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SAT阅读内容之深,涉及之广,相信大家都是有所耳闻的。今天我们来看一下SAT阅读题型的另外两大块:对作者写作技能的考察(Rhetoric:The Author's Craft)以及综合题(Synthesis)。
首先来看下对作者写作技能的考察,包括以下题型:
1、单词/词组/句子功能题(AnalyzingWord Choice),包括使用目的,作用和效果。如:Woolfuses the word "we" throughout the passage mainly to…?
2、文本结构题(AnalyzingText 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:Overthe course of the passage, the main focus of the narrative shiftsfrom the … to…?
3、观点态度题(AnalyzingPoint 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:Thestance Jordan takes in the passage is best described as that of…?
4、目的题 (AnalyzingPurpose),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:Themain purpose of the passage is to…?
5、论证题 (AnalyzingArguments),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:Astudent claims that nitrogenous bases pair randomly with one another.Which of the following statements in the passage contradicts thestudent's claim?
再来看下综合题,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。
1、双篇题(AnalyzingMultiple Questions)通常分为取同,取异,互联题。
* 取同题,对两篇文章的相同点的考察。如:Thecrows in Passage 1 and the ravens in Passage 2 shared which trait?
* 取异题,对两篇文章的不同点的考察。如:Onedifference between the experiments described in the two passages isthat unlike the researchers discussed in Passage 1, the author ofPassage 2…?
* 互联题,对两篇文章的相关性的考察。如:Isthe main conclusion presented by the author of Passage 2 consistentwith Morgan's canon, as described in Passage 1?
2、图表题 (AnalyzingQuantitative 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:Whichclaim about traffic congestion is supported by the graph?或者:Itcan reasonably be inferred from the passage and the graphic that…?