科學部分

　　The content of the Science Test includes biology, chemistry, physics, and the Earth/space sciences (for example, geology, astronomy, and meteorology). Advanced knowledge in these subjects is not required, but background knowledge acquired in general, introductory science courses is needed to answer some of the questions. The test emphasizes scientific reasoning skills over recall of scientific content, skill inmathematics, or reading ability.

　　The scientific information is conveyed in one of three different formats:

　　科學測試的內(nèi)容包括生物，化學，物理，和地球/空間學說(例如：地質(zhì)學，天文學和氣象學)。這些學科的先進的知識是不要求的，但普通的知識背景和介紹性的科學課程對于回答有些問題是必須的。測試強調(diào)科學的推理技巧，而不只是記憶科技文內(nèi)容，數(shù)學能力或閱讀能力。這些信息都以三種不同方式來陳述。

　　· Data Representation (38%). This format presents graphic and tabular material similar to that found in science journals and texts. The questions associated with this formatmeasure skills such as graph reading, interpretation of scatter plots, and interpretation of information presented in tables, diagrams, and figures.

　　· 數(shù)據(jù)表示(38%)和科技雜志和文章一樣，以圖形和表格的形式來表述信息�？疾鞂W生圖表閱讀，分散圖的解讀，對表格，圖表和數(shù)字形式信息的理解。

　　· Research Summaries (45%). This format provides descriptions of one or more related experiments. The questions focus on the design of experiments and the interpretation of experimental results.

　　· 研究概述(45%)提供多個相關的試驗,問題強調(diào)對于試驗設計和試驗結論的解讀。

　　· Conflicting Viewpoints (17%). This format presents expressions of several hypotheses or views that, being based on differing premises or on incomplete data, are inconsistent with one another. The questions focus on the understanding, analysis, and comparison of alternative viewpoints or hypotheses.

　　· 矛盾觀點(17%)以幾個基于不同的

　　閱讀部分

　　The Reading Test is based on four types of reading selections: social studies, natural sciences, prose fiction, and humanities. The Social Studies/Sciences subscore is based on the questions in the social studies and the natural sciences sections of the test, and the Arts/Literature subscore is based on the questions in the prose fiction and humanities sections of the test.

　　閱讀部分選材于四個方面：社會科學，自然科學，散文、小說和人文學科。社會科學/科學得分基于前兩者的得分情況。文科/文學得分基于散文、小說和人文學科的得分。

　　· Social Studies (25%). Questions in this category are based on passages in the content areas of anthropology, archaeology, biography, business, economics, education, geography, history, political science, psychology, and sociology.

　　· 社會科學(25%)人類學，考古學，傳記，商務，經(jīng)濟，教育，地理，歷史，

　　政治科學，心理學和社會學。

　　· Natural Sciences (25%). Questions in this category are based on passages in the content areas of anatomy, astronomy, biology, botany, chemistry, ecology, geology, medicine, meteorology, microbiology, natural history, physiology, physics, technology, and zoology.

　　· 自然科學(25%)解剖學，天文學，生物學，植物學，化學，生態(tài)學，地質(zhì)學，醫(yī)學，氣象學，微生物學，博物學，生理學，物理學，工藝和動物學。

　　· Prose Fiction (25%). Questions in this category are based on intact short stories or excerpts from short stories or novels.

　　· 散文、小說(25%)完整的短篇故事或者短篇小說和長篇故事的節(jié)選。

　　· Humanities (25%). Questions in this category are based on passages from memoirs and personal essays and in the content areas of architecture, art, dance, ethics, film, language, literary criticism, music, philosophy, radio, television, and theater.

　　· 人文學科(25%)論文集，隨筆，建筑學，藝術，舞蹈，道德，電影，語言，文學評論，音樂，哲學，電臺，電視和劇院。