict any of the answers? What words or expressions do you expect to hear?Exam listeningSection 3Unit 3Listsning skills Information in flowcharts1 The flowchart b

14、elow is used by a mail order company to indicate how customer queries should be dealt with. Match notes a-d with the correct spaces in the flowchart.a. Ask purpose of customers callb. Request to place orderc. Put customer on holdd. Can query be dealt with over telephone?2 A flowchart in an IELTS Lis

15、tening task indicates that information is related in particular ways. Label each phrase in the box with the relationship it indicates. Choose from: cause and effect, conditional, or linear ordering.3 Imagine that a training manager is describing the procedure above for dealing with customer queries.

16、 Which phrases from 2 would you expect to hear? Write the phrases on the flowchart in the appropriate places.4 The information below is taken from a flowchart task. Answer questions a-d.a What is the starting point and end point of the process?b What is the general topic?c Which nouns and verbs appe

17、ar many times in the chart?d Which words from 2 above do you expect to hear and where?5 Listen to the first part of the recording and complete the gaps in the flowchart. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.6 The form below is taken from a form completion task, which follows

18、on from the flowchart in 5. Listen to the recording and complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.Exam ListeningSection 4Unit 4 Listening skills Identifying campus contexts1 Listening Section 3 is normally set in a place of academic study. Complete each list belo

19、w with nouns that you normally associate with them. The first ones have been done for you.library: journalsstudent flat: study bedroomlecture theatre: aisleslaboratory: experiment2 Look at multiple-choice questions 1 and 2 in 3 below. What words do you think might indicate the correct answer?Informa

20、tion in multiple-choice questions3 The questions below are taken from a multiple-choice task. The questions and options can give you a lot of information about what you will hear. Read multiple-choice questions 1-4 and answer questions a-d.a How many speakers do you think you will hear?b Who has to

21、do assignments?c Which academic subjects is someone studying?d What area of that subject are they focusing on?4 Listen to the first part of this Listening Section 3 recording and answer Questions 1-4 above, choosing the correct answer A, B, or C.Summary completion5 The list below gives eight popular

22、 degree subjects. Number each subject 1-10 according to how easy or difficult you think each subject is (1=easiest; 10=most difficult).6 Compare your answers with another student. Then answer the questions below.a Which of these subjects would you prefer to study? Why?b How far would you agree that

23、the most popular subjects also tend to be the easiest?c Which subjects have you enjoyed studying most in the past? Why?7 The paragraph below is taken from a summary corxtpletion task.a Which speaker does it concentrate on?b What aspect of her studies does it discuss?8 Match each of the predictions b

24、elow with a gap in the paragraph in 7. Think of any other predictions you can add.a Its an area of law, but its technical, so maybe its something like property lawb Its an area of law, and its interesting, so maybe its something like family lawc Its something that goes with activities, like useful o

25、r difficult.d This is something like last, or an ordinal number like second.e Something you have to remember, like names or dates.f Its something lawyers read about, like judgements.9 Listen to the second recording and conmplete the summary. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.Exam listen

26、ingSection 4Unit 5Listening skills Understanding maps1 Look at the map and answer the questions.a What is between the station and the town hall?b What is opposite the post office?c What is next to the cinema?2 Look at the map again and match the sentence halves below to make true statements. 1 As yo

27、u go into the station 2 From the town hall 3 As you face the town hall 4 From the cafe 5 Standing facing the cafe 6 As you come out of the station a the town hall is behind you. b the cinema is in front of you. c the post office is on your right. d the post office is on your left. e the post office

28、is further away than the station f the cinema is further away than the shopping mall.3 Match the uses of right in these sentences with the correct meaning. 1 The cinema is right in front of you. 2 The post office is the right place to buy stamps.3 Coming from the cafe, the shopping mall is on your r

29、ight. a correct b opposite of left c directly, immediately4 The plan on the next page is taken from a map labelling task. Look at the plan and answer the questions a-d.a Where is question 1 in relation to the breakfast tent?b Where is question 2 in relation to Campsite 1 and the disabled viewing?c W

30、here is question 3 in relation to the stage and the Olde )ngland Pub?d Where is question 3 in relation to the disabled viewing?5 Listen to the first part of the recording and label the plan. Write the correct letters A-F next to questions 1-3 on the map.Sentence and table completion6 Read the senten

31、ce and cable completion questions which follow on from the map labelling task above. Then answer questions a-c below.a What is the general theme of questions 4-6?b Which questions in 4-6 relate to an event, a place, and a thing?c Which answers in the table are to some extent predictable?7 1.25 Listen to the second part of the recording and answer the questions 4-10 in 6.Exam listeningSection 1 Unit 6Listening skills Understanding layout1 Two students attended a lecture on the attitudes of young people. Read the two sets of notes that the stude