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二战710,普通人的一点备考心得(附5分作文模版)

[日期:2018-06-21] 来源:ChaseDream论坛 作者:schyan [字体: ]

2018.01.16

710(Q51,V34),就这样不算惊喜的和GMAT分手了。一个月前的一战680,虽说分数不低,但对我的打击却不小。考前官方模考pack1&2的成绩都是700+,但毕竟实战最有说服力,所以一战让我对自己的实力产生了深深的怀疑。出考场第一件事居然是联系中介老师问我这个分能申什么学校(破罐破摔了),中介说申是可以申,但让我自己考虑清楚。我这时候才开始认真考虑二战的事,其实备考GMAT过程中最重要就是不要害怕失败,无论处于哪个阶段,都要有随时重新开始的勇气。——“现在放弃的话,比赛就提前结束了”。

下面说说自己复习GMAT的一些心得吧。

语法:

最重要的就是建立语意解题的思路,GMAT是一个逻辑考试,在语法上也体现地淋漓尽致。梳理出题干的前因后果,分析出题者想表达的重点,用最简洁高效的形式去呈现。

自己总结的解题步骤是这样的:
第一个层次:抓主谓宾(主语关注单复数,谓语关注动作的发生先后并找逻辑主语,如果谓语是系动词要关注前后成分是否在同一层次)--->梳理语意(判断是否有转折,平行,比较,递进,因果,语意累赘),重点放在结果结论目的--->看被修饰的名词,看修饰语的位置。(比如only,more,介词短语)
第二个层次:看修饰(伴随,结果,独立主格,夹心,跳跃),时态,代词(有无指代,单复数),固定搭配。
大多数时候只要把语意整明白了,答案自然就出来了。语意上我认为很重要的一点是:看到while/whereas要看对比内容是否合理,看到although要看内容是否有让步,看到but/however要思考内容是否有合理转折。
关于资料的使用:建议大家先看曼哈顿语法,对语法知识有个大概了解后再去做OG,个人建议OG刷2-3遍,解析认真看,好好揣摩官方思路。第一遍可以用纸质书,之后用电子版,逐渐适应机考。PREP 08可以用作分项训练,15-20题一组,限时练习。订正用PREP语法笔记,这是个很好的学习资料,补充很多细节的语法知识,但有些解答并非完美,要有批判性思考。PREP12的medium和hard题也值得一做,而且有官方解答,可以熟悉出题思路。PREP07我没有做完,感觉难度低于PREP08,就不赘述了。

逻辑:

逻辑考阅读。最重要的是把题读懂,很多时候不是我们找不出逻辑链,而是阅读能力阻碍了我们。对于题干,我认为最重要的就是逐字逐句读清楚,一个细节都不要放过,比如那道“thank you” note的题,其实就考randomly和regularly两种情况的类比,我之前囫囵吞枣读过去,咦,这结论不是废话么?其实就是忽略了这些小词。不能准确理解题干的意思,对于逻辑题是一个致命的劣势。

之前我一直没有形成一套自己的做题方法,虽说老老实实提取逻辑链是一个好方法,但我总感觉不够巧妙。直到看了CD上Helr的逻辑笔记,可以说是豁然开朗,醍醐灌顶!这套理论不一定适合所有人,但对我最大的启发是,紧紧抓住结论!不管是削弱、加强、假设、评估,一定要跟结论有关系,大方向必须正确!当初选择Helr这个方法有些铤而走险,因为要放弃熟悉的思路,但又不确定能不能掌握新方法,不过请相信“先破后立,不破不立”,如果过去的思维不能让你进步,就勇敢的尝试吧!

下面是我总结的逻辑解题的一些重点,供参考:

  1. 题目读清楚,抓结论,找到结论再确认一次,判断推理模式。
  2. 认真看选项,一定要读清楚选项意思,假设取非,评估取疑,加强带入原文,看是否和其他论据互为补充。
  3. 如果觉得五个选项都不对,要检查原文里有没有信息没发挥作用,这个信息有没有在某个选项中出现。
  4. 结论重复前提可能是类比/枚举,特别要注意A,however B结构=A,B的削弱,取非就跟前提一致了。今昔对比也要考虑类比。
  5. 调查/现象—>理论:枚举,样本问题。
  6. 数字:平均值陷阱,绝对值和相对值。

阅读:

阅读我认为最重要的是找到作者的观点,剩余的部分都可以看作为观点服务的。看到提出了一个观点,我就思考:为什么会有这个观点?猜测下文的发展。抓住观点,转折,态度,就抓住了文章的思路。这样一个好处是主旨题迎刃而解,另一个好处是细节题方便回去定位。

以下是我自己的一些解题重点:

  1. 主旨题:找观点(人名后),找态度(动词形容词),找转折。
  2. 细节题:比较(like,first,转折),列举,大写名词。细节题必须排除新信息!找与原文重合度最高的选项!
  3. 看清楚题目问的是谁的看法/评价,回原文定位态度词。

数学:

一直觉得自己数学还不错,所以不打算在数学上花过多时间。不过现在数学满分越来越难,还是不能掉以轻心哇。备考初期,我先找GMAT数学词汇背了几遍,然后做OG数学后五十题,巩固词汇加熟悉题型。每天PREP的ds和ps各练15~20题,遇到不熟悉的知识点对照看陈向东那本书,查漏补缺。不过PREP的难度比实战还是差了一大截,建议大家可以做做机经,感受一下实战的tricky。 DS题是最能体现GMAT考“逻辑”的一类题型了,我的切身经验就是“一步三回头”,在你选择答案前,再确认一次题目的条件是否用完了?比如integer/positive你看到了吗?你想选C的时候,再想一下单独一个条件是否解不出?我实战的时候虽然遇到不少机经题,但还是每道题都验算一次,所以做到最后1分钟才提交。毕竟只有全对才是数学51的充分条件啊!

最后引用一段对我影响蛮深的鸡汤: “如果你觉得某个任务让你特别焦虑,压得你喘不过气来,那么最好的排解方法就是直接去做这事,什么都别管,就是使劲做,努力地推进其进度,这棘手的事情在进度上每发展一点,你的焦虑就会少一分,同时你的焦虑越少,推进的速度也就越快,只要咬紧牙关,不停地推进,总会有解脱的那一天,而且你每完成一个棘手的任务,你或多或少都会比之前牛逼强大那么一点,这件苦差事总是会改变你一些。”

诸位,有什么难事千万别耗着,别等着,那只会让人在无尽的焦虑中煎熬,两眼血丝地去推进,去做事,做着做着就有出路了。

希望大家趁热打铁结束折磨!早日和GMAT分手!

更新:今天正式成绩单出来了,AWA 5分,自己比较满意。附件里是我的作文模版,综合CD上几位大牛的模版修改,比较简单实用(好背)。

开头

In this argument, the author reached the conclusion that…… The basis for the recommendation is that…… An additional reason given in support of the recommendation is that…… At the first glance, the argument appears to be somewhat convincing, but it suffers some critical flaws that seriously undermine the conclusion after close scrutiny of evidence and is not well-established. The main flaws would be discussed respectively.

结尾

To sum up, the author’s conclusion that……is seriously undermined by the numerous flaws in his reasoning identified above. If the author could provide credible evidence about……, eliminate other factors that may result in……, or take into account other issues discussed above, the argument would have been more thorough and convincing.

错误调查(样本数/代表性)

A threshold problem of the argument is the survey itself. The number of participants might be an insufficient small sample which cannot represent…… Also, the sample might be not necessarily representative of (所有群体). For example,……Unless the author can show that the sample is typical of all general group, the conclusion that……is completely unwarranted.

One example is logically unsounded to establish a general conclusion.

错误类比

The argument has also committed a false analogy. The argument assumes that a is analogous to b and fails to take into account the possible differences between a and b. in fact, it is highly doubtful that the facts drawn from b are applicable to a. For example,……therefore, without evidence that most conditions are similar or the same in a and b, the author cannot conclude that/ the claim that……is groundless.

因果联系

The author assumes that b is caused by a because a coincided with b. however, the author provides no evidence that there is a cause-and-effect relationship between……and also fails to rule out other possible reasons that might lead to this result. For example……Accordingly, without considering and ruling out all of other possibilities, the conclusion is really open to doubt.

无端假设

The argument relies on the gratuitous assumption that……however, no evidence is stated in the argument to support this assumption. For example, it is likely that……It is also likely that……Therefore, the argument is unwarranted without ruling out other possibilities.

地时全等

The argument unfairly infers that……would remain unchanged over/at different locations. However, the fact that happened in some places/some time is not a sound evidence to draw a conclusion that……the space/timing differences would cause numerous disturbing factors to the consequence. For instance,……hence, it is premature to reach such a conclusion without taking these changes into consideration.

二者择一

The author unfairly assumes that……and……are mutually exclusive alternatives and there is no room for a middle ground. However, A and B might not be the only options and there might be other better alternatives such as……and……and so on. Therefore, this argument is unwarranted without ruling out other choices.

入不敷出

A will not possibly earn a substantial profit by ……while it is entirely possible that the cost of……is prohibitively high, even preventing……from making a profit/resulting in heavy financial burden. In short, without weighing revenue/gains against expenses the author’s notion is premature at best.

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