今天一切都算比较顺利,早上打车从东三环来白石桥的时候路上还堵车,手里拿着AWA的模板都没心思看,呵呵,不过很感谢那位司机师傅,他知道我要考试,一直在安慰我:“踏踏实实的,8点20前一定能把你送到!”眼泪ing…不过其实路上挺紧张的,可能是早上吃早饭吃得太快了,一紧张竟然觉得胃疼。不过当做完AA之后,focus完全放在眼前的考题上了,也就忘了紧张了。
不过,我可能会让大家失望了,回来以后我努力在回想都考了什么,可是想起来的都是机井上见过的,其他的很少能想起来了。尤其是SC,根本记不全。
一、 复习过程
我是在职复习,5,6月份的时候零零星星下班后做了点题,把OG 10的SC, CR做了一遍。7,8月份在没日没夜的加班,GMAT完全不在我考虑的范围内了。到了9月份终于可以休假了,老天助我竟然给了40多天的假,从9月4号正式回家休假到10月19号考试是我需要全力以赴的时间了,扣除十一国庆跟家人欢度了5天没碰GMAT之外,我full time的复习时间是40天。时间还是很紧张的,尤其是后来把好多原来还打算做的权衡之后全放弃了。
(1)SC:看了刘振民语法(不过看后来网上都在推崇 白勇的),做了语法大全987的前840题(后来的死活作不完了,这是我GMAT第一大遗憾)
(2)CR:做了新东方补充教材,FEIFEI LSAT 135(觉得用处不大,不过见仁见智吧),做了OG 11的全部题
(3)RC:做了新东方补充教材(GRE文章没来得及做)
(4)MATH:第一次做数学题就是考前10天第一次模拟pp2的时候,75分钟结束的时候还有一道题没做,把我杀了个措手不及,心情沉重了一天。本科毕业已经5年了,基本没有接触过数学题了。赶紧补做了一些TT-GWD 31套。特别感谢BF,他在对我数学知识的匮乏感到震惊的同时也在耐心帮我分析数论及排列组合问题。考前对数学还是很没有信心的,我就把18号以前的280道机井都仔细做了一遍。真是救了我一命,特别感谢总结机井的朋友,造福了多少人啊。
(5)作文:惭愧的很,没怎么看,看了些范文224的,看了一部分黄金80的题目。AA, AI分别写过一篇。这次考试觉得AI写得不好,正在担心作文分ing
(6)模考:考前提前十几天开始做XY 13(主要是没有时间做TT-GWD 31套,所以选择了XY,但是后来看机井发现有些CR, SC都是TT里的;XY 13拼了命还有一套没做完,这是我GMAT第二大遗憾);PP2的模考,第一次710(数学错了10个,汗~~~),第二次750,最后的考分比两次模拟的平均分730高40分,也再次证明了我应该属于发挥地比较好。
二、 一些经验
1. 我比较建议大家在考前每天严格用75分钟时间模拟一下verbal部分,保持感觉,考前一天也要坚持;
2. 作文一定要准备模板,时间来不及可以看看judy总结的思路;
3. 数学一定要好好做一下机井的题,受益匪浅!!!
4. 考前两三天要放松,但也不可完全放松,还是要保持状态;考试前一天晚上要保证七八个小时的睡眠;考试前一天不要睡午觉,以免晚上睡不着。即使有些东西没看,也别cramming了,第一未必能记住,第二即使记住也未必能考到。
三、 少量机井
AWA
AA: 2. The following appeared in a memorandum from the business department of the Apogee Company.
“When the Apogee Company had all its operations in one location, it was more profitable than it is today. Therefore, the Apogee Company should close down its field offices and conduct all its operations from a single location. Such centralization would improve profitability by cutting costs and helping the company maintain better supervision of all employees.”
AI: 33. “People are likely to accept as a leader only someone who has demonstrated an ability to perform the same tasks that he or she expects others to perform.”
Math:
出现在前280题的机井我就不重复了,总是大概占了我37题的一半吧(总结机井的朋友们,大恩不言谢了:D)非机井题都很简单,我能记住的有:
1.(俺不会画图,大家想象吧,很简单的)一个半圆的直径在X轴上,处于第一、第二象限,直径的左端点的坐标(m,0),右端点的坐标(k,0),问半圆的面积:m是个负数,k是一个正数,半圆面积 :派(k-m)^2/8
2.If the perimeter of a square is k/16, then the length of a side of the square is? 这道题出现在第30几题,我盯着屏幕盯了两分钟,一直在问自己:是直接除以4吗?呵呵
SC
有机井上的一题:9.GWD11-39
When working with overseas clients, an understanding of cultural norms is at least as important as grasping the pivotal business issues for the global manager.
A. When working with overseas clients, an understanding of cultural norms is at least as important as grasping the pivotal business issues for the global manager.
B. When they work with overseas clients, understanding cultural norms is at least of equal importance to the global manager as grasping the pivotal business issues.
C. For global managers working with overseas clients, understanding cultural norms is at least as important as grasping the pivotal business issues.
D. For global managers working with overseas clients, an understanding of cultural norms is at least as important to them as that they grasp the pivotal business issues.
E. Global managers working with overseas clients find an understanding of cultural norms to be equally important as grasping the pivotal business issues. [c]
其他的我只能记得一些句子的片断了,不想再误导大家了,总体上讲题干和选项都不长,但是有些题选项间差别很大。
CR
有机井上的两个题
1. 水底工程不会使的水再被污染那题:选建设油馆的工程中会不会使河床里原有的污染物翻起来(stir)
2. An overwhelming proportion of the most productive employees at SaleCo’s regional offices work not eight hours a day, five days a week, as do other SaleCo employees, but rather ten hours a day, four days a week, with Friday off. Noting this phenomenon, SaleCo’s president plans to increase overall productivity by keeping the offices closed on Fridays and having all employees work the same schedule—ten hours a day, four days a week.
Which of the following, if true, provides the most reason to doubt that the president’s plan, if implemented, will achieve its stated purpose?
A. Typically, a SaleCo employee’s least productive hours in the workplace are the early afternoon hours.
B. None of the employees who work four days a week had volunteered to work that schedule, but all were assigned to it by their supervisors.
C. Working ten hours a day has allowed the most productive employees to work two hours alone each day in their respective offices relatively undisturbed by fellow employees.
D. Employees at SaleCo are compensated not on the basis of how many hours a week they work but on the basis of how productive they are during the hours they are at work. (C)
E. Those SaleCo employees who have a four-day workweek do not take any of their office work to do at home on Fridays.
RC
非常抱歉,这部分是考试第二天写的,印象很模糊了
10.ecological art那段,有一个问题是问以下几个选项描述的哪个属于ecological art,根据文章首段首句对ecological art的定义来选择,我选择的是用paper 材料做了一个什么艺术品;还有主题题
21. 好像是消费者对贵的和便宜的durable products 进行price comparison的问题。大意似乎是说expensive durable products不同的产品间价格差异还是很大的,但是消费者反而很少进行price comparison,是因为bla, bla, bla…(好像是涉及一个什么和什么之间的percentage的问题,大家定位于文章吧,我就不误导了)有一个问题就是问以下哪种情况消费者更可能进行price comparison,就是根据文章中那句percentage来选择,我选择好像是c(含有$25这个数字),不过大家还是自己看文章吧,我的也不一定对。
30.是讲波多黎各Porto Rico统治的变化的(大概经历过四种统治形式,在首段,有问题是问波多黎各没有经历过以下哪种统治,选那个含有United States Congress的选项,文章没有提到过美国国会):基本就是由殖民走向比较自治吧。有两派学者提出这种变化的原因,一派学者是Gradualist派,基本就是认为导致这种变化的原因是因为波多黎各人民的struggle for the self-govern;另一派学者是Classical派,观点忘了,好像是比较强调美国的作用。最后一段就是作者的观点,他认为G派太过于强调波多黎各人民的自主性,忽视了波多黎各现在还有一些internal和external的事情依靠美国;作者认为C派把波多黎各人民说的太被动了。文章观点很清晰,比较容易定位。
四、 感谢
1. 首先感谢爸爸妈妈的大力支持,我在家里待着全情投入GMAT的日子里,他们一日三餐帮我准备好,吃完就撤,或者看书或者看电视散散心;在房间里学习的时候,妈妈还总会削个苹果和梨送过来,还经常给我买我喜欢吃的栗子。长这么大,还没有给妈妈削过一个苹果,真是惭愧。
2. 再次感谢BF耐心地解答我的数学问题,呵呵,越洋电话也浪费不少;另外也感谢他一直在给我减压,认为考700分已经相当不错了。呵呵,不过我也给他了一个巨大的惊喜,他也逢人就夸我的成绩。。。我也很高兴他为我感到骄傲。
3. 还要感谢其他人,同学朋友的鼓励,还有那位司机师傅
五、 Tips1. 考场里面可能是因为电脑散热,温度比较高,穿一件小毛衣和运动衣足够了;
2. 电脑的主机是放在液晶显示器下面的,所以即使感觉坐到位子上离桌子比较远也不要调低座位了,否则座位太低会仰头看屏幕,脖子非常累。
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