美国"高考"纵横谈 Scholastic Aptitude Test

SAT即Scholastic Aptitude Test，是美国大学本科标准入学考试，可称为美国的“高考”。美国在2005年3月开始New SAT考试。

考试内容：

写作部分：学生手写文章一篇(student-written essay)；多项选择题(multiple choice questions)，包括识别句子错误(Identifying sentence errors)，改进句子(Improving sentences)，改进段落(Improving paragraphs)。

阅读部分：也是多项选择题的形式，包括完句(Sentence completion) ，文章阅读(Passage-based reading)。

数学部分：内容涉及代数，几何，统计，概率，数量分析等。

培训期间，完成8套试题。另加：TOEFL句子改错难题100，GRE完句题100，GAMT句子改错题100。作文参考范文100。

所有资料都配以详尽的书面注释，以便学员举一反三，融会贯通。

New SAT写作部分（Writing Section）介绍(之一)：

除根据题目手写作文一篇外，还有测试英语语法与句子结构、篇章结构的内容：

1. New SAT的识别句子错误(Identifying sentence errors):

New SAT的识别句子错误(Identifying sentence errors)与TOEFL的结构题类似，所不同的是New SAT还有E项(No error)。下面列出一些题目，供有兴趣者研究。答案与解释下次公布。

1. Susan and Peter /were inspired (A) to become /a professional writer (B) / after hearing (C) a famous journalist /speak about (D) the challenges of investigative reporting. No error. (E)

2. /Quick to (A) /take advantage (B) of Melanie Johnson’s /preoccupation in (C) the History of the Johnson family, the genealogist proposed investigating /that (D) history — for a large fee. No error. (E)

3. Howard Gardner, an /observer of (A) Chinese elementary education, has questioned the view that

requiring young children /to copy (B) models /prevents (C) them from becoming /a creative artist (D) later in

life. No error. (E)

4. The labor union /is negotiating (A) a contract with the hospital /that (B) /will satisfy (C) the demands of

the workers and /be acceptable (D) to all levels of management.

No error. (E)

5. The research study /reveals (A) startling proof of a /constant (B) changing seafloor that /comprises (C) the

major /part of (D) the underwater landscape. No error. (E)

6. /Since some (A) people are /convinced that (B) dowsing, a method of finding underground water with a

Y-shaped stick, is effective, but others condemn the procedure /as (C) /mere superstition.(D) No error. (E)

7. /Nearly all (A) of the editors of the magazine /agree (B) that of the two articles /to be published (C),

Fujimura’s is the /more exciting (D). No error. (E)

8. The exchange between the teacher and the student /promotes (A) learning /far different (B) from that

which results /as (C) the student listens /but does not (D) participate.

No Error.(E)

美国在2005年3月开始New SAT考试。为满足国内外广大考生的需要，上海前进进修学院开设New SAT实战培训班。针对2006年5月6日、6月3日New SAT考试的实战培训班正在招生。(执教教师有20年执教GRE以及10余年执教TOEFL、GMAT的丰富的教学经验，出版专著7本)。

采用教材：美国引进原版New SAT权威教材(免费发送学员)和上海前进自编内部教材： TOEFL句子改错难题100，GRE完句题100，GAMT句子改错题100。作文参考范文100。所有资料都配以详尽的书面注释，以便学员举一反三，融会贯通

以下是上期New SAT的识别句子错误(Identifying sentence errors)的简明解释。

1. Susan and Peter /were inspired (A) to become /a professional writer (B) / after hearing (C) a famous journalist /speak about (D) the challenges of investigative reporting. No error. (E)

【解释】(B)改为professional writers，因为主语Susan and Peter是复数。

【解释】(C)应为preoccupation with。