TOEFL seats to increase by 80%

时间：2007-11-15 08:18:22

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Nov. 15 - Eighty percent more students can take the Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL) through the Internet at the end of this year, the US Educational Testing Service (ETS) has said.

 

Net-based test seats will increase from 1,950 in June to 3,550 at the end of the year, an ETS press release said on Tuesday.

 

The ETS and China's National Education Examinations Authority worked jointly1 on their network to meet the increased demand for TOEFL in China.

 

Further improvements and technological2 solutions are being implemented3 by the ETS to monitor the TOEFL registration4 website to ensure an open and fair test registration process, according to the ETS.

 

More than 6,000 colleges and universities in 110 countries accept TOEFL scores. The number of students who want to take the test on the mainland has grown steadily5 in recent years, with the average staying above 70,000 a year.

 

"The ETS is committed to ensuring that everyone in China who wishes to take the test gets the chance to do so," ETS's global division senior vice-president Paul Ramsey, said in the press release.

 

Some Chinese students see the announcement as encouragement.

 

"It used to be very hard to get a chance to sit for the test, and I had to ask my friends to help take online registration on other computers," said Chen Lu, a second-year postgraduate6 student of Renmin University of China who took the test a few months ago to apply for doctoral studies in the US.

 

But some say the increase is still not big enough. "More and more students are preparing for TOEFL to get a chance to study abroad or to prove their ability. So I still see a gap between supply and demand," said Wu Qi, a final year undergraduate in Peking University.

 
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1 jointly jp9zvS     
ad.联合地，共同地
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  • Tenants are jointly and severally liable for payment of the rent. 租金由承租人共同且分别承担。
  • She owns the house jointly with her husband. 她和丈夫共同拥有这所房子。
2 technological gqiwY     
adj.技术的；工艺的
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  • Today,the pace of life is increasing with technological advancements.当今， 随着科技进步，生活节奏不断增快。
3 implemented a0211e5272f6fc75ac06e2d62558aff0     
v.实现( implement的过去式和过去分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效
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  • This agreement, if not implemented, is a mere scrap of paper. 这个协定如不执行只不过是一纸空文。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
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n.登记，注册，挂号
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  • Marriage without registration is not recognized by law.法律不承认未登记的婚姻。
  • What's your registration number?你挂的是几号？
5 steadily Qukw6     
adv.稳定地；不变地；持续地
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  • The scope of man's use of natural resources will steadily grow.人类利用自然资源的广度将日益扩大。
  • Our educational reform was steadily led onto the correct path.我们的教学改革慢慢上轨道了。
6 postgraduate ulMzNh     
adj.大学毕业后的，大学研究院的；n.研究生
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  • I didn't put down that I had postgraduate degree.我没有写上我有硕士学位。
  • After college,Mary hopes to do postgraduate work in law school.大学毕业后， 玛丽想在法学院从事研究工作。

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