Hello!
In this blog post, I’ll talk about
Listening Part 4 which is the last part of the listening section. In this part,
you will hear 10 talks spoken by a single speaker. You will hear advertisements,
news reports, weather or traffic reports, announcements in airports, train
stations, shopping malls, recorded messages on telephones, or opening addresses
at conferences. You have to answer three questions to each talk. All
questions and answers are printed in the test booklet for you to read. Actually,
the structure of Listening 4 is very similar to Listening Part 3. That is, you
have to listen to one message and answer three questions. Therefore, the
techniques used in this part are the same as in the previous parts.
1. Read
the questions before each talk starts.
Underline some keywords in each question which can help you grasp the relevant
information in the talk.
Suppose this is the talk you will have
to listen to:
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Thank
you for calling South-West Gas, your local gas supplier. We are aware of the
problems with the gas supply to the Chudleigh area and are doing everything
we can to restore a normal supply as soon as possible. We are expecting all
homes to be fully re-connected not later than tomorrow afternoon (the
afternoon of the 28th). The central Chudleigh area should be back on by
tomorrow morning. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused.
If you are calling for a different reason, please push 1 to speak to an operator.
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Before the talk starts, you should read
the questions first and underline keywords:
71. Where
would this talk be heard?
(A)
On the television
(B)
On the radio
(C)
In a meeting
(D)
Over the telephone
72. What is the
purpose of this announcement?
(A)
To get new gas customers in Chudleigh
(B) To tell
people they know about the problem and it will be resolved soon
(C)
To apologise for staff shortages
(D)
To inform people about the restoration of company offices
73. When is the
problem expected to be completely resolved?
(A)
The afternoon of the 28th
(B)
Tomorrow morning
(C)
The morning of the 28th
(D)
The day after tomorrow
2. When
the talk starts, listen to it carefully while reading the questions and
underlined keywords.
You will see
that the answer to the question 71 is (D) from the statements “Thank you for
calling South-West Gas…” and “If you are calling for a different reason, please
push 1 to speak to an operator.”
The answer to question
72 is (B) as this question asks about the main idea of the message.
The answer to question
73 is (A) from the statement "We are expecting all homes to
be fully re-connected not later than tomorrow afternoon (the afternoon of
the 28th).”
3. If
you get the answer to the question, tick it on the test booklet until you
complete all of the three questions.
Then, mark them on your answer sheet. Again, you should mark the answers to all
three questions in the test booklet before marking them on the answer sheet.
This is to prevent you from spending too much time on marking the answers one
by one and miss the rest of the information.
4. As
previously mentioned in Listening 3, most of the questions follow the order of
the talk, but it’s not always like that.
Reading the questions first is the best way to prepare you for effective
listening.
5. You
might have to answer main idea or inference questions,
the answers to which are not stated explicitly or obtained by keywords. Examples
of this type of question are:
·
Where will you
probably hear this message/announcement?
·
Who is this message intended
for?
·
What is the purpose of
this talk/announcement?
·
What can be inferred
from the talk/announcement?
To answer the above questions, you need
to understand overall message and think about the possible inference.
That’s all for the Listening section.
Next time I will give you tips for the Reading section and I’ll start with Part
5 – Incomplete Sentences. See you next time and as always make sure to check
out some of my other tips too!
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