MBA Test Summary.ppt

,MBATrainingSessionASummary,PartI.Clozetest(30mins,10)onepassagewith20blankstofillin大纲要求：在一篇约300词的文章中留出20个空白，要求考生从每题给出的4个选项中选出最佳答案，使补全后的文章意思通顺，前后连贯，结构完整。a.Vocabularyb.Grammarc.ProperunderstandingofthecontextBecarefulnottobetrappedinthispost-examera.Sometimesoneofthechoicesappearinthecontext,butinfactisnotacceptableintermsofmeaningorgrammar.Youcannotrelyonthecontextinsuchaway!,PartII.Readingcomprehension(60mins,40points)4or5passages(altogether1800words),followedby20questions.考生应能读懂不同题材和体裁的文字材料。题材包括经济、管理、社会、文化和科普等，体裁包括说明文、议论文和记叙文等。根据阅读材料，考生应能：1.掌握文章的中心思想,主要内容和细节；2.理解上下文的逻辑关系；3.根据上下文推断生词的含义；4.进行一定的判断和推理；5.理解说话者的意图、观点或态度.,SummaryofreadingstrategiesYoumustfinddefinitecluesforquestions;andyoumustnttakeanythingforgranted.1.Questionsondetails(细节题)Readthequestionandthenfindtherelevantinformationinthecontext(sometimestheinformationisexpressedinquitethesamewordsbutsometimesinquitedifferentwords).Andtheanswermustbearoundtherelevantinformationinthetext.Youmustbecarefulenough,anditisusuallynotadifficultjob.,2.Questionsonmainidea(主旨题)1)结构法Paragraph:topicsentence,supportingsentences,concludingsentenceEssay:thesisstatement,bodyparagraphs,concludingparagraphYoucanfindthemainideaintheunderlinedparts.Ifthequestionisonthepurposeofanexample,theexampleusuallyappearsinthenon-underlinedpartswhiletheanswerusuallyliesintheunderlinedparts.,2)合并法Whenthestructureoftheessayisnotoftypicalorganization,youcanreadeachparagraphandmakeasummaryofeach.Finally,whenthesummariesarecombined,yougetthemainideaofthetext.Remember:activereading,ratherthanpassivereading,isimportantforyoutograspthemainidea,particularlythatofadifficulttext.Frequentlyaskyourselfquestionslike“whatdoestheparagraphmean?”,“whatistheauthorspurposeinwritingtheparagraph?”,or“whatisthefuncitonoftheparagraphinthewholetext”canhelpyoubefullyawakeinreading.,3).把握文章中的标志性语言.Whenthestructureisnottypical,attentiontospecialconjunctionscanalsohelpyougraspthemainidea.transition:Caseclosed?Notatall.Butthatisnotalwaysthecase.Nowforthenot-so-goodnews.(passage3,MBATest,2004),3.Questionsonthemeaningofanewword(词义揣测题)Whenyouareaskedaboutthemeaningofanewword,theonlythingyoucanrelyonforanansweristhelogicofthecontext.Sometimes,thewordissimilarinmeaningtothecontext,andsometimesopposite.Question62,2004MBAtestJudgingfromthecontext,whatdoes“digitaldivide”(para.3)probablymean?,A.Thegovernmentsanalysis.B.Thedividebetweenthepoorandtherich.C.Thepaceoftheinformationage.D.Thegapbetweenpeoplesaccesstothecomputer.Key:DPara.3:Nowforthenot-so-goodnews.Thegovernmentsanalysisspellsoutso-calleddigitaldivide.Thatis,thedigitalexplosionisnotboomingatthesamepaceforeveryone.Yes,itistruethatweareallpluggedintoamuchgreaterdegreethananyofushavebeeninthepast.Butsomeofusaremorepluggedinthanothersandaregettingpluggedinfarmorerapidly.Andthisgapiswideningevenasthepaceoftheinformationageacceleratesthroughsociety.,Wordsandexpressionsforoppositemeaning:a.NotAbutBb.AratherthanBc.A,insteadofB,d.A.However/neverthelss,B.A,butB.e.DespiteA,B.f.DifferentfromA,B.,Wordsandexpressionsforsimilarmeaning:a.Thatis,b.Thatisthenotionthat.(appositionalclause)c.AandBd.AorBe.ThecityofSuzhouf.Forexample/instance,.g.A,which/where,.,4.Questionsontheauthorsattitude(作者态度题)1)Tograspthemainidea.2)Tograspthemainstructure.3)Attentiontokeywordsorsentences.(Ithink,etc.),5.Exclusivemethod(排除法)Sometimesthechoicesareallveryconfusing.Butifyouuseexclusivemethod,theanswerisclear.Itiseffectivenotonlyforquestionsonthemainideabutforthoseonmeaningofanewwordandthoseontheauthorsattitude.,6.Avoidthetraps.(陷阱题)Thereareoftenperiloustrapsinreading.Thewrongchoicesresembletheoriginaltexttoagreatextentwhilethecorrectseemsfarawayfromit.Thenyoumustbecarefulenoughtoavoidbeingtrapped.Ifyoudigthetruemeaningofeachchoice,theanswerisclear.,Passage2,MBATest,200541.Fromthefirstparagraphwecanlearnthat_.A.executives,specializedexperts,arenomorecleverthanpersoninthestreet.B.veryfewpeopledecidebeforetheythinkC.thosewhopridethemselvesonbeingdecisiveoftenfailtodosoD.peopletendtoconsidercarefullybeforemakingdecisionsKey:C,PartIII.Translation(40mins,20)考查考生理解所给英语语言材料，并将指定部分译成汉语的能力，译文应准确、完整、通顺.该部分有以下两种形式，每次考试使用其中一种。A.要求考生阅读一篇约450词的文章，并将其中五个划线部分（约150词）译成汉语;B.要求考生阅读一篇约200词的英语段落，并将其全部译成汉语。Three-stepmethod:readingandunderstanding,languageconversion,polishingBecarefulnottoneglectlanguagepointsi