The APIEL has been adopted, said Jen, because the TOEFL can no longer accurately reflect the abilities of students of using the English language comprehensively in an academic environment. Xinhua reported that a fairly large number of foreign students who earned high scores in TOEFL exam turned out to be very ordinary educational performers after admission.

　　Compared with the TOEFL, the APIEL measures a student’s ability to read, write, speak and understand English through testing his or her skills in listening comprehension, speaking with accuracy(精确) and resourcefulness, and writing with clarity and fluency(流畅), Jen said.

　　1. The United States will introduce a new exam because _______.

　　A. more and more students want to get further education in the USA

　　B. the Chinese people pay special attention to English studies with China’s entry into the WTO

　　C. the already existing exam systems seem to be far from perfect

　　D. it will bring the US government quite a lot of money

　　2. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the selection？

　　A. It will take quite a period of time for people to accept the APIEL.

　　B. The TOEFL is more popular with the Chinese than the IELTS.

　　C. A student will have to take the APIEL if he or she wants to study in English—speaking countries from 2002.

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