Verbal Reasoning
在這次的考試中,考試組合基本上都是Q+V+Q+V+Q,應(yīng)該說參加這次考試的同學(xué)RP不錯(cuò),在前三次考試都是加試V的情況下,ETS也終于換口味了。
PART I 填空
1.經(jīng)典的機(jī)經(jīng)三空題,本次考試完美再現(xiàn):
As the study of the foundation of western Shanghai reveals, there was, a sense of elegance in the refined, simple lines that characterized the entire row, bereft of the exuberant, emphatic, assertive, ornament that constituted the latest British architectural fashion, which expressed its detestation of Palladianism and neoclassicism - London's Regent Street then being regarded as abhorrent - calling it the product of a ------ "shopocracy". The ------ of Western architectural taste - oscillating between simplicity and ornamental ------ - must have bemused Chinese observers who had long accepted that both approaches were valid and could co-exist.
解析:這題本人在考前的GRE沖刺班上講過,強(qiáng)化班上后講機(jī)經(jīng)的時(shí)候也提到過。答案為BFH。講解從略。
2.老題改編:以前老G時(shí)代的雙空題,本次考試意外粗線,下面是老題。
Though extremely _____ about his own plans, the man allowed his associates no such privacy and was constantly ____ information about what they intended to do next.
A idiosyncratic……altering
B guarded……eschewing
C candid……uncovering
D reticent……soliciting
E fastidious……ruining
解析:此題考法為代詞型同義重復(fù),第一空對(duì)應(yīng)著后面的such privacy取同,第二空跟no such privacy取同,答案選D;reticent表示沉默的,solicit這里表懇求。
不過說到了老題新考,新GRE考試還曾經(jīng)考過下面這道原封不動(dòng)的老題:
Unenlightened authoritarian managers rarely recognize a crucial reason for the low levels of serious conflict among members of democratically run work groups: a modicum of tolerance for dissent often prevents ___.
A demur
B schism
C cooperation
D compliance
E shortsightedness
此題答案為B。
3.稍有變化的老題改編:我先給出老題,在給出新題。
[1]. The children's ___ natures were in sharp contrast to the even-tempered dispositions of their parents.
A mercurial
B blithe
C phlegmatic
D introverted
E artless
這是一道GRE的老題,答案選A mercurial,與后面的even-tempered取反,不認(rèn)識(shí)的可以自己查字典。
[2]. 上面說的是原來的老題,當(dāng)然本次考試是做了點(diǎn)變形,答案沒有mercurial,應(yīng)該選的是choleric (易怒的,暴躁的)。下面附上他們的英文解釋:
even-tempered: not quickly angered or excited; placid; calm.
choleric: easily angered; bad-tempered.
后關(guān)于choleric這個(gè)詞也要稍微說下,這個(gè)詞來源于古希臘的體液學(xué)說,相關(guān)的還有另外三個(gè)詞sanguine, melancholy, phlegmatic.其實(shí)都挺重要的,可以查一下看看意思。
PART II 邏輯閱讀
1. 邏輯
沒有找到可靠機(jī)經(jīng),故從略,考的題型都是加強(qiáng),削弱以及假設(shè),但值得注意的是,發(fā)現(xiàn)在考場(chǎng)上,相同的題干,有時(shí)候題目的問法卻不同,所以大家應(yīng)該要有的思想準(zhǔn)備就是邏輯機(jī)經(jīng)不能隨便套,還是要理解。
2. 閱讀
1. 高頻機(jī)經(jīng)red maple再次現(xiàn)身,red maple這個(gè)閱讀題在3月9號(hào)考過,這次又考到了。
[1]. 提出舊理論,提出解釋1反駁舊理論:美國(guó)東部的red maple越來越多?,一種觀點(diǎn)認(rèn)為這個(gè)和全球二氧化碳的增多全球變暖有關(guān),然后紅楓樹對(duì)這個(gè)很敏感,?美的紅楓的光合作用加強(qiáng)?,數(shù)量增多?(Some scientists think the increased atmospheric carbon dioxide help with photosynthesis of Maple Tree.)。However, this didn't cause the number of other trees in the same area to increase。說oak也對(duì)這個(gè)敏感,但卻沒有這種情況(But, the photosynthesis ability of Maple tree may not necessarily be better than oak trees.),所以這種解釋?成?。
[2]. 提出解釋2反駁舊理論:another explanations contains很多方面,比如下面:
(1) The increase of red maple trees might be due to the suppressed fire rate in the recent years,因?yàn)榧t楓比起其他樹木,對(duì)fire?敏感,要使紅楓在火燒后能迅速恢復(fù),火的控制對(duì)red maple的數(shù)量多當(dāng)然有很大貢獻(xiàn)。
(2) its unique capability to grow in both young and old forests, etc.
(3) The deer eat the foliage of oak trees in the summer and eat something from the maple tree in the winter (this is bad). However it is less harmful in the winter than in the summer for the trees.(deer要吃oak的seeds,特別在夏天,這時(shí)是oak發(fā)展快的頂點(diǎn),但是?吃紅楓的seeds,只在冬天吃紅楓的twig。red maple葉子分泌一個(gè)物質(zhì),deer?喜歡吃,所以red maple數(shù)量大,還有red maple產(chǎn)種子多)
1) 題目:文中提到"沒有使同一地區(qū)的其他樹木增加"這?話的作用是什么?
答案:為了說明第一種見解?正確。
2) 題目:與紅楓樹共同生長(zhǎng)的樹木?能怎么樣?
答案:They cannot lavish in both young and mature forests.(原文:red maples have the unique 怎么怎么lavish in both young and mature forest.)
3) 題目:哪個(gè)是紅楓樹的特點(diǎn)?
答案:只有它能在young和 mature age都生長(zhǎng)。
4) 題目:關(guān)于它的表述哪個(gè)是錯(cuò)誤的
干擾選項(xiàng):oak長(zhǎng)的比紅楓樹快。
5) 題目:What is the purpose of mentioning other reasons other than carbon dioxide increase?
答案:To downplay the importance of carbon dioxide in the increase in red maple trees.
點(diǎn)評(píng):此題為閱讀超高頻題,在去年的7,9,10,11四月都有考到,今年3月考到,這次的考試又中了。
2. [短閱讀] 有個(gè)人的文學(xué)作品?太好歸類,起初她在歐洲,受到歐洲surrealism的影響,后來搬到Mexico,還是繼續(xù)surrealism。再后來的一部分作品就realism(寫實(shí)主義)?,還同時(shí)有feminist的特征。注:我查出來此人應(yīng)該是Leonora Carrington。剩下你們懂的,翻Wiki刨背景。
點(diǎn)評(píng):2013年新科高頻題,又有涉及女性藝術(shù)家以及女權(quán)主義,這些topic可以說經(jīng)久不衰久考不爛。
3. 美國(guó)兩種松鼠,紅松鼠的數(shù)量上升,原因有兩個(gè):一個(gè)是森林破壞;一個(gè)是灰松鼠的數(shù)量下降。還說紅松鼠儲(chǔ)存的果子比較集中;灰的就分散(有題)。一種幫助松樹散播果實(shí)的松鼠效?比另外一種松鼠要高,但這種松鼠比另外一種?容?滅絕。
題目:紅色松鼠與灰色松鼠相比有?么特點(diǎn)?
點(diǎn)評(píng):這題去年12月考過。
4. 這個(gè)文章發(fā)表在2002?,自從70?代板塊理論(Plate tectonics)興起后,某人 suggest?一個(gè)理論來解釋為什么諸如太平洋火山帶這類的time progressive火山坑的形成,是因?yàn)閙antle mobility,下地幔的能?噴射出?的時(shí)候,穿透?脆弱的上地幔,然后地表好像是板塊在?動(dòng)的,接著就隨著時(shí)間的推移,在地上打?一個(gè)個(gè)相對(duì)位置relative確定的火山坑 plume。然后作者舉?反例反駁?這個(gè)觀點(diǎn),加重:if ..... is immobility,那么就?成?。后說近有個(gè)研究并沒發(fā)現(xiàn)動(dòng)。
題目:?jiǎn)柤又氐哪?話是干嘛的?
點(diǎn)評(píng):這個(gè)題目對(duì)于非地理學(xué)生來說有較大難度,大量的專業(yè)名詞可能難以招架,不過既然有機(jī)經(jīng)了,還是Wiki一下擴(kuò)充背景吧:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circum-Pacific_belt。這是環(huán)太平洋火山帶的英文Wiki,大家可以結(jié)合百度百科嘗試著了解下。
5. [長(zhǎng)閱讀] 美國(guó)社會(huì)學(xué)家對(duì)內(nèi)戰(zhàn)South Unionists研究的變化。
1. 提出舊理論:起初他們認(rèn)為在內(nèi)戰(zhàn)后南方對(duì)內(nèi)戰(zhàn)得看法是一致的所以沒注意到美國(guó)南部有這么一批支持United States的人存在(little attention paid to those southern heroes),所以?對(duì)他們研究。
2. 提出舊理論的缺失及新理論:后?一批新的歷史學(xué)家發(fā)現(xiàn)有dissent,覺得他們動(dòng)機(jī)?純。
3. 新理論的缺失:說那些新的歷史學(xué)家只研究?某個(gè)方面,所以內(nèi)容也有問題。然后利用他們研究南方的政治觀念和失敗原因,后終于轉(zhuǎn)化成為對(duì)于他們生活狀況的關(guān)注。
1) 題目:文章結(jié)構(gòu)?
答案:evolution of a particular area of history analysis
2) 題目:第二段后一?的作用?
答案:提出一個(gè)?同的研究方向(第三段的研究方向)。
閱讀關(guān)鍵字:unionist 聯(lián)邦主義者
點(diǎn)評(píng):在12年9月跟11月都考過此題。
簡(jiǎn)介:
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