Listening activity No.10
Look carefully at the street plan below, follow the sets of directions and then answer the questions at the end of each set of directions.
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1. What?s the building on your left? 2. What?s the building on your right? 3. What?s the building on your right?
Listening activity No.11
Look at the map of Maple Town. You will hear five separate sets of directions to particular places on the map. As you listen, follow the directions carefully and write the letter beside the name of the place. Find the station at the bottom left first. listen carefully to the directions.
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1. The bookshop 2. The coffee bar 3. The chemist?s 4. The hotel 5. The art museum
Listening activity No.12
Look at the map below. You will hear six separate sets of directions to a certain place on the street plan. As you listen, follow the directions carefully, then write the appropriate letters beside the names of the places below. The first one starts at the car park.
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1. The post office 2. The bank 3. The Windsor Hotel 4. The Chinese restaurant 5. The newsagent?s 6. The grocer?s
Listening activity No.13 Task 1
You will hear a dialogue between two students. One of them is describing a route on the map. Draw a line to show the route taken. If the student went inside any of that place named on the map, mark that place with a cross (×).
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Task 2
Listen to the conversation again and list the places the student went to, and then write the reasons the student went to theses places.
Example: 1. 2. 3. 4. Place West Building Reason to register
Listening activity No.14
You are going to listen to a talk about children?s safety at home. Look at the table below. Listen to the talk and fill the missing information in the correct column. What children can see What children can't see panes of glass in doors or screens, things left on the floor What children can find What children can do at home pan handles, lead on the kettle medicine, household cleaners climb the stairs and don't know how to get down the dangers trip or fall over things can't tell the difference
What can you do:
1. You can help keep them safe by planning and making the right
. 2. You can medicines and make it more difficult for children to or grab hot things. 3. You should turn away from the front of the cooker. 4. You?d better all fires and heaters 5. You should use on stairs and teach them how to go the stairs.
Listening activity No.15
Look at the picture on the sheet in front of you. This is Kevin?s bed-sitting room. He is describing his room to his friend. As you listen, draw in the furniture in the right places in the
picture, using a square or a circle to mark in the furniture as described. Just a quick sketch will do.
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Listening activity No.16
Sally bought a new house a few days ago in a small village. She is phoning her friend Richard and inviting him for dinner at the weekend. Sally is giving directions to get to her house. Look at the map. As you listen, take notes and mark Sally?s house with a cross (×).
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Unit four Answering Questions and Multiple Choice ---- Listening for Meaning
本单元共有20个练习。内容多为国外生活中常会遇到的日常生活场景，如找工作、旅馆订房、去银行等等；也有一些国外学习的场景，如与导师谈话、学校图书馆、学生会的职能等。
本单元的练习形式包括了雅思听力考试出现的多种题型，例如：完成句子(sentence completion)、问题回答(answer questions)、多项选择(multiple choice)、判断句子准确与否或未提及(accurate/ inaccurate/ not given)。本单元的每个练习都相当于IELTS听力试题的一个部分(section)，通过多种题型的变化来检查考生的听力理解能力。
本单元的目的是通过多样化的练习形式帮助考生了解和熟悉IELTS听力考试的不同题型，培养考生的应试能力以及在听英语会话、讲座和报告中捕捉重要信息的能力。
建议考生在听之间，要认真审题。根据IELTS听力考试的要求，每个部分之前都有30秒钟的读题时间。考生要充分利用者30秒钟时间。可用前10秒钟快速阅读该部分所有的题，以便了解该部分都有什么题；再用后20秒钟认真读前3~4道题，以求理解并记住，这样做题时就有针对性。此外，听力材料中的信息有时不按问题的顺序出现，如果能多记住几道问题，就不会漏掉问题点。同时，切记不要只盯一道题。
Listening activity No.1
Indicate whether the following statements are true or false by writing T for true, F four false and N if the statement is not mentioned.
1. A man is calling from home.
2. He has been phoning for about 15 minutes. 3. The man dialed a wrong number. 4. The man keeps making a funny noise.
5. The man hasn?t put enough money in the phone box. 6. The operator said the lines were overloaded. 7. The problem is because of crossed lines. 8. The man got after talking to the operator. 9. The man is calling a friend in Manchester.
Listening activity No.2
Answer the questions by writing up to three words or a number. 1. Which session of the conference is it?
2. Which room will the grammar session be held in?
3. Where should people return their keys?
Circle the appropriate letter.
4. What should be returned to the session chairpeople?
A. Discussion handouts. B. Tape recorders. C. Discussion records. D. Section recorders
5. By what time does the speaker want people to gather to take the 3:30 buses?
A.2:30 B.3:15 C.3:30 D.3:25
6. Where should people gather to take the buses?
A. Outside the airport. B. Outside Room 203
C. Outside the main building. D. Outside Room 302.
7. Who is not asked to collect reprints from the conference desk?
A. Professor Hurst. B. Professor Cole.
C. Professor Malnachurk. D. Professor Olsen.
Indicate whether the following statements are accurate or not by writing A for an accurate statement I for an inaccurate statement N if the information is not given
8. Professor Olsen is from the Leeds University
9. The sixth Annual Convention of EFL will be held soon. 10. All people have to leave their names at the conference desk.
Listening activity No.3
Answer the questions by writing a few words. 1. Whom is the letter for?
2. What does the mother complain about?