ACT考试科学部分难度解析

 

    ACT考试全称“American College Testing”，中文名称为“美国大学入学考试”，是美国大学本科的入学条件之一，也是奖学金发放的重要依据之一。由ACT公司主办。ACT考试分为四个部分：文章改错(English)，数学(Math)，阅读(Reading)，和科学推理(Science Reasoning)。

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    考试由美国大学测验组织机构ACT主办。ACT考试均不是单纯的语言考试，而是对学生综合能力的测试。考试重视学生对基础课程的掌握并检查学生一般学术能力，难度贴近高中生。必考科学为四个部分：英语、数学、阅读、科学，全部为选择题，共215道。总分36分，考试时间共175分钟。

ACT考试科学部分介绍-ACT Science Test

act考试科学部分考试时间 40问题/35分钟。

Length Question Types

35 Minutes

10 Social Studies Questions

10 Natural Sciences Questions

10 Prose Fiction Questions

10 Humanities Questions

On the ACT Science Test, you''ll have 35 minutes to answer 40 questions—that''s about 50 seconds per question! The section contains seven passages, each followed by 5-7 questions.

the ACT Science Test. All that''s required is common sense. You''ll be given passages containing various kinds of scientific information—drawn from the fields of biology, chemistry, physics, geology, astronomy, and meteorology—which you''ll have to understand and use as a basis for inferences.

ACT Science Question Format

Usually there are six passages that present scientific data, often based on specific experiments. Also, there''s usually one passage in which two scientists state opposing views on the same issue. Each passage is followed by 5-7 questions. A warning: some passages will be very difficult to understand, but they''ll usually make up for that fact by having many easy questions attached to them. The test makers do show some mercy once in a while.

Top 8 Strategies for the ACT Science Test

Read through the instructions carefully, to orient yourself

Don''t worry about details on your initial read-through

Always refer to the passage and the question-stem before selecting an answer

In order to read most graphs and tables, you have to do four things: determine what''s being represented, determine what the axes represent, take note of units of measurement, and look for trends in the data

When reading data, you should be on the lookout for the three characteristic patterns or trends: extremes (maximums and minimums), critical points (or points of change), and direct or inverse variation (or proportionality)

If time is a problem, focus on the questions that require analyzing data from just a single table or graph

Don''t waste time trying to figure out which scientist is "right." Just worry about understanding their different viewpoints

Don''t panic if you don''t understand both scientists'' positions. Many questions will hinge on just one of the arguments.

学生表示ACT考试难度并不大：

    和高考卷比起来，美国高考卷难度太低了，考生们普遍表示：ACT的考试内容难度不大，但词汇量和题量却十分巨大，而且考查知识点的形式灵活。部分考生反映，美国高考的试题难度约为国内初三或高一年级的水平，不过试卷中体现的西式思维模式与表达方式，对国内学生还是有一定挑战。

    据了解，在汉参加ACT考试的考生，均有过一次以上的ACT考试经验。在问及参加美国高考的原因时，其中一位考生去年10月和12月两次赶到香港参加全球同步的ACT考试，并考出了26分的好成绩，并凭此收到了6所美国高校的录取通知书，其中就包括华盛顿大学西雅图分校和威斯康星麦迪逊大学等全美排名前50名的高校。