Improve IELTS Listening skills 英文原版雅思听力教材.docx

1、Improve IELTS Listening skills 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 ta

2、bles. 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 prod

3、ucts 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 tab

4、le completion 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 listeningSec

5、tion 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:.C

6、oncluding: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 gene

7、ral 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

8、a lecture 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 unders

9、tand 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. Statement

10、s a-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

11、sentence.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

12、come 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

13、 inventions 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 flowcha

14、rt below 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

15、 Listening 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. 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