what are the signals in this problem that tell me what problem type it is? what sort of strategies have worked on similar problems? what factors have caused me to miss similar problems in the past?
误区3:我刚开始熟悉OG,所以只需要深深钻研,而不用管时间。 同样,只比“买来OG,然后让它落灰”好一点点,还是只那么一点点。 你必须时时刻刻做任何题目时,严格TIME YOURSELF。 记住:this is not a test of getting problems right; this is a test of getting problems right within the allotted time.
正确用法: OG就是OFFICIAL GUIDES,也就是说它们是纯正的如假包换的"the native speaker"。它们的用法、倾向、喜好、规则就是100%正确的,就是真正考试中的唯一准绳,就是你不能越过的雷池。其他任何资料,都有相当的风险。 不要指望通过大量做题、多种资料提高能力。好的学习永远是重质不重量。目标不是做尽可能多的题,然后期望培养出感觉或者撞大运。世上永远没有捷径,错误重复一万次,还是错误,不可能一万零一次就是正确。你需得make the difference,那就是钻研!所谓的顿悟、豁然开朗,永远不是简单重复后产生的,永远只发生在艰苦卓绝的努力后。
作者: tinatinajudy 时间: 2010-10-1 13:58
下面对SC、CR、RC逐一分解,列出我的策略。作者: tinatinajudy 时间: 2010-10-1 14:09 SC DOING: solve OG problems, focus the vast majority of your attention on finding ERRORS; make a tally of the # of errors of each type that you failed to see, and the # of times you detected 'error' that weren't actually errors; do a group of problems, keep ONE OR TWO of the most persistent errors in mind; do the same for other error types on later sets of problems.
REVIEWING: each SC problem should yield enough juice for about 10-15 minutes of review! what are the SIGNALS in this problem that tell me what problem type it is? what sort of STRATEGIES have worked on simmer problem? what FACTORS have caused me to miss similar problems in the past? STUDY CORRECT ANSWERS, since everything in the correct answer must be correct.DIFFICULT PROBLEM: analyze the problem and find the TRICKS AND TRAPS in the problem. (if you missed the problem, there should always be at least one of these!) find the SIGNALS in the problem that give clues to the correct strategy. this is best done via cross-comparisons among similar problems. try to find ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES that would work for the problem, as well as for similar problems.作者: zy290574668 时间: 2010-10-1 14:11
LZ给力啊~作者: tinatinajudy 时间: 2010-10-1 14:15
半夜两点了,困觉去了。原来写帖子也这么费事 把先前的东西一样一样刨出来,剃掉过于个性化的,然后还要思量结构、把剩余的有机整合起来。作者: 班西城堡 时间: 2010-10-1 14:23
楼主得到GMAT 想你掌握的精华了。。恭喜楼主作者: tinatinajudy 时间: 2010-10-1 14:27
楼上,我没明白您的意思。。。作者: tinatinajudy 时间: 2010-10-1 14:31
BTW,两次考试,一点机经都没看,作为一个中国人,我是不是太傻? 因为刚看到一篇帖子,他看了机经然后考到的题,相当的多,而且跟我考的几乎一模一样,只不过他在广州,我在纽约,前后相隔一天。
FIND THE ASSUMPTION DRAW THE CONCLUSION STRENGTHEN/WEAKEN EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE/DISCREPANCY BOLDFACE QUESTIONS/ANALYZE STRUCTURE
BOLDFACE 从来没有错过,所以没花一分钟去思考。
ASSUMPTION an ASSUMPTION is ABSOLUTELY REQUIRED. 简言之,你需要这个statement。shortcut: 1. ANYTHING that is MORE GENERAL than the passage = automatically wrong. 2. ANYTHING that makes a DISTINCTION THAT WAN'T MADE IN THE PASSAGE is automatically wrong.
STRENGTHEN/WEAKEN 这类问题则完全不同于ASSUMPTION,因为它不需要"necessary" or "required"。无论何时,选项给你的,TAKE IT AS FACT。 shortcut: 你的答案一定在原文之外; 任何REPEATING原文内容的,一定DOES NOT STRENGTHEN。 BTW,OG的对repeating的否定,那是相当的明确。任何一个重申的选项,错误原因只有一句话:restate。所以,看到repeating,杀无赦。
DRAW THE CONCLUSION 这并不是日常生活中的 "drawing conclusions"。 GMAT的conclusion MUST stay ABSOLUTELY WITHIN THE SCOPE of the statement in the passage! shortcut: 迅速排除任何落在原文内容之外的选项! BTW,PROPERLY INFERRED, STRONGLY SUGGESTED都是变种的DRAW THE CONCLUSION.
EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE/DISCREPANCY 这类问题的难点:找到这个discrepancy! 所以,在看选现前,把这个VAGUE question CONVERT into a SPECIFIC question.
Main Idea Organization of passage (purpose of this paragraph, what's the difference between paragraph 1 and paragraph 2, etc.) Author's purpose ("why do they use this/that particular word") Inference "According to the passage"/"The passage indicates"
MAIN IDEA NEVER JUST FACTS! 如果你非常机械地去做RC(有时候mechanics在SC有效),那么你非常有可能完全miss掉文章本要传达的信息。 那么,为什么会做错main idea的问题呢? 先入为主! 如果你先被动接受一个信息/观点,你绝对会不停地尽你全力去找各种各样的信息来support这个被动接受的信息/观点,即使这个信息/观点完全错误。
读完文章,NEVER FORMULATED MY OWN IDEA,直接跳到选项,都觉得似是而非,然后就会到原文中寻找蛛丝马迹,既浪费了时间,也完全掉进陷阱里了。因为选项必然是干扰的。GMAT的出题,哪那么愚笨?都是通过大量数据辅助心理分析,找出普通人解题的弱点,然后拼命在这些地方干扰你。 解决之道: 读完文章,paraphrase main idea。 然后看问题,如果是Main Idea,直接选最接近的表述。
其实,这个策略对这三类问题通通行之有效。它们的共性是:test things that are NOT WRITTEN in the passage Main Idea Organization of passage (purpose of this paragraph, what's the difference between paragraph 1 and paragraph 2, etc.) Author's purpose ("why do they use this/that particular word")
Inference 按照CR的inference来做,也就是变种的draw the conclusion。
"According to the passage"/"The passage indicates" 细节定位,这个没什么好讲的,回原文。千万别以为自己记性好、文章全看懂了,凭印象就选答案。一定要回原文,别在简单问题上栽跟斗。作者: tinatinajudy 时间: 2010-10-1 21:46
好了,所有的strategy全部写完了。希望能有点点帮助。作者: yangbaron8702 时间: 2010-10-1 23:18
感谢分享,非常认同这位姐姐的strategy~~祝后面学校的申请及生活上的方方面面都顺顺利利!PSZ的名字tinatina猛一看很眼熟,呵呵,因为gf的名字是tiantian~~作者: lucentjeff 时间: 2010-10-1 23:26
LZ THX!!!!! Thank you for those helpful experience im preparing for GMAT . Also in America E.作者: ponyoveronica 时间: 2010-10-2 10:37
坐等LZ的下文。。。分析的很透彻作者: tinatinajudy 时间: 2010-10-2 11:54
下文?哪里有下文哦作者: rockstonex 时间: 2010-12-31 22:13
感谢分享,写的真的很有道理。RC错的最多的也是main idea,很想像LZ一样阅读时能做到边读边paraphrase,只是一到做题就想着赶快读完,不会去想那么多了。还是要多练习啊!养成习惯作者: davidliuscu 时间: 2011-1-17 22:46
LZ给力