Step 4：预测答案。分析认为，对答案的可能性做一个预先的解读和猜测，可以帮助考生在听题时掌握更多的主动。事实上，高效率的考生在看题的过程中是将预览和预测同时进行的。很多情况下，考生在考听力时是将自己脑中预期的答案和正式听到的答案做个配对。要提高预测的准确性，一方面需要考生熟悉机经，了解雅思听力的高频考点；另一方面考生平时也要扩大知识面，结合常识原则预测答案。比如曾经考到过Sharks locate food by using their _______（剑4 Test 4 Section 4），对于机经比较熟悉或者平时比较关注动物世界的考生或许不用听就能够知道是sense of smell了。当然，这里所谓的预测不是真的要去猜答案是哪个词，但至少要预测出答案的词性。目前雅思听力考试中，考到拼写频率最高的为名词和动词，故如果预测出答案应为名词，则听写时就需要特别注意该词单复数形式；若为动词，则需注意时态和语态等情况。

Step 5：听题。听题其实是一个验证之前的定位词和预测结果的过程。另外，尤其是在笔记填空题中，可适当注意一下排版，雅思听力中的答案出现基本遵循了逻辑层次原则，如发现并列关系的题目（此练习中的4-6题即是并列关系项），在听题时便可以注意借由表示并列关系的一些逻辑信号词来把握听题节奏，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。这些词后面往往是有重要提示点的。

Step 6: 写答案。雅思听力主要考察细节题，故大部分的答案是符合所听即所得原则的，即直接记录下听到的词即可，往往不需要做改动。只是书写时要注意大小写、名词单复数和动词时态及语态的问题。

【考题解析】

1. (subsistence) hunting：定位词选用and前面的内容，即human population，因为and前后内容通常是对应的，故可推知空格中需要填写的也为名词。

2. rainforest：通过副标题和空格前面的介词in确定应该要填写的是某个地方，定位词使用canopy，很容易听到答案rainforest，注意书写规范，当中不要空格。

3. 70：定位词使用空格之后的feet这一长度单位，便可知空格中需要填写的是数字，又根据格子前面的词组at least确定如果听到一个范围的数值，则此处仅仅需要填写最小的数字。故听到了70 to 100 feet，只需要填写70这个minimum number便可。

4. a small plane：定位词用空格前的require，同时判定需要填写的是名词。另外，从第四到第六题属于序列关系的内容，来填写接近tree kangaroo的三个步骤，故听题时可以注意逻辑信号词的出现。此处先听到了first，表明答案即将出现，后又听到require的替换词need，之后的a small plane便是答案。

5. two-day hike：定位词用in the dense forest，听题时亦听到逻辑信号词then，提示答案将至。

6. local hunters: 定位词用空格后面的并列关系词trackers，同时鉴于trackers为复数形式便可预测出答案也为复数名词。另外，此句话中的important在原文中替换为critical。

7. (plush) toys：定位词用resemble，只是这是一个动词，容易同义替换。另外，resemble是一个及物动词，于是判定空格中需要填写名词。此处原文中使用的是词组look like替代了resemble，答案就跟在后面。

8. thick fur：通过副标题appearance的提示便知接着的空格都与tree kangaroo的外表有关，故不难预测出要填写的便是常见的动物外形方面的词。原文中用with替代了having。

9. long claws：同8，预测出答案应为动物的身体部分，定位词用空格之后的climbing。

10. (a) long tail：同8，预测出答案应为动物的身体部分，定位词用空格之后的balancing。其实相信稍微有点生活常识的考生不用听也知道一般动物使用尾巴来保持平衡。

附：听力录音原文

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.