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1、智 课 网 G R E 备 考 资 料剖析样题,揭开新GRE阅读的神秘面纱-智课教育旗下智课教育GRE阅读样题是非常值得考生去仔细研究的,因为可以从其中掌握 考试的内容以及方向,有助于备考。下面,小编就剖析样题,帮你揭开 新GRE阅读的神秘面纱。 小编对给出的样题中阅读部分做一个综合评述,慢慢揭开新GRE阅 读的神秘面纱。在对题目做完剖析之后,总结相关的变化和值得注意的 要点。首先,先从宏观角度来看看GRE考试对阅读的考核内容。 从ETS 官方网站的叙述中,最为核心的整个考试的变化趋势为如下几点: Greater emphasis on higher cognitive skills and
2、less dependence on vocabulary More text-based materials, such as reading passages A broader selection of reading passages Emphasis on skills related to graduate work, such as complex reasoning Expansion of computer-enabled tasks (e.g., clicking on a sentence in a passage to highlight it) Two 40-minu
3、te sections rather than one 30-minute section逐点分析,不难发现几乎每条都于阅读部分难度和重要性的提高分 不开的。所为cognitive 认知性能力,是所有阅读测试的核心,即主要 依赖文章本身而非经验性的一种理解能力。不仅在能力上提出了更高要 求,阅读文章本身不论从选择题材的广度,每个Section考察的篇幅数 量都大大提升。在计算机新媒介的辅助下,ETS 把GRE阅读注册商标般 的推理也提高到新的层次进行考察。简而言之,阅读可谓成为了新GRE 考试中的重中之重。 样题剖析 Questions 6 through 8 are based on the
4、 following reading passage. Music critics have consistently defined James P. Johnson as a great early jazz pianist, originator of the 1920s Harlem “stride“style, and an important blues and jazz composer. In addition, however, Johnson was an innovator in classical music, composing symphonic music tha
5、t incorporated American, and especially African-American, traditions. Such a blend of musical elements was not entirely new: by 1924 both Milhaud and Gershwin had composed classical works that incorporated elements of jazz. Johnson, a serious musician more experienced than most classical composers w
6、ith jazz, blues, spirituals, and popular music, was particularly suited to expand Milhauds and Gershwins experiments. In 1927 he completed his first large-scale work, the bluesand jazz-inspired Yamekraw, which included borrowings from spirituals and Johnsons own popular songs. Yamekraw, premiered su
7、ccessfully in Carnegie Hall, was a major achievement for Johnson, becoming his most frequently performed extended work. It demonstrated vividly the possibility of assimilating contemporary popular music into the symphonic tradition.本选文难度和风格几乎和现行的GRE 阅读没有太大区别。题材又谈 到了黑人,尤其是爵士音乐。这种题材在95-00 笔考期间也经常出现。把握
8、住文章首段重要词汇however 抓住主题。 分清文中矛盾对象(创新与传统,不同音乐家间的逻辑联系),文章应该 比较容易处理。 6. The passage states that Johnson composed all of the following EXCEPT A. jazz works B. popular songs C. symphonic music D. spirituals E.blues pieces 此题正确答案为D。文中开始谈到Johnson 作为伟大爵士音乐家,因为其创始了新的风格,其中包括了blues and jazz。而在文章末句提到了他吸收了同时代的popu
9、lar music以及symphonic。注意该题的spirituals 文中确实也出现过,但是措辞用的是borrow from,题干问的是compose。7. Consider each of the choices separately and select all that apply. The author suggests which of the following about most classical composers of the early 1920s? A. They were strongly influenced by the musical experiment
10、s of Milhaud and Gershwin. B. They had little working familiarity with such forms of American music as jazz, blues, and popular songs C. They made few attempts to introduce innovations into the classical symphonic tradition 本题即为新GRE 阅读中新酝酿推出的所谓恐怖的“多选题”。其实 这种题型即为原来 GRE 阅读中罗马数字题的变体,只是难度进一步加大。正确答案B。-Th
11、ey had little working familiarity with such forms of American music as jazz, blues, and popular songs。本题从出题点分析涉及文中的比 较点。最后的逻辑关系用东方阅读体系表示可以是:Johnson=Milhaud and Gershwinmost composers。运用取非解题思路。 8. The author suggests that most critics have A. underrated the popularity of Yamekraw B. undervalued Johns
12、ons musical abilitiesC. had little interest in Johnsons influence on jazz D. had little regard for classical works that incorporate popular music E. neglected Johnsons contribution to classical symphonic music 此题正确答案为E。该题题干提到的critics 指引考生定位到文章首 段。经过逻辑和套路熟练训练后,不难把握Music critics have consistently defi
13、ned James P. Johnson as a great early jazz pianist however, Johnson was an innovator in classical music。类似于两个观点的对立,为结构上重要内容。 Questions 9 and 10 are based on the following reading passage.Scholarship on political newspapers and their editors is dominated by the view that as the United States grew, th
14、e increasing influence of the press led, ultimately, to the neutral reporting from which we benefit today. Pasley considers this view oversimplified, because neutrality was not a goal of early national newspaper editing, even when editors disingenuously stated that they aimed to tell all sides of a
15、story. Rather, the intensely partisan ideologies represented in newspapers of the early republic led to a clear demarcation between traditional and republican values. The editors responsible for the papers content especially those with republican agendas began to see themselves as central figures in
16、 the development of political consciousness in the United States. 本文为符合现行GRE 考试部分文章套路分类中的广义新老观点对比 型。文首观点说报纸最后的政治取向将会趋于neutral。而之后Pasley 提出的观点否认了这种看法(oversimplified)。具体从早期国家报纸的 党派差异论证自己观点。文章首句符合一贯GRE阅读的品味:长度达到 35 词的复杂难句子,为理解上的一个难点。 9. Consider each of the choices separately and select all that apply.The passage suggests that Pasley would agree with which of the following statements about the political role of newspapers? A. Newspapers today are in many cases much less neutral i