《新托福聽力——道是有變卻無變》中從新托福聽力的出題形式、內(nèi)容以及出題原則著手分析，著重筆墨于新托福聽力的內(nèi)容及出題原則的無變性。本文將與讀者從新托福聽力的出題形式入手，一同再次剖析這“有變”背后的“無變”。
新托福聽力新增題型之“Listen Again”是本次變革中最為顯眼的聽力測試形式。此測試形式之新穎獨特處，乃覽望國內(nèi)外眾多英語聽力考察形式之未見所聞。
顧名思義，所謂“Listen Again”即在新托福聽力考試的某篇文章結束后，其中某一題采取再次復聽，然后根據(jù)所聽來做推斷既而回答題目的形式來考察考生。對新托?？荚囮P注者會發(fā)現(xiàn)，早在新托?？荚噭偢〕鏊鏁r，世面上眾多分析文章評論說：“新托福聽力考試可以聽兩遍了”。我們下這樣的定義不能說不對，但似為偏頗，至少會誤導對新托福聽力不甚了解的朋友會真的以為整個新托福聽力考試可以重復放音聽兩遍了。這也怪不得關注新托?？荚嚨南闰屨?。在未見其真面目時，僅依其官方網(wǎng)上透露的內(nèi)容去揣摩難免會被ETS誤導，即便是現(xiàn)在ETS在網(wǎng)上公布的新托福在線測試樣題與9月份真正在北美正式投入使用的新托福考試題也是有差別的。在這里筆者稍做澄清：（1）新托?？荚嚪乓暨^程是一遍完成；（2）只有“Listen Again”這種新增題型可以再次復聽文章中的某一部分，并根據(jù)再次回放的這部分回答特殊的問題。
看題：
下面我們看一篇新托福聽力樣題（此樣題的考察問題全部為此種新增Listen Again 題型）
（narrator） Listen to two student discussing a zoology course
（man） Now， we can move on to discuss the next part of the chapter， the part of the chapter， the part on land tortoises
（woman） Yes. Land tortoises are tortoises that don't live in the water， although they may live near the water. They only come to the water to drink or bathe.
（woman） Oh， look here in the book. Here's a picture of one of the 40 kinds of land tortoises.
（man） Land tortoises are the ones that live to such long ages， aren't they？
（woman） Yes， my favorite part of the chapter was the part that was about how long land tortoises can really live.
（man） How old can they live to be？
（woman） It's not really known for sure. There are lots of traditional stories about tortoises that lived for hundreds of years. I do remember hearing， when I was young， about tortoises that were supposed to be one-to two hundred years old.
（man） That couldn't be…No way.
（woman） Well， there're a lot of stories， but there's no accurate records， so it's impossible to verify whether or not they're true.
（man） Well， how old is the oldest tortoise on record， do you know？
（woman） In the chapter I just read， it said that the oldest tortoise whose age can be verified to some extent is the one known as Marion's tortoise.
（man） I read that Marion's tortoise was 152 years old.
（woman） Actually， I think the book said it was at least 152 years old. It was probably older.
（man） So， they're not really certain how old Marion's tortoise really was when it died. What is truly known about Marion's tortoise？
（woman） It's certain that a French explorer named de Fresne， Marion de Fresne captured an adult tortoise in 1766， and he transported the tortoise to the island of Mauritius in that same year.
（man） Well， when did Marion's tortoise die？ Are there authentic records？
（woman） Historians are satisfied with the authenticity of the records that show that Marion's tortoise died in 1918.
（man） How do they know it was the same tortoise？ Could it have been a different tortoise that died there in 1918？
（woman） Tortoises don't occur naturally on Mauritius， so Marion's tortoise was the only tortoise on the island of Mauritius.
（man） And so this tortoise had been on the island of Mauritius for 152 years when it died.
新托福聽力新增題型之“Listen Again”是本次變革中最為顯眼的聽力測試形式。此測試形式之新穎獨特處，乃覽望國內(nèi)外眾多英語聽力考察形式之未見所聞。
顧名思義，所謂“Listen Again”即在新托福聽力考試的某篇文章結束后，其中某一題采取再次復聽，然后根據(jù)所聽來做推斷既而回答題目的形式來考察考生。對新托?？荚囮P注者會發(fā)現(xiàn)，早在新托?？荚噭偢〕鏊鏁r，世面上眾多分析文章評論說：“新托福聽力考試可以聽兩遍了”。我們下這樣的定義不能說不對，但似為偏頗，至少會誤導對新托福聽力不甚了解的朋友會真的以為整個新托福聽力考試可以重復放音聽兩遍了。這也怪不得關注新托?？荚嚨南闰屨?。在未見其真面目時，僅依其官方網(wǎng)上透露的內(nèi)容去揣摩難免會被ETS誤導，即便是現(xiàn)在ETS在網(wǎng)上公布的新托福在線測試樣題與9月份真正在北美正式投入使用的新托福考試題也是有差別的。在這里筆者稍做澄清：（1）新托?？荚嚪乓暨^程是一遍完成；（2）只有“Listen Again”這種新增題型可以再次復聽文章中的某一部分，并根據(jù)再次回放的這部分回答特殊的問題。
看題：
下面我們看一篇新托福聽力樣題（此樣題的考察問題全部為此種新增Listen Again 題型）
（narrator） Listen to two student discussing a zoology course
（man） Now， we can move on to discuss the next part of the chapter， the part of the chapter， the part on land tortoises
（woman） Yes. Land tortoises are tortoises that don't live in the water， although they may live near the water. They only come to the water to drink or bathe.
（woman） Oh， look here in the book. Here's a picture of one of the 40 kinds of land tortoises.
（man） Land tortoises are the ones that live to such long ages， aren't they？
（woman） Yes， my favorite part of the chapter was the part that was about how long land tortoises can really live.
（man） How old can they live to be？
（woman） It's not really known for sure. There are lots of traditional stories about tortoises that lived for hundreds of years. I do remember hearing， when I was young， about tortoises that were supposed to be one-to two hundred years old.
（man） That couldn't be…No way.
（woman） Well， there're a lot of stories， but there's no accurate records， so it's impossible to verify whether or not they're true.
（man） Well， how old is the oldest tortoise on record， do you know？
（woman） In the chapter I just read， it said that the oldest tortoise whose age can be verified to some extent is the one known as Marion's tortoise.
（man） I read that Marion's tortoise was 152 years old.
（woman） Actually， I think the book said it was at least 152 years old. It was probably older.
（man） So， they're not really certain how old Marion's tortoise really was when it died. What is truly known about Marion's tortoise？
（woman） It's certain that a French explorer named de Fresne， Marion de Fresne captured an adult tortoise in 1766， and he transported the tortoise to the island of Mauritius in that same year.
（man） Well， when did Marion's tortoise die？ Are there authentic records？
（woman） Historians are satisfied with the authenticity of the records that show that Marion's tortoise died in 1918.
（man） How do they know it was the same tortoise？ Could it have been a different tortoise that died there in 1918？
（woman） Tortoises don't occur naturally on Mauritius， so Marion's tortoise was the only tortoise on the island of Mauritius.
（man） And so this tortoise had been on the island of Mauritius for 152 years when it died.