2011高考英语一轮基础专题篇：阅读理解.pptVIP

4.This passage is most helpful to those who . A.have strength and power B.are going to make a speech C.would like to be leaders D.are to be excellent employees 答案 C 解析 推理判断题。文章主要讲述了领导的艺术， 并告诉我们人们喜欢在一个什么样的领导的领导下 工作，因此文章主要是为那些想成为领导的人而 写的。 4 (2009·皖南八校三次联考） This is the VOA Special English Education Report.A few weeks ago,we talked about the Test of English as a Foreign Language,or TOEFL.A listener in Cambodia named Thida asks if American colleges and universities also accept IELTS.IELTS is the International English Language Testing System.It was developed by the University of Cambridge ESOL examiners. Cambridge ESOL says the test measures true- to-life ability to communicate in English for edu- cation,immigration or employment.IELTS tests listening,reading,writing and speaking skills.It uses a mixture of accents and spellings,including British English and American English. The test is used by government agencies, schools and professional organizations in one hundred and twenty countries.And,yes,that includes the United States.The many American schools that accepted IELTS can be found on the Web at . Some schools accept both TOEFL and IELTS, but the graduate school at Duke University in Durham,North Carolina,for example,says it prefers IELTS. The listening and speaking parts are the same for everyone who takes IELTS,but people have a choice of reading and writing tests—either academic or general training. The listening test takes thirty minutes.There are forty questions based on a recording. The reading test takes sixty minutes.Students answer forty questions based on three written passages. The writing test also takes sixty minutes. Students have to write two essays.One essay has to be at least one hundred and fifty words long and the other at least two hundred and fifty words.The shorter one is a description of some- thing;the