新GRE考試的改革一直都是很多考生關注的焦點,改革之后的新GRE考試題型發生了很大的變化,為了幫助大家更好的應對新GRE考試,下面小編給大家介紹一下新GRE考試題型的變化。
此次新GRE考試題型方面的改革,指導思想是使考試結果能更好地反映并評估那些學生在美國大學研究生院學習并取得成功所必備的技能。ETS相信這些改進有助于更好地測試各個考生未來取得成功的潛力。新GRE考試的內容如下:
新GRE考試的內容
新GRE考試總耗時約為3小時45分鐘,外加考生中場休息時間,共有6個部分。最先考的是寫作,其中包含兩項計時寫作任務(Issue和Argument);接下來就是兩個語文部分和兩個數學部分(其中一個部分不算分數);最后是研究考試部分。研究考試部分之前會有一個10分鐘的休息,其余各個部分之間只有1分鐘的間隔。現在我們逐一介紹:
A、寫作:
寫作部分將重點考察考生有針對性地對具體考題做出反應的能力,而非要求考生堆砌泛泛的文字。具體說來,這些重點關注的能力包括:
• 清楚有效地闡明復雜觀點
• 用貼切的事理和事例支撐觀點
• 考察/驗證他人論點及其相關論證
• 支撐一個有針對性的連貫的討論
• 控制標準書面英語的各個要素
對策:
整體來看的話新GRE考試的寫作部分改動不大,但仍要注意如下問題:
1、新GRE考試大規模更新了題庫,降低了考生依賴事前準備(如背誦)的可能性。
2、新GRE考試的issue答題時間由以前的45分鐘變為了30分鐘,要求考生的瞬間反應速度要更快,思維要更活躍,作文要更流暢迅速。
3、新GRE考試的作文原文會直接寄給學校,這樣一方面增加了評卷的準確和客觀性,一方面也給所有考生提供了一個機會,當然更是一個挑戰。
B、語文
傳統筆考的GRE我們比較熟悉,分為填空、類比、閱讀和反義四個部分。而新GRE考試分為閱讀、填空和同意填句(sentence equivalence)。
1、閱讀(共10個題目左右)
(1)、篇幅縮短,數量增加。
(2)、文章體裁更加多樣性,不只有陽春白雪,還會有市井俗文(academic or nonacademic);
(3)、題型多樣化。在新GRE考試中閱讀有三種題型:單選(5選1)、多選(3選多)、點句。
Sample questions:
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。
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
2. The passage suggests that extensive use of sequestration would, over time, have which of the following consequences?
A. The burning of fossil fuels would eventually cease to produce atmospheric accumulations of carbon dioxide。
B. The proportion of the delivered price of electricity due to generation would rise and then decline。
C. Power plants would consume progressively lower quantities of fossil fuels。
Answer: B
3. Select the sentence that explains why an outcome of sequestration that might have been expected would not occur。
Answer:
“But because sequestration does not affect the cost of electricity transmission and distribution, delivered prices will rise less, by no more than 50 percent.”
2、填空
(1)、每題總長度1-5句話。設有1-3個空格。
(2)、若2或3個空,每空對應三個選項,若一個空,對應5個選項。
(3)、獨立選擇,沒有連帶關系。
Sample questions:
Directions: For each blank select one entry from the corresponding column of choices. Fill all blanks in the way that best completes the text。
1. It is refreshing to read a book about our planet by an author who does not allow facts to be (1)__________ by politics: well aware of the political disputes about the effects of human activities on climate and biodiversity, this author does not permit them to (2)__________ his comprehensive description of what we know about our biosphere. He emphasizes the enormous gaps in our knowledge, the sparseness of our observations, and the (3)__________, calling attention to the many aspects of planetary evolution that must be better understood before we can accurately diagnose the condition of our planet。
以上就是關于新GRE考試題型變化的詳細解析,本文針對改革后的新GRE考試的特點及相關備考策略進行了詳細介紹,希望能夠給大家提供一些幫助。
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