I wish this article is some kind of help to people who are undertaking the toughwork on GRE. This chapter is all about the paper test. Do not apply these trategies tothe computer test because they won't work.If you haven't picked a format yet,go back and reread chapter 1. You should not read this chapter unless you knowwithout question that you intend to take the paper test.
Most people approach the GRE with one goal in mind: to finish. In other words,"I must work on each and every question on this test because if I Don't,I lose potential points." Well, guess what? This thinking is why most peopledo poorly on the GRE.
The first thing you have to realize is that you are in the land of ETS, andyou can't operate in the land of ETS as you do in the real world. In the realworld, the more you do, the better. But in the land of ETS, the more you do,the worse.
If you read through this book and learn only one thing about the paper test,it should be: The best way to improve your score is not to finish. Tather, itis to work on fewer questions and make sure you get those questions right. Lessis actuall more.
ORDER OF DIFFICULTY
How? How can doing less actually get you more? It doesn't make a lot of senseyntil you understand how ETS constructs the GRE.
Basically, there are three types of questions on the GRE: Easy questions,medium questions, and hard questions. What makes an easy question easy? An easyanswer.What makes a hard question hard? A hard answer. Well, how do you knowwhich questions re easy and which questions are hard? It's incredibly simple.ETS follows rigid order of difficulty on the GRE. On the verbal sections, thefirst third of the group of any question type is easy, the next third is medium,and the last third is hard. In othr words:
Easy sentence completions # 1-2 Medium sentence completions # 3-5 Hard sentence completions # 6-7
Easy analogies #8-10 Medium analoggies #11-13 Hard analogies #14-16
Easy antonyms #28-30 Medium antonyms #31-34 Hard antonyms #35-38
Notice that the one question type not mentioned above is reading comprehension.For reading comprehension, there is no order of difficulty. It's the only question type doesn't fit the mold.
NO WORD OF YOUR OWN?
Together the clue and the triggers help you come up with your own word forthe blank. There are times, however, when you won't be able to come up withyour own word--even though you've found the clue and the triggers. What do youdo then?
You can still use the clue and the triggers to help you. Even though you maynot be able to come up with your own word, you can often tell if what goes inthat blank is positive or negative. If you know the owrd is positive, then youcan liminate any answer choice that contains a negative word. If you know theword is negative, then you can elminate any answer choice that contains a positiveword.
This technique--Positive/Negative- is very powerful, but a word of caution:Don'tuse it as a crutch. It's going to be very tempting to use this technique insteadof coming up with your own word, butyou shhouldn't.
Your first goal is always to come up with your own word. Only if you can'tdo thaht should you move on the Positive/Negative. For those times when youdo use Positive/Negative, remember that you still need to find the clue andtriggers. Otherwise you won't know what should go int he blank. Let's try aapplying PositiveNegative, remember that you still need to find the clue andtriggers. Otherwise you won't know what should go in the blank. Let's trry applyingPositive/Negative to a question.
Because he did not want to appear---, the junior executive refused to disputethe board's decision, in spite of his belief that the decision would impairemployee morale. (A)- (B)- (C)+ (D)- (E)+ Let's say that can't come up with your own word, which means you need to relyon Positive/Negative. What's the clue in the sentence? The most descriptivepart is "refused to dispute." There's also the trigger"Because."
Together, the clue and trigger tell you that a negative word belongs in theblank.So what can you eliminate?(C) and (E). This is a good example why Positive?Negative can be a very powerful technique.You can't figure out exactly what should go i the blank, but you can still manageto eliminate two answer choices. If you were stuck after that, who cares? Younow have a one-in-three chance of getting question right.
Here is what the complete choices looks like: (A)contentious &nb [首页] [上一页] [下一页][末页]
