近来，为进入海外大学读书而参加雅思考试(IELTS)的学生人数不断增加，雅思考试的组织者们也相应增加了考试次数来满足需求。去年5月和7月间的雅思考试中，上海考生达到了10，000人，今年这个数字增加到了17，000左右，比去年同期增长了约70%。不断增长的就业竞争压力是许多大学毕业生选择到海外继续读书的主要原因。
Recently,anexplosioninthenumberofstudentssittingforthe
InternationalEnglishLanguageTestingSystem(IELTS)requiredforentryintooverseasuniversitieshasforcedIELTSorganizerstoincreasethefrequencyoftheexam.Lastyear,around10,000peopleinShanghaitooktheexambetween
MayandJuly.Thisyearthatfigurehasrisentoaround17,000,increasingbyabout70%overthesameperiodlastyear.Increasingpressurefromcompetitionforjobsisthemainreasonthatsomanyuniversitygraduateschoosetocontinuetheirstudiesabroad.
