网考托福已经开始在世界各地逐步推广，这意味着整个世界范围在一段时期内将有三种考试形式同时进行：一种是中国人广为熟知的笔试；另一种是在全球大部分地区采用的机考；以上两种考试形式都将被最新的第三种形式所代替，即托福四种技能的网考。网考托福于2005年首次登陆美国、加拿大、德国、意大利、法国。每一种托福考试的模式设计和分数标准都是不同的，网考的总成绩为120分，听、说、读、写四部分的分数比重相同。
新托福的听力和阅读理解的篇幅有所增加，另外，新的考试还包括“综合”写作和口语部分。要求应试者通过听、读文章，概括整合信息。为了在网考中取得高分，中国学生需要能够顺畅、快速从一个综合性任务进行到另一个综合性任务（例如：听一段关于生物方面的谈话，然后写出一篇关于此谈话中心内容的文章），并通过写作和口语，迅速而准确的表达自己的意见。
The new TOEFL iBT (internet-based test) is being phased in gradually in different parts of the world. That means that, for a period of time, there will be three different formats of the TOEFL test being administered worldwide: The paper TOEFL is well known in China. The TOEFL CBT (computer-based test) is the test format delivered in most parts of the world. Both of these formats will ultimately be replaced by the third and newest format of the test, the internet-based four-skills TOEFL iBT, introduced in the US, Canada, Germany, Italy and France in the fall of 2005. Each of these TOEFL formats has a different test design and different test score scale. A total score on the iBT scale is 120, with equal weighting on each of the four skills.
The TOEFL iBT tests listening and reading comprehension through slightly longer passages. Additionally, the new test includes “integrated” writing and speaking tasks, which require the test taker to summarize and synthesize information from reading and/or listening passages. To get a high score on the iBT test, Chinese students will need to smoothly and quickly navigate from one integrated task to the next (e.g., listen to a Biology talk, then write a short essay on the ideas in that talk) and to express themselves quickly and clearly through writing and speaking.
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