GMAT考试逻辑解析
<p> 一、考查内容 <span word="GMAT">GMAT</span>考试共分三大项目,分别为作文、数学和语文部分,语文部分又由阅读、逻辑、语法三个分项构成。语文部分需要考生用75分钟的时间来完成大约41道题目,在考试时,每一道逻辑题的解题时间应当控制在2分钟以内。 逻辑部分的考试不仅仅考查考生的阅读能力,而且考查考生的逻辑推理分析能力。每一道逻辑题由文章、问题、五个选项这三部分构成,考生需要阅读并分析文章,并根据问题的要求在五个选项中选出一个正确答案。每一道逻辑题中文章的长度要远远小于阅读题中每一篇文章的长度,每一篇文章的逻辑结构都异常清晰。需要注意的是,在官方指南中明确指出,逻辑部分的考查是不会涉及具体领域内的专业知识的,学生只需根据文章中的信息就可以进行解题。 总体来讲,逻辑部分一共细分为10种题型,分别为归纳题、削弱题、缺陷题、加强题、假设题、评价题、解释题、填空题、句子作用题、论证方法题。但是在考试中,由于缺陷题和论证方法题很少会考到,因此考生最需要学习与练习的是余下的8种题型。 二、例题简析 下面一道典型逻辑题取自于最新的第13版<span word="OG">OG</span>(官方指南)第106题,具体解析如下: <span word="Exposure">Exposure</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="certain">certain</span> <span word="chemicals">chemicals</span> <span word="commonly">commonly</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="elementary">elementary</span> <span word="schools">schools</span> <span word="ascleaners">ascleaners</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="pesticides">pesticides</span> <span word="causes">causes</span> <span word="allergic">allergic</span> <span word="reactions">reactions</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="children">children</span>. <span word="Elementaryschool">Elementaryschool</span> <span word="nurses">nurses</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Renston">Renston</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="proportion">proportion</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="schoolchildren">schoolchildren</span> <span word="sent">sent</span> <span word="tothem">tothem</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="treatment">treatment</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="allergic">allergic</span> <span word="reactions">reactions</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="chemicals">chemicals</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="increasedsignificantly">increasedsignificantly</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="past">past</span> <span word="ten">ten</span> <span word="years">years</span>. <span word="Therefore">Therefore</span>, <span word="either">either</span> <span word="Renstonsschoolchildren">Renstonsschoolchildren</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="exposed">exposed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="greater">greater</span> <span word="quantities">quantities</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="chemicals">chemicals</span>, <span word="orthey">orthey</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="sensitive">sensitive</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="schoolchildren">schoolchildren</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="ten">ten</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span>. <span word="Which">Which</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="following">following</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="assumption">assumption</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="argumentdepends">argumentdepends</span>? (<span word="A">A</span>) <span word="The">The</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="school">school</span> <span word="nurses">nurses</span> <span word="employed">employed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Renstons">Renstons</span> <span word="elementary">elementary</span> <span word="schoolshas">schoolshas</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="decreased">decreased</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="past">past</span> <span word="ten">ten</span> <span word="years">years</span>. (<span word="B">B</span>) <span word="Children">Children</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="allergic">allergic</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="chemicals">chemicals</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="likely">likely</span> <span word="thanother">thanother</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="allergies">allergies</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="substances">substances</span>. (<span word="C">C</span>) <span word="Children">Children</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="allergic">allergic</span> <span word="reactions">reactions</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="chemicals">chemicals</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="morelikely">morelikely</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="sent">sent</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="school">school</span> <span word="nurse">nurse</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="ten">ten</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span>. (<span word="D">D</span>) <span word="The">The</span> <span word="chemicals">chemicals</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="commonly">commonly</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="cleaners">cleaners</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="pesticides">pesticides</span> <span word="inhouses">inhouses</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="apartment">apartment</span> <span word="buildings">buildings</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Renston">Renston</span>. (<span word="E">E</span>) <span word="Children">Children</span> <span word="attending">attending</span> <span word="elementary">elementary</span> <span word="school">school</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="largerproportion">largerproportion</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Renstons">Renstons</span> <span word="population">population</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="ten">ten</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span>. (以上题目出自于第12版<span word="GMAT">GMAT</span>官方指南) 题目翻译: 暴露在某种化学物质,这种化学物质是通常被小学使用作为清洁剂或杀虫剂的,暴露在这种化学物质中会导致过敏反应在一些小孩子身上。<span word="Renston">Renston</span>的小学护理员报道说:送到他们那里治疗这种化学物质过敏反应的学校孩子的比例已经增长得非常明显在过去的十年当中。因此,要么就是<span word="Renston">Renston</span>的学校孩子已经比起十年前的学校孩子被暴露在了更大量的化学物质之中,要么就是他们这些孩子比起十年前的孩子更加对这种化学物质敏感。 下列哪一个选项是文章论证所依赖的假设? (<span word="A">A</span>) 被<span word="Renston">Renston</span>小学所雇佣的学校护理员的数量没有下降在过去的十年当中。 (<span word="B">B</span>) 对于这种化学物质过敏的孩子们没有更加可能,比起其他的孩子,没有更加可能对其他的物质过敏。 (<span word="C">C</span>) 对于这种化学物质过敏的孩子们没有更加可能被送到学校护理员那里在现在比起十年以前。 (<span word="D">D</span>) 这种化学物质没有更加普遍地作为清洁剂或杀虫剂所使用在房子和公寓建筑当中在<span word="Renston">Renston</span>地区。 (<span word="E">E</span>) 上小学的孩子们没有构成一个更大的比例在<span word="Renston">Renston</span>人口当中,现在比起十年前。 题目解析: 文章中<span word="Therefore">Therefore</span>之前为文章的<span word="premise">premise</span>,<span word="Therefore">Therefore</span>之后为文章的<span word="main">main</span> <span word="conclusion">conclusion</span>。从问题中得知本题为假设题目,而假设题目的解题方法为取非削弱。下面进行每一个选项的分析。 将<span word="A">A</span>选项取非后为<span word="Renston">Renston</span>小学中护理员的数量在过去十年当中下降了,这与文章的<span word="main">main</span> <span word="conclusion">conclusion</span>之间没有直接的因果作用,可以作为无关项予以排除。因此排除。 将<span word="B">B</span>选项取非后为对这种化学物质过敏的孩子更可能比别的孩子对于其他物质过敏,首先,此选项中的比较对象与文章中发生变化;其次,文章中只讨论对于这种化学物质的过敏,而不讨论对于其他物质的过敏。因此排除。 将<span word="C">C</span>选项取非后为对于这种化学物质过敏的孩子比起十年前更加有可能被送到学校护理员那里,这样一来,也就不能说明学校孩子被暴露在更大量的化学物质当中,也不可能说明孩子们比起十年前更加对这种化学物质过敏,削弱文章的论证过程以及文章的<span word="main">main</span> <span word="conclusion">conclusion</span>。同时如果不取非,则文章的论证过程为,在假设对于这种化学物质过敏的孩子没有比十年前更加有可能被送到学校护理员那里的前提下,<span word="Renston">Renston</span>的小学护理员报道说送到他们那里治疗这种化学物质过敏反应的学校孩子的比例比起十年前明显增长,就可以推出要么就是<span word="Renston">Renston</span>的学校孩子已经比起十年前的学校孩子被暴露在了更大量的化学物质之中,要么就是他们这些孩子比起十年前的孩子更加对这种化学物质敏感这两种可能的<span word="conclusion">conclusion</span>。因此为正确答案。 将<span word="D">D</span>选项取非后为这种化学物质更加普遍地作为清洁剂或杀虫剂所使用在<span word="Renston">Renston</span>的房子和公寓建筑当中,文章中讨论的地点范围是小学,而非房子和公寓建筑;其次,取非后对文章的<span word="main">main</span> <span word="conclusion">conclusion</span>反而有支持的作用。因此排除。 将<span word="E">E</span>选项取非后为现在上小学的孩子比起十年前在<span word="Renston">Renston</span>人口占了更大的比例,对于文章而言属于无关选项。 三、应试策略 1、提高英文基础能力 由于逻辑题以英文为载体,对考生进行推理能力(<span word="critical">critical</span> <span word="thinking">thinking</span>)的考查,因此需要考生具备较高的阅读能力。在阅读文章、问题、选项时应该把握的原则就是客观和准确,同时要求精读和简化题目信息。 2、掌握解题方法与技巧 在理解文章内容的基础上,需要考生对每一种题型的做题方法与技巧极度熟悉。在备考时,大量做题与深度总结是必不可少的环节。始终需要考生牢记的是,不论任何题型,最重要的永远是要明确文章到底在说什么,找到文章的结论,以及推出文章结论的主论据。 3、以真题为练习 备考任何一门考试,最重要的材料一定是真题,<span word="GMAT">GMAT</span>考试也不例外。考生应以官方指南为标准,对于题目整体把握,以新东方课堂上的赠送书籍和推荐书籍为练习,运用官方<span word="PREP">PREP</span>模考软件在考试前模考,熟悉考试流程,掌控做题节奏。 4、制定可执行的备考计划 考生自决定考试那一刻开始,就要给自己制定一个详细的复习计划,到了哪一个阶段完成多少指标、做多少资料。若发现自己目标定得过高或过低,要及时适当调整。遵循自己的计划,踏踏实实,才可能出成果。切忌心气浮躁,眼高手低。 5、将心态放平和 <span word="GMAT">GMAT</span>考试绝对是一个高投入高产出的重要并有意义的考试。精心准备<span word="GMAT">GMAT</span>考试能够使自己的英语能力、逻辑能力提高不少,能够帮助考生在进入美国商学院学习之前,将自己的英语水平、推理能力、批判性思维进行质的飞跃,从而达到美国商学院的要求。</p>
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