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ETS对不同层次提高托福成绩最权威的建议

2009-07-13来源:和谐英语
   不少网友在进行模考或练习后,看到已有的成绩不知下一步如何进行。
   ETS 对托福考试和TOP成绩有评分标准和对能力的评价,其实,ETS另外还有针对不同层次的考生提出了提高的建议(不是评分表后面的)。
   对每一个考试科目,分高中低几个档次提出建议,给出了不同的关注点,大家可以参考。
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   HIGH (22 – 30)对高分者的建议
   Read as much and as often as possible.Make sure to include academic texts on a variety of topics written in different genres and with different degrees of conceptual density as part of your reading.
   增加阅读的难度和种类
   ■ Read major newspapers, such as The New York Times or Science Times, and websites (National Public Radio [NPR] or the BBC).
   阅读大量新闻
   ■ Write summaries of texts, making sure they incorporate the organizational pattern of the originals.
   编写文章摘要
   Continually expand your vocabulary. Continually practice using new words you encounter in your reading. This will help you remember both the meaning and correct usage of the new words.
   扩大词汇并反复熟练运用
   INTERMEDIATE (15–21)对阅读中等的建议
   Read as much and as often as possible.study the organization of academic texts and overall structure of reading passages. Read an entire passage from beginning to end.
   ■ Pay attention to the relationship between the main ideas and the supporting details.
   注意主旨和细节的关系
   ■ Outline the text to test your understanding of the structure of the reading passage.
   理解文章的组织结构
   ■ Write a summary of the entire passage.
   写摘要
   ▶ If the text is a comparison, be sure that your summary reflects that.If the text argues two points of view, be sure both points of view are reflected in your summary. Continually expand your vocabulary by developing a system for recording unfamiliar words.
   ■ Group words according to topic or meaning and study the words as a list of related words.
   ■ study roots, prefixes and suffixes; study word families.
   词根词缀
   ■ Use available vocabulary resources, such as a good thesaurus or a dictionary of collocations (words commonly used together).
   词汇搭配
   LOW (0 – 14)对阅读低分的建议
   Read as much and as often as possible.Develop a system for recording unfamiliar words.
   ■ Group words into lists according to topic or meaning and review and study the words on a regular basis so that you remember them.
   ■ Increase your vocabulary by analyzing word parts; study roots,prefixes and suffixes; study word families.study the organization of academic texts and overall structure of a reading passage. Read an entire passage from beginning to end.
   ■ Look at connections between sentences; look at how the end of one sentence relates to the beginning of the next sentence.
   ■ Look for the main ideas and supporting details and pay attention to the relationship between them.
   ■ Outline a text to test your understanding of the structure of a reading passage.
   ▶ Begin by grouping paragraphs that address the same concept.
   ▶ Write one sentence summarizing the paragraphs that discuss the same idea.
   ▶ Write a summary of the entire passage.
  听力
   HIGH (22 – 30)对听力高分的建议

   Further develop your listening ability with daily practice in listening in English and by challenging yourself with increasingly lengthy listening selections and more complex listening material.
   ■ Listen to different kinds of materials on a variety of topics:
   ▶ Focus on topics that are new to you.
   ▶ Listen to academic lectures and public talks.
   ▶ Listen to audio and video material on TV, radio and the Internet.
   ▶ Listen to programs with academic content, such as NOVA, BBC and NPR broadcasts.
   ▶ Listen to conversations, phone calls and phone recordings.
   ▶ Take live and audio-recorded tours (e.g., of museums).
   ■ Listen actively:
   ▶ Take notes as you listen for main ideas and important details.
   ▶ Make predictions about what you will hear next.
   ▶ Summarize.
   ▶ Write down new words and expressions.
   ■ For the more difficult material you have chosen to listen to, listen several times:
   1. First listen for the main ideas and key details;
   2. Then listen again to fill in gaps in your understanding; to understand the connections between ideas, the structure of the talk
 and the speakers’attitude; and to distinguish fact from opinion.