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1、GRADUATERECORDEXAMINATIONS®IntroductiontotheVerbalReasoningMeasureCopyright©2009byEducationalTestingService.Allrightsreserved.ETS,theETSlogo,GRADUATERECORDEXAMINATIONS,andGREareregisteredtrademarksofEducationalTestingService(ETS)intheUnitedStatesandotherco

2、untries.IntroductiontotheVerbalReasoningMeasureThisdocumentdescribesthetypesofquestionscontainedintheVerbalReasoningsections,givesyoustrategiesforansweringthem,andpresentssomeworkedexamples.PurposeandFormatoftheVerbalReasoningSectionTheVerbalReasoningsecti

3、onoftheGREmeasuresyourabilitytoanalyzeandevaluatewrittenmaterialandsynthesizeinformationobtainedfromit,toanalyzerelationshipsamongcomponentpartsofsentences,andtorecognizerelationshipsamongwordsandconcepts.VerbalReasoningquestionsappearinseveralformats,each

4、ofwhichisdiscussedindetailbelow.Abouthalfofthesectionrequiresyoutoreadpassagesandanswerquestionsonthosepassages.Theotherhalfrequiresyoutoread,interpret,andcompleteexistingsentences,groupsofsentences,-1-orparagraphs.Allofthequestionsaremultiplechoice,withth

5、enumberofchoicesvarying,dependingonthetypeofquestion.VerbalReasoningQuestionTypesTheGREVerbalReasoningsectioncontainsthreetypesofquestions:ReadingComprehension,TextCompletion,andSentenceEquivalence.Inthissectionyouwillstudyeachofthesequestiontypesonebyone,

6、andyou’lllearnvaluablestrategiesforansweringeachtype.ReadingComprehensionReadingComprehensionquestionsaredesignedtotestawiderangeofabilitiesrequiredtoreadandunderstandthekindsofprosecommonlyencounteredingraduateschool.Thoseabilitiesinclude:•understandingth

7、emeaningofindividualwords•understandingthemeaningofindividualsentences-2-•understandingthemeaningofparagraphsandlargerbodiesoftext•distinguishingbetweenminorandmajorpoints•summarizingapassage•drawingconclusionsfromtheinformationprovided•reasoningfromincomp

8、letedata,inferringmissinginformation•understandingthestructureofatext,howthepartsrelatetooneanother•identifyingtheauthor’sperspective•identifyingtheauthor’sassumptions•analyzingatextandreachingconclusionsabou