scan the code to listen to the audio and choose the correct answer according to what you hear.

A、bǎo

B、pǎo

C、cǎo

D、lǎo

How can students wisely use the time allowed to read the questions before listening? Put the steps in the best order. a. Look at section 3 IELTS listening task and discuss questions A-C above. b. Suppose the students are going to practise a test-management strategy that uses the 20-30 seconds that they are allowed before they listen. c.Dictate or look at the following questions: a) How many speakers will you hear? How do you know? b) What topic will you hear? c) Can you circle the key words? Can you think of synonyms for the key words? d.Check their answers by checking with each other and/or use the transcript to check by themselves. e. Listen to the audio and find out the answers.

A、abcde

B、acebd

C、dcabe

D、cbade

Directions: In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow.

听力原文： Picture the most beautiful face you have ever seen. Then ask yourself what it is about that face that makes it so lovely. That question may be difficult to answer. After all, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But is it possible to explain the beauty of a human face using math?

According to many scholars throughout history, the answer could be yes. Most very attractive faces have proportions consistent with what is known as the "golden ratio." This ratio can best be understood by thinking of it as a rectangle. In a golden rectangle, the long side is 1.618 times longer than the short side. Therefore, the value of the golden ratio is equal to 1.618. The proportions of the golden rectangle are thought to reflect perfect symmetry. If we frame. a gorgeous face inside of a golden rectangle, the dimensions of each will correspond perfectly. The face is beautiful because it is symmetrical.

Amazingly, the golden ratio is found in many manifestations of beauty—not just in beautiful faces. The dimensions of the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt conform. to the golden ratio. And the famous Greek Parthenon contains many golden rectangles. Moreover, the famous fifteenth-century Italian artist, Leonardo da Vinci, deliberately used the golden ratio in his paintings. Not surprisingly, the face of da Vinci's Mona Lisa matches the golden rectangle.

What's the characteristic of most attractive faces?

A．There is no answer.

B．Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

C．Most of attractive faces look like Mona Lisa.

D．Most attractive faces have golden ratio.

Directions: In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow.

听力原文： Hello, everybody. Thank you very much for inviting me here. It's very pleasant to have a chance to talk to you about something that is obviously very much on everybody's minds. I want to talk about an area of security or safety — bicycles.

I know a 10t of you have bikes. First, when you get your bike whether it's new or second-hand, bring it as soon as possible to us. There, we will be able to stamp it with a serial number. We actually stamp it into the metal. We'll register the number, put it on our list. This can frighten criminals away if they realize that there is a number stamped on it. Second, make sure you buy a good lock. It can be expensive, but it is never a waste of money. If you have an expensive bike, it's worth buying two locks. Do spend money on a good lock, because the cheap ones can be very very easy to cut. Also, make sure you lock the bike to something permanent though to be considerate to the pedestrians. And if the worst happens, you lose your bike. You should immediately report to the police station according to the serial number that should have been stamped.

According to the talk, the owner of a bike has to ______.

A．register his bike immediately

B．put his bike on a list at one

C．have it stamped with a number

D．report to the police station

Directions: In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow.

听力原文： Hello, everybody. Thank you very much for inviting me here. It's very pleasant to have a chance to talk to you about something that is obviously very much on everybody's minds. I want to talk about an area of security or safety — bicycles.

I know a 10t of you have bikes. First, when you get your bike whether it's new or second-hand, bring it as soon as possible to us. There, we will be able to stamp it with a serial number. We actually stamp it into the metal. We'll register the number, put it on our list. This can frighten criminals away if they realize that there is a number stamped on it. Second, make sure you buy a good lock. It can be expensive, but it is never a waste of money. If you have an expensive bike, it's worth buying two locks. Do spend money on a good lock, because the cheap ones can be very very easy to cut. Also, make sure you lock the bike to something permanent though to be considerate to the pedestrians. And if the worst happens, you lose your bike. You should immediately report to the police station according to the serial number that should have been stamped.

According to the talk, the owner of a bike has to ______.

A．register his bike immediately

B．put his bike on a list at one

C．have it stamped with a number

D．report to the police station

Directions: In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow.

听力原文： Canals are watercourses constructed to improve and extend natural waterways. They are generally built to facilitate transportation, but from the beginning they have been used for many additional purposes including draining swamps, irrigating land for cultivation, and promoting economic development.

Canals are often classified by the size of vessel they can accommodate. Some small local canals, which are able to float only 100 to 300 ton boats or small rafts of timber, may be only 3 feet deep. Major barge canals generally range from 6 to 9 feet in depth, and some are as much as 10 or 12 feet deep. These canals can carry 1,350 to 2,000 ton craft. Ship canals are 25 feet or more deep and are capable of accommodating large vessels in the seagoing class.

Canals may also be classified as either water level or lock canals. Water level canals do not vary in height a- long their courses. The best known of these is the Suez Canal, which is at sea level. Lock canals, which include most modern waterways, contain locks, or special devices for raising and lowering boats along their courses by changing the depth of the water. Each lock is a stretch of water enclosed by gates at each end. After a boat enters the lock, water is let or drained out until it reaches approximately the same level as the water ahead.

What does the passage mainly discuss?

A．How canals are constructed.

B．Common types of canal boats and barges.

C．The world's largest canals.

D．How canals are used and classified.

Directions: In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow.

听力原文： Canals are watercourses constructed to improve and extend natural waterways. They are generally built to facilitate transportation, but from the beginning they have been used for many additional purposes including draining swamps, irrigating land for cultivation, and promoting economic development.

Canals are often classified by the size of vessel they can accommodate. Some small local canals, which are able to float only 100 to 300 ton boats or small rafts of timber, may be only 3 feet deep. Major barge canals generally range from 6 to 9 feet in depth, and some are as much as 10 or 12 feet deep. These canals can carry 1,350 to 2,000 ton craft. Ship canals are 25 feet or more deep and are capable of accommodating large vessels in the seagoing class.

Canals may also be classified as either water level or lock canals. Water level canals do not vary in height along their courses. The best known of these is the Suez Canal, which is at sea level. Lock canals, which include most modern waterways, contain locks, or special devices for raising and lowering boats along their courses by changing the depth of the water. Each lock is a stretch of water enclosed by gates at each end. After a boat enters the lock, water is let or drained out until it reaches approximately the same level as the water ahead.

What does the passage mainly discuss?

A．How canals are constructed.

B．Common types of canal boats and barges.

C．The world's largest canals.

D．How canals are used and classified.

Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions.

Now listen to the interview.

听力原文： Inspector

Interviewer: According to local news, more details are emerging of yesterday's raid on the city's central branch of the Northern Bank. Police have spent the day interviewing eyewitnesses and piecing together information they have received via a special telephone hotline. We' 11 be giving you that number again later in the program. Here to tell us more about the enquiry, though, is Inspector Tom Wells of Wessex CID. Hello, Inspector.

Inspector: Hello.

Interviewer: This seems to have been quite a daring raid, doesn't it?

Inspector: Yes, indeed. The robbers drove up to the bank in broad daylight and parked right outside.

Interviewer: Do we know what kind of car they were driving?

Inspector: Yes, we know they were in a blue Ford van and thanks to a very sharl-eyed witness, we know that the registration number was BWV593 with either an A or an H at the end and I'd like to ask you viewers to keep ah eye open for that vehicle and let us know if they see'it. It's probably been abandoned somewhere by now.

Interviewer: What else can you tell us at this stage?

Inspector: Well, one man entered the bank at about 3: 20, leaving the other at the wheel of the van. He must have put on a mask to hide his face when he was just inside the door. He then produced a sawn-off shotgun and made the three customers who were in the hank at the time lle on the floor before demanding money from the cashiers.

Interviewer: Do you know if it was a real gun?

Inspector: He didn't actually fire the gun of course, thank goodness, but we're pretty sure it was a real gun and there's no reason to believe it wasn't loaded. The manager, who was in his office, saw what was happening and pressed the alarm bell. He then came out to help his staff to pack the money into a bag. The gunman gagged him and tied him to a chair afterwards, but he didn't actually injure him. While that was happening, a customer managed to run out of the bank and call for help. But, unfortunately, the robber was able to grab the hag and make his escape before the police arrived on the scene. But he did drop a scarf he was wearing on the pavement as he escaped and that may give us some clues.

Interviewer: But thankfully there were no injuries. I believe you've issued a description of the man in connection with the robbery, haven't you?

Inspector: That's right yes, we've had a couple of pretty good descriptions of the man who entered the bank and we now also have an artist's impression of him. He's described as in his mid thirties, and of medium height. He's got shoulder-length sandy-coloured hair, quite wavy, and a pale, rather unhealthy looking complexion. He was wearing an earring in one ear and several witnesses reported seeing a sticking plaster on his face so we believe he may have a cut of some kind on his left cheek.

Interviewer: Well, that sounds like a very useful description. Do you know what he was wearing?

Inspector: Yes. He was wearing a kind of light coloured sk-type jacket and dirty jeans with a tear in one of the knees and he had sports shoes on. Oh, one other thing; the bank's security camera shows him holding his gun in his left hand suggesting that he may be left-handed.

Interviewer: So, if you see this man.., what would the viewers do, Inspector?

Inspector: Well, don't approach him. We believe he may be dangerous. If you see him, telephone the hotline on 574301 or call your local police station.

Interviewer: Thank you, Inspector Tom

A．stole a Ford just outside the bank

B．didn't cover the registration plate of the car

C．parked the car just outside the bank and robbed the bank in broad daylight

D．abandoned the car after the robbery

Directions: In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions.

Now listen to the interview.

听力原文： Inspector

Interviewer: According to local news, more details are emerging of yesterday's raid on the city's central branch of the Northern Bank. Police have spent the day interviewing eyewitnesses and piecing together information hey have received via a special telephone hotline. We'll be giving you that number again later in the program. Here to tell us more about the enquiry, though, is Inspector Tom Wells of Wessex CID. Hello, Inspector.

Inspector: Hello.

Interviewer: This seems to have been quite a daring raid, doesn't it?

Inspector: Yes, indeed. The robbers drove up to the bank in broad daylight and parked right outside.

Interviewer: Do we know what kind of car they were driving?

Inspector: Yes, we know they were in a blue Ford van and thanks to a very sharp-eyed witness, we know that the registration number was BWV593 with either an A or an H at the end and I'd like to ask you viewers to keep an eye open for that vehicle and let us know if they see it. It's probably been abandoned somewhere by now.

Interviewer: What else can you tell us at this stage?

Inspector: Well, one man entered the bank at about 3:20, leaving the other at the wheel of the van. He must have put on a mask to hide his face when he was just inside the door. He then produced a sawn-off shotgun and made the three customers who were in the bank at the time lie on the floor before demanding money from the cashiers.

Interviewer: Do you know if it was a real gun?

Inspector: He didn't actually fire the gun of course, thank goodness, but we're pretty sure it was a real gun and there's no reason to believe it wasn't loaded. The manager, who was in his office, saw what was happening and pressed the alarm bell. He then came out to help his staff to pack the money into a bag. The gunman gagged him and tied him to a chair afterwards, but he didn't actually injure him. While that was happening, a customer managed to run out of the bank and call for help. But, unfortunately, the robber was able to grab the bag and make his escape before the police arrived on the scene. But he did drop a scarf he was wearing on the pavement as he escaped and that may give us some clues.

Interviewer: But thankfully there were no injuries. I believe you've issued a description of the man in connection with the robbery, haven't you?

Inspector: That's right yes, we've had a couple of pretty good descriptions of the man who entered the bank and we now also have an artist's impression of him. He's described as in his mid thirties, and of medium height. He's got shoulder-length sandy-coloured hair, quite wavy, and a pale, rather unhealthy-looking complexion. He was wearing an earring in one ear and several witnesses reported seeing a sticking plaster on his face so we believe he may have a cut of some kind on his left cheek.

Interviewer: Well, that sounds like a very useful description. Do you know what he was wearing ?

Inspector: Yes. He was wearing a kind of light coloured ski-type jacket and dirty jeans with a tear in one of the knees and he had sports shoes on. Oh, one other tiling; the bank's security camera shows hire holding his gun in his left hand suggesting that he may be left-handed.

Interviewer: So, if you see this man... what would the viewers do, Inspector?

Inspector: Well, don't approach him. We believe he may be dangerous. If you see him, telephone the hotline on 574301 or call your local police station.

Interviewer: Thank you, Inspector Tom Wells. That number again is 574301 if you have any informatio

A．stole a Ford just outside the bank

B．didn't cover the registration plate of the car

C．parked the car just outside the bank and robbed the bank in broad daylight

D．abandoned the car after the robbery