在互聯(lián)網(wǎng)上，關(guān)于新GRE考試，流傳著這么一句話“GRE考試改革后將取消對(duì)于單詞的考查，考生們?cè)跍?zhǔn)備GRE考試的過程中終于可以不用背誦大量的單詞了”。這句話是否客觀準(zhǔn)確，筆者先不做評(píng)論，讓我們先看一道ETS官方公布的新GRE考試的樣題：
International financial issues are typically by the United States media because they are too technical to make snappy headlines and too inaccessible to people who lack a background in economics.
A. neglected 被忽視的
B. slighted 被忽視的
C. overrated 被高估的
D. hidden 被隱藏的
E. criticized 被批評(píng)的
F. repudiated 被拒絕的
本題要求考生從選項(xiàng)中選出兩個(gè)正確選項(xiàng)，不僅需要保證句意通順，而且需要使句意相近。
Sample Sentence Equivalence Questions
Directions: Select the two answer choices that, when used to complete the sentence, fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole and produce completed sentences that are alike in meaning.
盡管看似本題比現(xiàn)行GRE考試中的填空題目難度有所增減，但其實(shí)本題是現(xiàn)行GRE考試中填空題目的變體，是對(duì)基礎(chǔ)詞匯及完成簡(jiǎn)單邏輯關(guān)系的考察。面對(duì)這道新題，考生按照填空課上老師講過的解題思路，先看題目再選答案是可以順利完成這些題目的。但是這種新題的備選答案，甚至上面所列出的英文的解題指導(dǎo)都為我們解這些題目提供了更好的途徑。事實(shí)上這種題目更偏重于對(duì)詞匯的考查。對(duì)于這種題型的部分題目，詞匯基礎(chǔ)較好的同學(xué)是可以脫離給出的語言環(huán)境，直接選出選項(xiàng)中的一對(duì)近義詞為答案。此題答案為A和B。
至此，我們可以發(fā)現(xiàn)，新GRE考試取消的是類反，而并不是像網(wǎng)上謠傳的那樣取消了對(duì)單詞的考察，在新的GRE考試中對(duì)于單詞的考察依然存在。如果一名考生單詞背得非常好，并且熟悉考試形式，在面對(duì)以上這道新題的時(shí)候，甚至可以直接從六個(gè)選項(xiàng)當(dāng)中選擇兩個(gè)同義詞，而這兩個(gè)同義詞也必定是正確答案。
下面我們?cè)诳匆坏罉宇}中公布的閱讀題對(duì)于詞匯是如何考查的：
Questions 9 and 10 are based on the following reading passage.
Scholarship on political newspapers and their editors is dominated by the view that as the United States grew, the increasing influence of the press led, ultimately, to the neutral reporting from which we benefit today. Pasley considers this view oversimplified, because neutrality was not a goal of early national newspaper editing, even when editors disingenuously stated that they aimed to tell all sides of a story. Rather, the intensely partisan ideologies represented in newspapers of the early republic led to a clear demarcation between traditional and republican values. The editors responsible for the papers' content — especially those with republican agendas — began to see themselves as central figures in the development of political consciousness in the United States.
10. In the context in which it appears, "disingenuously" most nearly means
A. insincerely
B. guilelessly
C. obliquely
D. resolutely
E. pertinaciously
在閱讀中出現(xiàn)詞匯題，這是GRE考試有史以來第?？梢钥闯鲭m然ETS取消了類比反義詞的題目，但是并沒有放棄對(duì)于詞匯的考察。詞匯題在這里的命題初衷是希望考生通過上下文的邏輯關(guān)系推斷出單詞的含義。但是對(duì)于詞匯把握好的考生來說，完全可以脫離上下文快速選出答案。而且這道詞匯題考查的單詞不管是題干還是選項(xiàng)的詞匯都是詞匯考試中的高頻詞。在現(xiàn)有的GRE詞匯課上，我們給大家總結(jié)了大量“不誠實(shí)”，“誠實(shí)”以及“倔強(qiáng)、頑固”的同義詞，如果大家能把這些單詞全都記憶好，本題解起來依然可以做到既快且準(zhǔn)。本題答案為B。
綜上所述，新GRE考試減少了GRE詞匯量，減輕了考生背誦單詞的負(fù)擔(dān)，但是卻加大了考試的難度，所以考生們還是要記憶單詞，打下良好的基礎(chǔ)，用積極的態(tài)度面對(duì)新GRE考試。
International financial issues are typically by the United States media because they are too technical to make snappy headlines and too inaccessible to people who lack a background in economics.
A. neglected 被忽視的
B. slighted 被忽視的
C. overrated 被高估的
D. hidden 被隱藏的
E. criticized 被批評(píng)的
F. repudiated 被拒絕的
本題要求考生從選項(xiàng)中選出兩個(gè)正確選項(xiàng)，不僅需要保證句意通順，而且需要使句意相近。
Sample Sentence Equivalence Questions
Directions: Select the two answer choices that, when used to complete the sentence, fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole and produce completed sentences that are alike in meaning.
盡管看似本題比現(xiàn)行GRE考試中的填空題目難度有所增減，但其實(shí)本題是現(xiàn)行GRE考試中填空題目的變體，是對(duì)基礎(chǔ)詞匯及完成簡(jiǎn)單邏輯關(guān)系的考察。面對(duì)這道新題，考生按照填空課上老師講過的解題思路，先看題目再選答案是可以順利完成這些題目的。但是這種新題的備選答案，甚至上面所列出的英文的解題指導(dǎo)都為我們解這些題目提供了更好的途徑。事實(shí)上這種題目更偏重于對(duì)詞匯的考查。對(duì)于這種題型的部分題目，詞匯基礎(chǔ)較好的同學(xué)是可以脫離給出的語言環(huán)境，直接選出選項(xiàng)中的一對(duì)近義詞為答案。此題答案為A和B。
至此，我們可以發(fā)現(xiàn)，新GRE考試取消的是類反，而并不是像網(wǎng)上謠傳的那樣取消了對(duì)單詞的考察，在新的GRE考試中對(duì)于單詞的考察依然存在。如果一名考生單詞背得非常好，并且熟悉考試形式，在面對(duì)以上這道新題的時(shí)候，甚至可以直接從六個(gè)選項(xiàng)當(dāng)中選擇兩個(gè)同義詞，而這兩個(gè)同義詞也必定是正確答案。
下面我們?cè)诳匆坏罉宇}中公布的閱讀題對(duì)于詞匯是如何考查的：
Questions 9 and 10 are based on the following reading passage.
Scholarship on political newspapers and their editors is dominated by the view that as the United States grew, the increasing influence of the press led, ultimately, to the neutral reporting from which we benefit today. Pasley considers this view oversimplified, because neutrality was not a goal of early national newspaper editing, even when editors disingenuously stated that they aimed to tell all sides of a story. Rather, the intensely partisan ideologies represented in newspapers of the early republic led to a clear demarcation between traditional and republican values. The editors responsible for the papers' content — especially those with republican agendas — began to see themselves as central figures in the development of political consciousness in the United States.
10. In the context in which it appears, "disingenuously" most nearly means
A. insincerely
B. guilelessly
C. obliquely
D. resolutely
E. pertinaciously
在閱讀中出現(xiàn)詞匯題，這是GRE考試有史以來第?？梢钥闯鲭m然ETS取消了類比反義詞的題目，但是并沒有放棄對(duì)于詞匯的考察。詞匯題在這里的命題初衷是希望考生通過上下文的邏輯關(guān)系推斷出單詞的含義。但是對(duì)于詞匯把握好的考生來說，完全可以脫離上下文快速選出答案。而且這道詞匯題考查的單詞不管是題干還是選項(xiàng)的詞匯都是詞匯考試中的高頻詞。在現(xiàn)有的GRE詞匯課上，我們給大家總結(jié)了大量“不誠實(shí)”，“誠實(shí)”以及“倔強(qiáng)、頑固”的同義詞，如果大家能把這些單詞全都記憶好，本題解起來依然可以做到既快且準(zhǔn)。本題答案為B。
綜上所述，新GRE考試減少了GRE詞匯量，減輕了考生背誦單詞的負(fù)擔(dān)，但是卻加大了考試的難度，所以考生們還是要記憶單詞，打下良好的基礎(chǔ)，用積極的態(tài)度面對(duì)新GRE考試。