4、90%的考生，只使用“单”词，而不使用“词串”
不会使用“词串”的考生，得分一定会被扣0.5-1分(毫不夸张地讲)。事实上，不会“词串”恰恰是中国考生的致命伤，它除了影响了你的词汇分，还影响了流利分和速度分。让我们来举例说明：
“单”词答题
“词串”答题
I LOVE basketball.
I’m CRAZY ABOUT basketball。
I OFTEN play basketball。
I’ve been playing basketball REFULARLY FOR ABOUT THREE MONTHS。
It’s IMPORTANT for children to play games。
Children can BENEFIT A LOT FROM playing games。
China has CHANGED A LOT in the past ten years.
China has TAKEN ON A NEW FACE in the past ten years。
My father has INFLUENCED me a lot。
Forrest Gump has TAUGHT ME A LOT ABOUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IN MY LIFE。
5、99%的考生，只使用“一种语法”，而不使用“多种语法”
多数中国考生，只使用单一的语法结构，即主谓宾结构，如We must protect the environment. 而很少使用多种语法，如被动语态、强调句、虚拟语态、疑问句、感叹句等，比如说：
(1) A lot of measures have been adopted in China to best protect the environment。
(2) What can be more important than environment?
(3) What would happen to us if nothing were done to protect the environment?
多种语法，说来容易做来难，因为中国考生本性“含蓄害羞”，最喜欢用平铺直叙的陈述句，而很少表情丰富地使用疑问句、感叹句、强调句等。我们只能说，只有稍微改变自己害羞的个性，才有可能操练起多种语法，否则，“多种语法”则成了impossible mission。