《雅思预备教程·听力》是专门为准备参加雅思考试的高中毕业生、大学低年级学生或水平相当者而编写的。通过对此教材的学习，考生能够清楚地了解雅思听力考试的要求和题型，在此基础上做针对性强的雅思听力练习，并为进入雅思考前强化培训班学习或者自学各种雅思强化教材打下语言基础。
本教程按照雅思听力考试的内容分为五个单元进行练习。在提供语言和英语国家社会文化背景知识的同时重点培养学生边听边记的能力，改变听完后再做题的习惯。

概述——如何备考雅思听力考试
一、了解雅思听力考试
二、雅思听力考试中必须注意的几个细节
Unit One Names and Places
Part One The Letters of the Alphabet
Exercise 1 Identifying the letters of the alphabet
Exercise 2 Common abbreviations
Exercise 3 Names of places
Unit Two Getting to Know Each Other
Part Two Getting to Know Each Other
Exercise 1 What is his name？
Exercise 2 Where are they from？
Exercise 3 What is your subject？
Exercise 4 Introducing yourself
Exercise 5 Are you from Australia？
Exercise 6 What'S your last name？
Exercise 7 The maps of some countries
Exercise 8 That sounds interesting.
Part One Cardinals
Exercise 1 Reading the numbers
Exercise 2 Number dictation
Exercise 3 Ticking the numbers you hear
Exercise 4 Which number is it？
Exercise 5 Number practice
Exercise 6 Discriminating between teens and tens
Exercise 7 Reading the numbers
Exercise 8 Number dictation
Exercise 9 Circulation of British newspapers
Exercise 10 Airports in the Southeast of Britain
Exercise 11 Practical problem-solving
Part Two Ordinals
Exercise 1 Reading the ordinal numbers
Exercise 2 Ordinal number dictation
Exercise 3 Practice with ordinals
Part Three Decimal Fractions
Exercise 1 Traffic at Britain's main airports
Exercise 2 Household expenditure
Exercise 3 Migration
Exercise 4 Interview about the earthquake
Exercise 5 British trade
Part Four Money
Exercise 1 How much is this？
Exercise 2 How much does this cost？
Exercise 3 Living in London （1）
Exercise 4 Living in London （2）
Exercise 5 Living in London （3）
Part Five Time
Exercise 1 Can you tell me the time？
Exercise 2 What time does the next train arrive？
Exercise 3 Daily schedules
Exercise 4 Mike and Ellen's day
Part Six The Telephone
Exercise ！ Inquiry
Exercise 2 Making an appointment
Exercise 3 Telephone message （1）
Exercise 4 Telephone message （2）
Exercise 5 Telephone message （3）
Part Seven Dates
Exercise 1 Days and months
Exercise 2 Accommodation
Exercise 3 When does school start？
Exercise 4 Great names in British history
Exercise 5 Find the difference
Unit Three Survival English
Exercise 1 Health problems
Exercise 2 In a camera shop
Exercise 3 In the restaurant
Exercise 4 At the reception desk in a hotel
Exercise 5 Christmas activities
Exercise 6 Trip to Stonehenge
Exercise 7 Marriage
Exercise 8 University campus
Exercise 9 Music in New Orleans
Exercise 10 Talking to a landlady
Exercise 11 The news
Exercise 12 Some interesting places to go
Exercise 13 Trip to Belfast
Exercise 14 TV and radio
Exercise 15 Sports
Unit Four Popular Science
Exercise 1 How to grow chives
Exercise 2 Who invented popcorn?
Exercise 3 Lobsters
Exercise 4 Jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge
Exercise 5 Where do ants go in winter?
Exercise 6 How crossword puzzles are created
Exercise 7 Koala
Exercise 8 Stamp collecting
Exercise 9 Get the right food to stay slim
Exercise 10 Our body systems
Exercise 11 Inventor of the telephone (1)
Exercise 12 Inventor of the telephone (2)
Exercise 13 Inventors of the airplane (1)
Exercise 14 Inventors of the airplane (2)
Exercise 15 Invention of the telegraph (1)
Exercise 16 Invention of the telegraph (2)
Unit Five Academic English
Exercise 1 University' s calendar
Exercise 2 About the course work
Exercise 3 Being involved in campus life
Exercise 4 The first year undergraduates
Exercise 5 Be a successful student
Exercise 6 Homestay programme
Exercise 7 Oxford
Exercise 8 Controlling concentration
Exercise 9 Computing service
Exercise 10 English letter writing
Exercise 11 How