题目内容：

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中的两项为多途选项。

 November 30th, 2008

A few weeks ago, we talked about the Test of English as a Foreign Language, or TOEFL. A listener in Cambodia named Thida asks if American colleges and universities also accept the IELTS exam. IELTS is the International English Language Testing System. It was developed by University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations.

Cambridge University

Cambridge ESOL says the test measures true-to-life ability to municate in English for education, immigration or employment. The IELTS tests listening, reading, writing and speaking skills. It uses a mixture of accents and spellings, including British English and American English.

The test is used by government agencies, schools and professional organizations in one hundred twenty countries. ___1.___ Many American schools that accept the IELTS can be found on the Web at ielts.org.

___2.__. But the graduate school at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, for example, says it prefers the IELTS.

The listening and speaking parts are the same for everyone who takes the IELTS. But people have a choice of reading and writing tests--- either academic or general training. The listening test takes thirty minutes. ____3._____ .

The reading test takes sixty minutes. Students answer forty questions based on three written passages.

The writing test also takes sixty minutes. Students have to write two essays. One essay has to be at least one hundred fifty words long and the other at least two hundred fifty words. ____4._____; the longer one has to support an argument.

____5.______.The score is based on a recorded talk between the student and a test examiner.

A. IELTS is a prehensive test of your English proficiency.

B. And, yes, that includes the United States.

C. The shorter one is a description of something.

D. Some schools accept both the TOEFL and the IELTS.

E. These language skills are increasingly demanded by international employers,

education institutions and professional associations.

F. There are forty questions based on a recording.

G. The speaking test takes less than fifteen minutes