从下面的样题当中,我们能看出来,尽管ETS取消了类反的考察形式,但是更加注重考生的能力考查,任何一个考试的改革都会希望通过考题越来越真实的检验和反映考生的真正实力,而不是靠死记硬背而产生的高分。
因此,新的考试题型,对逻辑,对长难句,以及对词汇的基本功要求较以前更加注重。
Text Completion Questions
Text Completion questions include a passage composed of one to five sentences with one to three blanks. There are three answer choices per blank, or five answer choices if there is a single blank. There is a single correct answer, consisting of one choice for each blank. The examinee receives no credit for partially correct answers.
句子填空题包括1-5个句子组成的短文,里面有1-3个空格,2-3空格的题目每空格3个选项,如果是1空题就会有5个选项,每个选择里面只有一个选项是正确答案,任何一个选项选错都不得分。
Sample Text Completion 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.
说明:为每个空格从相应的栏组里选择正确的答案,用此方法为每个空格挑选最合适的答案。
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.
Answer: overshadowed, obscure, and superficiality of our theories
翻译:这本关于我们的星球的书读起来让人感觉耳目一新,:,。
他强调巨大的隔阂存在于在我们的知识当中,存在于我们观察的零散性当中,和(我们的理论的肤浅性)当中,因此在我们精确的判断好我们的星球所存在的问题之前,就必须要对行星发展的很多方面做更好的理解。
题目分析:冒号引导同义解释型题目,同时这也是一个表象对真相的题目,表象对真相的情况只有两种:1.表象掩盖真相。2。真相被揭露出来。既然这本书让我们refresh,,就是遮蔽类的概念,所以第一空格和第二空格找遮蔽类的词汇就可以了。
第三空格找的是the sparseness of our observations的并列关系,因此superficiality是最合适的选项。
2.Vain and prone to violence, Caravaggio could not handle success: the more his (1)__________ as an artist increased, the more (2)__________ his life became.
Answer: eminence and tumultuous
翻译:自负并且易怒,Caravaggio不容易掌控成功:作为一个艺术家其名声越是(显赫),他的生活越是变得(混乱)
题目分析:冒号引导同义解释,因此the more…,the more引导前面提到的不易成功的递进情况,因此最后应该说到负评价,那么前面应该说的是成功。并且两空格必然是评价相反,同时第二空格应该是vain and prone violence导致的结果。
3.The author's (1)__________ style renders a fascinating subject, the role played by luck in everyday life, extraordinarily (2)__________.
Answer: soporific and tedious
翻译:这个作者(乏味的)风格致使一个有趣的事情,日常生活中那些幸运的事情,看起来极其的(单调沉闷)。
题目分析:render这个词表明因果关系,因此两个空格的评价相同,所以要么全部是正评价,要么全部是负评价。如果选Lucid那么第二空格没有匹配,选colloquial在第二空格也没有匹配,所以选soporific是正确的答案。
4.From the outset, the concept of freedom of the seas from the proprietary claims of nations was challenged by a contrary notion - that of the _______ of the oceans for reasons of national security and profit.
翻译:从一开始起,对于声明海洋的所有权应独立于国家对其拥有的私有权的观点,就受到一个相反观点的挑战,。
题目分析:由contrary引导反义重复,因此句子提到了两种对立的观点,既然前面提到的是对seas proprietary的freedom那么后面就要提到约束类的概念,因此appropriation是对proprietary的最好的搭配。
总结:从上述4道题目当中,我们可以看到既然题的逻辑和以前的考试的逻辑一致,只不过是选项的表现形式变化了。所以我们以前的解题思路依然好用,尽管样题的第一题句子比较长,但是,总体上难度还算容易,当然不排除ETS每次给出的样题难度系数都偏低。因此我们估计正式的题目难度系数应该和现在的考试难度一致,不会相差太大,因为ETS要保证其评估体系的一致性。
Sentence Equivalence Questions 近义词双选题
Sentence Equivalence questions consist of a single sentence, one blank, and six answer choices. These questions require the examinee to select two of the answer choices. The examinee receives no credit for partially correct answers.
同义词双选题由一个句子,一个空格,六个选项组成。这些问题要求考生选择两个答案,两个选项中任何一个选错就不得分。
Sample Sentence Equivalence Questions 近义词双选样题
Directions: Select the two answer choices that, when used to complete the sentence, fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole and produce completed sentences that are alike in meaning.
说明:从选项当中选两个答案,用来完成句子。找到合适的选项使句子含义完整并且选项含义匹配。
1.Although it does contain some pioneering ideas, one would hardly characterize the work as __________.
A. Orthodox 传统的
B. Eccentric 异常的
C. Original 创新的
D. Trifling 不重要的
E. conventional 传统的
F. innovative 创新的
Answer: C and F
翻译:尽管包含了一些先进的思想,但是我们并不能因此而把这些工作看成是(独创的).
题目分析:Although引导反义转折的逻辑关系,所以空格的含义应该和前面的pioneer相反,但是hardly表示否定,所以空格填pioneer的同义词。这道题目属于典型的创新对保守型题目的考法,关键是就创新类词汇的掌握。
2.The corporation expects only _______ increases in sales next year despite a yearlong effort to revive its retailing business.
A. Dynamic 动态的
B. Predictable 可预言的
C. Expanding 扩展的
D. Modest 适度的
E. Slight 轻微的
F. Volatile 不稳定的
Answer: D and E
翻译:尽管用去一年的时间去努力恢复零售市场,但是公司仅仅期盼业绩(稍有)增长即可。
题目分析:despite引导反义转折,因此空格所填单词应该与despite所引导的句子产生的结果相反,正常情况下,付出了努力必然期盼有回报,因此这里找否定increase的词汇即可。
词汇解析:Modest 在韦氏当中的解释有limited in size or amount含义,所以在这里可以和slight并选。
总结:通过上述两个样题,我们可以看出来,这种题目还是有一定的解题难度的,因为近义词的考察,不仅仅是同义词,还有可能是上下义词,6个选项当中必然至少1个近义词对,或者两对,更有可能3对,从众多选项当中选择两个正确的选项,其实还是在考察考生的词汇功底。
所以即使新的考试形式当中词汇题取消了,但是对词汇的考察却并没有取消,而是变了一个形式,并且增加了逻辑的难度。所以Sentence Equivalence题目其实可以说是类反题目的延伸。
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