Step 4：預(yù)測答案。分析認(rèn)為，對答案的可能性做一個預(yù)先的解讀和猜測，可以幫助考生在聽題時(shí)掌握更多的主動。事實(shí)上，高效率的考生在看題的過程中是將預(yù)覽和預(yù)測同時(shí)進(jìn)行的。很多情況下，考生在考聽力時(shí)是將自己腦中預(yù)期的答案和正式聽到的答案做個配對。要提高預(yù)測的準(zhǔn)確性，一方面需要考生熟悉機(jī)經(jīng)，了解雅思聽力的高頻考點(diǎn)；另一方面考生平時(shí)也要擴(kuò)大知識面，結(jié)合常識原則預(yù)測答案。比如曾經(jīng)考到過Sharks locate food by using their _______（劍4 Test 4 Section 4），對于機(jī)經(jīng)比較熟悉或者平時(shí)比較關(guān)注動物世界的考生或許不用聽就能夠知道是sense of smell了。當(dāng)然，這里所謂的預(yù)測不是真的要去猜答案是哪個詞，但至少要預(yù)測出答案的詞性。目前雅思聽力考試中，考到拼寫頻率最高的為名詞和動詞，故如果預(yù)測出答案應(yīng)為名詞，則聽寫時(shí)就需要特別注意該詞單復(fù)數(shù)形式；若為動詞，則需注意時(shí)態(tài)和語態(tài)等情況。

Step 5：聽題。聽題其實(shí)是一個驗(yàn)證之前的定位詞和預(yù)測結(jié)果的過程。另外，尤其是在筆記填空題中，可適當(dāng)注意一下排版，雅思聽力中的答案出現(xiàn)基本遵循了邏輯層次原則，如發(fā)現(xiàn)并列關(guān)系的題目（此練習(xí)中的4-6題即是并列關(guān)系項(xiàng)），在聽題時(shí)便可以注意借由表示并列關(guān)系的一些邏輯信號詞來把握聽題節(jié)奏，如：firstly，secondly，also，then，as well as，in addition，for one thing, for another, for a start, afterward, finally, meanwhile, subsequently, previously等等。這些詞后面往往是有重要提示點(diǎn)的。

Step 6: 寫答案。雅思聽力主要考察細(xì)節(jié)題，故大部分的答案是符合所聽即所得原則的，即直接記錄下聽到的詞即可，往往不需要做改動。只是書寫時(shí)要注意大小寫、名詞單復(fù)數(shù)和動詞時(shí)態(tài)及語態(tài)的問題。

【考題解析】

1. (subsistence) hunting：定位詞選用and前面的內(nèi)容，即human population，因?yàn)閍nd前后內(nèi)容通常是對應(yīng)的，故可推知空格中需要填寫的也為名詞。

2. rainforest：通過副標(biāo)題和空格前面的介詞in確定應(yīng)該要填寫的是某個地方，定位詞使用canopy，很容易聽到答案rainforest，注意書寫規(guī)范，當(dāng)中不要空格。

3. 70：定位詞使用空格之后的feet這一長度單位，便可知空格中需要填寫的是數(shù)字，又根據(jù)格子前面的詞組at least確定如果聽到一個范圍的數(shù)值，則此處僅僅需要填寫最小的數(shù)字。故聽到了70 to 100 feet，只需要填寫70這個minimum number便可。

4. a small plane：定位詞用空格前的require，同時(shí)判定需要填寫的是名詞。另外，從第四到第六題屬于序列關(guān)系的內(nèi)容，來填寫接近tree kangaroo的三個步驟，故聽題時(shí)可以注意邏輯信號詞的出現(xiàn)。此處先聽到了first，表明答案即將出現(xiàn)，后又聽到require的替換詞need，之后的a small plane便是答案。

5. two-day hike：定位詞用in the dense forest，聽題時(shí)亦聽到邏輯信號詞then，提示答案將至。

6. local hunters: 定位詞用空格后面的并列關(guān)系詞trackers，同時(shí)鑒于trackers為復(fù)數(shù)形式便可預(yù)測出答案也為復(fù)數(shù)名詞。另外，此句話中的important在原文中替換為critical。

7. (plush) toys：定位詞用resemble，只是這是一個動詞，容易同義替換。另外，resemble是一個及物動詞，于是判定空格中需要填寫名詞。此處原文中使用的是詞組look like替代了resemble，答案就跟在后面。

8. thick fur：通過副標(biāo)題appearance的提示便知接著的空格都與tree kangaroo的外表有關(guān)，故不難預(yù)測出要填寫的便是常見的動物外形方面的詞。原文中用with替代了having。

9. long claws：同8，預(yù)測出答案應(yīng)為動物的身體部分，定位詞用空格之后的climbing。

10. (a) long tail：同8，預(yù)測出答案應(yīng)為動物的身體部分，定位詞用空格之后的balancing。其實(shí)相信稍微有點(diǎn)生活常識的考生不用聽也知道一般動物使用尾巴來保持平衡。

附：聽力錄音原文

Elusive Tree Kangaroos

The hard to reach “plush toys” on Papua New Guinea have been outfitted with “Crittercams” for the first time. The breathtaking treetop footage is already solving tree kangaroo mysteries, scientists say.

High in the northern mountains on the island of New Guinea, in the cloud forest lives an elusive animal found nowhere else in the world.?

With an endearing face and a thick fur, the Matschies tree kangaroos of Papua New Guinea are only found on the island Huon Penisular and they're endangered. Threats include a growing human population and subsistence hunting.（Q1） Tree kangaroos for a long time have been part of the local diet.

They're difficult to study because of the remoteness of their habitat and they spend most of their lives high in the rainforest canopy,（Q2） 70 to 100 feet above the ground. （Q3）

Just getting to their home isn't easy. First, the area is inaccessible by vehicle, so researchers need a small plane,（Q4）landing on a bumping air strip in the village of Yawan. Then, it’s a two-day hike in the dense forest, （Q5）up and down steep mountain ridges. Even once you get there, they're extremely difficult to find. Local hunters and trackers provide the critical skills to locate these elusive animals.（Q6）

Tree kangaroos spend most of their time high up in the trees, and so we are not able to see what they are doing up there. Tree kangaroos, really hide in a tree. So you might be able to see that the moss on the trees is the very same color as the tree kangaroos themselves. And tree kangaroos tend to hide in the moss. They look like plush toys up in the branches, （Q7）but they're very well-adapted for the cloud forests, with the thick fur （Q8）and then they have the long claws for climbing the trees （Q9）and then they have their long tail for balancing themselves.（Q10） But they can also leap down from the trees onto the ground and not hurt themselves."

When one is spotted, there are no tranquilizer darts or anesthesia used. A hunter will climb the tree the kangaroo is on and coax it to leap to the ground. Below, other hunters clear brush and wait for the moment.