文章作者 100test 发表时间 2011:03:18 04:58:54
来源 100Test.Com百考试题网
传统GRE考试 | 新GRE考试 |
两个部分 | 两个部分 |
每部分38题 | 每部分约20题 |
每部分30分钟 | 每部分30分钟 |
仅从表面上看来新GRE考试似乎给了考生更多的解题时间,这一变化会让粗心大意者欣喜不已。这一理解偏差的根本原因在于没有同时考察GRE题型的显著变化。让我们再来看看传统GRE考试语文部分中的题型分布(请见表2)。
传统GRE考试题型 | 每部分中的题数/总题数 |
类比/反义词 | 20/38 |
句子填空 | 7/38 |
阅读理解 | 11/38 |
从表2中我们可以看到,传统GRE考试语文部分中阅读理解和句子填空试题仅占语文考试题目比重的不到二分之一(18/38),而新GRE考试则主要由这两部分试题组成。这表明,我们再也不能仅仅通过勤奋地背记单词而取得考试的优胜;想要在新GRE考试中获得相对优势就必须夯实自己的“实力”。这个“实力”就是在更广泛语篇中参透作者字里行间的意义。换句话说,就是新GRE考试语文部分成倍地增加了英文语篇的阅读量,变相缩短了考试时间,实际上增加了考试难度。这将使绝大部分中国大陆考生不堪重负,甚至丧失已有的竞争优势。 面对这种情况,我们唯有两条解决策略。一是在新GRE考试登陆中国大陆地区之前参加传统GRE考试;二是认真分析新GRE的变化规律并且切实提高自己的学术文章阅读水平。下面,笔者将着力谈及新GRE考试阅读理解部分的题型,以期对各位考生有所启发。新GRE考试阅读理解部分有三种题型组成(请见表3):
Multiple-choice Questions — Select One Answer Choice: These are the traditional multiple-choice questions with five answer choices of which the examinee must 0select one。 | 第一种:多项选择题I (5选1) |
Multiple-choice Questions — Select One or More Answer Choices: These provide three answer choices and ask the examinee to 0select all that are correct. one, two or all three of the answer choices may be correct. To gain credit for these questions, the examinee must 0select all the correct answers, and only those. there is no credit for partially correct answers。 | 第二种:多项选择题II(新题型) (在3个选择项中选择任意符合题意的答案,1项到3项均可,错选漏选不给分) |
Select-in-Passage: The question asks the examinee to click on the sentence in the passage that meets a certain description. To answer the question, the examinee chooses one of the sentences and clicks on it. clicking anywhere on a sentence will highlight it。 | 第三种:段中点选题(新题型) (在段落中点选符合题设问题的答案句) |
下面,我们举一个ETS官方样题题目来分析。
Sample questions 1 to 3 below are based on this passage:
Policymakers must confront the dilemma that fossil fuels continue to be an indispensable source of energy even though burning them produces atmospheric accumulations of carbon dioxide that increase the likelihood of potentially disastrous global climate change. Currently, technology that would capture carbon dioxide emitted by power plants and sequester it harmlessly underground or undersea instead of releasing it into the atmosphere might double the cost of generating electricity. But because sequestration does not affect the cost of electricity transmission and distribution, delivered prices will rise less, by no more than 50 percent. Research into better technologies for capturing carbon dioxide will undoubtedly lead to lowered costs。
(第一种题型:多项选择题I)
Sample Multiple-choice Questions — Select One Answer Choice
1. The passage implies which of the following about the current cost of generating electricity?
A.It is higher than it would be if better technologies for capturing carbon dioxide were available。
B.It is somewhat less than the cost of electricity transmission and distribution。
C.It constitutes at most half of the delivered price of electricity。
D.It is dwelt on by policymakers to the exclusion of other costs associated with electricity delivery。
E.It is not fully recovered by the prices charged directly to electricity consumers。
Answer: C
解析:首先,我们需要找到题干文句中的定位关键词 “the current cost of generating electricity”。之后,将这个关键词定位到文章中去,发现这组定位词出现在文章当中的第二句话当中:“Currently, technology that would capture carbon dioxide emitted by power plants and sequester it harmlessly underground or undersea instead of releasing it into the atmosphere might double the cost of generating electricity。”我们发现文章的下一句话当中出现了这样的比例关系。“But because sequestration does not affect the cost of electricity transmission and distribution, delivered prices will rise less, by no more than 50 percent。”这说明“sequestration”所导致的发电成本所占的比重不超过包括传输在内的总费用(delivered prices)的二分之一。既然只有“发电”和“送电”两个过程。那么,发电的花费当然是最多只能占到二分之一了。答案C所说正是:“It constitutes at most half of the delivered price of electricity。”故选。通过这道题目,我们发现ETS在新GRE考试中沿用了传统GRE考试的解题套路。
(第二种题型:多项选择题II)