T他是语言考试,主要侧重于对英语内容的基本理解。而GMAT它侧重于你的逻辑思维训练,它考试的人本身包括了native speaker,所以它不会侧重test你的语言水平。
举几点来说:
T你可以先看题目,定位具体内容。BUT G是要先读文章再做题。前者很多时候我感觉定位的那几句话读懂了就可以做题了。但是后者偏向于作者写作的逻辑结构和框架,而不是侧重于detail。相反你只注重detail在阅读中是很致命的,you'll going to spend way too much time and be overwhelmed by information. BUT, if you just skim the whole thing, you may get nothing out of it ,especially when you deal with "suggest&inference" questions. 所以对于阅读,remember the focus question:
1.what is the point/purpuse?
2. in the case of facts/details. WHY are they there? What do they DO? WHAT do they explain or justify?
PAY VERY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE PARTS THAT WILL ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS and skim(or even skip) everything else!
说白了,它就是考你逻辑结构和提取有效信息的能力,很多detail都是distract你的。特别是工作的时候,有一大堆文件和材料你要看,你当然不可能一字一句的读,也不能只看其中某几句话。你必须要快速扫完有个思路框架,每个材料它主要内容是什么,支持它的理由的什么,它是用来干嘛的,只有这样你才能做决策和选择方案。这就是所谓的一种商业能力--just as GMAT test。
语法改错和T和我们平时的英语绝对是不一样的!!!!!要注意一点: SC里面的句子和你平时写的句子甚至和GMAT OG中逻辑和阅读的句子都是不一样的。它是非常高标准的formal English writing(SC 的每个句子都cost a lot of money,是GMAC花重金找人写的,而阅读和逻辑出题的侧重点在其他方面,所以对句子的要求不会和SC一样),通俗的来说:工作里面,我们要签合同,写文件。你当然要保证你写的句子是表达准确简洁(工作里时间宝贵,没有人会有时间看罗里吧嗦的邮件和资料吧),最重要是没有歧义(你要是合同里面有歧义是容易有法律纠纷的;平时邮件报告表达有歧义,和同事协作和沟通也是会出现问题的),这就是为什么读商科的人要求考这个试的原因。这些才是这个test的目的
看到有许人不停的纠结在sentence 的mechanics上,这会让你的SC复习及其痛苦和繁琐,也会让你的做题速度很难提高。maybe你可以通过句子的结构和一系列语法rule的分析做对题,但是!!!你的最终目的是在exam中用limited的时间做对,你一直执着于用分析句子mechanics的方法做的话,有2个结果:1.做对但太慢 2.用所谓的rule 或“看见什么必错”的原则很容易让你掉入GMAC的设题陷阱。其实:GMAT里需要了解的语法很少,它的语法点的难度可以清楚的解释给6 year old child and non native English speaker。句子的有效(无歧义,表达清楚)和简洁才是GMAT的宗旨。
下面share Manhattan里最有名的的instructor---RON关于SC的point:
他说的最多一句话就是just think about the meaning.”!!!!!
thinking about mechanics during your initial reading. this is a mistake. in your initial reading of the sentence,you should NOT think about grammar/mechanics AT ALL. not one single iota. the point of the initial reading is todetermine the message of the sentence. this is just like ‘normal’ reading—say,reading a book or magazine. if you’re reading a book or magazine, i would bet avery large amount of money that you’re not thinking AT ALL about the grammar ofthe sentences**. rather, the point is simply to read them and understand whatthey’re saying. (**…unless you’re just ‘reading’ with the deliberate purpose of exposing yourself to formal text. this can be a valuable exercise for any adult learner of a language, but it isn’t normal reading.) of course, books and magazines are not normally riddled with errors. so, perhaps a better analogy is reading e-mailsfrom a coworker whose english is not very good. imagine doing that. will there be mistakes? …oh yeah. lots andlots and lots of them. will there by ANY trouble understandingwhat your co-worker is trying to say? …almost certainly not. 你做完SC的题目时,可以Google RON 的解释,简单明了,对你的思维提升很大。
关于逻辑:我感觉工作几年后这个题目对我来说简单了很多。你只要紧紧抓住结论和题目让你做的事情,就基本不会出错。如果不紧扣住你要攻击的对象,你就没办法根据有关无关排除选项而且容易想多。。
总之找自己感觉最有效最适合自己的方法来复习,所以具体的个人复习方法就不提了,毕竟人云亦云,不想误导LZ.
hope above can help~~……^^
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