5．If you are a high school senior graduating and looking to enter college in 2006，you will take the new exam．
The biggest change to the SAT （美國(guó)學(xué)術(shù)能力傾向測(cè)驗(yàn)） will be the introduction of a new writing section．The writing section will consist of two parts：an essay and a multiple-choice section．Students will be given 25minutes to respond to a prompt （提示） and construct a well-organized essay that effectively deals with the task．The essay question may require students to complete a statement，to react to a quote，or to agree or disagree with a point of view．In any case，a good essay will support the chosen position with specific reasons and examples from literature，history，art，science，current affairs，or even a student's own experiences．
Essays will be scored based on the procedures for the current SAT II：Writing Test．Essays will be graded by two independent readers on a scale of 1～6，and their two scores will be combined to form an essay subscore that ranges from 2to 12．Should the readers'scores vary by more than 2points，a third reader will score the essay．The readers will be high school teachers and college professors who teach composition．To ensure that essays will be scored in a timely manner，they will be scanned and made available to readers on the Internet for grading purpose．
The writing section will also include multiple-choice grammar and usage questions．Some of these questions will call upon students to improve given sentences and paragraphs．Others will present students with sentences and require them to identify mistakes in diction （措辭），grammar，sentence construction，subject-verb agreement，proper word usage．
The highest possible score on the new writing section will be 800．Scores on the essay and multiple-choice section will be combined to produce a single score．A writing subscore will also be assigned．The highest possible scores on the Critical Reading and Math sections will remain 800each，making 2，400a perfect score on the new SAT．

72．Which parts are included in the writing section of SAT according to the passage？A
A．Essay and multiple-choice．             B．Essay and critical writing．
C．Multiple-choice and math．              D．Multiple-choice and literature．
73．In Paragraph 3，the writer of this passage mainly describedD．
A．a(chǎn)pplication of the Internet in scoring the essay
B．relationship between high tech and testing
C．cheating in the essay scoring procedure
D．the scoring procedure of the essay
74．Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage？B
A．The SAT is designed for high school seniors wishing to enter a college．
B．The writer criticized the multiple-choice in the SAT．
C．Good specific examples are encouraged in essay writing．
D．The SAT consists of the Critical Reading，Math and the Writing sections．
75．Which of the following would be the best title for this passage？D
A．The new SAT scoring．                B．Language testing reform．
C．College entrance exam reform．       D．The new writing section of SAT．

分析 本文為科教類(lèi)說(shuō)明文，文章主要就美國(guó)新的SAT考試的寫(xiě)作部分的變化展開(kāi)說(shuō)明：首先介紹寫(xiě)作部分包括短文寫(xiě)作和多項(xiàng)選擇題部分，它們的具體考試內(nèi)容和要求．其次文中具體介紹了短文寫(xiě)作試卷的閱卷程序；緊接著分析多項(xiàng)選擇部分；最后文章對(duì)變化后的SAT的分值進(jìn)行總體說(shuō)明．

解答 72．答案是A．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章第二段第二句"The writing section will consist of two parts：an essay and a multiple-choice section．"可得知，美國(guó)改革后的SAT考試的寫(xiě)作部分包括兩部分，即短文寫(xiě)作和多項(xiàng)選擇題，故選A．
73．答案是D．主旨大意題；第三段第一句"Essays will be scored based on the procedures for the current SAT II：Writing Test．（短文批閱將以現(xiàn)行的SAT的第二部分的程序?yàn)榛A(chǔ)）"為本段的主題句，然后具體介紹了短文寫(xiě)作試卷的閱卷程序，如為了提高評(píng)分信度而采取的兩人閱卷并在兩人始分懸殊超過(guò)兩檔時(shí)引入第三人判卷，以及利用網(wǎng)上閱卷技術(shù)等．A項(xiàng)不全面，僅是本段的一個(gè)細(xì)節(jié)；本段不是旨在闡述高科技和測(cè)試之間的關(guān)系，故B項(xiàng)也不對(duì)；文章并沒(méi)有提及閱卷人在閱卷過(guò)程中有舞弊等違規(guī)行為，故C項(xiàng)排除；
74．答案是B．細(xì)節(jié)理解題；作者在文章中沒(méi)有就多項(xiàng)選擇題發(fā)表自己的評(píng)論，故選B．其他各項(xiàng)在文章中都可找到依據(jù)：A項(xiàng)的依據(jù)在文章的第一段；C項(xiàng)的依據(jù)是文章的第二段的最后一句；D項(xiàng)的依據(jù)在文章最后一段，最后一句告訴我們SAT總分的2400，其中the writing section、the Critical Reading 和Math sections 個(gè)800分．
75．答案是D．主旨大意題；文章第一段引出了主題--the new exam；然后圍繞the new exam變化了的部分即美國(guó)新的SAT考試的寫(xiě)作部分的變化展開(kāi)說(shuō)明，故選D；注意選擇標(biāo)題的原則是標(biāo)題應(yīng)該恰當(dāng)?shù)啬依ㄎ恼轮饕獌?nèi)容．

點(diǎn)評(píng) 閱讀要在整體理解文章的基礎(chǔ)上，根據(jù)題干選項(xiàng)定位細(xì)節(jié)，然后對(duì)照選項(xiàng)做出合理的判斷．如果是主旨大意的判斷要把握文章整體，避免以偏概全．

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17．Beijing had its biggest snowfall since 1951．Britain is suffering through its longest cold snap （寒潮） since 1981．And freezing weather is hitting the Deep South，including Florida's orange groves and beaches．
    Whatever happened to global warming？
    Such weather doesn't seem to fit with warnings from scientists that the Earth is warming because of greenhouse gases．But experts say the cold snap doesn't contradict global warming at all-it's just a temporary phenomenon in the long-term heating trend．"It's part of natural variability，"said Gerald Meehl，a senior scientist．With global warming，he said，"we'll still have record cold temperatures．We'll just have fewer of them．"
    Scientists say man-made climate change does have the potential to cause more frequent and more severe weather extremes．But experts did not connect the current cold snap to climate change．
    So what is going on？
"We basically have seen just a big outbreak of Arctic air over populated areas of the Northern Hemisphere"，Arndt said．
In the atmosphere，large rivers of air travel roughly west to east around the globe between the Arctic and the tropics．This air flow acts like a fence to keep Arctic air restricted．But recently，this air flow has become bent into a zigzag （之字形） pattern，wandering north and south．If you live in a place where it brings air up from the south，you get warm weather．In fact，record highs were reported this week in Washington state and Alaska．
But in the eastern United States，like some other unlucky parts of the globe，Arctic air is coming from the north．And that's how you get a temperature of 3 degrees in Beijing，a reading of minus-42 in mainland Norway，and 18 inches of snow in parts of Britain．The zigzag pattern arises naturally from time to time，but it is not clear why it's so strong right now．
71．What is the best title of the text？D
A．Freezing weather is hitting the Deep South．
B．We'll still have record cold temperatures．
C．The air flow has become a zigzag pattern．
D．Cold snap doesn't contradict global warming．
72．With global warming，we willA．
A．a(chǎn)lso meet with severe cold snap
B．have more hot temperatures forever
C．never experience cold temperatures
D．have more cold temperatures
73．According to experts，the current cold snapB．
A．suggests that the climate has changed greatly
B．is not related to the climate change
C．shows that the climate will turn cold
D．is affected by global warming
74．Beijing had its biggest snowfall since 1951 because ofC．
A．a(chǎn) fence from the Arctic                  
B．a(chǎn) cooling trend in climate
C．a(chǎn) big outbreak of Arctic air             
D．its large population
75．We can conclude thatA．
A．not all the parts of the Northern Hemisphere are cold in face of the cold snap
B．the zigzag pattern arises naturally accidentally
C．Beijing will get cold weather next year
D．Washington state and Alaska will not face cold weather next year．

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