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 (美国学术能力倾向测验) 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 25 minutes 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 plete 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 bined to form an essay subscore that ranges from 2 to 12. Should the readers' scores vary by more than 2 points, a third reader will score the essay; The readers will be high school teachers and college professors who teach position. 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 (措辞), 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 bined 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 800 each, making 2,400 a perfect score on the new SAT.
【小题1】Which parts are included in the writing section of SAT according to the passage?A．Essay and multiple-choice.B．Essay and critical writing.C．Multiple-choice and math.D．Multiple-choice and literature.【小题2】In Paragraph 3, the writer of this passage mainly described .A．application of the Internet in scoring the essayB．relationship between high tech and testingC．cheating in the essay scoring procedureD．the scoring procedure of the essay【小题3】 Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?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.【小题4】Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?A．The new SAT scoring.B．Language testing reform.C．College entrance exam reform.D．The new writing section of SAT.A
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解析：
【小题1】细节理解题。根据文章第二段第二句可得知，美国改革后的SAT考试的写作部分包括两部分，即短文写作和多项选择题。随后，作者介绍了短文写作和多项选择题的具体考试内容和要求。
【小题2】主旨大意题。第三段主要介绍了短文写作试卷的阅卷程序，如为了提高评分信度而采取的两人阅卷并在两人始分悬殊超过两档时引入第三人判卷，以及利用网上阅卷技术等。A；项不全面，仅是本段的一个细节，C项有较大的干扰性，但是文章并没有提及阅卷人在阅卷过程中有舞弊等违规行为，本段不是旨在阐述高科技和测试之间的关系，故B项也不对。
【小题3】细节理解题．作者在文章中没有就多项选择题发表自己的评论，故选B。其他各项在文章中都可找到依据。
【小题4】主旨大意题．注意选择标题的原则是标题应该恰当地囊括文章主要内容。此文主要介绍了美国新的SAT考试的写作部分的变化，故迭D。