[心得] 2008.07.30新加坡殺G之旅
先報告一下分數吧... IAVQV
V610, Q760 總分1370...
考試前我還超擔心CAT沒背熟,方老師的CAT大約每頁還有10個單字不會,
可是沒辦法啦,時間都已經到了,就去考吧...
原定7/28下午2點的班機,但是由於台灣有颱風,預計起飛時,颱風大概在南投上面,
呵呵...所以就緊急準備行李,7/27晚上6點多出發.
到了新加坡的旅館已經是11:30了,我住"大中酒店",在烏節路上,原來我請旅行社定,
二人房一天新台幣5000,可是呢,到了旅館就神奇了,我加的那一晚還蠻便宜的...
新加坡幣188元,在出發前打國際電話問說一晚要新加坡幣230元,怎麼變便宜了呢?
可能是沒有含早餐吧...呵,一餐要42元(二人)...
第二天之後就用原定的voucher換到較高樓層,房間也大了一點(這可能也是原因所在)
但是還是覺得怪怪,找旅行社定怎麼沒比較便宜呢...不知也
第二天去探路...
大中酒店在捷運Dhoby Ghaut多美哥附近,走路10分鐘...
搭上捷運紫線到Outram Park轉綠線,然後繼續搭到Jurong East下車...
費用總共是2.5新幣(含卡片押金1元),捷運出站後由售票機退回...
於是總金額為1.5新幣,還算便宜.
下車後走路到INFORMATICS CAMPUS大約15分鐘,還算不遠...
進入以後搭電梯到三樓就可以看到PROMETRIC TEST CENTER,也就是考場啦...
第三天在旅館唸書...
第四天早上大約7:45從旅館搭計程車去,由於搭捷運加走路耗神,就搭小藍(計程車)吧,
車程大約25分鐘,由於是上班時間,比較塞一點,不然可以更快...
上班時間(9:00以前)車資較貴,新幣19元,不過想說都來新加坡了,就花吧...
若考1400就賺啦...哈哈(可惜沒有-_-)
說了這麼久,重點當然是考試啦,Issue題目是(不好意思,我只記得這題):
241"The video camera provides such an accurate and convincing record of
contemporary life that it has become a more important form of documentation
than written records."
Argument題目是:
8. The following appeared in an editorial in a Prunty County newspaper.
"In an attempt to improve highway safety, Prunty County recently lowered
its speed limit from 55 miles per hour to 45 on all major county roads.
But the 55 mph limit should be restored, because this safety effort has
failed. Most drivers are exceeding the new speed limit and the accident
rate throughout Prunty County has decreased only slightly. If we want to
improve the safety of our roads, we should instead undertake the same kind
of road improvement project that Butler County completed five years ago:
increasing lane widths and resurfacing rough roads. Today, major Butler
County roads still have a 55 mph speed limit, yet there were 25 percent
fewer reported accidents in Butler County this past year than there were
five years ago."
第一篇的Verbal為加考,題目都較難,閱讀短篇有3題*2篇,長篇有4題*1篇,都不容易,
其中還出現方老師講過350以下的題目,這時我就心想...糟了!!
但是在最後一提出現填充的複選題,共3個空格,分別各有3個選項...
我就想說...應該是加考題,就放心囉...
再來就是quantitative,題目第一題就有點難,後來花一些時間就做出來,
其次後面幾題就比較容易,但是從第四題開始就越來越難,題目敘述也很多,
我也都盡力的去完成,但是後來剩下大約不到20分鐘的時間時,我只做到第14題,
真是糟糕啊...所以之後就只能使用半猜半做的方法答題,
也就是題目長的難的就猜,猜個2題後就變簡單了,我就很快答出,答了2題又變難,
我就只好在用猜的...就這樣在時間內完成了,
只是成績不太好,我做PP3時計量一次780,二次800,這樣的結果就不太好.
最後是Verbal,題目第一題為反義,第二為填充,第七第八為短閱一,大約17左右為長閱,
26,27為短閱二,題目全是機經與CAT題,相當容易,填充的選項也都是11張的單字,
更神奇的是,居然有一篇填充是PP3內的,題義是關於海洋阻隔漂流,直接秒殺囉...
以下為我所記得的題目:
deleterious <> salubrious
impeccable : flaw = ??
?? = rustle : cattle
gregarious <> reclusive
ossify <> change
garrulous <> taciturn
diaphanous <> substantial
?? : hoard == ??
加考的Verbal:
weather : climate = cliff : precipice
我想說應該答的還可以,就report囉...
Verbal 610的成績還算滿意,我在來欣的模考大約在310~370之間,
六月中旬課程結束後全力準備,七月一日開始每天模考一回,題目來是於Big Book,
分數從340~480都有, 最後幾天做PP3,字彙分數分別為620, 360, 590.
計量的話,Big Book的成績範圍為740~800,平均大約是760.
所以囉...
這次的考試成績雖然沒有達到我心目中的理想1400分,1370應該也是不錯的了,
以後我要申請電機所博士班,希望這個成績還算可以接受.
以上是我的心得,跟大家分享一下,還在GRE奮鬥中的同學們,大家繼續加油吧,
希望大家都能獲得理想的成績.
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