Question

The purpose of the TOEFL test is to evaluate the English level of people who are non-native English speakers. The TOEFL test on computer combines many of the same question types as the traditional paper-based test with new question types that are only offered in the computer format (格式).This is an easy-to-use testing system for even the most basic computer users.

Section,score and time:

1)    Listening Comprehension: 0〜30 points； measures a student's ability to understand North American English. 30 to 49 questions with 15〜25 minutes to answer the ques?tions. 40〜60 minutes to complete the entire section. The clock runs while you are answering questions ， but not while you are listening to conversations and talks.

2)    Structure： 0~30 points; measures a student's a-bility to recognize language appropriate for standard written English. 20^-25 questions with 15〜25 minutes to complete the questions.

3)    Vocabulary & Reading Comprehension: 0〜30 points; measures a student's ability to understand non?technical reading material. 44〜55 questions with 70〜90 minutes to complete the section (includes time spent reading passages and answering questions).

4)Essay Writing： measures a student's ability to ex?press ideas in standard written English. One assigned es?say topic,with 30 minutes to write the essay.

The score from the essay in the Writing Section is included in the Structure score. The essay is graded on a scaled score of 0 to 6. Six is the highest possible score in the Writing Section.

You may take the TOEFL test only once in any cal?endar month. IMPORTANT: If you take the test more than once in a calendar month,your new scores will not be reported and your test fee will not be given back.

5.    Compared with the traditional test, the new TOEFL

test  .

A.    is much easier for non-native English speakers to pass

B.    requires exam takers to have good computer skills

C.    can better evaluate the English level of non-Eng?lish speakers

D.    has new question types that can only be carried out on the computer

6.    What can we learn about the Writing Section from the passage?

A.    Students are allowed to write freely in standard English.

B.    Essay Writing is the most difficult of the four sections.

C.    Essay Writing can best evaluate people's English level.

D.    Students can get six points at most in this sec?tion.

7.    The passage suggests that when you take a TOEFL

test, .

A.    you will spend less time answering questions than listening to them

B.    you will be examined on English grammar in the Structure Section

C.    your score will be reduced if you take it more than once a month

D.    you will have to pay larger test fees if you take a second test in a month

8.    If you take the TOEFL test in early May, the earli?est time you can take another is .

A.  in July    B.  in late May

C.   in June  D.  in early August

Answer 1

【文章大意】本文介绍了托福考试，分别介绍了听力、词汇和阅读、结构及写作四种题型及它们的分数和时间等相关信息。

D 细节理解题。从第一段中的"The TOEFL test on com-puter combines many of the same question types as the tradi?tional paper-based test with new question types that are only offered in the computer format(格式）."可以得出答案。

D推理判断题。通过倒数第二段最后一句话"Six is the highest possible score in the Writing Section."可知写作部分满分是6分。故考生最多得6分。

B 推理判断题'根据"Structure: 0〜30 points； measures a student's ability to recognize language appropriate for standard written English."可知结构部分主要考查学生书面标准语的准确性，故可以判断这部分是考查语法的。

C推理判断题。根据最后一段可知一个月只能参加一次托福考试，同一月份参加两次，分数不上报，考试费不退还，所以可以判断答案为C。

[拓展延伸] 佳句赏析

The purpose of the TOEFL test is to evaluate the English level of people who are non-native English speakers.

分析：本句中to evaluate the English level of people who are non?native English speakers作表语，其中含有一个定语从句who are non-native English speakers，修饰先行词people。句意:托福考试的目的是评估母语是非英语的人的英语水平。