雅思的判分要求其实并不是一成不变的，只不过调成的期限跨度比较大小，而且每次调整的细节非常小，很少人能知道。但是，大陆这边明确已经做出对词数要求的规则更新；不再强制要求写作的词数。言外之意，如果你在考场上很紧张或者由于其它原因没能够完成150或者250词的要求，不会因为词数不到而扣去相应的分数。但是，雅思小编老师需要提醒大家的是，这个信号的释放并不是告诉大家可以不用‘长篇大论’了，相反，你会发现，词数相对多的人得到的分数也相对而言比词数少的人会好一些。这个并不是绝对的，但是，大家可以想到的是，如果仅仅使用100词或者150词分别去描述大小作文的内容，一定会出现表述不全逻辑不清晰的情况，这些问题都会影响最后的分数。
【题目】As a student, you must be excited to know something about American school students. In fact, just like in China, in the United States, high school is usually divided into two periods, the first two or three years are called “junior high school” and the other is “senior high school”.
In China, children enjoy free education of nine years, but in the United States, the students enjoy free education(which will be started when they are about 6 years old) until they are 18 years old. As a result of the free education system, American children have little difficulty in going to senior high school.
American high school students can take part in a lot of activities outside of the classroom. The activities are organized by the school, such as joining a music group or a sports team. Certainly, just like us students in China, American students have to work hard in order to get good marks if they want to go to a good university. They take classes in all kinds of subjects all through the high school period. And students with low marks at the end of a school year are still allowed to go on to the next grade.
In American high schools, there is fighting or hurting or other kinds of bad behaviors. So children who want to go to university are often sent to suburban (郊区的) high schools, where most students want to go to university and the atmosphere (氛围) is quite different.
【1】This passage mainly tells us about ________.
A. education of Chinese middle school
B. education of American high school
C. American free education
D. how to get into universities in America
【2】Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. The time of free education in China is longer than that in America.
B. Those who get good marks can go to a good university.
C. American students can take all kinds of subjects during the high school period.
D. They can be allowed to join the next grade even if they fail the school-year exam.
【3】The writer of the passage tells us the truth that ________.
A.the atmosphere in high schools is not good
B. none of the schools in cities are good for learning
C. suburban high schools are good places for learning
D. all the American students want to go to university
【答案】
【1】B
【2】A
【3】C
【解析】
试题分析：本文主要介绍了美国高中的一些教育制度及美国高中生的一些生活方式。
【1】推断题。由整篇文章的内容及第一段中的As a student, you must be excited to know something about American school students.句意为作为一个学生，你一定很想知道一些关于美国学生的生活的事吧，可以推断出该文章是在讲美国高中的教育，故选B。
【2】细节题。由第二段中的In China, children enjoy free education of nine years, but in the United States, the students enjoy free education(which will be started when they are about 6 years old) until they are 18 years old. 句意为在中国，孩子们享受九年免费义务教育，但是在美国，学生享受免费教育到他们18岁为止，可以推断出中国的免费教育年限并不比美国的长，故选A。
【3】推断题。由最后一段中的So children who want to go to university are often sent to suburban (郊区的) high schools, where most students want to go to university and the atmosphere (氛围) is quite different.句意为所以那些想要上大学的学生都被送到郊区的高中，在郊区的高中，大部分学生想上大学，并且那儿的学习氛围和其他高中的是完全不一样的，故选C。
