GMAT阅读文章分类1.按题材分三类:
社会科学类(美国历史、弱势群体、少数民族、印第安人、黑人、妇女)、经济管理类、自然科学类,前两类占90%
GMAT阅读文章分类2.按写作手法分两类:很多的GMAT入门考生都知道这一项。
presentation, argumentation
重点是presentation, 即论述一个理论的文章。
例1:presentation的结构
① Recently, the extinction of the dinosaur has been a mysterious phenomenon that puzzles scientists.
② Rosen’s three major findings have contributed much to the progress of explaining the dinosaur’s extinction.
a. sedimentation b. fossil remains, skeleton c. isotope, chronology
③ Therefore……
例2:argumentation的结构(作者观点:喜新厌旧、标新立异)
① Traditionally, most scientists believed that the extinction of the dinosaur was caused by the impact on Earth of massive meteorites.
② However, no sign of the impact, such as a huge pit, has been discovered. On the other hand, Smith found two things that had been overlooked by his predecessors.
③ Thus……
GMAT阅读文章分类3.长文章按具体套路分类
分四种:新老观点对比型、现象解释型、问题解决型、结论解释型。特别套路;
短文章:可套用GMAT考试长文章套路的、罗嗦语言、无明显套路