The listening test is one of the most important parts of the English exam. Here are some tips for you.

    Before you start to listen, you need to relax. Don't be stressed out. And try to read the questions. These questions usually help you understand the conversation or the passage.

    Then listen carefully to the first sentence. It usually tells you the main idea of the passage. While you're listening, try to do some thinking and take some notes, such as

    What happened?

    When, where, and how?

    What does the speaker want to tell us?

    In this way, you may understand the passage better.

    Please remember not to think about one or two words for a long time. When you hear some words you don't know, don t spend too much time on them. Very often, you'll find out what they mean later when you go on with the listening.

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    Nine-year-old Lisa left school three years ago. She has to look after her family1her mother is in hospital. She has four2. The oldest is ten, and the smallest is four. Being the only girl in the family, Lisa has to take care of everything at3, from cooking to cleaning. Then she goes to visit her mum.

    Because Lisa's mother is sick, her father has to do two jobs every4. However, he5complains(抱怨). When he comes back home late from work, his children are already asleep. Although they have little6 together, the children love their father more than ever.

    One day, Lisa went to visit her mum with her two youngest brothers. After the visit, Lisa7them to the dining room and sat there with them. A nurse walked past. "Have you eaten? You all look 8,"she asked. "No," said the children. " OK. I'll buy you some 9,"said the nurse. "May we have three bowls of noodles?" asked the children. When the noodles came, the10 just shared one. The nurse thought it was strange. "These two bowls are for our parents, "said Lisa.

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—I can't find my bike.

    Sports are very popular all over the world. They are good for our 1, and 2 people in the world like sports. In different seasons we can 3 different sports, and sometimes we play in the room and sometimes we play 4 the room.

    Kan Xue, a middle school student, likes 5 ping pong very much. She always plays 6 with her twin sister on weekends. She often 7 sports programs on TV, and she likes Zhang Yining best. And 8 Kan Xue will become a ping pong player like Zhang Yining one day. What 9 you? Do you like sports? How 10 do you play sports? Every day?

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    How do students spend their spare time after their homework? Watch TV, play computer games, or go outside to relax? Here's a good example.

    Tim Meek and Kerry Meek are both teachers. They live in the UK with their two daughters: eleven-year-old Amy and nine-year-old Ella. , the Meek family has the focus (焦点) of the whole country after they completed 100 different outdoor activities in one year.

    Mr. and Mrs. Meek didn't want their children to spend all their spare time in front of the TV and become "couch ". So about one year ago, the Meeks decided that watching TV and playing

Computer games were not . Instead, they set 100 tasks for the two girls to do outside. Although Mr. and Mrs. Meek are not outdoor activity fans, they took part in all the to encourage their daughters. In fact, the two sisters really had a good time joining in activities.

    Every holiday and weekend, whether it was sunny, rainy snowy, the Meeks would set off to try the activities on their list, hiking, sailing, climbing, skiing and so on. The two little girls not only had a wonderful time, but also learned a lot of skills from the activities. They were even able to stand up in front of their school a speech for charity. "Our friends spend a lot of their free time things which are harmful to their health. Luckily, we've had the chance to experience something different."