详解新GRE阅读考试的改革
<p> 新<span word="GRE">GRE</span>阅读的改革：在过去的十年里，<span word="GRE">GRE</span>一直在呼唤着改革，一直在酝酿着变革，也的确做出了一些变革，但都不是那么成功。十年磨一剑，这次的<span word="GRE">GRE</span>改革，不仅仅是一些内容框架出现了变化，而且评分体系发生重大变化，并且它的应用面更加宽泛。<span word="GRE">GRE</span>阅读作为考察学生认知能力的重点题目，在这次改革中也随之发生变革。从<span word="ETS">ETS</span>官方网站的叙述中，最为核心的整个考试的变化为如下几点：</p><p> <span word="Greater">Greater</span> <span word="emphasis">emphasis</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="higher">higher</span> <span word="cognitive">cognitive</span> <span word="skills">skills</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="less">less</span> <span word="dependence">dependence</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="vocabulary">vocabulary</span></p><p> <span word="More">More</span> <span word="text">text</span>-<span word="based">based</span> <span word="materials">materials</span>, <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="reading">reading</span> <span word="passages">passages</span></p><p> <span word="A">A</span> <span word="broader">broader</span> <span word="selection">selection</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="reading">reading</span> <span word="passages">passages</span></p><p> <span word="Emphasis">Emphasis</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="skills">skills</span> <span word="related">related</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="graduate">graduate</span> <span word="work">work</span>, <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="complex">complex</span> <span word="reasoning">reasoning</span></p><p> <span word="Expansion">Expansion</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="computer">computer</span>-<span word="enabled">enabled</span> <span word="tasks">tasks</span></p><p> <span word="Two">Two</span> 40-<span word="minute">minute</span> <span word="sections">sections</span> <span word="rather">rather</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="one">one</span> 30-<span word="minute">minute</span> <span word="section">section</span></p><p> 逐点分析，我们不难发现几乎每条都于阅读部分难度和重要性的提高分不开的。所谓的<span word="cognitive">cognitive</span>认知性能力，是所有阅读测试的核心，即主要依赖文章本身而非经验性的一种理解能力。</p><p> 不仅在能力上提出了更高要求，阅读文章本身不论从选择题材的广度，每个<span word="Section">Section</span>考察的篇幅数量都大大提升。在计算机新媒介的辅助下，<span word="ETS">ETS</span>把<span word="GRE">GRE</span>阅读注册商标般的推理也提高到新的层次进行考察。简而言之，阅读可谓成为了新<span word="GRE">GRE</span>考试中的重中之重。</p>
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