回顾2016年雅思听力，在题型和难易程度上并没有什么变化，仍以填空和选择题型为主。对于备考雅思听力的学生来说，听力Section 4相对难度较大，所以在答题之前一定要审题，对空的答案有个提前分析，以便正式听力过程中，不至丢空错空，做好充分的准备。下面我们以剑6 Test 1 Section 4 为例

Social history of the East End of London

Period	Situation
1st-4th centuries	Produce from the area was used to __feed__ the people of London
5th-10th centuries	New technology allowed the production of goods made of __metal__ and __leather__.
11th century	Lack of __restrictions__ in the East End encouraged the growth of businesses.
16th century	Construction of facilities for the building of __ships__ stimulated international trade. Agricultural workers came from other parts of __England__ to look for work.
17 century	Marshes were drained to provide land that could be __built __on.
19th century	Inhabitants lived in conditions of great __poverty__ with very poor sanitation.

1. 根据to 判断此空需要动词，原文
Back in the first to the fourth centuries AD, when the Romans controlled England, London grew into a town of 45,000 people, and what's now the East End—the area by the river Thames, and along the road heading north-east London to the coast—consisted of farmland with crops and livestock which helped to feed that population.

2.根据made of 判断此空需要名词，而且是材料，我们可以做一些预判比如iron , metal .feather 等，原文
The technology they introduced meant that metal and leather goods were produced there for the first time.

3. 根据Lack of 判断此空需要名词，名词一般在动词后或形容词后，原文
The East End benefited from this, and because there were fewer restrictions there than in the city itself, plenty of newcomers settled there from abroad, bringing their skills as workers, merchants or money-lenders during the next few hundred years.

4. 根据of 判断此空需要名词，原文
The first dock was dug where ships were constructed, eventually making the East End the focus of massive international trade. And in the late 16th century, when much of the rest of England was suffering economically.

5. 根据could be 判断此空需要形容词或动词被动语态，原文
There was a shortage of accommodation, so marshland was drained and built on to house the large numbers of people now living there.

6. 根据of great 判断此空需要名词，原文
Those who could afford to live in more pleasant surroundings move out, and the area became one where the vast majority of people lived in extreme poverty，and suffered from appalling sanitary conditions.

所以，听题之前，做好空的此行判断很重要。

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