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《劍橋雅思官方指南》是劍橋大學出版社出版的雅思考試唯一的官方指南。劍橋大學出版社是出版劍橋大學考試委員會外語考試部的各類考試（包括雅思）歷屆考試真題的唯一官方出版社。本書包含8套完整的學術類雅思全真試題、2套培訓類雅思閱讀與寫作全真試題、各種題型的全面介紹以及劍橋大學考試委員會採用的評分系統解析。書中附贈一張DVD-ROM光碟，包含雅思聽力及口語測試部分，並給出考官評分標準，方便考生體驗真實考試情境。本書既關注考生的能力發展又兼顧應試策略，在最大程度上幫助考生取得理想成績。書中的練習部分在雅思考生的真實答案及錯誤分析的基礎之上編寫而成；全真測試題由資深雅思考官編寫，幫助考生熟悉考試，提高考生的應試信心；口語考試視頻則為考生在最棘手的口試部分指明了備考方向。選擇《劍橋雅思官方指南》，考生便擁有了雅思考試最權威的備考資料。
圖書目錄
Introduction p5
IELTS Summary p7
IELTS Listening skills p13
1 Getting ready to listen p15
1 Understanding the context p15
2 Using the correct spelling p16
3 Writing numbers p17
2 Following a conversation p18
1 Identifying the speakers p18
2 Identifying function p19
3 Understanding categories p21
3 Recognising paraphrase p22
1 Identifying distractors p22
2 Recognising paraphrase p23
3 Selecting from a list p24
4 Places and directions p25
1 Describing a place p25
2 Following directions p27
3 Labelling a map p28
5 Listening for actions and processes p29
1 Understanding mechanical parts p29
2 Describing an action or process p31
3 Describing a process p32
6 Attitude and opinion p33
1 Identifying attitudes and opinions p33
2 Persuading and suggesting p34
3 Reaching a decision p35
7 Following a lecture or talk p36
1 Identifying main ideas p36
2 Understanding how ideas are connected p38
3 Understanding an explanation p38
8 Contrasting ideas p39
1 Signposting words p39
2 Comparing and contrasting ideas p40
3 Using notes to follow a talk p41
IELTS Reading skills p42
1 Reading strategies p44
1 Using the features of a Reading
passage p44
2 Skimming a passage and speed reading p46
3 Global understanding p47
2 Descriptive passages p48
1 Scanning for detail p48
2 Using words from the passage p49
3 Notes/flow-chart/diagram completion p50
3 Understanding the main ideas p55
1 Identifying the main idea p55
2 Understanding the main points p57
3 Identifying information in a passage p58
4 Locating and matching information p59
1 Identifying types of information p59
2 Locating and matching information p60
3 How ideas are connected p63
5 Discursive passages p64
1 Discursive passages p64
2 Identifying theories and opinions p66
3 Matching features p67
6 Multiple-choice questions p70
1 Understanding longer pieces of text p70
2 Different types of multiple choice p71
3 Identifying a writer’s purpose p72
7 Opinions and attitudes p73
1 Argumentative texts p73
2 Identifying the writer’s views/claims p75
3 Identifying grammatical features p76
8 General Training Reading p78
1 The General Training Reading paper p78
2 Dealing with multiple texts p83
3 Understanding work-related texts p84
IELTS Writing p91
1 Academic Writing Task 1 –
Describing a chart, table or graph p93
1 Understanding graphs, tables and charts p93
2 More complex charts p96
3 Improving your Task Achievement score p97
2 Academic Writing Task 1 – Comparing
and contrasting graphs and tables p100
1 Avoiding repetition p100
2 Comparing and contrasting data p102
3 Grammatical Accuracy – describing
numbers and figures accurately p104
3 Academic Writing Task 1 –
Describing diagrams p106
1 Understanding a diagram p106
2 Describing a process – coherence
and cohesion p107
3 Lexical Resource – being accurate p108
4 Academic Writing Task 1 –
Describing maps p110
1 Describing a map p110
2 Describing changes in a place p111
3 Grammatical Accuracy p112
5 General Training Writing Task 1 –
A letter p113
1 Understanding the task p113
2 Improving your score p115
3 Checking and correcting p117
6 Writing Task 2 – Getting ready to write p119
1 Understanding the task p119
2 Planning and organising your ideas p120
3 Getting started – writing an
introduction p122
7 Writing Task 2 – Expressing your
ideas clearly p124
1 Linking ideas – cohesion p124
2 Lexical Resource – avoiding repetition p125
3 Expressing a personal view p127
8 Writing Task 2 – Checking and
correcting p129
1 Developing your ideas clearly p129
2 Grammatical Accuracy p130
3 Assessing your language p132
IELTS Speaking p134
1 The Speaking Test – Part 1 p136
1 Getting ready to speak p136
2 Part 1 – talking about familiar topics p137
3 Using the right tense – Grammatical
Range and Accuracy p138
2 Part 2 – Giving a talk p140
1 Understanding the task p140
2 Improving Fluency and Coherence p142
3 Organising your notes and your talk p143
3 Part 3 – Talking about abstract topics p145
1 Talking about abstract topics p145
2 Agreeing and disagreeing p147
3 Improving your Lexical Resource score p148
4 Checking, correcting and assessing p149
1 Dealing with problems p149
2 Pronunciation, intonation and ‘chunking’ p150
3 Assessing yourself and improving
your score p153
Practice Tests
Practice Test 1 p154
Practice Test 2 p173
Practice Test 3 p190
Practice Test 4 p207
Practice Test 5 p226
Practice Test 6 p246
Practice Test 7 p266
General Training Test p286
Practice Test 8 p300
General Training Test p319
Recording Scripts p333
Answer Key p366
Sample Answer Sheets p397
