【Ⅳ.补全短文(2011·银川一中月考)根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中的两项为多余选项。字数:375完成】
Ⅳ.补全短文(2011·银川一中月考)
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中的两项为多余选项。
字数:375
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ThisistheVOASpecialEnglishEducationReport.AfewweeksagowetalkedabouttheTestofEnglishasaForeignLanguageorTOEFL.AlistenerinCambodianamedThidaasksifAmericancollegesanduniversitiesalsoaccepttheIELTSexam.IELTSistheInternationalEnglishLanguageTestingSystem.ItwasdevelopedbyUniversityofCambridgeESOLExaminations.
CambridgeESOLsaysthetestmeasurestrue-to-lifeabilitytocommunicateinEnglishforeducationimmigrationoremployment.TheIELTStestslisteningreadingwritingandspeakingskills.ItusesamixtureofaccentsandspellingsincludingBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish.
Thetestisusedbygovernmentagenciesschoolsandprofessionalorganizationsinonehundredtwentycountries.__1__ManyAmericanschoolsthataccepttheIELTScanbefoundontheWebatielts.org.
__2__ButthegraduateschoolatDukeUniversityinDurhamNorthCarolinaforexamplesaysitpreferstheIELTS.
ThelisteningandspeakingpartsarethesameforeveryonewhotakestheIELTS.Butpeoplehaveachoiceofreadingandwritingtests—eitheracademicorgeneraltraining.Thelisteningtesttakesthirtyminutes.__3__
Thereadingtesttakessixtyminutes.Studentsanswerfortyquestionsbasedonthreewrittenpassages.
Thewritingtestalsotakessixtyminutes.Studentshavetowritetwoessays.Oneessayhastobeatleastonehundredfiftywordslongandtheotheratleasttwohundredfiftywords.__4__Thelongeronehastosupportanargument.
__5__Thescoreisbasedonarecordedtalkbetweenthestudentandatestexaminer.
A.IELTSisacomprehensivetestofyourEnglishproficiency.
B.AndyesthatincludestheUnitedStates.
C.Theshorteroneisadescriptionofsomething.
D.SomeschoolsacceptboththeTOEFLandtheIELTS.
E.Theselanguageskillsareincreasinglydemandedbyinternationalemployerseducationinstitutionsandprofessionalassociations.
F.Therearefortyquestionsbasedonarecording.
G.Thespeakingte