[情報] GMAT考試資訊Update(3)!!
Stop stressing about idioms
When we asked Larry about the relative importance of idioms on the SC section,
he said basically zero! They’ve asked ACT to phase idioms out completely and,
ideally, there already aren’t any more questions that hinge on knowledge of
idioms. (Though he doesn’t guarantee that, yet – there may still be some.)
Of course, there are still many idiom-based SCs in the Official Guides and
GMATPrep – but, according to GMAC, that aspect of the questions is obsolete,
so that’s really not where we should be spending our valuable study time.
That’s really good news, and I applaud GMAC for making this change. The only
good reason to test idioms is when you are specifically trying to test someone
’s advanced English-language skills – for a translation or editing job, for
example. If you use the wrong preposition with some verb, people are still
going to understand what you’re saying – and business schools care about your
ability to communicate and make yourself understood, not whether you have 100%
perfect grammar.
The one thing that I will mention that might still be valuable for testers,
particularly non-native speakers: idioms that can interfere with your
understanding of the broader message if you don’t know the idiom’s meaning.
This will most often hurt you on Reading Comprehension, actually. I’ll give
you an example of what I do, and don’t, mean.
Idioms that can interfere with meaning: For all her studying, she still failed
the test.
Idioms that don’t interfere with meaning: More time spent studying is
associated with a higher GMAT score.
In the first sentence, the construction “for all <some action>” really means
"despite.” Despite the fact that she studied a lot, she still failed the test.
If you don’t know what that construction means, you might get the wrong
message about the sentence. In the second sentence, the preposition “with”
goes with the past participle “associated” because… well, just because that
’s how the language works. You’ll still understand the sentence even if
someone happens to use the wrong preposition there.
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