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美国ETS（教育考试服务中心）公布自今年11月1日起对托福考试阅读部分的结构进行调整。

新东方果然是英语培训界的一朵奇葩啊，其国外考试推广管理中心北美教学教研负责人范猛第一时间对本次变化做了解读。本次ETS对阅读部分的调整主要有三个变化：一是调整后的阅读部分缩短了考试时长、减轻了考生负担。二是调整后的阅读部分力图使考试更加人性化、舒适化。即去掉了以往的第一篇文章和后面文章的割裂。三是阅读部分的加试由以前的2篇变为1篇。加试均不计分。

个人感觉改变后让考生做题更加自由，可以控制自己的时间和保持自己的做题习惯，我想训练复习的时候按照机试的方式来锻炼的机会应该有限，所以现在应该没有这个顾虑了。而且在时间不变的情况下，少了一篇文章，这无疑是降低了考试的难度。

其实难度降不降的对中国学生影响应该不大，我们在做题、考试上还是比较有优势的，更何况我们有这么强大的培训机构，据说这次改变也是一方面考虑了之前“机经”盛兴行为带来的不公平，我还是很相信新东方名师们对托福、雅思、GRE考试的研究功底的，报个新东方，或者搞一本托福机经预测应该对考试有所帮助，如此一变，这个“弊端”不复存在，进一步保证了考试的公平性。尽管如此，我还是相信新东方的老师们能尽快找出对策的。

Timing and Navigation Enhancements to the
TOEFL iBT® Reading Section

In response to feedback about the length of the TOEFL iBT® reading section, ETS will decrease the maximum number of reading passages from five to four beginning November 1, 2011. You will have either 60 minutes to complete three reading passages and questions, or 80 minutes to complete four reading passages and questions.

In addition, the Reading section will no longer be divided into separately timed parts. Instead, all of the Reading passages and questions will be made available to you in a single block of time. This change will allow you to pace yourself throughout the entire Reading section. It will also allow you to navigate within the entire Reading section so you can skip questions, go back to review and change responses, or respond to questions that you may have skipped.

We believe this change allows you to better utilize your own test-taking strategies in the Reading section. See Frequently Asked Questions for more information.

https://www.ets.org/toefl/important_update/ibt_nav_enhancements

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