GRE语文考什么(深度解析)

　　在阅读部分，考生一次考试遇到的文章总数约为10篇(不考虑加试的情况)，文章题材会涵盖理工科(physical sciences)、生命科学(biological sciences)、社会科学(social sciences)、商科(business)、文科(arts and humanities)和日常话题(everyday topics，主要出现在逻辑单题中)。但是，无论文章的题材如何，考生在处理阅读理解题目的时候一定要注意不要涉及任何的背景知识或者过度推理，因为ETS对做题的依据已经做了明确说明：

　　Do not be discouraged if you encounter unfamiliar material; all the questions can be answered on the basis of the information provided in the passage.

　　所有题目都可以借助文章中提供的信息作答。

　　Answer each question on the basis of the information provided in the passage and do not rely on outside knowledge. Sometimes your own views or opinions may conflict with those presented in a passage; if this happens, take special care to work within the context provided by the passage. You should not expect to agree with everything you encounter in the reading passages.

　　基于文章中的信息回答每一个问题，不要借助文章之外的信息作答;如考生观点与文章信息冲突，请以文章的信息为依据作答;考生不需要支持文章中任何观点。

　　2.2.2. Reading Comprehension例题

　　Questions 1 to 3 are based on this passage.

　　Reviving the practice of using elements of popular music in classical composition, an approach that had been in hibernation in the United States during the 1960s, composer Philip Glass (born 1937) embraced the ethos of popular music in his compositions. Glass based two symphonies on music by rock musicians David Bowie and Brian Eno, but the symphonies' sound is distinctively his. Popular elements do not appear out of place in Glass's classical music, which from its early days has shared certain harmonies and rhythms with rock music. Yet this use of popular elements has not made Glass a composer of popular music. His music is not a version of popular music packaged to attract classical listeners; it is high art for listeners steeped in rock rather than the classics.

　　1. The passage addresses which of the following issues related to Glass's use of popular elements in his classical compositions?

　　A. How it is regarded by listeners who prefer rock to the classics

　　B. How it has affected the commercial success of Glass's music

　　C. Whether it has contributed to a revival of interest among other composers in using popular elements in their compositions

　　D. Whether it has had a detrimental effect on Glass's reputation as a composer of classical music

　　E. Whether it has caused certain of Glass's works to be derivative in quality

　　Consider each of the three choices separately and select all that apply.

　　2. The passage suggests that Glass's work displays which of the following qualities?

　　A. A return to the use of popular music in classical compositions

　　B. An attempt to elevate rock music to an artistic status more closely approximating that of classical music

　　C. A long-standing tendency to incorporate elements from two apparently disparate musical styles

　　3. Select the sentence that distinguishes two ways of integrating rock and classical music

　　Answer：

　　1 E

　　2 AC

　　3 His music is not a version of popular music packaged to attract classical listeners; it is high art for listeners steeped in rock rather than the classics.

　　2.2.3. Text Completion

　　填空题是中国考生比较熟悉的一种题型，因为很多中国考生的英语学习都是伴随着“完形填空”展开的。但是，需要再一次强调的是，GRE考试的Text Completion题目考察的重点依然在于逻辑分析能力上，因此考生做题的所有依据都是来自于题干给出的信息;借助文章之外的信息或者主观的过分推理都不能作为选择答案的依据。对于这一点，官方的说明如下：

　　Skilled raters do not simply absorb the information presented on the page; instead, they maintain a constant attitude of interpretation and evaluation, reasoning from what they have read so far to create a picture of the whole and revising that picture as they go.

　　考生在做题的过程中要不断对题干内容进行理解和评估，从已经阅读的信息中借助逻辑推理出完整的句意。

　　Text Completion questions test this ability by omitting crucial words from short passages and asking the test taker to use the remaining information in the passage as a basis for selecting words or short phrases to fill the blanks and create a coherent, meaningful whole.

　　考生需要以题干中给出的信息为依据，选择单词或者词组作为答案，填入句子使其具体通顺、完整。

　　根据题目中需要补充的空格数不同，我们常常把Text Completion分为三空题、两空题和单空题。

　　2.2.4. Text Completion例题

　　三空题

　　It is refreshing to read a book about our planet by an author who does not allow facts to be (i)__________ by politics: well aware of the political disputes about the effects of human activities on climate and biodiversity, this author does not permit them to (ii)__________ his comprehensive description of what we know about our biosphere. He emphasizes the enormous gaps in our knowledge, the sparseness of our observations, and the (iii)__________, calling attention to the many aspects of planetary evolution that must be better understood before we can accurately diagnose the condition of our planet.

　　Blank (i)

　　Blank (ii)

　　Blank (iii)

　　(A) overshadowed

　　(D) enhance

　　(G) plausibility of our hypotheses

　　(B) invalidated

　　(E) obscure

　　(H) certainty of our entitlement

　　(C) illuminated

　　(F) underscore

　　(I) superficiality of our theories

　　Answer：AEI

　　两空题

　　Vain and prone to violence, Caravaggio could not handle success: the more his (i)__________ as an artist increased, the more (ii)__________ his life became.

　　Blank (i)

　　Blank (ii)

　　(A) temperance

　　(D) tumultuous

　　(B) notoriety

　　(E) providential

　　(C) eminence

　　(F) dispassionate

　　Answer：CD

　　单空题

　　In parts of the Arctic, the land grades into the landfast ice so _______ that you can walk off the coast and not know you are over the hidden sea.

　　(A) permanently

　　(B) imperceptibly

　　(C) irregularly

　　(D) precariously

　　(E) slightly

　　Answer：B

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