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美国留学，不管是高中、本科还是研究生，国际留学生都需要提供英语证明(当然，有些情况下可以免提供)。这是因为美国院校的教学、日常交流都是英语，如果学生的英语达不到一定的水平，会影响自己的交流、沟通与学业。那么美国雅思考试与托福考试有什么区别呢?
原文如下：
一些美国大学要求或推荐国际申请者提交他们的英语语言技能的证明，通常是以标准化考试分数的形式。
两个比较流行的英语水平测试有雅思和托福考试。
有些学校喜欢一种考试而不是另一种考试，而另一些学校则接受两种考试的分数加上另外几个。未来的国际学生应该确保他们研究他们想要申请的学校的偏好。
如果一个学校没有偏好，学生们应该考虑托福或雅思哪个能发挥他们更大的优势。
托福的结构和语言在学术上更为集中，测试预科专家说，雅思有着更真实的交际感觉。然而，这并不意味着雅思考试是很容易的，Eliot Friesen说，IELTS curriculum manager at test prep company Magoosh。他说：“这仍然具有挑战性，但这不是你在托福考试中获得的那种深入的学术材料。”
另一个区别是学生雅思学术类考试大多是纸考，而大多数考生在电脑上进行托福考试。根据托福网站，参加托福网考、新托福考试的学生占97%，相对于纸质版。
具有较强打字能力的学生可能会觉得托福更适合，而喜欢手写的学生可能倾向于雅思。
未来的国际学生可以使用下面的表格来比较和对比雅思学术类考试–这版雅思考试适用于申请大学和学院的学生–和托福IBT考试。平均得分最低的信息来自U.S. News Best Colleges data。
雅思考试和托福考试对比
| IELTS (Academic) | TOEFL (iBT) | |
| Owned by: | British Council, IDP: IELTS Australia and Cambridge English Language Assessment | ETS |
| Test delivery format: | Paper-based | Computer-based |
| Cost: | - Varies by country | Varies by country between $165-$300, with most countries under $200 |
| - In the U.S., the test costs $215-$245 | ||
| Length: | 2 hours and 45 minutes | 4 hours |
| Test sections | - Listening: 30 minutes | - Reading: 60-80 minutes |
| (in order): | - Reading: 60 minutes | - Listening: 60-90 minutes |
| - Writing: 60 minutes | - Speaking: 20 minutes | |
| - Speaking: 11-14 minutes (section can also be taken before the other three sections) | - Writing: 50 minutes | |
| Speaking section format: | In-person with an examiner | Computer-based (students speak into a headset microphone) |
| Breaks: | No breaks during the listening, reading and writing sections, but the speaking portion can be taken up to a week before or after the rest of the test | 10-minute break between listening and speaking sections |
| Accents test-takers might hear: | Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the U.K. and the U.S. | Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the U.K. and the U.S. |
| Where the test is offered: | More than 1,100 locations in some 140 countries worldwide | Offered around the world, though ETS couldn't provide an exact count of test sites |
| How frequently the test is offered: | 48 test dates per year | More than 50 test dates per year |
| Where scores are accepted: | Accepted by more than 9,000 organizations globally, including around 3,000 U.S. institutions (see test website for searchable list) | Accepted by more than 10,000 organizations globally, including more than 5,000 U.S. institutions (see test website for searchable list) |
| Results timeline: | Results are issued 13 days after the test | Results are issued approximately 10 days after the test |
| Scoring scale: | zero to 9 | zero to 120 |
| Average minimum score required by ranked National Universities (fall 2015): | 6.3 | 78 |
| Average minimum score required by ranked National Liberal Arts Colleges (fall 2015): | 6.5 | 82.2 |
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