IntroducingtheGRERevisedGeneralTest文档格式.docx
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Thisdocumenthasbeencreatedtobeaccessibletoindividualswhousescreenreaders.Youmaywishtoconsultthemanualorhelpsystemforyourscreenreadertolearnhowbesttotakeadvantageofthefeaturesimplementedinthisdocument.Inparticular,numeroushyperlinkshavebeenaddedtoassistinmovingeasilybetweenexplanationsofquestionsandthepartsofthequestionreferencedbytheexplanation.Pleaseconsulttheseparatedocument,GREScreenReaderInstructions.doc,foradditionalimportantdetails.
TherevisedGeneralTestmeasuresverbalreasoning,quantitativereasoning,criticalthinkingandanalyticalwritingskills,skillsthathavebeenidentifiedascriticalforsuccessingraduateandbusinessschool.
Thispublicationprovidesacomprehensiveoverviewofeachmeasureofthetesttohelpyougetreadyfortestday.Itisdesignedtohelpyou:
•understandwhatisbeingtested
•gainfamiliaritywiththevariousquestiontypes
•reviewtest-takingstrategies
•becomefamiliarwiththecalculatorthatwillbedistributedontestday
•reviewscoredAnalyticalWritingresponsesandreadercommentary
•understandscoring
•practicetakingthetest
Ifyouareplanningtotakethecomputer-basedGRE®
revisedGeneralTest,pleasevisithttp:
//www.ets.org/gre/revised/preparefortestpreparationmaterialsforthecomputer-basedtest.Ifyouhaveadisabilityandneedaccommodations,visithttp:
//www.ets.org/gre/disabilitiesorcontactETSDisabilityServicesfortestpreparationmaterialsinaccessibleformats.ETSDisabilityServicescanbereachedMonday-Friday8:
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TestStructure
Thepaper-basedGRErevisedGeneralTestcontainstwoAnalyticalWritingtasks,twoVerbalReasoningsectionsandtwoQuantitativeReasoningsections.
Totalstandardtestingtimeisapproximately3hoursand30minutes.Allreferencestotimingandbreaksinthisdocumentassumestandardtestingconditions.TestingaccommodationsapprovedbyEducationalTestingServicemayincludeadditionaltestingtimeand/oradditionalbreaktime.Thedirectionsatthebeginningofeachsectionspecifythetotalnumberofquestionsinthesectionandthestandardtimeallowedforthesection.TheAnalyticalWritingtasksarealwayspresentedfirst.
TypicalPaper-basedGRErevisedGeneralTest
Measure
NumberofQuestions
StandardTime
AnalyticalWriting
1AnalyzeanIssuetaskand
1AnalyzeanArgumenttask
30minutespertask
VerbalReasoning
(2sections)
25questionspersection
35minutespersection
QuantitativeReasoning
40minutespersection
Unlikethepreviouspaper-basedGREGeneralTestandtheGRESubjectTests,whichuseseparateanswersheets,thepaper-basedGRErevisedGeneralTestisself-contained:
allresponsesfortheAnalyticalWritingtasksandtheVerbalReasoningandQuantitativeReasoningsectionsmustbeenteredinthetestbookitself.
PreparingfortheGRErevisedGeneralTest
Preparationforthetestwilldependontheamountoftimeyouhaveavailableandyourpersonalpreferencesforhowtoprepare.Ataminimum,beforeyoutakethepaper-basedGRErevisedGeneralTest,youshouldknowwhattoexpectfromthetest,includingtheadministrativeprocedures,typesofquestionsanddirections,numberofquestionsandamountoftimeforeachsection.
Theadministrativeproceduresincluderegistrationandappointmentscheduling,date,time,testcenterlocation,cost,score-reportingproceduresandavailabilityofalternativetestingarrangements.YoucanfindoutabouttheadministrativeproceduresfortherevisedGeneralTestintheGREInformationandRegistrationBulletin.Informationisalsoavailableonlineathttp:
//www.ets.org/greorbycontactingETSat1-609-771-7670or1-866-473-4373(tollfreefortesttakersintheU.S.,AmericanSamoa,Guam,PuertoRico,U.S.VirginIslandsandCanada).TesttakersseekingaccommodationsshouldcontactETSDisabilityServices.Contactinformationisatthebeginningofthisdocument.Informationforthoserequestingdisabilityaccommodationsisalsoavailableathttp:
//www.ets.org/gre/disabilities.
BeforetakingthepracticerevisedGeneralTest,itisimportanttobecomefamiliarwiththecontentofeachofthemeasures.Inthispublication,youwillfindinformationspecifictoeachmeasureofthetest.Youcanusethisinformationtounderstandthetypeofmaterialonwhichyouwillbetestedandthequestiontypeswithineachmeasure.Determinewhichstrategiesworkbestforyou.Remember—youcandoverywellonthetestwithoutansweringeveryquestionineachsectioncorrectly.
Test-takingStrategies
AnalyticalWritingMeasure
Everyone—eventhemostpracticedandconfidentofwriters—shouldspendsometimepreparingfortheAnalyticalWritingmeasurebeforearrivingatthetestcenter.Itisimportanttounderstandtheskillsmeasuredandhowthetasksarescored.Itisalsousefultoreviewthescoringguides,sampletopics,scoredsampleessayresponsesandreadercommentaryforeachtask.
ThetasksintheAnalyticalWritingmeasurerelatetoabroadrangeofsubjects—fromthefineartsandhumanitiestothesocialandphysicalsciences—butnotaskrequiresspecificcontentknowledge.Infact,eachtaskhasbeentestedbyactualGREtesttakerstoensurethatitpossessesseveralimportantcharacteristics,includingthefollowing:
•GREtesttakers,regardlessoftheirfieldofstudyorspecialinterests,understoodthetaskandcouldeasilyrespondtoit.
•Thetaskelicitedthekindsofcomplexthinkingandpersuasivewritingthatuniversityfacultyconsiderimportantforsuccessingraduateschool.
•Theresponseswerevariedincontentandinthewaythewritersdevelopedtheirideas.
TohelpyoupreparefortheAnalyticalWritingmeasure,theGREProgramhaspublishedtheentirepooloftasksfromwhichyourtesttaskswillbeselected.YoumightfindithelpfultoreviewtheIssueandArgumentpools.Youcanviewthepublishedpoolsathttp:
//www.ets.org/gre/revised/prepare.
BeforetakingtheAnalyticalWritingmeasure,reviewthestrategies,sampletopics,essayresponsesandreadercommentaryforeachtaskcontainedinthisdocument.Alsoreviewthescoringguidesforeachtask.Thiswillgiveyouadeeperunderstandingofhowreadersevaluateessaysandtheelementsthey’relookingforinanessay.
Inthepaper-basedrevisedGeneralTest,thetopicsintheAnalyticalWritingmeasurewillbepresentedinthetestbook,andyouwillhandwriteyouressayresponsesinthetestbookinthespaceprovided.(Differentresponsemodes,suchastheuseofascribe,maybeapprovedasaccommodations.)
Itisimportanttobudgetyourtime.Withinthe30-minutetimelimitfortheIssuetask,youwillneedtoallowsufficienttimetoconsidertheissueandthespecificinstructions,planaresponseandcomposeyouressay.Withinthe30-minutetimelimitfortheArgumenttask,youwillneedtoallowsufficienttimetoconsidertheargumentandthespecificinstructions,planaresponseandcomposeyouressay.AlthoughtheGREreaderswhoscoreyouressaysunderstandthetimeconstraintsunderwhichyouwriteandwillconsideryourresponseafirstdraft,youstillwantittobethebestpossibleexampleofyourwritingthatyoucanproduceunderthetestingconditions.
Saveafewminutesattheendofeachtimedtasktocheckforobviouserrors.Althoughanoccasionalspellingorgrammaticalerrorwillnotaffectyourscore,severeandpersistenterrorswilldetractfromtheoveralleffectivenessofyourwritingandloweryourscoreaccordingly.
DuringtheactualadministrationoftherevisedGeneralTest,youmayworkonlyontheparticularwritingtaskthetestcentersupervisordesignatesandonlyforthetimeallowed.Youmaynotgobacktoanearliersectionofthetestafterthesupervisorannounces,“Pleasestopwork”forthattask.Thesupervisorisauthorizedtodismissyoufromthecenterfordoingso.
FollowingthesecondAnalyticalWritingsection,youwillhaveanopportunitytotakea10-minutebreak.
VerbalReasoningandQuantitativeReasoningMeasures
ThequestionsintheVerbalReasoningandQuantitativeReasoningmeasureshaveavarietyofformats.Somerequireyoutoselectasingleanswerchoice;
othersrequireyoutoselectoneormoreanswerchoices,andyetothersrequireyoutoenteranumericanswer.Makesurewhenansweringaquestionthatyouunderstandwhatresponseisrequired.CompleteinstructionsforansweringeachquestiontypeareincludedinthepracticetestafterthetwoAnalyticalWritingtasks.
WhentakingaVerbalReasoningorQuantitativeReasoningsection,youarefree,withinthatsection,toskipquestionsthatyoumighthavedifficultyansweringandcomebacktothemlaterduringthetimeprovidedtoworkonthatsection.Alsoduringthattimeyoumaychangetheanswertoanyquestioninthatsectionbyerasingitcompletelyandfillinginanalternativeanswer.Becarefulnottoleaveanystraymarksintheanswerarea,astheyma
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