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　　《THE OFFICIAL CAMBRIDGE GUIDE TO IELTS》由本社编著。　　《THE OFFICIAL CAMBRIDGE GUIDE TO IELTS》简介：

Cambridge English bring you this definitive guide, from our team of highly respected and experienced writers. It is packed with the solid advice you need to achieve your desired band at IELTS. Practical and easy to use, it focusses on the language and skills you need to perform with confidence. Your IELTS journey couldn't have a better guide.

What is in this guide?

Separate sections focussing on Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking

8 official practice tests from Cambridge English

DVD-ROM with MP3 listening files and speaking test videos

How does this guide help me?

Understand the features and format of the exam

Learn what you need to know to improve your score

Improve language and test skills at your own pace

Identify where you need extra practice and what practice you need to do

Develop writing strategies by comparing model answers

Work skill by skill with exam-type items at all times

Practise the exam with 8 complete tests

Take the exam with added confidence knowing you are well prepared

What is IELTS?

The world's leading English language test for higher education and global migration, accepted by over 8000 organisations worldwide with more than 2 million tests taken each year

Two possible versions: Academic and General - prepare for either with this guide

Tests across four skills - reading, writing, speaking and listening - with results reflecting your real life use of English

Uses a unique 9-band scale providing the leading exam score which accurately pinpoints your level of English

Introduction

IELTS Summary

IELTS Listening skills

1 Getting ready to listen

1 Understanding the context

2 Using the correct spelling

3 Writing numbers

2 Following a conversation

1 Identifying the speakers

2 Identifying function

3 Understanding categories

3 Recognisingaraphrase

1 Identifying distractors

2 Recognisingaraphrase

3 Selecting from a list

4 laces and directions

1 Describing alace

2 Following directions

3 Labelling a map

5 Listening for actions androcesses

1 Understanding mechanicalarts

2 Describing an action orrocess

3 Describing arocess

6 Attitude and opinion

1 Identifying attitudes and opinions

2 ersuading and suggesting

3 Reaching a decision

7 Following a lecture or talk

1 Identifying main ideas

2 Understanding how ideas are connected

3 Understanding an explanation

8 Contrasting ideas

1 Signposting words

2 Comparing and contrasting ideas

3 Using notes to follow a talk

I ELTS Reading skills

1 Reading strategies

1 Using the features of a Reading passage

2 Skimming aassage and speed reading

3 Global understanding

2 Descriptiveassages

1 Scanning for detail

2 Using words from theassage

3 Notes/flow-chart/diagram completion

3 Understanding the main ideas

1 Identifying the main idea

2 Understanding the mainoints

3 Identifying information in aassage

4 Locating and matching information

1 Identifying types of information

2 Locating and matching information

3 How ideas are connected

5 Discursiveassages

1 Discursiveassages

2 Identifying theories and opinions

3 Matching features

6 Multiple-choice questions

1 Understanding longerieces of text

2 Different types of multiple choice

3 Identifying a writer‘surpose

7 Opinions and attitudes

1 Argumentative texts

2 Identifying the writer’s views/claims

3 Identifying grammatical features

8 General Training Reading

1 The General Training Readingaper

2 Dealing with multiple texts

3 Understanding work-related texts IELTS Writing

1 Academic Writing Task 1-Describing a chart，table or graph

1 Understanding graphs，tables and charts

2 More complex charts

3 Improving your Task Achievement score

2 Academic Writing Task 1-Comparing and contrasting graphs and tables

1 Avoiding repetition

2 Comparing and contrasting data

3 Grammatical Accuracy - describing numbers and figures accurately

3 Academic Writing Task 1-Describing diagrams

1 Understanding a diagram

2 Describing arocess -coherenceand cohesion

3 Lexical Resource-being accurate

4 Academic Writing Task 1-Describing maps

1 Describing a map

2 Describing changes in alace

3 Grammatical Accuracy

5 General Training Writing Task 1-A letter

1 Understanding the task

2 Improving your score

3 Checking and correcting

6 Writing Task 2 - Getting ready to write

1 Understanding the task

2 lanning and organising your ideas

3 Getting started - writing an introduction

7 Writing Task 2 - Expressing your ideas clearly

1 Linking ideas - cohesion

2 Lexical Resource - avoiding repetition

3 Expressing aersonal view

8 Writing Task 2 - Checking and correcting

1 Developing your ideas clearly

2 Grammatical Accuracy

3 Assessing your language

IELTS Speaking

1 The Speaking Test -art 1

1 Getting ready to speak

2 art 1 - talking about familiar topics

3 Using the right tense - Grammatical Range and Accuracy

2 art 2 - Giving a talk

1 Understanding the task

2 Improving Fluency and Coherence

3 Organising your notes and your talk

3 art 3-Talking about abstract topics

1 Talking about abstract topics

2 Agreeing and disagreeing

3 Improving your Lexical Resource score

4 Checking， correcting and assessing

1 Dealing withroblems

2ronunciation， intonation and ‘chunking’

3 Assessing yourself and improving

your score

Practice Tests

Practice Test 1

Practice Test 2

Practice Test 3

Practice Test 4

Practice Test 5

Practice Test 6

Practice Test 7

General Training Test

Practice Test 8

General Training Test

Recording Scripts

Answer Key

Sample Answer Sheets