各地考场信息——北美方面
Usa
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考场不大,只能容纳20、30人,是小隔间,类似国内的语音室。
# x$ K6 p, d+ p我是最后一个注册的,结果坐在最贴近门的位置。除了听力,我特意把声量调到,其他时间感觉一直都很难集中注意力。不休息的时候有管理员进出,休息的时候有考友进出。加上本身又非常紧张,所以时不时地分散注意力。所以还是建议大家考试那天早点到考场。如果说第一个不好,那么千万也别是最后一个。做在门旁干扰实在比较大。
% ]; d3 I z% T2 k$ V* |5 i' c管理员还是比较友好的。休息期间我只是去了下洗手间,来回只用了一分多钟。我本想直接进去考试了,管理员说我只休息了一分钟,告诉我还有时间。不过我出来后过了大概也就一两分钟吧,她就叫我进去考试了。没有出现情况说非得休息10分钟才能考试。5 P4 E5 y" j) A- N
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ast orange
! Y8 M7 ^' R9 h3 w8 O9 g那个考点的条件实在是太太太太差了。冷气根本不起作用,房间里热的要死。一个大风扇对着我吹。可怜的我,为了怕冷气太冷,还穿的很多。然后桌子很旧很旧,中间已经弯下去了。两个人一台,正好在倾斜面上。中间用纸板!!!!!格开。中间纸板还差点倒下来!!这次我要没考好,以后再也不去这个地方了, R, O; y1 k b: y
但是其实也有好处,就是那两个人几乎不来管你。我觉得在里面做什么都看一眼的样子。没人来一直看着你。而且我的包包还带进去了。中间也有人居然电话响!我们也可以自由进出。休息的时间也没一定。我就几乎休息了20分钟。
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allentown
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看到在这考的asia face不是很多,staff基本nice,我中途break想提前进去,结果一个黑mm说我还不到10分钟,不让我进去,说是policy,不知道其他人遇到的情况是怎么样的.
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thomson prometric test center (981 North Wales Rd, #15 North philadelphia)( K/ x& x6 v3 N# d9 H* B( q
总体来说还不错,冷气很冷,幸亏穿了个小薄外套. 工作人员也算和蔼可亲,有个小黑MM虽然开始一直板着脸没什么笑容,后来我走的时候倒是笑了一下。考场不大,一格一格的电脑台,靠得比较近,我用的电脑还好,一直听话没有出问题。我是第一个被放进去的,开始还挺高兴,因为被安排到最里面,其实并不好,因为我开始做阅读了,后面的人也陆续进来了,调麦克的声音四起,我完全不能专心看阅读,第一篇做得一塌糊涂。旁边的俄国GG说话象打雷一样,他一说话我就要吓得一愣。反正互相影响是不可避免的了,但是如果要我选,我宁可晚点进去,这样做听力的时候别人说口语我还可以调麦克的声音,觉得没那么困扰。) {4 Q5 D( U" n; T/ o6 ?% O3 d
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Philadelphia, 费城- X0 c9 ^" c, q2 f
Thomson prometric test center。 Thomson是专业负责考试的承包公司,美国各个城市都有.
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6 R7 N3 O. G7 m6 M& q2 P% _设备比较专业。每个人有一小隔空间。别人做口语的时候把听力音量调大就并不妨碍。 e% r# L7 e# P4 e% P" I. N
staff表面上都彬彬有礼,实际上非常提防亚裔尤其是PRChina护照的人。比如说我的美国朋友打电话过去问关于10分钟break的事情,她们就说可以延长到15分钟。而任何亚裔考生去问绝对是:只能是10分钟,绝对不可以延长!或者是没到10分钟绝对不可以提前进去!2 Q* \% _7 K% b. p3 q7 N: ?* p
Thomson工作人员对中国人的绝对,后来我的美国朋友告诉我,是来源于她们自认为对中国的了解,比如过去中国的作弊行为还有JJ等。总而言之,在美国就是这样,美国人自认为知道了你的弱点,就会狠狠地对付你。E.TS是非常头疼JJ,所以大家还是要保护一下JJ,不要让其查到这个吧,否则岂不又要有麻烦。
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总体来说还不错。每人一小间用隔板隔开,而且干净整洁,房内温度适中(因为看到前人的总结,所以专门带了一件小外套,刚好合适)。Staff 都还比较friendly and helpful。好像没有歧视亚裔的情况,至少我没有感到受到歧视。$ O+ J. m5 \# C( U8 T: H
唯一不足的就是电脑屏幕有点闪。害我做第一篇阅读的时候总觉得眩晕。不过过了一会就适应了。! V1 [" \0 c8 k7 m0 A
还有就是以前听别人说进场的时候要争取尽早进去,这样就可以坐在靠里边的座位,受的干扰会小一些。这边的情况好像刚好相反。我当时就是奋不顾身的第一个冲了进去,谁知道他们竟把我安在了正正中间的一个位置。后进来的人在我身后进进出出,并且大声地试音,害得我至少10分钟都没法集中精力。从我的经历来说,我建议大家以后还是稍微晚一点进去。这样当你进去的时候,其他人都已经坐好,并开始做题了,这样受的干扰会少一点。
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考点设在一个军校的图书馆(但是要从Abor rd进去)) D2 s! C5 M( t4 F9 t/ @
从Charlottesville大概1个小时车程 教室类似学校的小型机房,仅一排而已,可容纳19个人。LCD,但是没有隔板。Fountain和restroom出考场就是,所以比较方便。" q# i/ P/ m/ N! X) L+ y# S8 g( I
两个人监考,其中一个是officer,都相当和善和耐心。( Z' m6 S6 Z0 Q3 j
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Hamiltion
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0 U' K, v4 P' J$ P6 ~; Y* l7 \the condition is not bad but each room have 24 seats. and my room is full!!!( ^2 s$ W* `, |7 ]# o6 p
a little tip, you can rest for more than 10 min if u want,cause the computer wont start until the supervior set it.
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有N个小考场,每个考场10个人。屋子小,空气不好。) e d2 k$ f; W1 s1 [. {5 x
而且不是标准的电脑桌,就是长桌子,人和人之间距离比较近,较受影响。
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6 p$ x7 l1 E" e7 l/ @网速在阅读部分比较慢,翻下一题的时候经常卡住,不过还好时间也同时卡住。
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Toronto
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all the guys wanting to book ibt in toronto must be careful, if you have options, plz do not try this center.$ F5 R5 Q: L% e, L; o7 t
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* the facilities are sucks: the test was in one big classroom, the front half is a regular classroom, lots of chairs mess around, and the second half are the computers which are used to do the test. all of these scattered around, 90 percent of them are very old used pc, and there is not any sparate stuff like frame between each computer. when taking the test the whole room was so noisy. Honestly, i just finished my gmat monthes bofore and this is my second to take toefl, trust me, remember this center and do not try it!* R) k3 L |+ r8 j
* I never tried such a bad service before no matter where i took the ets tests:
( j2 Z5 @2 F2 T" E the test supposed to be start at 6pm, some of people came here at around 5pm. All the testers stayed in one small classroom which is so dirty and no air-conditioning for the next two hours.5 x Q2 W g2 p
because of network problems like every other centers, we waited there till more than 6:30pm. during this period, what they told us is 5 more minutes, and 5 more minutes. And the worest thing is when one of the guys and i went to the testing room to check it out what was going on there, one of the examiner suddenly yelled at me : get out of here, get out of here. i think everyone could what we felt under such condition., V- |* p3 {5 \* v7 K3 h' b; `
during the test: during the time all the people focused on the listening, different noise keeping around us, the teachers walked back and forth calling louldy for password kind of things, and some of the teachers even do not turn off their cell phone, let their cell phone kept singing and then talked with his friends just out side the room.# d( Z& q8 J1 x1 a6 W' c
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Anyway, i will call ets on monday, i can not put up with spending nearly 200 bucks for such kind of service, it is shame of ets!* ]; A+ _. U% D; q* L
finally, i hope anybody who took the same test with me gvie me support, and let more people know do not try this center!!!!!!
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Vancouver
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30 people took the test in one room, a little bit noisy, but the staff were so nice. the computers, desks and chairs were in good conditions and comfortable.4 R: f* r6 q9 t6 k* G
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大温哥华地区华人承办的新托福考点。由于技术支持及时全面,考试期间基本没有故障。已经承接了十场考试,场场圆满顺利。