雅思阅读攻克方法：速度是关键(英)_雅思英语阅读

雅思阅读攻克方法：速度是关键(英)

　　Time is your greatest enemy

　　Written by Rad Danesh

　　Monday, 23 April 2007

　　To succeed on the IELTS, you must use your time wisely. Many students do not finish at least one module. The table below shows the time challenge you are faced with:

Module Total time Questions Time for each question Listening 30 min 40 .75 min Reading 60 min 40 .67 min Writing 60 min 2 30 min Speaking 11-14 min N/A N/A

　　As you can see, the time constraints are brutal. To succeed, you must ration your time properly. The reason that time is so critical is that every question counts the same toward your final score. If you run out of time on any passage, the questions that you do not answer will hurt your score far more than earlier questions that you spent extra time on and feel certain are correct.

　　On the Reading Module, the test is separated into passages. The reason that time is so critical is that 1) every question counts the same toward your final score, and 2) the passages are not in order of difficulty. If you have to rush during the last passage, then you will miss out on answering easier questions correctly. It is natural to want to pause and figure out the hardest questions, but you must resist the temptation and move quickly.

　　Pace Yourself

　　Wear a watch to the IELTS Test. At the beginning of the test, check the time , and check the time after each passage or every few questions to make sure you are on schedule. Remember that on the Listening and Reading Modules you have a little over half a minute for each question. If you can work quickly, you can pace yourself at half a minute per question, which makes it easy to keep track of your time. If you find that you are falling behind time during the test, you must speed up. Even though a rushed answer is more likely to be incorrect, it is better to miss a couple of questions by being rushed, than to completely miss later questions by not having enough time. It is better to end with more time than you need than to run out of time.