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arts are the same for everyone who takes IELTS,but people have a choice of reading and writing tests—either academic or general training.The listening test takes thirty are forty questions based on a recording.The reading test takes sixty answer forty questions based on three written passages.The writing test also takes sixty have to write two essay has to be at least one hundred and fifty words long and the other at least two hundred and fifty shorter one is a description of something;the longer one has to support and argue.The speaking test takes less than fifteen score is based on a recorded talk between the student and a test examiner.And that’s the VOA Special English Education Report,written by Nancy you have a general question for our series,write to special @ ’m Barbara Klein.1.What does TOEFL stand for?A.Voice of America.B.International English Language Testing System.C.Test of English as a Foreign Language.D.Test of English as a Native Language.答案 C解析 考查細節(jié)理解。由第一段第二句話可知答案。2.The International English Language Testing System monly takes ________ in all.A.less than 160 minutesB.more than 165 minutesC.no more than 160 minutesD.less than 165 minutes答案 D解析 由第二段中雅思的考試項目及下文提及的時間listening test (30 minutes),reading Test (60 minutes),writing test (60 minutes) and speaking test (less than 15 minutes)可知答案。3.According to the passage,we can infer ________.A.IELTS is efficient and necessary if you want to go to English173。speaking countriesB.IELTS is pletely different from TOEFLC.every American needs to accept TOEFLD.IELTS isn’t used more widely than TOEFL答案 A解析 考查推理判斷。由文章的第三段可知答案。4.What is the main idea of the passage?A.How can the readers write papers to the VOA programme?B.It talks about some ways to pass TOEFL.C.It introduces IELTS.D.How can the readers pass two kinds of tests?答案 C解析 考查主旨大意。本文主要介紹雅思考試。