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 complete 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 combined 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 composition. 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 combined 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.

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.

In Paragraph 3, the writer of this passage mainly described _________.

A. application of the Internet in scoring the essay

B. relationship between high tech and testing

C. cheating in the essay scoring procedure

D. the scoring procedure of the essay

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.

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.

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      Most children，even the youngest of children，are delighted to be around cats and dogs．But these  pets carry plenty of germs and allergens(过敏原)，prompting researchers to ask：Are cats and dogs really safe for children?

    A study finds that，contrary to many parents’ fears，owning cats or dog8 does not in crease a child’s risk of developing allergies，and in fact，may actually protect them．The study’s lead author，Dr-Dennis Own by of the Medical College of Georgia，says that even he was “Very surprised”by the results．Own by and colleagues followed more than 470 children form birth to age 6 Or 7，comparing those exposed to cats and dog8 during their first year of life to those who Were not

    By using skin―prick tests for detecting common allergies，the researches found that  contrary  to  what many doctors had been taught for years，children wh0 had lived with a pet were not  at greater risk.

    Even more remarkable，children who had two or more dogs or cats had even  great diction ,up to77 percent，in risk of allergies．Researchers suggest this protective effect  may be the result of early exposure to lots of bacteria that are carried by dogs and cats．Exposing  young children  to  these bacteria helps“exercise”their immune systems early in life  so that they're better able to resist allergic disease8 later．

    There’s something  Very important in that first year of life when the immune system developing that we can retrain it away from an allergic response，”said Dr．William Davis．

    And while researchers are not encouraging parents to buy dogs 0r cats just to reduce a child’s allergy risk，they say if a family already has one or more animals，there’s no need to get rid of them．

61．Why do the researchers feel“very surprised”by the results of the study?

  A．Because the results are contrary to their expectation．

  B．Because 80 many children are playing with eats and dogs．

  C．Because parents are so much worried about their children．

  D．Bee-use children with animals may develop allergies easily．

62．Compared with children who have pets，those who haven't

  A．will lose the chance to develop immune system

  B．may suffer allergic diseases more often

  C．will reduce the harm from bacteria

  D．can keep doctors away   

63．It Can be inferred from the passage that

  A．pets are ill-treated by their owners

  B．less families would like to own eats and dogs

  C．keeping pets is a good  way to keep children healthy

  D．the results of the study Call make families with pets feel at ease

64．The underlined word“it”in the fifth paragraph refers to

  A．the early life                             B．an allergic disease

  C．immune system                        D．something important

65．What may be the best title of the passage？

  A．How to protect your kids from allergies

  B．Your pets may be helping your kids

  C．Bacteria do good to your kids   

  D．Advantages of owning pets   

   The first characteristic of an educated man is the precision of the use of the native language. When one hears English well spoken, with pure diction, correct pronunciation, and an almost unconscious choice of the right word, he recognizes it at once. How much easier he finds it to imitate English of the other sort.

    When manners are artificial and forced, no matter what their form, they are bad manners. When, however, they are the natural expression of fixed habits of thought and action, and when they reveal a refined and cultivated nature, they are good manners. There are certain things that gentlemen do not do, and they do not do them simply because they are bad manners.

   Human beings for the most part live wholly on the surface or far beyond the present moment and that part of the future that is quickly to follow it. They do not read those works of prose and poetry which have become classic because they reveal power and habit of reflection and induce that power and habit in others. When one reflects long enough to ask the question how? He is on the way to knowing something about science.

    An educated man continues to grow and develop from birth to his dying day. His interests expand, his contacts multiply, his knowledge increases, and his reflection becomes deeper and wider. It would appear to be true that not many human beings, even those who have had a school and college education, continue to grow after they are twenty-four or twenty-five years of age. By that time it is usual to settle down to life on a level of more or less contented intellectual interest and activity. The whole present-day movement for adult education is a systematic and definite attempt to keep human beings growing long after they have left school and college, and therefore, to help educate them.

    The more visionary dreamer, however charming or however wise, lacks something that an education requires. The power to do may be exercised in any one of a thousand ways, but when it clearly shows itself, that is evidence that the period of discipline of study and of companionship with parents and teachers has not been in vain.

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 complete 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 combined 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 composition. 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 combined 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.

1. 1.

   Which parts are included in the writing section of SAT according to the passage?

   1. A.
      Essay and multiple-choice.
   2. B.
      Essay and critical writing.
   3. C.
      Multiple-choice and math.
   4. D.
      Multiple-choice and literature.
2. 2.

   In Paragraph 3, the writer of this passage mainly described _________.

   1. A.
      application of the Internet in scoring the essay
   2. B.
      relationship between high tech and testing
   3. C.
      cheating in the essay scoring procedure
   4. D.
      the scoring procedure of the essay
3. 3.

   Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

   1. A.
      The SAT is designed for high school seniors wishing to enter a college.
   2. B.
      The writer criticized the multiple-choice in the SAT.
   3. C.
      Good specific examples are encouraged in essay writing.
   4. D.
      The SAT consists of the Critical Reading, Math and the Writing sections.
4. 4.

   Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?

   1. A.
      The new SAT scoring.
   2. B.
      Language testing reform.
   3. C.
      College entrance exam reform.
   4. D.
      The new writing section of SAT.