慢性疲劳综合征(CFS)这种疾病究竟属于生理方面还是属于心理方面尚未确定。病理学家做了如下实验:第一组患者被指定服用一种草药软膏,并告诉他们这种软膏是在试用过程中,其中30%的人在接受治疗的3个月内被治愈;第二组患者接受同样的草药软膏治疗,但告诉他们这种软膏已经过广泛的临床实验被证明是有效的,结果有85%的人在同样3个月内得到治愈。 图示方法是几何学课程的一种常用方法。这种方法使得这门课比较容易学,因为学生们得到了对几何概念的直观理解,这有助于培养他们处理抽象运算符号的能力。对代数概念进行图解相信会有同样的教学效果,虽然对数学的深刻理解从本质上说是抽象的而非想象的。 上述议论最不可能支持以下哪项判定
A. 通过图示获得直观理解,并不是数学理解的最后步骤。
B. 具有很强的处理抽象运算符号能力的人,不一定具有抽象的数学理解能力。
C. 几何学课程中的图示方法是一种有效的教学方法。
D. 培养处理抽象运算符号的能力是几何学课程的目标之一。
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Directions: The next questions are based on the content of the following passage. Read the passage and then determine the best answer choice for each question. Base your choice on what this passage states directly or implies, not on any information you may have gained elsewhere. For each of Questions 7-11, select one answer choice unless otherwise instructed. Questions 7-9 are based on the following passage. James’s first novels used conventional nar- rative techniques: explicit characterization, action that related events in distinctly phasedLine sequences, settings firmly outlined and (5) specifically described. But this method grad- ually gave way to a subtler, more deliberate, more diffuse style of accumulation of minutely discriminated details whose total significance the reader can grasp only by (10) constant attention and sensitive inference. His later novels play down scenes of abrupt and prominent action, and do not so much offer a succession of sharp shocks as slow piecemeal additions of perception. The cur- (15) tain is not suddenly drawn back from shrouded things, but is slowly moved away. Such a technique is suited to James’s essential subject, which is not human action itself but the states of mind that produce and are pro- (20) duced by human actions and interactions. James was less interested in what characters do, than in the moral and psychological antecedents, realizations, and consequences which attend their doings. This is why he (25) more often speaks of "cases" than of actions. His stories, therefore, grow more and more lengthy while the actions they relate grow simpler and less visible; not because they are crammed with adventitious and secondary (30) events, digressive relief, or supernumerary characters, as overstuffed novels of action are; but because he presents in such exhaus- tive detail every nuance of his situation. Commonly the interest of a novel is in the (35) variety and excitement of visible actions building up to a climactic event which will settle the outward destinies of characters with storybook promise of permanence. A James novel, however, possesses its character- (40) istic interest in carrying the reader through a rich analysis of the mental adjustments of characters to the realities of their personal situations as they are slowly revealed to them through exploration and chance discovery. In the context in which it appears, "attend" (line 24) most nearly means
A. take care of
B. watch over
C. pay attention to
D. accompany
E. celebrate
Directions: The next questions are based on the content of the following passage. Read the passage and then determine the best answer choice for each question. Base your choice on what this passage states directly or implies, not on any information you may have gained elsewhere. For each of Questions 7-11, select one answer choice unless otherwise instructed. Questions 7-9 are based on the following passage. James’s first novels used conventional nar- rative techniques: explicit characterization, action that related events in distinctly phasedLine sequences, settings firmly outlined and (5) specifically described. But this method grad- ually gave way to a subtler, more deliberate, more diffuse style of accumulation of minutely discriminated details whose total significance the reader can grasp only by (10) constant attention and sensitive inference. His later novels play down scenes of abrupt and prominent action, and do not so much offer a succession of sharp shocks as slow piecemeal additions of perception. The cur- (15) tain is not suddenly drawn back from shrouded things, but is slowly moved away. Such a technique is suited to James’s essential subject, which is not human action itself but the states of mind that produce and are pro- (20) duced by human actions and interactions. James was less interested in what characters do, than in the moral and psychological antecedents, realizations, and consequences which attend their doings. This is why he (25) more often speaks of "cases" than of actions. His stories, therefore, grow more and more lengthy while the actions they relate grow simpler and less visible; not because they are crammed with adventitious and secondary (30) events, digressive relief, or supernumerary characters, as overstuffed novels of action are; but because he presents in such exhaus- tive detail every nuance of his situation. Commonly the interest of a novel is in the (35) variety and excitement of visible actions building up to a climactic event which will settle the outward destinies of characters with storybook promise of permanence. A James novel, however, possesses its character- (40) istic interest in carrying the reader through a rich analysis of the mental adjustments of characters to the realities of their personal situations as they are slowly revealed to them through exploration and chance discovery. In which sentence of the passage does the author use figurative language to clarify James’s technique in his later novels NOTE: In the computer-based GRE, the directions would be: Click on the sentence in the passage.
A. The first sentence ("James’s first novels ... described.")
B. The second sentence ("But this method ... inference.")
C. The fourth sentence ("The curtain ... moved away.")
D. The fifth sentence ("Such a technique ... interactions.")
E. The sixth sentence ("James was ... doings.")
Questions 12-16 Directions: Each of the following sentences or groups of sentences contains one, two, or three blanks. These blanks signify that a word or set of words has been left out. Below each sentence are columns of words or sets of words. For each blank, pick the oneword or set of words from the corresponding column that best completes the text. By ______ strict rules of hygiene in mater nity wards, Ignaz Semmelweis saved many women from dying of childbed fever, a fate that many expectant mothers feared.A. challengingB. institutingC. intimatingD. invalidatingE. sanitizing
Task 2: Argument Analysis Directions: In 30 minutes, prepare a critical analysis of an argument expressed in a short paragraph. You may not offer an analysis of any other argument. Write your essay on the lined page that follows. As you critique the argument, think about the author’s underlying assumptions. Ask yourself whether any of them are questionable. Also evaluate any evidence the author brings up. Ask yourself whether it actually supports the author’s conclusion. In your analysis, you may suggest additional kinds of evidence to reinforce the author’s argument. You may also suggest methods to refute the argument, or additional data that might be useful to you as you assess the soundness of the argument. You may not, however, present your personal views on the topic. Your job is to analyze the elements of an argument, not to support or contradict that argument. Faculty members from various institutions will judge your essay, assessing it on the basis of your skill in the following areas: · Identification and assessment of the argument’s main elements · Organization and articulation of your thoughts ·Use of relevant examples and arguments to support your case · Handling of the mechanics of standard written English Topic The following appeared in an editorial in the Bayside Sentinel. "Bayside citizens need to consider raising local taxes if they want to see improvements in the Bayside School District. Test scores, graduation and college admission rates, and a number of other indicators have long made it clear that the Bayside School District is doing a poor job educating our youth. Our schools look run down. Windows are broken, bathrooms unusable, and classroom equipment hopelessly out of date. Yet just across the Bay, in New Harbor, school facilities are up-to-date and in good condition. The difference is money; New Harbor spends twenty-seven percent more per student than Bayside does, and test scores and other indicators of student performance are stronger in New Harbor as well."