雅思是大部分出国留学的学生需要参加的考试，那么考试当天要做哪些事情呢？跟着留学群来看一看2020年10月雅思考试时间（10月15日）。
2020年10月15日雅思考试当日流程：
2020年10月15日雅思考试包括四个部分：
听力：30分钟加10分钟誊写答案的时间。考生听四段录音，难度随考试的进行而递增。这些录音包括一些独白及对话、考生将听到不同的英语口音和方言。录音只能听一遍，但会留给考生一些时间阅读问题并记录答案。
学术类阅读：60分钟。考生将阅读三篇文章并回答文后问题。文章从书本、杂志、期刊及报纸上选取，不需读者具备专业知识。至少有一篇文章包含详细的论证。
培训类阅读：60分钟。考试的文章以英语国家日常生活素材为基础。考试的文章将从报纸、广告、说明书及书籍中摘取，考察考生对信息的理解及运用的能力。试题包括一篇较长的描述性、而非论证性的文章。
学术类写作：60分钟。第一部分，要求考生根据给出的表格或图表，写一篇大约150字的文章，考查考生描述及分析数据的能力。第二部分，要求考生针对某个问题或观点，写一篇大约250字的短文，考生要求能够使用恰当语气及语域（包括词汇、语法等）讨论问题，并展开论证。
培训类写作：60分钟。第一部分要求考生写一封大约150字的信，询问信息或解释一种情况。第二部分要求考生根据所给出问题或观点写一篇大约250字的短文，考生要求能够使用恰当的语气和语域（包括词汇、语法等）表达自己的观点，并反驳其他观点。
口语：11到14分钟。考试采用一对一的面试形式，考察考生日常会话、对熟悉话题作一定长度的描述以及与考官之间的互动能力。口语考试通常会安排在笔试前一周至笔试后一周的任意一天。根据考务安排的需要，在特殊情况下，口试日期有可能超出此区间，英国文化教育协会保留调整口试安排的权利。
雅思词汇精简技巧
雅思写作精简建议一：避免空洞的单词和词组
1.一些空洞的单词或词组根本不能为句子带来任何相关或重要的信息，完全可以删掉。
比如：When all things are considered， young adults of today live more satisfying lives than those of their parents， in my opinion.
这句话当中的“when all things are considered”和“in my opinion“都显得多余。完全可以去掉。改为：
Young adults of today live more satisfying lives than their parents.
2.有些空洞和繁琐的表达方式可以进行替换。
例如：Due to the fact that our grandparents were under an obligation to help their parents， they did not have the options that young people have at this point in time.
“due to the fact that”就是一个很典型的繁琐的表达方式的例子，可以替换，简化为下面的表达方式：
Because our grandparents were obligated to help their parents， they did not have the options that young people have now.
雅思写作精简建议二：避免重复
1.尽量避免重复使用同样的词汇。或者有的时候虽然词汇没有重复，但意思却有重复。这时候可以做一些简化的工作。
例如下面这个例子：The farm my grandfather grew up on was large in size.
large对一个farm来说就是size方面的large，所以in size可以去掉，改为：
The farm my grandfather grew up on was large.
更简洁的表达方式为：
My grandfather grew up on a large farm.
2.有时一个词组可以用一个更简单的单词来替换。
例如：My grandfather has said over and over again that he had to work on his parents＇ farm.
这里的over and over again就可以改为repeatedly，显得更为简洁：
My grandfather has said repeatedly that he had to work on his parents＇ farm.
雅思写作精简建议三：选择最恰当的语法结构
选择合适的语法结构可以使句子意思的表达更为精确和简练。虽然语法的多样性也很重要，但选择最恰当的语法结构仍然是更为重要的考虑因素。以下原则是在考虑选择何种语法结构时可以参考的原则：
1.一个句子的主语和谓语动词应该能够反映句子中最重要的意思。
例如：The situation that resulted in my grandfather＇s not being able to study engineering was that his father needed help on the farm.
从意思上来分析，上面这句话需要表达的重要的概念是“grandfather＇s not being able to study”，而在表达这个概念时，原句用的主语是situation，谓语动词是was，不能强调需要表达的重点概念，可以改为下面这句话：
My grandfather couldn＇t study engineering because his father needed help on the farm.
2.避免频繁使用“there be”结构。
例如下面的句子：There were 25 cows on the farm that my grandfather had to milk every day. It was hard work for my grandfather.
可以改为：
My grandfather worked hard. He had to milk 25 cows on the farm every day.
更简洁的句式为：
My grandfather worked hard milking 25 cows daily.
3.把从句改为短语或单词。
例如：Dairy cows were raised on the farm，which was located100 kilometers from the nearest university and was in an areathat was remote.
简介的表达方式为：
The dairy farm was located in a remotearea， 100 kilometers to the nearest university.
4.仅在需要强调宾语而不是主语的时候，才使用被动语态。
例如：In the fall， not only did the cows haveto be milked， but also the hay was mowed and stacked by my grandfather＇sfamily.
本句不够简洁的原因是本句的重心应该是“忙碌的家庭-mygrandfather＇s family”，而使用了被动语态後，彷佛重心变成了cows和hay。下面的表达方式是主动语态，相对来说更简洁一些：
In the fall， my grandfather＇s family notonly milked the cow but also mowed and stacked the hay.
5.用更为精确的一个动词来代替动词短语。
例如：My grandfather didn＇t have time tostand around doing nothing with his school friends.
Stand around doing nothing其实可以用一个动词来表达，即loiter：
My grandfather didn＇t have time toloiter with his school friends.
6.有时两句话的信息经过组合完全可以用一句话来简练地表达。
例如：Profits from the farm were not times they were too small to meet the expenses of running a farm. They werenot sufficient to pay for a university degree.
两句话的信息可以合并为下面这句更为简洁的句子：
Profits from the farm were sometimes toosmall to meet operational expenses， let alone pay for a university degree.
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