1. What does the author do?
2. What will make it impossible for poor students to get into a good college?
3. According to the passage, what can't SAT test?
4. The unlucky students are speaking of the on the Scholastic Aptitude Test(SAT),which is used to whether they will be to the college or university of their choice, or even have a chance to get a education at all.
5. It is that if students value highly their test scores, then a great of their self-respect is put in the number. Students who poorly on the exam are left that it is all over.
6. According to a study done in the 1990s, the SAT is only a indicator of a student's future in most cases. Interestingly, it becomes much more when it is set together with other -like a student's high school grades.
Background Information
背景信息
SAT(Scholastic Aptitude Test and Scholastic Assessment Test)被稱作學術能力測試和學術評估測試。許多美國大學都要求考生提供SAT的成績。SAT的目的是通過測試學生在高中學習的內容和他們的應試能力來衡量一個學生的學術潛力。SAT是一個多重選擇題考試,每個正確答案添加分數,每個不正確答案減分數。SAT也測試學生是否為了考試做了準備。學生對SAT考試準備得充分與否決定了學生的SAT分數,并決定學生所能申請的大學。
SAT包括三個部分,分別是寫作、數學和閱讀,每個部分的分數段是200~800分。平均分是大約1500分。大多數高校接受有平均分數的學生。不過,一些好的大學需要SAT的分數在2100以上。能取得2100分以上的學生是進入前10%的考生。統計表明,在一百萬學生里大約有二十人能在SAT考試中獲得滿分--2400分。
Words & Phrases
Words :
academic 學術的;理論的;學院的
accurate 正確的;精確的
determine 決定,使下定決心
indication 指示,暗示
prestigious 享有聲望的,聲望很高的
professor 教授
proficiency 熟練;精通
reliable 可靠的,可信賴的
willpower 毅力,意志力
Phrases:
be admitted to... 獲準......
be unable to... 不能......
be used to... 被用來......
even if 盡管,即使
have a chance to... 有機會......
in most cases 在大多數情況下
speak of... 談及,說到......
Sentence Pattern 句型
1. It is obvious that if students value highly their test scores, then a great amount of their self-respect is put in the number. 很明顯,如果學生將這一成績看的很重,那就意味著他們在很大程度上把自尊心與這一分數相聯系。
It is obvious that... ...... 是顯而易見的。