阅读

     阅读部分有3到5篇文章，每篇文章有12到14道题目。在阅读部分中，阅读文章出现在电脑屏幕的右边（这和GRE机考形式恰好相反，因为在GRE机考阅读部分，阅读文章出现在电脑屏幕的左边），而相应的题目出现在电脑屏幕的左边。因为文章很长，大概有675到725个单词，所以需要借助于滚动条的托动才能看到全文。在阅读部分，考生可以通过点击Next button向前浏览所有的问题，也可以通过点击Back button回视前面的问题，并返回到文章的最开头。托福阅读部分还拥有一个review功能的按键，通过点击Review button考生将会在Review Screen看到所有的问题，和看到这些问题的状态---answered, not answered, not yet seen。此外，新托福阅读部分一个非常glossary的特点是：A word in blue in a passage indicates that a definition is available for the word. Clicking on the word brings up this definition。最后，新托福的阅读部分还有一个Help button，考生点击这个按键之后，将会得到a list of topics for which helpful explanations are available。

　　READING SECTION

　　Reading Text Time Allowed Length of Passage Number of Questions
　　Passage 1 20 minutes 600-750 12-14
　　Passage 2 20 minutes 600-750 12-14
　　Passage 3 20 minutes 600-750 12-14
　　Passage 4 & 5 20 minutes 600-750 12-14 each
　　There may be five reading passages in some versions of the test.

　　根据题目的回答方式，我们可以把新托福中的阅读题型分为三种：

　　A. Click on One Answer: For this multiple-choice type of question, you will choose the best of four possible answers；

     B. Add a Sentence: For this type of question, you will click on a square to add a sentence to the passage. 这种插入句子题的文章中有4个“■”，然后题目给考生一句话，问考生这句话应该插在文章中哪一个所标“■”的地方。一般，题目的提问方式是这样的：Look at the four squares [■] that indicate where the following sentence could be added to the passage；

　　C. Drag Answer Choices: For this type of question, you will use the mouse to drag text to complete a summary or table.一般，题目的提问方式是这样的：An introductory sentence for a brief summary of the passage is provided below. Complete the summary by selecting the THREE answer choices that express the most important ideas in the passage. Some sentenced do not belong in the summary because they express ideas that are not presented in the passage or are minor ideas in the passage. This question is worth 2 points。

　　但是，根据测试的内容来看，新托福的阅读部分共有13种不同题型，而这13种不同题型可以被分为三大类（Language Use, Basic Comprehension, Reading to learn），其详细内容见下表：

　　Language Use: These questions generally fall at the beginning of set for a passage. Language-use questions constitute about half of the total Reading section questions.
　　Inferring word meaning from context 7 to 10 per test
　　Locating a referent 3 per test
　　Defining a key term 1 to 2 per test
　　Understanding rhetorical function 3 to 4 per test
　　Paraphrasing 2 to 3 per test
　　Understanding coherence 3 per test
　　Basic Comprehension: These questions constitute roughly a third of the total Reading section questions.