BeforeIntroductionAreyoureadyforIELTStraining?•Patience•Perseverance•AbilityAnOverviewofIELTSReadingTestLecture1I.Duration&FormatThereadingmoduletakes60minutes.40questionsbasedon3readingpassages(sections)withatotalof2,000to2,750wordsIdeally,avocabularyof6000-8000wordsisneededAcademicReading700-1,000wordsforeachpassageII.Abilitytested---what’sthepurposefortesting---SortouttheinformationneededfromalongpassageReadeffectively•把握长文章结构•快速浏览文章（Skimming）•扫描特定信息（Scanning）•理解复杂句子结构•通过上下文猜测句意III.HowisIELTSReadingTestScoredThereishalfbandforreading.Scoreisawardedona9bandscale.BandScoreBoundary(A)NumberofcorrectanswerBandscoreNumberofcorrectanswerBandscore13-15426-276.516-174.528-30718-20531-327.521-225.533-35823-25636-388.5IV.TheQuestionTypesMatchingHeadingsLocatingInformationMultiplechoiceClassification/MatchingUsethewordsfromthepassageChoosethewordsfromthelistSummaryYes/No/NotGivenT/F/NGTrueorFalseorNotGivenShortanswersCompletiontables/diagramsBlankfillingSentencecompletionTopFive•MatchingHeadings•Summary•T/F/NG•Classification•LocatingInformation
