小编发现很多SAT考生对考试题型并没有非常了解,其实SAT阅读题型包含三大类,本文将详细介绍新SAT题型分类。
SAT阅读有哪些题型?
第一大类: Information and Ideas: The Author's Message (对文本信息的考察) 包括以下题型:
SAT阅读有哪些题型——直接信息题(Explicit Meaning),
该类题型能够直接从文本中找到信息,题目中通常出现如下字眼“According to the passage," "states," "indicates,"等。如: The authors indicate that people value gift-giving because they feel it...?
SAT阅读有哪些题型——隐含信息题 (Implicit Meaning),
该类题型需要理解文本的隐含意思,题目中通常出现如下字眼 “based on the passage,” "it can reasonably be inferred," "implies," 等。如: Based on the passage, the author's statement "..." implies that...?
SAT阅读有哪些题型——类比题(Analogy),
考察对文本内容特征的把握及应用,如“Which of the following situations is most analogous to the relationship mentioned in line 5 to 10?
以上三种题型都是对文本细节的考察。
SAT阅读有哪些题型——循证题(Citing Textual Evidence),
要求为上一题的答案寻找论据或者为某个结论提供论据。
如: Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question? (寻找上一题答案论据)或者 In lines 46-50("Prosecutions...sens"), what is the most likely reason Jordan draws a distinction between two types of "parties"? (为某个结论提供论据)循证题是对文本论据的考察,在每个篇章中会出现两题,共10题。
SAT阅读有哪些题型——中心思想/主旨题 (Central Idea/ Theme),
是对整篇文章的主旨或段落中心思想的考察。如: The central claim of the passage is that...? (对整篇文章主旨的考察)或者 The central idea of the fourth paragraph (line 35-57) is that...? (对段落中心思想的考察)
SAT阅读有哪些题型——小结题(Summary),
对整篇文章或段落的小结,如:Which choice best summarizes the passage?
关系题(Relationship),考察人物,事件,观点之间的因果,对比,递进等关系,如:Which choice best describes the relationship between neurons and celebrities?
SAT阅读有哪些题型——单词/词组释义题 (Interpreting Words and Phrases in Context),
顾名思义,即是对单词、词组意思的考察。如:As used in line 10, "intense" most nearly means...?
以上8种题型为对文本所传达的信息的考察。
第二大类:Rhetoric: The Author's Craft (对作者写作技能的考察)包括以下题型:
单词/词组/句子功能题(Analyzing Word Choice), 包括使用目的,作用和效果。如:Woolf uses the word "we" throughout the passage mainly to...?
文本结构题(Analyzing Text Structure),对文本总体结构的考察或对部分内容与整篇文章的关系的考察。如:Over the course of the passage, the main focus of the narrative shifts from the ... to...?
SAT阅读有哪些题型——观点态度题(Analyzing Point of View),
对作者或人物观点,态度和立场的考察。题目中通常包括"perspective","point of view"等字眼。如:The stance Jordan takes in the passage is best described as that of...?
SAT阅读有哪些题型——目的题 (Analyzing Purpose),
对整篇文章或部分段落目的的考察。题目中通常包括“purpose”,“function”等字眼。选项中也通常出现“criticize”, “support”, “present”, “introduce”等字眼。如:The main purpose of the passage is to...?
SAT阅读有哪些题型——论证题 (Analyzing Arguments),
对作者在论证过程中的论点,反论点,论证方式和论据的考察。题目中通常出现 “claim”, “counterclaim”, “reason”, “evidence”等字眼。如:A student claims that nitrogenous bases pair randomly with one another. Which of the following statements in the passage contradicts the student's claim?
以上5种题型是对作者写作技能的考察。
第三大类:
SAT阅读有哪些题型——Synthesis (综合题),
该类指的是涉及到双篇文章的题目或文章与图表综合考察的题目。
SAT阅读有哪些题型——双篇题(Analyzing Multiple Questions)通常分为取同,取异,互联题。如下:取同题 ,对两篇文章的相同点的考察。如:The crows in Passage 1 and the ravens in Passage 2 shared which trait?
SAT阅读有哪些题型——取异题,
对两篇文章的不同点的考察。如:One difference between the experiments described in the two passages is that unlike the researchers discussed in Passage 1, the author of Passage 2...?
SAT阅读有哪些题型——互联题,
对两篇文章的相关性的考察。如:Is the main conclusion presented by the author of Passage 2 consistent with Morgan's canon, as described in Passage 1?
以上三种题型皆涉及到对双篇文章的分析。
SAT阅读有哪些题型——图表题 (Analyzing Quantitative Information)
包括对图表信息的直接或间接 的考察,以及对图表信息和文本内容的综合考察。
如:Which claim about traffic congestion is supported by the graph?或者:It can reasonably be inferred from the passage and the graphic that...?
综上所述,从词汇层面看,词汇题考察的是词汇的意思和功能;从段落层面看,考察的题目包括观点态度题,目的题,小结题,中心思想题,论证题,细节类题型等等;