ACT_考试基本流程与概要

AllsectionstoappearhereToactreasonably美国名校唾手可得—ACT考试WhatisAmericancollegetestingprogramswithalonghistoryofFIFTYYEARS.一种测评美国高中生是否适合升入大学（collegereadiness）标准化考试，已经有着50年的历史TheACTisastandardizedtestforhighschoolachievementandcollegeadmissionsintheUnitedStatesproducedbyACT,Inc.选拔优秀高中生的标准什么是ACT“英语水平测试”（“EnglishFluencyTest”）（TOEFL）高中成绩（GPA）短文/personalStatement,essay课外活动/extracurricularactivities推荐信/recommendationletters为什么要参加ACT？TOEFLACT/SAT考试者非英语国家学生美国高中生考察目的校园环境中的英语交流能力思辨能力、推理能力、智力水平高中成绩（GPA）无法确定当地教育质量、参照系水平短文、推荐信、课外活动“软性”“注水”ACT=“美国高考”ACCEPTANCE认可程度AdmittedbyTOP50colleges.被美国排名前50的大学一致接受ComparedtoSATreasoningtest,ACTisanotheroption,andcollegesadmitthesetwooptionswithoutpreference.和SAT相比只是两种不同的选择，大学在这两者之间没有任何偏好•UniversityofSouthernCalifornia(27)•Boston(34)•UniversityofFlorida(49)UniversityofSouthCaliforniaBostonUniversitySATVS.SAT(withwritingtestaddition)ACTcompositescoreThepercentageofstudentsatorbelowthisscorefortheACT(notSAT)240036100%234035100%228034100%22203399%21603299%21003198%20403096%19802994%19202892%18602789%18002685%17402580%16802475%16202369%15602262%15002155%14402047%13801939%13201832%12601725%12001619%11401513%1080149%1020135%960122%900111%•130万•SAT42%•ACT58%•和美国学生同一起跑线，同一参照系•更有“含金量”SAT/ACTORSAT？如何选择功能相同，效用相同“TheSATandtheACTareinterchangeable.Wedonothaveapreferenceastowhichyoutake.”HarvardCollege“Wedon'thaveapreferencebetweentheSATreasoningtestandtheACT.”CornellUniversityACT/SAT考试项目比较ACT难度SAT阅读（Reading）文章阅读（Passage-basedReading）数学（Math）=数学（Math）写作（Writing）短文写作（Essay）科学推理（Science）无文章改错（English）篇章改善（Improvingparagraphs）无填空（Sentencecompletion）（总时长）205分钟（总时长）255分钟ACT/SAT阅读比较ACT/SAT写作比较ACTReading难度SATCritical单篇长文章单篇长文章无短双无长双无单篇短文章ACTWriting难度SATWriting文章写作文章写作（Essay）无句子挑错（Identifyingsentenceerrors）无句子改善（Improvingsentences）无篇章改善（Improvingparagraphs）•ACTReadingSATReading（例子）•ACT文章改错SAT写作里面的paragraphimprovement•ACT写作选考•ACT没有填空/SAT填空（例子）•ACT科学推理（最难，但可以通过考试技巧培训解决）ACT/SAT考试项目比较中国学生参加ACT的优势•1.对语言能力（词汇阅读）要求较低,更适合非英语国家考生•2.不倒扣分，且部分题目选项只有4个ACTSAT词汇量10,00013,000K’ang-his,emperorofChinafrom1661to1722,expressedhisprivatethoughtswitha-------rarelyfoundintheusually-------rulersofgreatempires.(A)peacefulness….placid(B)forthrightness….reserved(C)fairness….dilatory(D)meticulousness…accessible(E)peevishness…irritable字典Iamnotyetsolostinlexicography,astoforgetthatwordsarethedaughtersofearth,andthatthingsarethesonsofheaven.Languageisonlytheinstrumentofscience,andwordsarebutthesignsofideas.SamuelJohnson(1709-1784)Britishlexicographerandwriter.ADictionaryoftheEnglishLanguageMerriamWebster’sCollegiateDictionary英语功底扎实词汇基础好有大量英文阅读经验SAT否则分值最高分平均分有竞争力分数3621.128SectionNumberofquestionsTime(minutes)AveragescoreCollegeReadinessBenchmarkContentEnglish754520.618usage/mechanicsandrhetoricalskillsMathematics606020.822pre-algebra,elementaryalgebra,intermediatealgebra,coordinategeometry,geometry,andelementarytrigonometryReading403521.421readingcomprehensionScienceReasoning403520.924interpretation,analysis,evaluation,reasoning,andproblem-solvingOptionalWritingTest1essayprompt307.7writingskills以下是2006年美国本土高中考生的基本成绩分布情况：（数据来源：“ACTHighSchoolProfileReport:TheGraduatingClassof2006:National”,ACTInc.）ACT考什么？•Whichofthefollowingisequivalentto(x)(x)(x)(x),forallx?•A.4x•B.x4•C.x+4•D.4x•E.2x2Math数学•Arectangleistwiceaslongasitiswide.Ifthewidthoftherectangleis3inches,whatistherectangle'sarea,insquareinches?•F.6•G.9•H.12•J.15•K.18Science科学推理Abombcalorimeterisusedtodeterminetheamountofhearreleasedwhenasubstanceisburnedinoxygen(Figure1).Theheat,measuredinkilojoules(kJ),iscalculatedfromthechangeintemperatureofthewaterinthebombcalorimeter.Table1showstheamountsheatreleasedwhendifferentfoodswereburnedinabombcalorimeter.Table2showtheamountsofheatreleasedwhendifferentamountsofsucrose(tablesugar)wereburned.Table3showstheamountsofheatreleasedwhenvariouschemicalcompoundswereburned.Figure1adaptedfromAntonyC.Wibraham,DennisD.Staley,andMichaelS.Matta,Chemistry.©1995byAddison-WesleyPublishingCompany,Inc.Table1adaptedfromAmericanChemicalSociety,ChemCom:ChemistryintheCommunity.©1993byAmericanChemicalsociety.Table1FoodMass(g)Changeinwatertemperature(̊C)Heatreleased(kJ)BreadCheeseEggPotato1.01.01.01.08.314.15.62.710.017.06.73.2Table2AmountofsucroseHeatreleased0.10.51.02.04.01.68.016.032.164.0Table3ChemicalcompoundMolecularformulaMass(g)Heatreleased(kJ)MethanolEthanolBenzeneOctaneCH3OHC2H5OHC6H6C8H180.50.50.50.511.414.921.023.9WhichofthefollowinggraphsbestillustratestherelationshipbetweentheheatreleasedbythefoodslistedinTable1andthechangeinwatertemperature？BasedonthedatainTable2,onecanconcludethatwhenthemassofsucroseisdecreasedbyone-half,theamountofheatreleasedwhenitisburnedinabombcalorimeterwill:A.increasedbyone-half.B.decreasedbyone-half.C.increasedbyone-fourth.D.decreasedbyone-fourth.PassageIVThefollowingexperimentsweredonetostudyfactorsthataffecttheprecessionofatop.Precessionistherevolutionofatoparoundanimaginarylineperpendiculartothesurfaceatthepointofcontact(seeFigure1).Figure1Experiment1Anelectricmotorwasattachedtoatopandusedtogivethetopaknownspinrateornumberof