雅思考试阅读部分T/F/NG题目剖析不应缩写

　　剑桥回信: T，F，NG 不被接受;剑三误导，号召各位雅友投诉剑三出版社有多少雅友因为写了缩写T，F，NG而导致低分的呢?原因都在于自己不小心看题吗? 其实我们这样写是因为用了Cambridge IELTS 3，剑桥考试委员会的考试样书.在该书中，所付答案后清楚写明True/T， False/F，Not Given/NG 同时是正确答案，否则我们也不会偷懒只写缩写.关于这件事，我给剑桥方发了EMAIL，回答表明缩写不被接受.

　　我们付了昂贵的考试费用，宝贵的时间和精力，可是却栽在一本书的误道上，我希望各位同受此害的雅友们，投诉剑桥大学考试委员会，外语教学与研究出版社和剑桥大学出版社，必要时付诸法律.

　　剑桥回信及我的询问信

　　Dear Sir or Madam

　　The instructions that candidates must follow are those given in the test itself at the beginning of each set of questions. For example， the instructions for a set of T/F/NG questions are as follows:

　　In boxes 1-5 on your answer sheet， write

　　TRUE if the statement agrees with the information

　　FALSE if the statement contradicts the information

　　NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

　　The instructions given in the question paper make it very clear what candidates should write. We recommend that candidates follow the instructions given only.

　　Regards

　　Alison Pettit

　　IELTS Exams Administrator

　　Cambridge ESOL

　　01223 553355

　　Alison Pettit

　　IELTS Exams Administrator

　　Cambridge ESOL

　　01223 553355

　　From: may.liang [mailto:may.liang@126.com]

　　Sent: 25 July 2006 17:02

　　To: ESOL Helpdesk; EFL

　　Subject: about ielts marking

　　Dear University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations，I am writing to inquire about marking for the current ielts. Recently i heard a rumor that to one form of the quetions in the reading tests T，F，NG can not be taken as correct answers to take the place of True， False and Not Given. Is this true?

　　It reminds me that there doesn‘t seem to be an official way that candidates can refer to as to what should be considered the standard answer. Currently the only resources are Cambridge IELTS 1， 2，3 and 4 in which there are detailed directions of how the tests are about. However， in Cambridge 3， published in 2004，sample answers for the tests indicate clearly that True/T， False/F and Not Given/NG， Yes/Y，No/N are all acceptible as correct answers. This， although not referred to be official document required to read by candidates， obviously give them a hint that the same situations can be applied to real tests.

　　The reason why the rumors as mentioned above came is the publication of Cambridge IELTS 4，in which the sample answers change， and there is no alternative answers as T，F，NG， or Y，N， NG. However， as I said above. There is no indication that Cambridge 4 or any of the above books can be applied to be offical instrctions that candidates must read before taking the tests. As a matter of fact， many candidates as I know are not informed of this book and therefore didn‘t read it or didn‘t notice the slight changes even they did have the book.

　　Based on the confusion I have about the tests. there two intentions for writing this letter，firstly， inquiry about whether T，F，NG or Y，N are acceptible answers，and secondly， suggestion that there be an offical direction of the tests upon registration as to what should be taken into consideration .

　　I look forward to you reply. Thank you very much for your time.

　　Yours sincerely，

　　May Liang

　　雅思阅读的题型一直是考生比较关注的问题，分析认为主要有以下两个原因：

　　1. 有相对简单和相对费时的题型;

　　2.每个考生都有自己擅长的和较害怕的题型。具体来说：对于词汇不足的考生可能最害怕段落标题匹配题及摘要归纳填空题;对于词汇量较大的考生来说，是非无判断题，段落标题匹配题和摘要归纳填空题可能是比较简单的。选择题和其它匹配题是相对来说比较费时的，所以大部分考生都很害怕这类题型。

　　那么，面对上面所提到的这些情况，考生应该在题型方面怎样备考呢?

　　首先，专家认为考生必须从心理上准备迎接所有的题型，在备考中要尽可能喜欢所有题型。有的考生会一次次地祈祷：“希望这次考试不要有选择题或段落细节信息定位题!”这样做，其实是无形中给自己制造了负面的影响。考试题型不是我们所能预料和控制的，一旦有了上述心理，很有可能一看到题型就慌了，一开始就没有一个好的状态。还有一部份考生喜欢跟着考题回忆和机经走，看到上次考了什么题就在备考中只关注那些题型。考题回忆和机经可以看看，但只能做参考，考生千万不要被它们所左右。否则就是自己给自己制造障碍。

　　其次，考生必须对各类题型的题型特点和答题注意事项了如指掌。雅思阅读考试时间之短，文章之学术性，题量之大，题型之多等特点决定了考生势必会感觉时间不够。考生要在有限的时间内答完所有的题并尽可能地保证较高的正确率确实不是一件容易的事情。考生除了要有一定的词汇量和阅读速度之外，常见的雅思阅读技巧和解题策略是必须的。而解题策略很多时候是建立在考生熟悉题型特点的基础之上的。比如说，考生拿到一篇文章绝不是从第1题接到13题，而是应该分析各组题型的特点和难易，由易到难。同样，考生也可以根据3篇各自的题型来初步判断哪一篇的题型可能对自己比较有利，那篇可能较难，以便能灵活地采取合适的策略。

　　最后，专家建议考生在考前进行练习时，不要光做套题，而应该偶尔穿插一些专题的练习，重点练习自己没什么把握的题型。注意练习时时间的掌控是很重要的，不要给自己30分钟完成6道是非无，那样不能达到训练的目的，不能保证良好的效果。