Listening is one of the most difficult skills to acquire. In language learning, listening is an important means to get information. Listening ability directly affects students’ absorption of language, mastery of basic language skills and the ability to communicate with English. Only by hearing correctly, can they read smoothly and fluently. Therefore, high school students should improve their listening ability. Students’ listening ability closely relates to the methods and proficiency in listening. Because of lacking of English environment and basic language skills, most high school students are not proficient in English listening. Therefore, this paper focuses on high school students’ listening ability. It analyzes the factors that affect high school students’ English listening from different aspects and it also comes up with countermeasures to improve students’ listening ability. Listening is one of the most difficult skills to acquire. In language learning, listening is an important means to get information. Listening ability directly affects students’ absorption of language, mastery of basic language skills and the ability to communicate with English. Only by hearing Because of lacking of English listening and basic proficiency, most high school students should improve their listening ability. It profits the factors that affect high school students’ English listening from different aspects and it also comes up with countermeasures to improve students’ listening ability. Therefore, this paper focuses on high school students’ listening ability.